Dallas Ciclovia
9AM – 3PM
Saturday, Apil 14, 2012
Houston Street Bridge, Dallas

The Dallas Ciclovia, organized by  Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, will close down the Houston Street viaduct in Dallas and turn it into a bicycle and pedestrian ONLY street market and fair. BikeDFW will be there with our bicycle-powered smoothie maker along with an urban market, food trucks, live music and more.

The Whole Darn Loop Mountain Bike Series – Race 2
www.bikewtca.org
Date: March 18, 2012
Location: Lubbock, TX
Contact: Chase Wesley
Details: The Whole Damn Loop mountain bike series begins at 3 pm at the MLK parking lot. Everybody rides the same course. Enough challenges to keep the skillful people honest and the beginners attention. Lap is approx 12ish miles.

Volunteers Needed for Spring Events
by marc            BikeDFW
We need a few volunteers for two big events coming up in March and April: a Katy Trail safety and membership event on March 24th and the first Dallas Ciclovia on April 14th.

Steaming wheels ready for Abilene race/tour
By Bill Cullins            San Angelo Standard-Times
SAN ANGELO, Texas — It’s time for a cycling road trip! In this case, the trip will be a short drive north to Abilene.

The 2012 Steam ‘N’ Wheels cycling race/tour, one of the best bicycling events in West Texas, will take place on March 24 in Abilene.

Activities will include a 48-mile competitive race, a 32-mile tour and a 12-mile tour, with all rides starting…

New road markings to encourage bike awareness
By Conner Hammett            Allen Americant

The city of Allen is issuing some friendly reminders to motorists and cyclists along the city’s previously unmarked bike routes.

Share the lane markings, or “sharrows,” are being 10 miles of roadway, including Malone Road, Rivercrest Boulevard, Twin Creeks Drive, Suncreek Drive and part of Comanche Drive, and there are more to come over the next two years.

The markings are not dedicated bike lanes but markers of the city’s bike route, a series of roadways recommended to cyclists for their traffic and road conditions and connectivity to parks, trails and schools. In the state…

USA Pro Cycling Challenge partner with Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO
By BikeRadar US

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, one of the largest professional cycling races in the US, have teamed up with the second-annual Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO to create the KOM (King of the Mountain) Challenge.

Held on April 1, in Houston, TX, the Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO is both a race, and a recreational ride for people of all ages. The event features a USA Cycling-sanctioned “Gran Fondo” style ride that consists of a 97-mile route, including a King/Queen of the Mountain competition. Additionally, the recreational ride options have routes of…

Livestrong Texas 4000 Bicycle Group In Seguin Today
kgnb.am        March 15, 2012
The longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Livestrong Texas 4000, will be rolling through Seguin tonight as part of the training leg for their ride that departs from Austin and ends in Anchorage, Alaska. Beginning June 1st, riders will pedal more than 45-hundred miles while raising funds for cancer research. Along the way they’ll visit with cancer survivors, patients, and family members to educate people about cancer prevention and early detection. Since its inception, the Texas 4000 has contributed more than 3-million dollars to the fight against cancer and over 350 riders have ridden their…