Texas Bicycling News December 12th 2016

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Rodney King Winter Tour . . . or

The Violet Crown Sports Association | violetcrown.org


It’s The End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Tired. 2016 has been a rough year. Some parent lost track of their kid who tumbled into an enclosure with Harumbe, and the year went downhill from there.
Glen Frey, Alan Rickman, Zika, Zoolander 2, Gene Wilder, David Bowie, Prince, Arnold Palmer, Batman v Superman, Ted Dunbar moving to Utah, Kanye West just being Kanye West, Brexit, Muhammad Ali, Fake news, LJ Miller moving to LA, Anton Yelchin, Greg Lake, John Glenn, and a presidential election that has shown tears in our social …

Winter Tour Schedule
Thur 12/22 Thunderbird 9 am
Fri 12/23 Thunderbird 9:00 am
Sat 12/24 Bagel Ride usual time.
Sun 12/25 no ride
Mon 12/26 Thunderbird 9:00 am
Tue 12/27 Thunderbird 9:00 am
Wed 12/28 Thunderbird 9:00 am
Thur 12/29 Thunderbird 9:00 am
Fri 12/30 Thunderbird 9:00 am
Sat 12/31 Bagel Ride usual time.
Sun 1/1 Mellow Wheeling usual time
Mon 1/2 Thunderbird 9:00 am

At Muleshoe Bend, avoid crowds when you hit the mountain bike trails

by Pam LeBlanc | digital.olivesoftware.com


Park’s nearly 10 miles of rugged trails twist over dirt and up and down rocky ledges.
Sometimes the best mountain biking trails in Austin feel a little like MoPac during rush hour.
Cyclists throng the Barton Creek Greenbelt, the trails at Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park and my personal favorite, the Slaughter Creek Trail, where I once took a slow-motion digger on a limestone ledge that sent me …

Sunday morning ride

Sunday, Dec 18, 2016, 9:00 AM

Intersection of 19th and Nicholson
19th and Nicholson Houston, TX

0 HHRC members Went

Join us for a beautiful ride with brunch afterward. Meet at 19th and Nicholson. We will ride down the Heights and White Oak Bayou trails through downtown to Buffalo Bayou. Then brunch at Last Concert Cafe afterward.

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White Oak Bayou Greenway steps blocked until fix installed

By Dug Begley | www.chron.com

Crews have blocked a pathway offering a vista of downtown Houston along the new White Oak Bayou Greenway, after concerns were raised cyclists could mistake the route for a bike ramp.
The small path where the White Oak Bayou Greenway crosses the Heights Hike and Bike Trail ends in three steep flights of stairs. Though the steps and a small overlook offer a great view of the Houston skyline, they pose a big danger for bicycle riders who often zip along the trails.
Orange construction fencing was stretched across the path’s entry this weekend.
“What we’re doing is we’re going to …

Pedaling professor advocates for bike-friendly Nacogdoches

By NICOLE BRADFORD | dailysentinel.com


Often pedaling her three-speed cruiser to her office at SFA, Dr. DawnElla Rust teaches her students about the connection between built environment and health. …

THE HELL YES HOLIDAY PARADE

by AusTexMurf | bicycleaustin.info

On Tuesday December 13, say “Hell Yes!” to a bike ride/parade from The ABGB to the Trail of Lights in Zilker Park and back. Wear your best holiday outfit, decorate and light up your bike and ride with us on a ride to benefit the Ghisallo Cycling Initiative. Entry for the ride costs just $10 and benefits Ghisallo! …

Weekend recap & upcoming events

Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association


This weekend we had two great work parties.
Karlo and his Memorial crew installed a new wooden berm, bet ya can’t wait to rail this one:
At the same time, up north at the Cypresswood (Collins Park) Trail, Jon Roberts and his merry band of trail gnomes armored a washed out section of trail and installed a new piece of boardwalk on the Black Diamond section of trail. …

Frostbite 50 ride melts away

Wheelbrothers | www.wheelbrothers.com

The Frostbite 50, a January fixture o the Houston area charity ride calendar for 14 years, will not take place in 2017.
Typically, the first “recommended” training ride of the year for the MS 15, the Frostbite 50 was a fundraiser for the Jersey Village High School drill team, known as the Gold Dusters. The race looped throughout the northwestern edge of the Houston area along Highway 290.
Gold Dusters director Courtney Nelson announced in December that the booster club had …
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Some Gooey Greenbelt Trails Bike Ride

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I was back on the MTB bike today though the overcast sky didn’t make the weather too inviting. The temperature was in the low 70’s but the humidity was around 80% making the trail damp and gooey in places. The route I rode came together as I rode but I stayed on the Kingwood Greenbelt trails mostly. The bike ride totaled 19.34 miles. I left home at 12:43 and returned at 2:26. At the end of the ride I washed the Motobecane 700HT to remove the dirt (not so much) and some built up stuff that bugged me when I noticed while riding.

With today’s ride I am inching towards my 130 mile goal for December. This SportTracks slide shows where I stand for the month and year. The SportTracks year data is about 33 miles less than Gamin Connect data; I think there is a small difference in the way the two programs calculate mileage from the GPS data.

Not many people were out on the trails. One other biker passed me as I rode north on the trail along side of W. Lake Houston Parkway as it cross Ben’s Branch bayou. Before that I detoured around construction workers at Kings River Drive and W. Lake Houston Parkway south of the bridge over the San Jacinto River. It looked like they were cutting the concrete to lay conduit for traffic light signals. The first time through the work area there weren’t any signs on the greenbelt warning of the work but on the return loop a man was putting up a barrier as I came around the corner.

While riding north on W. Lake Houston Parkway I noticed the speed showing on my Elemnt computer dropped 5 to 7 mph whenever a car drove by. I used to have this problem on my Stradalli road bike until I change the speed and cadence sensors from Gramin to Wahoo ones. I moved the Garmin sensors to the Motobecane 700HT MTB and it appears the problem came with them. I don’t know if this is a big enough issue to warrant spending $60 for the Wahoo sensors but it bugs me.

The trail route I rode went to the new greenbelt underpass on W. Lake Houston Parkway and this time I took these pictures.

I thought the road above the underpass was open to traffic but I saw the northbound traffic on the other two lane side of W. Lake Houston Parkway. Several workmen moved around the construction area on the roadway.

There is a small chance of rain tomorrow morning but I hope to go out on my road bike.

Link to RideWithGPS.com map and metrics.

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Academy provides bikes to 30 students with perfect attendance, good behavior

By STEPHANIE STEVENS/The Lufkin News | lufkindailynews.com

“Who wants to win a bike?” Academy Sports and Outdoors Store Director Jackson Kotz asked.

Local company helps Santa by building bikes

By Abby Knight | www.kbtx.com


Employees at Reynolds And Reynolds got their tool boxes out to help Santa assemble 100 bikes Saturday morning.
Dozens of people worked for hours to complete Santa’s order. The bikes are for the families of first responders in Brazos County.
William Wright kept the wheels moving on the build so the presents could be delivered in the nick of time.
“A bike is a very traditional Christmas present I would say. It’s …

Book Bike Coming to Dallas? Only if You Help!

by Jake Young | cw33.com

DALLAS — Need a book? Well, there’s always the public library, or even free little libraries. Or if you’re on the run, what about the bookmobile?
“We don’t have a bookmobile anymore,” said Dallas Public Library Director Jo Giudice. “We ceased our bookmobile service in October because it’s just so cost prohibitive. And it’s so big! We couldn’t get into the neighborhoods.”
So what’s the answer to peddling books on the street?
You gotta pedal the book bike!
“I really envision kids just …

2016 Resolution ’Cross Cup Day 1: McFadden and Driscoll Tops in Texas

Peloton Sports | www.cxmagazine.com

GARLAND, Texas—Chilly and breezy were the words to describe the first day of the Resolution ‘Cross Cup in Garland, Texas. Now in its fifth consecutive year, the Resolution ‘Cross Cup in northeast Dallas was held at Winters Park Amphitheater, with a re-designed course that offered a new wooded section and varied route on the park’s steep terrain. …

Putnam: Give helmets with bicycles this Christmas

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Bicycles always are a popular gift at Christmas, and many parents are shopping now for that perfect new bicycle for their child.
This is an excellent opportunity to teach children about the importance of wearing a helmet to protect their head.
According to National Safe Kids, helmets reduce the risk of head injury by at least 45 percent, brain injury by 33 percent, facial injury by 27 percent and fatal injury by 29 percent.
Safe Kids also reports that bicycles are …

2017 Trash Bash

Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association | ghorba.org

Event category: General
Trail: Cypresswood (Collins Park)
Saturday, March 25, 2017 – 2:30pm
Join us for the 2017 Trash Bash in our efforts to keep our area clean and beautiful. Presented by the Bayou Preservation Association.
Location
6727 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379
Directions from Downtown to Collins Park …

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A Year After Tornadoes Ripped Through Garland and Rowlett, Volunteers Return to Plant Trees

By Alaena Hostetter | www.dallasobserver.com


On the night of Dec. 26, 2015, nine tornadoes ripped through Dallas’ eastern suburbs and leveled houses and schools, overturned vehicles and uprooted half-century old trees. In the hardest hit areas, Garland and Rowlett, parts of communities were destroyed, 13 people were killed and thousands of homes were damaged. This weekend, hundreds of volunteers from all over Texas and …

… A daylong planting expedition Saturday is just one of a series of events on the Rowlett Retreet calendar. The crew of Retreeters toured Dallas on bicycle Friday morning, followed by a welcome dinner that evening and a second bike ride on Saturday morning to kick off the planting, and a seed-bomb hike on Sunday. The …

Buffalo Bayou Bike Ride & Brunch

Saturday, Dec 17, 2016, 9:00 AM

Water Works at Sabine Street-Hobby Plaza
Houston Water Production Houston, TX

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Let’s enjoy a morning ride together along the beautiful Buffalo Bayou Hike & Bike Trail and all it has to offer. We’ll veer off course at about 11am to enjoy some brunch. We’ll keep our ride between 10 and 12 miles.We will keep a medium pace, so this will be appropriate for all fitness levels.During our last bike ride, there was some envy of what…

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