Kid Trips Event – Walnut Creek Park
Austin Ridge Riders
Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 09:00
Kid Trips will be conducting a ride for the Boys and Girls Club of Austin at Walnut Creek Park in N. Austin on Sat. 2/18/12. We’ll meet in the main parking lot in front of the pool at 8:00 a.m. The ride starts at 9:00 a.m. Adult volunteers are welcome; just bring your mountain bike!
Contact Rickey Chevrie at arrkidtrips@gmail.com or 512-745-2517 for more info.

February 2012 Club Event
Austin Ridge Riders
Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 17:00 – Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 13:30
Please be aware that in February we will be hosting the Subaru IMBA Trail Care Crew during the weekend of the second Saturday. As such, we will not host a club ride but invite everyone to participate in a social ride at Walnut Creek on Sunday.

The Trail Care Crew will teach “sustainable” trail building principles, which means building lasting trails that require minimal maintenance. Class participants will learn to apply these  techniques in the afternoon field session.

Details for the IMBA visit have been finalized and are as follows: …

Ride Away Bicycles Bike Demo
Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
Start:     February 5, 2012 1:00 pm
End:     February 5, 2012 4:00 pm
Venue:     McAllister Park Pav #4
Address:   3102 Jones Maltsberger Rd, San Antonio, TX, United States, 78247
Ride Away Bicycle will  have a women’s road and mountain bike demo coming to town Sunday, Feb. 5 at McAllister Park from 1-4 p.m. We will be set up at Pavillion #4 with a variety of bikes, sizes and expert help. See http://rideawaybicycles.com/ for more details.

Fort Worth Bicycling Association Presents
The 2012 Easter Hill Country Tour
The Fort Worth Bicycle Association is hosting three days of fully-supported riding over the 2012 Easter weekend, April 6,7 and 8 in the gorgeous Texas Hill Country for only $45. The Bluebonnets and the vistas are unrivaled anywhere in Texas.

We would love to have you and your club members/riding friends join us for this event. Please share this note or use your newsletter/website to help us promote what should be a great event. Brochures and posters are forthcoming. Registration is now available at www.ehct.com…

Bicycle Advisory Council Update: January 2012
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels

Bikeshare by 2013? Updates at the January Bicycle Advisory Council meeting included next steps on the creation of the recently funded Austin bikeshare program.
Last week, Austin’s Bicycle Advisory Council held their monthly meeting in new digs at City Hall. As an alternate member of the group, here is a report on the meeting.

There has been a gradual transition in the Bike/Ped department from not just infrastructure creation but also working to make cycling more appealing to the general public. City staff gave the following updates on these…

First Group Road Bike Ride, 2012
Pedal Pushers

A good lead sentence should have been, “It was a beautiful day, sunny, and a 5 mph wind.” Conditions couldn’t have been better…
OK, the temperature was in the 60’s which made it cold (chilly) for us Texans, but who could stay indoors with a 5 mph wind? We don’t see many of these days, so 10 of us decided to brave the chill and try to…

San Angelo High School Mountain Bike Race Team
Pedal Pushers
San Angelo is in the process of forming a high school mountain bike race team. Justin Smith of Concho Bikes is heading up the team and is in the process of lining up team members and a coaching staff. Lots of work to do as the season’s first race is March 11, in Burnet, Texas.

Pedal Pushers is proud to announce that we will be one of the sponsors for the team. We have only recently begun to mountain bike, and anyone who has read any of our mountain bike stories (or…

5th Annual Puddle for the Ducks Bike Ride in Katy, TX
by WB admin        The Wheel Brothers
We were lucky enough to be granted an interview with PatArthur, Ride Director of Puddle for the Ducks to ask some questions about their upcoming ride.

Why Join this year’s ride?
This year’s ride is the Fifth Annual PUDDLE FOR THE DUCKS, A Ducks  Unlimited Bike Ride. The ride has developed one of the best reputations  in the Houston area because of the great volunteers, unique rest stops,  and after ride refreshments. Additionally, one of the PUDDLE FOR THE  DUCKS major sponsors, Silver Eagle…