Bp ms 150
by Underground            www.bikeforums.net
Who is attending this year? What start point are you beginning the ride at? What routes are you taking?

This will be my third year on the ride. I will be starting from my house on the west side of Houston. I don’t think I’ll be riding through the park this year, I think I’ll take the express route out of La Grange.

I am changing it up this year though. I will head out early Saturday morning to beat the rush of people on the ride. I will stop in Bellville for the lunch break. Then I will head out again and ride to La Grange. I’ll make a pit stop at the team tent, get something to eat, rest for a little bit and rehydrate some, then…

Saturday Community Ride
Waco Bicycle Club
Saturday 08:00 AM
Road/all levels More
Everyone meet at the new Olive Branch restaurant.

Ride departs at 8:00am every Saturday of the year. Those that want to meet at the Olive Branch before the ride for a coffee or even breakfast – awesome! During daylight savings time, the ride goes south on a fixed route, rain or shine. This will allow riders that arrive late, or that would like to join in somewhere along the route, to do so. After daylight savings time, the ride goes north on a fixed route, rain or shine. It will be open to all levels of road riders and will have set routes.
Saturday South Ride 37 miler.
Saturday South Ride 55 miler.
Saturday South Ride 68 miler (affectionately referred to as the Spindoktor’s Renegade Ride)

Baylor, Waco Tri and Waco Bicycles Clubs will all be involved with this ride. All riders will start at the same time from the park. All distances are a drop rides. So if you intend to ride please keep in mind that you will need to pre-ride the route…

Finding Time to Train (The Life/Cycling Balance)
by (Victor Jimenez, Darryl Kotyk, Rob Grissom)        Cycling 360 media
Do you have difficulty finding the time to get in quality training on your bike, or including your cycling into your life balance?  Like most things in life, we have to make time for the things that matter most to us…. and cycling is definitely one of those things that we need to make time for.  Not only do many of us just want to get out there on our bikes, but those who race need to make sure they…

Can the real bike shop please stand up?
by minorbaker            Austin on Two Wheels

In a confluence of bloggy excellence, I have been thinking about biking (well duh) but more specifically bike shops. Four things I have read over the last couple of months along with conversations with local bike shop owners has really got me thinking about the role of shops in our bike ecosystem here in Austin. Firstly, a tongue in cheek post by BikeSnob, detailing your different types of local bike shops had me thinking through and…

Great Article In The March 2012 Far North Dallas Advocate
by dickdavid            Bike Friendly Richardson

You might have read in this post, local blogs, Suburban Assault and Biking In Dallas were mentioned in a local magazine, the Far North Dallas Advocate. It is a really great article that made it to print in their March 2012 issue. Unfortunately, since this is the last day of the month, most of those issues are gone or replaced with April…

Ride YOUR Bike
by Katie Koehler        www.texas4000.org
Mellow Johnny’s, a local bike shop in Austin, has a long standing campaign to encourage people to ride their bikes instead of using cars, buses, and other motorized transportation. All throughout the store you will see mock gas station pumps that read “RIDE YOUR BIKE” in the screens that list price per gallon, number of gallons and total cost. The whole campaign is clever and catchy. I find myself thinking about it a lot. But as I purchased a simple sticker with the Mellow Johnny slogan, “Ride your bike”, to place on my bike, its come to mean something entirely different than its marketing purpose.

The second day of my team’s spring break ride (we rode 210 miles in three days) was the toughest. We were going from Bastrop State Park in Bastrop to Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. Our day was meant to be 76 miles, but due to road closures we had to take an 8 mile detour. The roads seemed…

Sam Houston National Forest closes areas due to hazardous trees
From Community Reports
As trees continue to die in the wake of last summer’s historic drought, safety concerns for forest visitors are prompting the closure of several areas in the Sam Houston National Forest.

Among areas closed are Cagle Hiking Trail, John’s Point Trail, Long Star Hiking Trail, Multi-Use Trail, Office Hiking Trail, Equestrian Trail, Double Lake Shore Hiking Trail and Double Lake Mountain Bike Trail. In addition, some hunter camps and some parking areas will be posted as closed as well as Kelly’s Pond camping…

The Spinistry (@Spinistry)        via Twitter
Here’s the afternoon route. Definitely will be new sites to see for those who did it last year. 127 miles total…