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Road I

Date: May 23-24
Instructor: Preston Tyree
Location: Austin, TX 78759
Fee: $65.00

Description: The Austin Cycling Association will be doing the traffic skills course with classroom on Friday night and parking lot and road drills on Saturday morning.

To register for this course, contact:

Preston Tyree
Phone: 512 338-4075
Contact Email: preston@streetcycling.org
Website: www.streetcycling.org

Signup required in advance? Yes
Special signup instructions: You can sign up on-line at www.streetcycling.org

Equipment required: Bike, water, helmet and tools

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Road I for Transportation Planners and Engineers

Date: Friday, May 9, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Regina Garcia
Location: 3555 Timmons Lane, Houston, TX 77027
Fee: Free to area transportation engineers and planners

Description: The Road One course gives cyclists the confidence they need to ride safely and legally in traffic or on the trail. The course covers bicycle safety checks, fixing a flat, on-bike skills and crash avoidance techniques. This nine hour course will provide a full understanding of vehicular cycling. Transportation engineers and planners will learn the needs of bicyclists and how design impacts the function and flow of bicyclist operations and movements in traffic.

To register for this course, contact:

Dan Raine
Phone: 832-681-2525
Contact Email: dan.raine@h-gac.com

Signup required in advance? Yes

Equipment required: Bicycle, helmet, water bottle

There are indeed thousands of events going on nationwide in celebration of National Bike Month, from local bike rodeos to statewide bike to work events. So remember that

May 12-16 is Bike to Work Week.

May 16 is National Bike to Work Day.

May 21st is the evening for a Ride of Silence.

May 11-17 is also National Transportation Week.

50 ways to celebrate National Bike Month from the League of American Bicyclists

By Pamela LeBlanc
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

I’m back to riding my bike to work. Just this morning, after downing my Wheaties, I pedaled the Shoal Creek hike-and-bike trail, raced a squirrel along a sidewalk and sloshed through a water crossing on my way to the office. I’ll take that over stop-and-go motor traffic any day.

Now’s a great time to get back on your bike, too. May is Bike Austin Month, and lots of events are planned.

Link to the full article at American-Statesman Newspaper

The Wichita Falls TimesRecordNews online reports:

FORT DAVIS, Texas — Jason Short, a first-year cyclist for Midwestern State, won the Fort Davis Hammerfest, the most difficult and prestigious multiple-event stage race in Texas, on Sunday.

Link to the full article at The Wichita Falls TimesRecordNews

Ken Hoffman describes his MS150 adventure as only he can in his column April 14th.

Link to Ken’s column in the Houston Chronicle.

The Look A396 pedals on my Mercier road bike are showing some age. Besides being scraped from several unplanned side crashes at rest stops the bearings were slow and stiff. I received a coupon for 25% off at Bike Barn from Nuride.com and was trying to think what did I need. Answer: Look Keo Sprint pedals.

Weighing 130g and made of some composite material the pedals look sweet. Itching to get them into service I installed them on the Mercier Friday evening. The first thing I learned is it takes a large hex key to tighten them on the crank arms. I rummaged through my assorted bike tools and finally found the correct hex key.

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Saturday’s Houston Chronicle covers the ride. Several accidents send riders to the hospital. The northwest wind challenged the riders like a never ending hill. Arriving at LaGrange today is a mighty feat.

Link to the Houston Chronicle article