Texas Bicycling News August 4th 2017

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We Got Ourselves a Bike-Share War in Dallas

By Tim Rogers | www.dmagazine.com


In June, Matt Goodman broke the news that VBikes had quietly launched in Dallas. The Garland company has a pretty cool concept. You use your phone to find a bike. They cost a buck an hour to rent. You can park them anywhere.
As much as I’d like to support a local company, VBikes just got some competition, and I think the new kid in town has an advantage. This morning I spotted some orange bikes on the sidewalks of downtown. They belong to a …

Over This Summer, Bike-Sharing Options In Dallas Have Multiplied Threefold

By Molly Evans | keranews.org


Five stories that have North Texas talking: Dallas has three new bike-sharing companies in the mix, but just one is local; Texas consumes the most energy in the U.S.; preview the Women Texas Film Festival; and more.
What a difference a summer makes. Dallas has at least two new bike-sharing companies in operation, and a third is on its way.
Before June, just …

Bike Rides & Hikes Meetup

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This groups activities are: mountain bike rides, road bike rides, and hikes.The bicycling and hikes will be in several parks around San Antonio and sometimes out of town.  We…

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Bike Rides & Hikes Meetup

San Antonio, TX
1,685 Bikers & Hikers

This groups activities are: mountain bike rides, road bike rides, and hikes.The bicycling and hikes will be in several parks around San Antonio and sometimes out of town.  We…

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McAllister Park (Mountain Bike)

Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017, 6:15 PM

5 Bikers & Hikers Went

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Cove House registering riders for annual bicycling event

By LYNETTE SOWELL | www.coveleaderpress.com


On the morning of Saturday, August 12, bicycling enthusiasts from all over Central Texas and beyond will converge at First Baptist Church to kick off the annual Cove House Classic Bike Tour.
The event is a fundraiser for Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter, which will receive all proceeds from the event.
This is one of the shelter’s largest fundraising events of the year, in addition to its annual banquet each fall.
Registration for single riders is $30, with a fee of $40 for tandem riders. Registration may be completed online now or …

New bicycle traffic signals installed in downtown Austin

Pam LeBlanc | fitness.blog.austin360.com

Heads up, Austin bicyclists. You’re getting your own traffic signals.
The Austin Transportation Department has installed signal faces at a dozen intersections in Central Austin. Some of them started operating last week, and I took a detour this morning to see how they worked. …

This weekend’s rides: Pflugerville + Oasis Brewery! Russell’s!

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com

Saturday we have a special treat! We will do the 65 mile Pflugerville Loop (https://www.strava.com/routes/3955052), then end at the Oasis Brewery for some post ride chillaxin. The weather looks good and not too hot. Woot!
Sunday is our more casual Coffee Shop ride that will take us to Russell’s for some awesome pastries and coffee. The route is 50 miles and can be found here: …

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PowerPod and Rain. What More to Ask For On A Bike Ride

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Getting out the door for today’s bike ride took more effort than usual. I received my PowerPod back from Velocomp after warranty repair and I kind of dreaded the bike ride because in the past I had to go through the “test” ride in order to get it working. I punched the start button on the Elemnt at 11:06 am after pushing the start button on the PowerPod. Within a few feet it started to report watts to the Elemnt and the “test” ride was not required.

The route for today was the “May Park Community Center – Huffman” one going south and then east. I expected to ride around 37 to 38 miles and ended up biking 39.4 miles. Sometimes on this route I add a street in Sherwood Trails Village or Bear Branch Village but with the later start today I skipped those resulting in less miles by 1 or 2 miles.

With 90 degrees, an overcast sky and light wind it was going to be a hot and humid bike ride.

As I pulled up to the traffic light at Pinehurst Trail and FM 1960 another cyclist rode up to the light and stopped. We started talking about where we were biking and he said he was just riding around testing saddle height and stuff. The light changed and we crossed FM 1960. Later I found his name was Jim Lane when parted at FM 1960 and Atascocita Shores Drive. He asked if he could ride with me since I was going a way he had not ridden before. We rode through Walden and back to Atascocita. I told him this was the scenic route back to FM 1960. At FM 1960 he went straight and I turned right on the way to May Community Center.

The ride went well with the wind making it difficult to ride east on FM 1960 to the Liberty County line. I crossed the line and made a u-turn to go to Huffman – Eastgate Road and then to May Community Center. I stopped there for water and to check a voice message on my phone. Back on the bike I rode to the Huffman Chevron for a longer break arriving at 1:15 pm after 27.8 miles into the ride. Breaking my usual ritual I bought a blue fountain PowerAde drink and sat outside under the canopy drinking and eating snack crackers. After 25 minutes I went inside to add some ice to my water bottle before leaving. As I walked the Stradalli to the driveway I looked west and saw dark clouds. Hoping I to avoid rain I headed out.

Getting closer to Lake Houston I saw oncoming traffic with their lights on but no windshield wipers moving. Maybe the dark sky wasn’t ready to let the rain loose. As I neared the west side of the lake the pavement showed signs of rain and I was glad I took the 25 minute break back in Huffman. No rain fell but as I made my way west on Atascocita Shores Drive I felt a few drops. At the pool and tennis courts it started to rain more getting me wetter if that was possible. Fortunately the rain was light unlike Wednesday’s drenching I got. It rained until I rode onto the bridge on W. Lake Houston Parkway going north where it slowed to just a few drops. By the north end of the bridge it almost stopped with a drop or two hitting me. From there to the finish at 2:33 pm I stayed dry though some streets showed signs of an earlier rain.

After the ride I hosed the Stradalli off and went inside squishing like I came out of the swimming pool. Bike rides to the south this week meant getting caught in the rain. The probability of rain tomorrow goes down from today. I plan on biking to the south and would like to not ride in the rain.

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Texas Bicycling News August 3rd 2017

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Man sought in theft of high-end bicycle in Houston

By Dawn Jorgenson | www.click2houston.com

Man stole bike during test ride, police say

HOUSTON – Police are searching for a man who they said stole a high-value bike from a sports supercenter in the 7500 block of Westheimer Road on July 4.
Police said the man pretended to be a customer interested in a high-end bicycle, but when the man was given an opportunity to test ride the bike, he left the parking lot without paying and never returned.
The man is …

PEDALING TOWARD THE FUTURE

By STEVE KUHLMANN | www.theeagle.com


Texas A&M libraries install bike desks to keep with changing times
After many miles, three textbook chapters and five quizzes, it’s safe to say senior Caroline Garcia made the most of her time studying on one of the Texas A&M library’s new bike desks.
The communications major, who was studying in Sterling C. Evans Library on Wednesday, said not only was she happy with her productivity, but she even found the FitDesk Bike Desk to be more comfortable than …

Dallas Makes a Huge Jump Toward Becoming a Biking City

BY Natalie Gempel | www.papercitymag.com


No Docking Locks Required for New Bike Share Program — Who Needs a Car?
Dallas has always been a driving city, but is that about to change? The nation’s leading dockless bike-sharing service LimeBike revealed today that it’s riding into town this month. The California-based company will distribute rentable bikes throughout Dallas in an effort to provide convenient, low-cost, environmentally-friendly transportation.
Without …

This Year’s Pictures/Videos – Collin Classic

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Track Nationals continue with junior and elite competition on Wednesday

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Carson, Calif. (August 2, 2017) – Juniors continued racing at the 2017 Junior and Elite Track National Championships on Wednesday while the elite riders also entered the scene. In all, 16 national champions were crowned on day three.
During the morning session, several finals were held in the 15-16 and 17-18 age groups while the elite riders began with their qualifying rounds in the team pursuits and team sprints. …

… to take the gold medal in their age group’s team sprint ahead of the silver medalist trio of Colin Crane (Houston, Texas/Momentum Coaching Group), Max Browne (Houston, Texas/Momentum Coaching Group), and Sam Riess (Phoenix, Ariz./Strada Racing Club).

In the women’s 15-16 team pursuit, Megan Jastrab (Apple Valley, Calif./iCademy), Zoe Ta-Perez (Orange, Calif./Sho-Air TWENTY20 Development), and Emma Workowski (Kutztown, Pa./Burner Fitness) made up the team of Fast Not Furious and won the gold medal. Second place went to Zoom Zoom which was comprised of Kayla Hankins (Scottsdale, Ariz./Velo Track Cycling), Bridget Tooley (Frisco, Texas /Sun & Skit Women’s Racing), and Paige Zizka (Katy, Texas/Northwest Cycling). Later in the …

DB Rec 8-5-17, 7:00am, 71 miles to Rockwall

Ron_Shome, Plano Bicycling Association | www.planobicycle.org

This is our last 70 mile ride before we ramp up to 75 miles. We’ll travel to Rowlett, then to Rockwall, then to Rowlett, and back to the barn. The first and second rest stops are the same, so if you need, you can wait there for the group to go do a loop in Rockwall, and then continue with us. This would yield a ride of 54 miles long since the Rockwall loop is 17.3 miles long. Please check this post before heading out, if roads are wet, or there is impending rain, the ride may be cancelled.
Due to the hot weather, we’ve had many cyclists suffer heat exhaustion, and …

Want a say in Austin’s bike policies? Bicycle Advisory Council needs members

Pam LeBlanc | fitness.blog.austin360.com


Want a say in Austin’s bicycle policies?
The City of Austin’s Bicycle Advisory Council is accepting applications for new members. The council advises city officials and other jurisdictions on bike-related issues, from bikeway implementation to education and enforcement.
Nine full members and …

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Lower Temperature, Higher Humidity Bike Ride

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A pleasant change for August weather for today’s bike ride. The temperature at the 10:47 am start was 84 degrees with 76% humidity so I thought I might need a swimsuit to make my way through all the moisture in the air but I settled for my usual bike clothes. The rain was offshore when I started and byt the time I finished at 1:56 pm it broken up with just patches over the gulf.

Riding the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route for a total of 36.6 miles moved me to 104 miles for August and 138 miles for the week.

The sky was overcast with a spot of blue sky peeking through every once in awhile. Wind was a light 5 mph from the NE not presenting much of an issue. After reading Dr. Mirkin’s email this morning I concentrated on doing some intervals during the ride.

Stopping at the Valero at FM 1314 and Sorters Road for a 30 minute break I drank an orange Gatorade for some extra energy for the last 12+ miles of the ride. I was afraid the longer stop might give the rain clouds a chance to catch me but they were a no show.

Friday’s weather heats up a few degrees from today and the rain chance goes up to around 50% but I plan on biking unless it is raining when I get ready to ride.

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