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Senate Bipartisan Transportation Bill Approved with Biking and Walking Amendments
Alliance for Biking & Walking: People Powered Blog
Big news from Congress: the Senate has approved their two-year transportation bill, and it offers key revisions for biking and walking.

Two weeks ago, we were pleased to learn that thanks to the tireless efforts of advocates from across the country, the Cardin-Cochran amendment for local transportation control was incorporated into MAP-21, the Senate transportation bill. The amendment ensures that local governments, school systems, and metropolitan planning organizations are able to access funds to make biking and walking safe and accessible in our communities. …

Women Cycling Forum presents: Elysa Walk
Alliance for Biking & Walking: People Powered Blog

Elysa Walk, General Manager of Giant Bicycle Inc, will be a panelist at the National Women Cycling Forum on March 20.

Who or what inspired you to start cycling?

A friend inspired me to start cycling. I think that women have such powerful relationships with their girlfriends and enjoy riding together in non-competitive, fun adventures.

What’s your favorite memory or proudest moment on a bike (or in bicycle advocacy)? …

Hold a Line – Or NOT?
by Steve A            DFW Point-to-Point

OR – Hold His Line? Photo from Google Maps
This morning, I encountered an interesting situation prompted by some motorist misjudgement. At no time did it rise to the level of being actually risky or a “close call,” but I’m interested in hearing what my loyal reader might have done.

Since we’re now in the “George W Bush ridiculously early Daylight let’s pretend we’re savings time,” I was riding in to work in the predawn darkness. I had my usual lighting and reflector, and the “flame thrower”headlight all lit as I waited in the “left turn only” lane on Bellaire at the red light. My intention was to turn left on to E Hurst Blvd and then to upset Rantwick’s mom by taking a…

Life as a bike jockey: The (near) victory salute
by Singletrack.com
…Texas roundup
The ProXCT season started earlier this month with the Mellow Johnny’s Classic in Texas. It being my first cross-country race of the season, I didn’t know how I was feeling going into the race. And the women’s field was chock-full o’ champs: a world champ, a few national champs and the reigning ProXCT champ.

I was at the start line thinking that I could be in good form or I could be getting ready to stink up the joint. Fitness can be that fickle. All I really knew was that I wanted to be in good position going into the…

Saddle sores, endurance cycling and RAAM
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City
What’s the best strategy to avoid saddle sores when bicycling 3,000 miles across the country?

Keep your shorts dry and change them often — as in every four to eight hours. Even better, rotate through several brands of shorts, each with a different chamois pattern.

If your buns do get irritated, layer on two pairs of bike shorts. If that’s not enough, put a gel saddle cover on your bike seat. And if you’re still sore, add a…

Bicycles for Justice
Austin collective builds bikes to donate to others
By Ramon Martinez,         www.austinchronicle.com
It’s early January, and several members of Austin’s Bikes Across Borders have just arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in Southwest Texas. Ciudad Acuña is one of the border’s fastest growing transnational metropolitan areas. The group has biked nearly 225 miles from Austin to the border crossing at Piedras Negras and then on to Acuña with the intent of donating their bikes – hand-built and refurbished from bicycle parts pulled from the waste stream. On this almost-annual ride known as the “migration,” Bikes Across Borders comes to support its host…

Big Thicket Bike Ride expecting huge turnout in Southeast Texas
www.cyclocamping.com
If you’re not the kind of person who enjoys bar crawls and copious amounts of spring beer, there are far more productive things you can be doing with your time on St. Patty’s Day. For bike enthusiasts looking for a big challenge, the Southeast Texas Big Thicket Bike Tour could be a great…

Ride Ataxia Dallas in Denton, TX
The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
The Ride Ataxia Dallas 2012 benefiting FARA – a nonprofit organization dedicated to research leading to a cure for Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) invites you to join their ride happening on March 24, 2012 at Apogee Stadium, University of North Texas

We were lucky enough to be granted an interview with Kyle Bryant, Founder/Program Director of Ride Ataxia Dallas to ask some questions about their upcoming ride.
Why join the “Ride Ataxia”?

Join Ride Ataxia to contribute to the movement that has traveled over 6,500 miles and raised $1.6 million for research for a disease that has no treatment, no cure, no hope…until now. You’ll also get a well supported ride…