Texas Bicycling News Digest April 28th 2018

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Shifting gears to summer: Wesley Matthews delivers bikes to local kids

Dwain Price | www.mavs.com


DALLAS – One by one, as Betsy Orton and others helped the kids at Mi Escuelita Preschool in South Oak Cliff get accustomed to their new bicycle in the school’s adjacent parking lot, the joy and debt of gratitude was etched on the youngster’s face.

After all, when the kids went to school earlier this week they had no idea they were going to be given a free bicycle. But in partnership with Dallas Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews, the Mavs Foundation, Pro Players Foundation and Briggs Equipment, the bicycles and accompanying helmets were donated to the tiny tots from Mi Escuelita …

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Video: Athletes to ride fat tire bikes during Ironman competition

By Christine Dobbyn | abc13.com

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) — As if an Ironman competition isn’t challenging enough, three athletes are taking on an additional challenge. They’ll ride what’s called fat bikes or fat tire bikes. …

Riding Along The Rio Grande

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Eagle Pass to Laredo: 2 Disasters Averted

Saturday April 28, 2018, 5 miles (8 km) – Total so far: 410 miles (660 km)
Yesterday we woke up in a La Quinta bed, a nice enough room of green and aqua colors. At least it wasn’t brown, the color of every other hotel in Eagle Pass. I was excited and looking forward to crossing into Mexico. We had decided that the road to Laredo, our next destination was too far for one day’s ride and that we didn’t want to camp on the side of the road or ask at someone’s home. I have …

Beat the Street, Sweetwater, Texas April 28, 2018

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And we are off. The reason that the lead ride picture is an empty road and no pre-ride photos is a long story and sort of embarrassing one.

OK. So I was late and started by myself. I had to chase the whole field of riders. At mile 4, I caught the first person, above is mile 5 and a few more riders. …

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Drug Drop Bike Ride

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I chose the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route because I had a bag of prescription drugs to drop off at the Kingwood Park and Ride during the National Drug Give Back Day. Riding the 2.5 miles there with a heavy bag hanging from the left handlebar reminded me how much balancing goes into riding. Fortunately the bag hung far enough away from the fork that I didn’t have any problem but it was much better after I dropped the bag off.

Starting at 12:03 pm I didn’t expect to see any other cyclists especially with many of them riding the MS150. (Tweets and photos in tonigh’s news digest). An I did not see anyone.

Weather was gorgeous for the ride: start 83 (43% humidity), clear, wind S 7 mph. Finish 83 (41% humidity), clear, wind calm. My clothing choice: shorts and short sleeve jersey with sunscreen. Time to get some tan on the “winter” arms.

As I rode the route my mind drifted to thinking how close to the gulf Houston is and the beach feel in the weather. The sun was bright and the wind was light.

No stops along the way other than the drug drop off. No need with my pace not that high. I was treating this as a recovery day.

This is the first week in April of biking over 200 miles with 217.79 miles so far. Still met my mileage goal and one day left in the week. 19 biking days so far in April.

Sunday weather should repeat today.

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Texas Bicycling News Digest April 27th 2018

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BP MS 150 to take new route through Bastrop Co. this weekend

By: Calily Bien | www.kxan.com


BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) – Weather will be beautiful this weekend for the BP MS 150 — the bicycle ride from Houston to Austin that raises money for the National MS Society.

On Sunday, April 29, the bikers in the ride will go through a new route in Bastrop County before ending in Austin. The riders will take a route through State Highway 21 in Cedar Creek before taking Farm to Market 973 towards Austin. …

BikeHouston pushes for changes to intersection after fatal bicycle crashes near Rice University

By Samantha Ketterer | www.chron.com

A Houston bicycle safety advocacy group called on city leaders this week to improve a Rice University-area intersection where two cyclists have died in crashes in the span of one year.

The appeal came just after a woman was killed by a dump truck while turning her bicycle from Sunset onto Main Tuesday. …

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SOAR donates to March of Dimes

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BIG SPRING, TX – Students at Bauer Head Start School brought their tricycles and training-wheel bicycles to school last week for their annual Trike-A-Thon, to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The event, which encourages students to embrace philanthropy, has raised up to $1,500 in previous years. This year’s totals are still being tallied. Bauer faculty said they appreciate the donations of cash, bikes and helmets used for the event.

Two Timing Texas Tour

By Richard Hoeg | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 24: Hillsboro to Clifton: Bike Repairman Rich

Friday April 27, 2018, 36 miles (58 km) – Total so far: 971 miles (1,563 km)
Sometimes things work out. Molly yelled at me as we started down the 3 mile downhill to Clifton … the end of our day’s ride. I could not understand what she was saying, and I figured it could wait till the bottom of the hill. I got lucky! Here derailleur had crumped, but given the downhill coasting was the order of the day. At the …

Graduating senior Luke Allen to address students at MSU commencement

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Graduating senior Luke Allen will deliver the commencement address at Midwestern State University’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. May 12 at Kay Yeager Coliseum. Allen will speak to the approximately 735 students who are candidates to earn their degrees this May. …

… He is also a member of MSU Texas’ nationally ranked cycling team, winning a bronze medal at the USA Cycling Collegiate Track Nationals in 2015. He volunteers at numerous community and athletic events.

Erwin Park Junior Ride & Race Clinic

Sunday, Apr 29, 2018, 1:00 PM

Erwin Park
4300 County Rd 1006 McKinney , TX

2 Participants Went

Not a DORBA-specific event, but this would be a great ride and learning experience for the kids! – – – – – DFW Summer Series and the DORBA Juniors will be hosting a Junior Ride and Race Clinic on Sunday, April 29, 2018, starting at 1:00 PM. It will take place at the “Upper Lot” pavilion in Erwin Park. This FREE event will kick off the DFW Summer Se…

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Leon Creek — Intermediate Speed (Mountain Bike)

Saturday, May 12, 2018, 9:00 AM

9 Bikers & Hikers Went

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Video: SAFETY MATTERS: Cyclists Ask for More Bike Lanes

By: Mari Salazar |www.everythinglubbock.com

Lubbock, TX – Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization wants to know where you think there should be more bike or pedestrian lanes. To make this plan a reality, they need your help to get a feel of what people want.

“It’s a quality-of-life issue. I think that people who are active want easy ways to get out and be active in …

Finally Found the Skills Park! – Mountain Biking Pace Bend Park in Austin Texas Video

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I decided to go back to the very first place I rode with my prosthetic: Pace Bend Park. Before riding the normal loop I’ve done there, we decided to hit up the skills section. I love stuff like this because you go from being sheepish about the features to full send within a few runs. It’s also great to hit them with a group of friends!

Video: ‘Ghost Bikes’ parked around city to bring awareness, remembrance of cyclists killed on Houston streets

BY L. LEMONS | cw39.com

HOUSTON — Lurking in the shadows, chained to fences, poles and stop signs, white bikes echo through the city of Houston, haunting local parks, roadways and even bike lanes with one simple message to drivers: AWARENESS.

White bikes, better know as Ghost Bikes, act as a memorial to bicyclists who were fatally struck on Houston streets. The bikes are used as a statement to be the voice for cyclists who are silenced. …

Kerfuffle over Youth Trail at Roy G Guerrero Park

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Because I keep getting asked questions – or told that I am damaging the environment or destroying a park or killing trees or far worse. I have decided to post some information and let people see and decide for themselves. Some people are claiming “secret deals” and lack of “transparency”. They have posted a “Call to Arms” on the Ecology Action of Texas Facebook page. I think that post is alarmist and very misleading. So you can see for yourself the other side of the story.

The trail is being built at the edge of the Roy G Guerrero Park next to the Riverside ACC campus on Grove Blvd. We heard that people would be speaking the Parks Board meeting to try to block the project. Three people spoke about the issue at the …

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Kingwood to Cleveland Bike Ride

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It isn’t very often that I do a point to point bike ride but today was one of them. Yesterday I drove my Jeep Wrangler to Martin Jeep in Cleveland for the passenger airbag inflator factory recall. I got a shuttle ride back home and when they said it would be finished on Friday I planned to bike ride to pick it.

Starting out at 11:35 am I rode north into a headwind that wanted to slow me down but I pedaled hard and built my average speed up to 14.8 mph even with the wind. This one ride that I wouldn’t enjoy the tailwind when I reversed course.

The weather was a little cooler than I prefer at the start causing me to wear a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey. A good choice and I was comfortable temperature wise. The weather during the bike ride: start 75 (55% humidity), clear, wind 7 mph. Finish 79 (49% humidity), clear, wind N 9 mph, gusts 20 mph. Notice how the wind got stronger towards the end pf the bike ride. I hoped for some relief when I turned east onto SH 105 but the side wind was almost as resistance as the headwind.

On Fostoria Road I had a dog accompany but not quite a dog chase. I was on the right side of the two lane road and the large brown dog was running in the grass on the left side of the road barking some. At first I thought he would cross the road to come towards me but he stayed on the left. Back about a hundred feet another dog was racing to the brown dog barking but I sped up and left them to bark as I rode away.

When I got to SH 105 TXDot was working on the right turn lane coming from the left moving traffic to the lane next to it. Waiting for the light to change too some time with the backup. Once I was biking on SH 105 I stopped and took these photos.

Lots of wildflowers on both sides of the road. You can see the surface change a few feet east of the Liberty County line and it signaled a shift from smooth asphalt to rough and knarly chip and seal. That was the shoulder until I hit the Cleveland city limit and it went back to asphalt but not as smooth as the Montgomery County road. The Canyon handled the rough shoulder well allowing me to keep my teeth from banging together.

Arriving at the dealership at 1:41 pm I went inside and go the paperwork and key before loading the Canyon in the Jeep. I was hoping to leave the front wheel on and just remove the back wheel but it wouldn’t fit so both came off. Changing my jerseys for a t-shirt I began the drive back home.

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