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Is Houston America's Future Bicycling Capitol? Tom McCasland Thinks It Is, and Is Making It So

Tom McCasland has long believed that Houston is a sleeping giant of a bicycling city, and these days Houston appears to be waking up and stretching its legs. Today Yale Law grad McCasland serves as the interim head of the Harris County Housing Authority, but even before he began his previous positi ... More >>

White Oak Hike & Bike Trail Getting a Detour at the Loop

Don't fall asleep on your morning jog.​The White Oak Hike and Bike Trail along T.C. Jester is gonna have a hitch in its get-along starting Monday morning. At 5 a.m. that day, the trail will be closed where it goes under the 610 Loop as part of road repairs, TxDOT says. It will stay closed at ... More >>

Bikes on Easements

North-south cycling trails could be a go!

Comment of the Day: Don't Come Running to Me When You Need a Lawyer

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Houston Bike Paths: "Easing" Their Way To A Glorious Future?

Open spaces begging to be used​About a year-and-a-half ago, as a sidebar to an article we wrote on the perils of urban cycling here in Houston, we cast our battle-tested, road-weary eyes longingly toward the possibility of CenterPoint Energy surrendering their scores of miles of utility easeme ... More >>

Bike Houston Tries to Rev Itself Up

​Just like Uncle Sam, BikeHouston wants you. The nonprofit bicycle advocacy group's membership numbers have dwindled so low that they're offering one-year memberships for $5, and are kicking off the discount program tonight from 6-9 p.m. with a happy hour at Firkin & Phoenix, 1915 Westheimer R ... More >>

Don't Kill the Messengers

How bike couriers plan to survive the internet age.

Faux Go Go Go

Not all those bike messengers you see are the real thing.

Cover Story: Keeping Up With Old Man Tim

To get this week's feature, I knew I would have to learn firsthand what it is to be a bike courier. While I have been an almost daily bike commuter for over a year, I knew that my bike was not up to the task.

Dear Bicycle Bandit: Five Simple Rules To Aid Your Getaway

Bicycle Bandit: Watch out for the strollers, dude​A bike bandit is on the loose in Houston, of all places. Yes, right here in the anti-Portland, a brigand is holding up banks and making his getaway on a Schwinn.We covered him early in his spree, but he's now hit six banks in the area.As a fellow c ... More >>

$13 at Hobbit Cafe

​Where: Hobbit Cafe, 2243 Richmond Avenue, 713-526-5460 What $13 gets you: A whole lot of eggs, an order of fresh pico, and some disappointing fajita beef and veggies. After a long bike ride Sunday morning, the normal taqueria stop got vetoed, and I found myself at Hobbit Cafe instead. I lov ... More >>

Metro Light Rail Expands Hours For Bike Riders

The Iron Horse welcomes velocipedes​Metro and BikeHouston have reached an agreement that expands the hours bike riders will be allowed on light-rail trains.Bikes are still barred during peak travel hours in the morning and afternoon, but the definition of "peak hours" has changed.Bikes can now be ... More >>

Houdini The Museum District Goose Flies Coop, Leaves Mate Distraught

The Goose is loose​Biking up to work one afternoon, we spotted this sign on a telephone pole just south of the main campus of Houston Community College.We wondered if the missing goose had been found, so we called the number. Dawn Adams answered. Adams is a daughter of Joy Boone, the matron of Dan ... More >>

The Wheel World

Commenters get angry on both sides of the road over "Ghost Riders."

Ghost Riders: Way of Life

Leigh Boone rode her bike everywhere she went.

Ghost Riders: Easy Come, Easy No

CenterPoint Energy's power line easements would make ideal bike highways. Too bad they won't let us use them.

Ghost Riders

In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.

David Byrne Bikes Houston

Photo by Craig HlavatyFormer Talking Head David Byrne (we're nor sure, but we're guessing he hates that description) was in town recently for a show at Jones Hall.Byrne has become a biking fanatic these days; he's also an occasional diarist about his tour.His piece on Houston has him complaining abo ... More >>

SXSW Journal: Wild Moccasins, Day 2

[How bassist Nicholas Cody of Houston's Wild Moccasins spent his SXSW Thursday.]Nicholas CodyBig Boi Bumps the Austin Music HallAfter playing three shows in one day, including our official showcase, we all looked forward to being able to relax and having time to watch some free day shows. Thursday b ... More >>

That Heights Bike Trail Developing Nicely, Except For The Arson

Photos by Amina Rivera The new bikeway near 7th Street and CourtlandThe Missouri, Kansas, Texas Southern Pacific railroad (try to say that three times fast) Rails-to-Trails project in the Heights is finally underway. After the official groundbreaking ceremony last December, men in hard hats a ... More >>

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Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

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Path to Nowhere?

Construction problems cloud the future of northeastern bayou trails

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Collision Course

Cyclists are finding out what really lurks along those serene country roads

Chop Talk

Houston remains embroiled in what to do about Memorial Park

Midnight Moving

Slap a light on your bike and take off into the night

First and Ten (Months to Go)

Block party kicks off Super Bowl countdown

The Most Extreme Sport of All

Bike messengers converge in Houston for some extreme competition

Best Bike Path

West White Oak Bayou Trail

A Night in the Tub

An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

Best Adventure Race Series

Texas State Championship Sprint Adventure Races

Best Bike Path

Brays Bayou along North and South Braeswood

Best Place to Mountain Bike

The Ant Hills

Best Bike Shop

Shirar's Bicycle Store

Art for the Masses

Jessica Cusick wants to brighten our drab landscape with little moments of wonder and delight

Biked Out

Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Roads to Nowhere?

At the Galleria, you can't bike there from here

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Panic in Memorial Park

Cyclists say wait Ho Chi Minh-ute