Save the Date for Viva Streets – Austin’s ciclovia on May 20, 2012
www.biketexas.org
Save the Date!! A fun, new festival where a car-free street becomes your playground.
When: May 20th, 10am-3pm
Where: Sixth Street – car-free for 2 miles (Brazos to Robert Martinez)
Join the energetic fun at VIVA STREETS! — a free festival that invites you to bicycle, play, get fit, people watch, and celebrate good health. Everyone is welcome – bring friends, bring the family or your whole team or neighborhood. Connect with the community and celebrate Austin. Enjoy the spectacle and be part of the…

Blessing of the Bicycles + Annual Ride for Please BE KIND to Cyclists
Public Event · By Please BE KIND to Cyclists
Sunday, April 22, 2012
10:00am until 1:00pm
On Sunday April 22nd, Please BE KIND to Cyclists will be joining forces with St. Martin’s Lutheran Church for the first annual Blessing of the Bicycles from 10 – 10:30 AM

Please join us by bringing your bike for a blessing as we remember cyclists we’ve lost on Austin’s roadways. A group ride will be leaving from the church to ride around the…

The National Bike Challenge
bikeleague.org            League of American Bicyclists
May through August 2012
The National Bike Challenge is an opportunity to challenge yourself to ride more often.  Record your rides, and add up the miles you’ve ridden, the calories you’ve burned, and the gas money you’ve saved. You can connect with other riders in the challenge, or embrace the spirit of competition by winning points for your employer, your community, or your state. You also become eligible for prize drawings after you’ve logged just three days on…

Walnut Wednesdays! April 25th Walnut Creek Metro Park
Austin Ridge Riders
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 – 16:00 – 19:30
Walnut Wednesdays!
April 25 Walnut Creek Metro Park
4 pm ’til dark thirty
If you get there after 4, just call Mark H to get directions to where he is working.
Six nine ate 4 three ate uno
Meet at the pool parking lot. Paydirt? Yup!

Accident Last Monday (Apr 9th). Were You There?
by cramsay3         www.austinridgeriders.com
A friend of the man who was airlifted to Brack last Monday (April 9th) is looking for anyone who was on scene. Please contact via message at hilldog53 on YouTube only if you were there.

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Hi there: did you happen upon the bike accident on the greenbelt this past monday? a friend’s husband was hurt and starflighted to Brack. We are looking for anyone who came up on the scene. About 4:15p last…

Urban Breakfast Ride
Hill Country Bicycling Touring Club
Start:     April 29, 2012 8:00 am
End:     April 29, 2012 12:00 pm
Venue:    Pearl Brewery Complex
Address: 200 East Grayson Street, San Antonio, TX
Sunday April 29th: Wheels Down Exactly at 8AM (no exceptions). This is a 24-mile stay together ride with the Wheelmen through Brackenridge Park, Olmos Park, downtown, Mission Reach, and other neighborhoods with a stop for breakfast (usually on St Mary’s) near the end of the ride. Meet in the parking lot under…

Texas Cup Action — Rockwall Criterium
www.txbra.org

Kayla Sterling, Exergy Twenty12, went on a solo break early in the Women’s Open race. Despite a mid-race crash, she was able to hold on to the large margin she built up and win the race. Photo courtesy of Ryan Lange.

BikeTexas beneficiary of Groupon Grassroots
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
BikeTexas is one of the featured organization this week on Groupon’s non-profit fundraising site, Groupon Grassroots.

Here are the details: The Campaign: Bike Lights and Helmets for Kids

If this Grassroots campaign raises $400, then BikeTexas can provide bike lights for 40 Texas cyclists to ensure they have the necessary equipment to ride to work or school safely. Each additional $10 raised will provide a…

SIGN UP NOW! – Traffic Skills 101 Course
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson
Traffic Skills 101 Course
Sunday, April 29, 2012
8:45 AM – 2 PM
Location: Casteel & Associates, 10031 Monroe Drive, Suite 105, Dallas, TX 75229
Cost: $20 – includes a light snack and a printed copy of the Traffic Skills 101manual (a $10 value).
Instructor: Renee Jordan (Reneej@plano.gov)
Come have some fun learning safe, effective cycling from Instructors certified by the League of American Bicyclists who are active riders and commuters. The course includes an online portion you can take anytime (as…

Day 2 Thicket to Richards: four bad, one good decision
By Darren Kilbride             Crossing Texas the long way
Net riding time: 06h:55m. Net average speed: 12.7 mph. Gross travel time 09h:00m. Wheels on road at 10.00 am after letting the tent dry out. This is bad decision number one as it means that I have too much riding in the heat. I vouch to start off earlier tomorrow. At midday near Shepherd, I get hungry for a fresh sandwich. Only place…

Seen at Ciclovia
by UrbanPedal            dallascyclestyle.com
This weekend was the first Ciclovia Dallas has experienced, hosted by none other than our one and only Bike Friendly Oak Cliff.

Some of the eye-catching cyclists (that I could catch!) are pictured below. There was even a miniature penny farthing and a few unicycles. …

Cardiac nurse plans cross-country bike ride for heart health
by TINA FOSTER            WFAA
FORT WORTH — Rob Davis was just four years old when his mother died from heart-related issues at age 29.

“I was the one who found her in bed having trouble breathing,” he recalled. A few years later, Davis’ dad died of a heart attack. He was 42. For Davis, who is a cardiac nurse, heart disease is both personal and…

Central Texas: Wounded Veterans Bike Ride Passes Through
by Brittany Semadeni        www.kwtx.com
(April 16, 2012)–Wounded veterans participating in the Ride 2 Recovery will make stops in Central Texas on Thursday.

For the fourth consecutive year, veterans will pedal their way into Waco and Fort Hood as a testimony of pushing through the health and wellness obstacles of wounded warriors.

The injured veterans use hand cycles, recumbent cycles tandems and traditional road bikes.

The ride begins in San Antonio on Monday, stopping nightly in six cities along the way including…

Southside Bike Ride    May 19, 2012
fortworthtexas.gov
Bicycles are a vehicle for positive change, creating safer communities and improving the air we breathe. Become part of a cycle of change by teaming up with the Safe City Commission and local businesses.

Enjoy the family friendly, leisurely ride through Fort Worth’s southside neighborhoods on the 8.8 mile route, or ride a…

Rockwall Criterium Weekend 2012
by Ken            Texas Racing Life

There are two main ways that I judge my cycling: power data and results.  On one hand, it is incredibly satisfying to reach new levels of fitness and break personal records of average power over certain time intervals.  But as many have said, “You are only as good as your last race.” Results matter too.

Saturday’s race was a very windy four corner crit course around a business park.  I was a bit nervous because I don’t race with the guys from Dallas very often.  I didn’t know what to expect. As the race started, I kept up front, trying to find a draft as much as possible. Different teams were adamant on keeping the field in the gutter, but I was motivated to stick in with my wife and parents cheering me on.  About halfway through, I found myself in a…

Bike Gear Designer: Geoffrey Franklin
by Laura            The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
Bicycle Can Cage
At Wheel Brothers, we are always trying to keep our cycling community well informed on everything from upcoming events to local bike shops. When we came across Geoffrey Franklin of Walnut Design Studio, we did not think that we would be doing our job without sharing his handmade cycling gear with you. Geoffrey’s gear is unique, and his passion for cycling is evident in the quality and thoughtfulness of his work. We asked Geoffrey a…

@jodyms             via Twitter
And BTW ya’ll: I missed you last week. I was out in west Texas cycling my heart out. The bluebonnets were outrageously beautiful.

Orange Bike Presents BIKAPALOOZA!
By Valerie Do
Monday, April 23, 2012
10:00am until 2:00pm in CDT
Gregory Plaza
Join us Monday, April 23 for Orange Bike’s biggest event of the year! And, when we say big, we mean a whole lot of awesome stuff being given away and fun activities and awesome prizes! What sort of stuff and activities and prizes you say?

We will be featuring an obstacle course!
A really fun obstacle course with an oversized tricycle, a clown bike, foam swords, a cool bike helmet upon completion, and a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Freewheeling! The person with the fastest time wins that gift certificate, and also upon completion of the course, you get…