Rode your bike into the ground? Make magazine is getting into the bicycle scene. This article describes how to make a bike repair stand out of plumbing supplies. Not bad for the price. Another article shows how to build a bench mounted repair stand out of PVC pipe and fittings.
Houston Chronicle Sunday Life Section – Mountain Bikes in the Flatland
Kristin Finan writes about mountain biking in the Houston area. With all of the flatland around here mountain bikes are a misnomer. Kristin says not the case. Read her article at this link. Be sure to check out all of the sidebars as well.
If You Can’t Get Enough Time on the Bike
I ran across this at the Makezine.com website. Bike Design Furniture by Andy Gregg makes some amazing furniture out of bike parts, mostly rims and tires. When you think about the materials used in bike rims and tires, seating and swooping shapes come to mind. Read more about the furniture at the Bike Design Furniture website.
2007 Houston to Austin MS150 Registration Opens
Registration for the biggest bike ride of its kind in the United States is now open.
Registration for the annual Houston-to-Austin BP MS 150 Bike Tour is open at www.ms150.org/ms150 for $50 per person. The minimum required fund-raising pledge is $400, supporting MS client services for more than 17,000 Texans living with multiple sclerosis.
As in the past two years, the 2007 Tour will accommodate 13,000 registrants, so riders are strongly encouraged to sign up early. Registration for the 2006 ride hit 13,000 and closed nearly four months before the event.
The 23rd Annual Houston-to-Austin BP MS 150 is April 21-22, 2007.