Avast! September 19 be Talk Like a Pirate Day, so haul yer best Pirate to yer ride/tour and impress yer mates! (We be puttin’ these here fer a laugh. We be not wantin’ ye to do anythin’ that might land ye in traction.) Don’t be forgettin’ yer eyepatch for yer post-ride/tour grog, savvy? And nae […]
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BikeTexas Annual Membership Meeting 2016
Every September, BikeTexas members come together for the Annual Membership Meeting. We hear from board members and staff about where we are and where we’d like to be in the next year. We share successes and setbacks. And in 2016, we’re celebrating 25 years of bicycle advocacy in Texas! We invite you to join us […]
Learn and Roll: Back to School 2016
Teachers, students, and parents are already in the swing of a new school year. How’s it going so far? Is your bicycle rolling with you to class? Biking or walking to school gives your child (or you!) tremendous health and mental benefits. Childhood obesity is on the rise across the US, and regular physical activity […]
Special Membership Premiums for Hotter’n Hell Weekend!
You’ve already heard the great news– we’re giving away a bike! Many thanks to those who already responded and are making Texas a great place to tour a bike. BikeTexas members are the best! Maybe you haven’t entered yet. That’s okay–there’s no better time than Hotter’n Hell weekend to join BikeTexas and enter to win […]
Come See Us at Hotter’n Hell 2016
For over a decade, BikeTexas staff have made the six-hour tour from our home base in Austin to Wichita Falls to attend the largest cycling Event in our great state: the Hotter’N Hell 100. Now in its 35th year, the event routinely draws nearly 15,000 riders. And for nearly as long as we’ve been going […]
BikeTexas Annual Bike Giveaway 2016
Every year, BikeTexas gives one lucky member a new bike. Is 2016 your year? BikeTexas is the only statewide organization dedicated to serving pedestrians and people who ride/tour bikes all over the state. Your membership works for better laws, better safety, better education, and better funding for biking and walking at the local, state, and […]
News By Bike: Links for You to Read (July 1)
Looking for some weekend reading? Look no further than these links we thought were worth sharing this week: From BikeTexas: There’s still time! Get your best bike stories in to us for inclusion in BikeTexas’ 25th anniversary celebrations. Email [email protected] by Tuesday, June 5. Elena Studier’s Summer by Rail visit to Texas was fantastic! For more […]
Summer By Rail Visits Texas as Part of Nationwide Tour
Elena Studier had a plan for her summer internship: using Amtrak’s expanded roll-on bike service, she would travel the US by bike and rail. No cross-country tour can be complete without a stop in the Lone Star State, and we were delighted to show off four of Texas’ cities during her quick weekend here: showcasing […]
BikeTexas Supports Austin’s Bond Package
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News By Bike: Links for You to Read (June 17)
Looking for some weekend reading? Look no further than the links we thought we worth sharing this week: From BikeTexas: We need your help! Share your best bike stories with us to be included in our 25th anniversary celebration. Send them to [email protected] by June 30. From around Texas: Ride the A Train in Denton […]
News By Bike: Links for You to Read (June 10)
Looking for some weekend reading? Look no further than these links we thought were worth sharing this week: From BikeTexas: #SummerByRail is in Texas this weekend! Bring your bike and ride with Elena in San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, or Dallas. Beth Nobles is back in Texas! Meet Beth and other new BikeTexas staff. We […]
Summer By Rail Visits Texas June 10-12
Help us Celebrate 25 Years, Welcome New Staff, and More: BikeTexas Today May 2016
Want the newsletter delivered to your inbox instead of your desktop? Subscribe to our emails today. Join / License Plates / Bike Lights / Donate / Shop / Get our emails Celebrate 25 Years of BikeTexas by Sharing Your Bike Tour Stories! Everyone has at least one great story of how riding a bike makes life better. To help us celebrate 25 years of BikeTexas, we’re […]
Rolling to Work: New Bicycle-Friendly Businesses in Texas
Congratulations to Texas’ newest Bicycle Friendly Businesses, B&B Bicycles and Asakura Robinson (Austin)! The League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of bicycle friendly businesses as part of Bike to Work week. Asakura Robinson in Austin enters the list for the first time at the bronze level. B&B Bicycles in Cedar Hill, owned by BikeTexas board […]
Share Your Stories and Help Us Celebrate 25 Years
BikeTexas is celebrating 25 years of making Texas a great place to ride a bike, and the celebration includes YOU! Send us your stories, pictures, videos, or even audio podcast, telling the world how riding a bike makes your life better. We’ll be sharing the stories we collect all year long as we celebrate our silver […]
News By Bike: Links for You to Read (May 20)
Looking for some weekend reading? Look no further than these links we thought were worth sharing this week: From BikeTexas: It’s Bike to Work Day! Do you have a special story or photo to share? Post it on our Facebook page or Tweet it to us! Congratulations to Frisco on being named a Bicycle Friendly […]
Meet Lynn
Join BikeTexas in welcoming our newest member of staff, Lynn Haas. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from UT Austin and will be doing transportation engineering for BikeTexas. Lynn particularly enjoys intersection and interchange design, and will often pause in her commute to study traffic flow–watching how road users interact with infrastructure is one […]
The Elite Eight: Frisco Joins the List of Texas Bicycle Friendly Communities
People on bikes have a reason to smile a little wider while rolling through Frisco today: the city has been named Texas’ newest Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists! Frisco enters the bike-friendly list at Bronze, joining Austin (Gold), Brownsville, Houston, Plano, Richardson, San Antonio, and The Woodlands, all at Bronze. Congratulations […]
News By Bike: Links for You to Read (Apr 8)
Looking for some weekend reading? Look no further than these links we thought were worth sharing this week: From BikeTexas: Could the Northeast Texas Trail become a linear state park? Survey time! Take the follow-up survey from TTAT 2016. Help us get ready for 2018! Support BikeTexas while you pick up your lettuce with HEB […]