PeopleForBikes.org survey underscores need for better infrastructure
People for Bikes Blog
Last fall, we surveyed PeopleForBikes.org supporters (about 500,000 of you at the time) about your bicycling habits, preferences, and behaviors. Our neighbors at the Leisure Trends Group crunched the data from the nearly 20,000 responses received. Here’s what they found. (If you prefer pictures to words, scroll down to the infographic.)

Not surprisingly, you like to ride bikes. On average, you’ve been riding for a while (16+ years) and you ride often (up to 13 times per month on average for some types of riding). Our survey respondents own three bikes on average and ninety percent self-identify as cyclists. Men and older riders are more likely than women and…

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Triathlete to ride 75 miles to celebrate birthday, raise money for Prostate Cancer Foundation
By Pam LeBlanc        Fit City

Austin triathlete Jody Kelly will pedal 24 loops on the Veloway this Saturday to raise money to fight a disease that killed her father.

The fund-raiser, dubbed “75 Miles for 75 Years to Help Cure Prostate Cancer,” comes a few days before Kelly’s own 75th birthday. She’ll start her ride at 7:15 a.m. and hopes to finish at about 1:15 p.m. Friends will join her for some of the laps.
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Kelly’s father died of prostate cancer in…

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Bembrook Elementary Ride hosted by Tour de Hood, January 12, 2013
by Chris Lockwood            BikeHouston

On a not-so-rainy Saturday morning in January, some members of BikeHouston and folks from Tour de Hood, met up with some of the young recipients from this past year’s Elves and More bike program for a ten-mile bike ride.

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Sunday 2-5PM is the Alkek Awards Party! Looking forward to seeing everyone during the off-season in normal… http://t.co/3e2FhjZx

— Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome) January 18, 2013

A Colton Jarish find today w/ Max Bookman on the roads in Liberty Hill, Texas. In Austin..keeping it weird. http://t.co/duighVc3

— CyclingATX (@CyclingATX) January 18, 2013

Bonus MLK Day Ride! Monday, Jan 21 – Thunderbird Coffee, Koenig & Woodrow, 9:00AM. 50-60 mile ride.

— Violet Crown (@VioletCrownATX) January 17, 2013

This weekends rides: Saturday, 1/ 19 – Einstein Brother's Bagels, 12400 N. IH-35, 9AM.

Sunday, 1/ 20 – Mellow Johnny's, 8:15AM

— Violet Crown (@VioletCrownATX) January 17, 2013

The 2013 Texas cycling season starts this Saturday in Copperas Cove. Are you going?

— Pushing Carbon (@pushingcarbon) January 17, 2013

Biking Babe's JR Chandler with BikeTexas' Max, Mark, and Robin on the way to the Capitol this morning. pic.twitter.com/ea1F578M

— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) January 17, 2013

America pedaling toward more bike-friendly digs http://t.co/oMzWs5Dq via @ap via @mysa | Would you choose bike-friendly housing?

— Safe Streets Texas (@SafeStreetsTX) January 17, 2013

Rise and grind Austin! Check out "2013 Texas 4000: Fall Semester" on Vimeo http://t.co/HMnwp0vv

— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) January 17, 2013

Fort Worth Bike Share Plan Shifts Into High Gear http://t.co/zA4DcI3a @keranews @JoelBurns

— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) January 17, 2013

My name is Justin and I am a bicycle commuter (not a bank robber). http://t.co/yKvsyBSD

— Justin Moore (@bikegeek) January 17, 2013

Never get tired of seeing this on the #ride in. Good morning, Austin! pic.twitter.com/V0SEPgY9

— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) January 17, 2013

Poll: Should cyclists be required to ride single file? http://t.co/CpWYour3

— BikeRide (@bikeride) January 17, 2013

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