RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine is a travel magazine for people who ride motorcycles in Texas and the Southwest. Each issue features great destinations and the roads that take you there. By including detailed maps and reviews of food, lodging and attractions, we seek to make each issue a tool that can be used to plan your next ride.

2008 is our 10th year of publication. If you'd like to see what we've covered so far, check out our Bibliography of issues

Over the past several years RTM has been awarded 'Best ofs' by both the Dallas and Houston Press Clubs. Although we consider the approval of readers to be the ultimate reward, we appreciate and value the recognition by our journalism peers. It's a high honor, and reflects on the quality and talent of people who write for RTM. We'll continue to make our best efforts to deliver the finest and most useful motorcycle publication anywhere.

Press Club of Houston 2007
Magazine Design & Layout Runner-up, August/Spetember 2006, Valerie Asensio, RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine
Magazine Column 3rd Place, 'Relativity', Gene McCalmont, RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine
Photo Series (Newspapers & Magazines) 3rd Place, 'The Colors of San Miguel de Allende', Miguel F. Asensio, RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine

Press Club of Dallas 2006
Best Writing Portfolio in a Magazine (1st place), Tom Wiley, RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine
Best Magazine Article(1st place), 'Exploring Urban Myths & Legends', Valerie Asensio, Bill Keese, Brett Ringger and Valerie Bates,RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine

Press Club of Houston 2006
Magazine Column (1st Place), 'Ride more', Valerie Asensio, RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine

Press Club of Dallas 2005
Best Magazine Column (1st place), Gene McCalmont, RIDE TEXAS™ Magazine

The press
RTM has been featured in a number of publications and television programs including "Bike Week" and "American Thunder" both on the SPEED Channel and a feature on News 8 in Austin (streaming video link is on our home page)

Press coverage includes the following newspapers: the San Antonio Express News, the Austin American Statesman, the Leakey Star, the Longview News Journal and the Dallas Morning News. Magazines who have included ink on RTM include: Woman Rider, Motorcycle Product News, Dealer News and Cycle World.

The magazine was founded in 1999 as TEXMOTO™. TEXMOTO was the first and only motorcycle-interest publication in the Great State of Texas at that time and as RTM it continues to be the leader.

Who's Who: Editorial

Editor/Publisher, Valerie Asensio
Columnist, Gene McCalmont: Being There
Columnist, Bubba Wayne McManners: Bubba~isms
Regular Editorial Contributor, Bill Keese
Regular Editorial Contributor, Tom Wiley
Regular Editorial Contributor, Brett Ringger
Regular Editorial Contributor, William Hendryx

Advertising

Advertising Director Miguel F. Asensio

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