RockShox Ride Experience coming to Austin area Mar 17-18, 2012
Austin Ridge Riders
I wanted to let you know that SRAM / RockShox is planning a few RockShox Ride Experience days in the Austin Area on March 17th & 18th. We’re a 2nd cousin to what most folks know as a demo. We’ll roll a little differently in the sense that we don’t foucs on the name on the downtube, we’re all about the parts and getting some quality interactions. We’re quality V. quantity focused.

For this effort, We’ll entertain accepted applicants and swap their frame suspension with, you guessed it, RockShox fork and rear shox. We’ll let you ride evaluate the product on the trails you know and…

Bike Overnight
Lone Star Cyclists
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 – 8:00am to Sunday, April 22, 2012 – 1:00pm
Join us for the first LSC Bike Overnight!

Are you ready to get out of town and enjoy a bike tour but have only limited time?

We’ll be gone overnight and it will feel like a vacation!

We’ll leave our vehicles at Mark Robinson’s place in Maypearl and spend the day on scenic roads looking for wildflowers. We’ll arrive in Ennis after about 66 miles, where we can enjoy the annual Bluebonnet Festival. On Sunday we’ll head back to Maypearl for another 47 miles or so. …

IBD sales up 15 percent in January
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) Mar 6 2012 1:26 PM MT—They say what’s bad for snow sports retailers is good for bike retailers. And that notion held true in January as warm, dry weather set the scene for a 15 percent jump in bicycle merchandise sales compared with a year earlier, according to Leisure Trends Group’s RetailTRAK data.

Sales totaled $145 million for the month, with strong 29-fueled growth in mountain bikes—up 21 percent to $19 million. Dollars sales in 26-inch mountain bikes declined 2 percent, while 29ers surged 61 percent, the Leisure Trends report noted. Also, the…

Good news for bicycling in the Senate—but the future remains uncertain
www.peopleforbikes.org
A few weeks ago, we asked you to contact your Senators telling them to oppose bills that would have eliminated essential biking and walking programs. Good news: the future of federal funding for bicycling is now looking brighter thanks to strong bipartisan support in the Senate. This support is newly expressed in the successful Cardin-Cochran Amendment, which was accepted into the Senate transportation bill thanks in part to strong feedback from the bicycling community. This bipartisan amendment guarantees our local governments a voice in…

Austin lands 2015 cyclo-cross championships
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City

Austin has landed the national championships for a style of racing in which bicyclists pedal around a 1.5- or 2-mile course that covers pavement, trails, grass, steep hills and sections where they must hop off and carry their bikes over obstacles.

The 2015 Cyclo-Cross National Championships will take place at Zilker Park. The competition is expected to draw nearly…

REI to Outfit Outdoor Adventurers in San Antonio, Texas and Jacksonville, Fla.
National gear and apparel retailer to open first Florida store and expand presence in Texas
www.marketwatch.com
SEATTLE, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), a national retailer providing quality outdoor gear and clothing, is introducing its outdoor expertise to two new communities by opening a store in San Antonio, Texas in the fall of 2012 and its first…

March Meeting Minutes
Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
Camping trip
The club is planning a trip to the Colorado Bend State park trails on April 22, Earth Day. It looks to be about a 3.5hour drive, we’ll find a place to camp, hang out, ride ride ride! More detailed planning and coordination will likely happen at the next meeting.

Saturday Trail Maintenance
There are 5 “No Trespassing” signs that BTU has given us to put up. A few people will follow Mikey around to figure out where those will go. James’ new trail needs a bridge moved into place. The bridge itself may or may not need some work. There is a lot of erosion on the doubletrack that runs along the powerline just before Hematoma Hill (Game Trail). It is getting dangerous through there so be on your toes…

Improve Your Mountain Biking Through Road Riding
by Shawn            Texas Mountain Bike Trails
I make it pretty clear that I’m not really a roadie kind of guy and it’s been my motto for a while that “Road riding is all work and no play.”

But I do have a road bike and it is one of the most effective ways to become a better mountain biker. That is even where I got my start in cycling and completely fell in love with the sport. The picture above is of me when I used to race triathlons. …