Texas Bicycling News Digest January 16th 2018

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Denton Bike Friday Night Social Ride in Denton

dallas.eventful.com

January 19, 2018
Friday 7:00 PM (on various days)
Denton Bicycle Shop
1700 North Elm Street
Denton, Texas 76201
Join us every Friday night at 7:00 pm here at the shop for a casual social ride through downtown Denton! Get to know the shop staff, and make some new friends!

Appx. 10 miles, no drop.

All rider types and bicycles are welcome!

Cost: Free

Video: Houston’s handling of waste from bike lanes project in question: ‘It shouldn’t be on the ground’

By Mario Diaz | www.click2houston.com

HOUSTON – Rosanne Barone, the program director for Texas Campaign for the Environment, recently expressed her concerns over how the city of Houston’s Traffic Operations Facility handled a material known as methyl methacrylate, or MMA.

“Wow and that is very, very scary,” she said.

Barone, whose organizations examines how materials and chemical waste is handled around the …

Examples of bad facilities

Darron | bicycleaustin.info

… There is a nice 10ft wide shared use path long Park Street in Cedar Park.
For about the first .75 miles it flows nicely along the street with strait through cross street intersections like this:
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Unfortunately the developer further down the street decided to narrow down the cross street intersections to normal pedestrian width plus make a sharp turn in as well and basically negating the advantages of a …

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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https://twitter.com/BLifeMcKinney/status/953288921596809216

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Ice Outdoors, Hot Workout Indoors on Bike

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No thoughts about biking outside today. When I checked the temperature after getting up this morning it was 30 degrees. By the time I started the workout it dropped to 28 degrees. Here are a couple of photos from outside our home.

Glad to report today’s workout went without any sensor problems. I powered up the Elemnt, PowerPod and the speed and cadence sensors came to life as I turned the cranks. Today’s workout was steady pedaling after warming up. The oscillating fan helped to keep me cool though I waited until 3 miles into the workout to turn it on.

More cold weather Wednesday. Another indoor workout on the Cycleops Fluid Trainer.

SportTracks Indoor Trainer Summary

portTracks Bike Indoor Trainer Summary

Texas Bicycling News Digest January 15th 2018

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BIKES ARE AN OBSESSION – VeloVlog #41

Preston Glace | youtube.com


The 2018 edition of the Texas Cycling winter training camp vlog is here with more sick beats as always. Twas yet another big block of training filled with friends, food, and fun. This kicks off the 2018 season of the VeloVlog, so get …

Upper Valley Tour Groups B & C

Sunday, Jan 21, 2018, 8:45 AM

Across from Rio Plaza
Park across from strip center at 6205 Upper Valley Rd (just north of Artcraft) El Paso, TX

3 Cyclists Went

• Distance: Usually 20-25 miles• Roll Out: 9:00 am• Pace: (Group B 14-17 mph) (Group C 12-14 mph) Note: Group C rides should have a minimum of 2 riders for safety• Details: No Drop Ride. Route will be a little tour of the Upper Valley.  Ride leader will determine route based on abilities of those who show up to ride.  Most routes are flat with f…

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Video: APD surprises boy grazed by bullet with a bike

Rebeca Trejo | www.kvue.com


AUSTIN – It was quite an eventful day for 9-year-old Miles Kennedy.

He was behind the wheel of a police car, given a police commander’s coin, and a Certificate of Bravery from the Austin Police Department.

APD is doing this because a bullet grazed Miles’ neck last month when he was walking outside …

Adventurers Explore Both Sides of Border in 1,200-mile Journey Along the Rio Grande

by KATHY BLACKWELL | www.texasmonthly.com


Over three installments, we follow a film team as they—by bike, horse, and canoe—document how a physical wall would affect the area, water, and its people.

In December, a team of five, including Texans and immigrants, embarked on a monthslong journey from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Rio Grande using different modes of transportation: mountain bikes, horses, and canoes. Their purpose? To document the borderlands before further construction of a …

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Thank Goodness for Backup Sensor Indoor Bike Workout

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I probably could’ve went outside to ride today but after hassling with the Wahoo Speed sensor battery I wasn’t in the mood. Before starting the fluid trainer workout today i checked the battery on the speed sensor. It was dead after only one workout. I started to put another battery in but stopped when I remembered I still have the Garmin ANT+ speed sensor that the Wahoo one replaced. When I picked up the Garmin and shook it a few times the little green LED started flashing which surprised me after almost a year of no use. I started the Elemnt computer to pair it with the Garmin but it wouldn’t connect. I thought replacing the battery might fix it and it did. With the new battery the Garmin paired with the Elemnt in a few seconds. Now I was ready to start the workout!!

Outdoors it was 64 degrees when I started the workout and by the time I finished almost an hour later it was up to 66. But this won’t last long with another cold front likely to arrive early Tuesday morning. There might be some warming by Saturday which means I might actually get to put some rubber on the road instead of the trainer. I hope to ride the Bike Through The Forest & The Hills – Coldspring, TX. But the weather might not pan out.

With the cold and/or wet weather my bike activity has been indoors. So far I have biked 91.64 miles according to my SportTracks dashboard.

SportTracks Indoor Workout Summary

SportTracks Fluid Trainer Bike Workout Summary