Texas Bicycling News October 5th 2016

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10/4/16 Podiums

By Dirt Derby

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Podiums shots from the 10/4/16 Dirt Derby. Thanks to Austin Tri-Cyclist, Tom Mahnke Realtor, Team YEAH & Pickle Juice Sport, Bike Farm
Race podium

The Loop – Dallas

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The Loop will be a premier urban trail network surrounding the core of Dallas and will link our neighborhoods to transportation hubs and economic centers. Click on the map below to learn more
The Loop Dallas

Child on bike struck by car in League City, transported via Life Flight

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LEAGUE CITY, TX (KTRK) — A 10-year-old biker was struck by an SUV in League City, officials confirm to Eyewitness News.
The young girl was crossing the 1100 block of East Main Street just before 7:30pm when the incident occurred.
She has been transported via Life Flight to an area hospital. Her condition is not known. …

First in U.S. Dutch-Style Unsignalized Intersection Installed at Texas A&M University with Solar Luminescent Green ‘Paint’ Bicycle Pathways

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Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Texas A&M University Transportation Services completed construction on a first-of-its-kind non-signalized, Dutch-style intersection Oct. 3. The protected intersection includes bright green solar luminescent pavement markings used to delineate the bicycle pathways—also a first use in the United States. In this innovation, the illuminating green pavement marking keeps the pathways lit for the cyclists by storing solar energy during the day and emitting light during nighttime. …

FIREHOUSE FLAPJACK RIDE

Saturday, Oct 8, 2016, 7:45 AM

River Run Plaza
1071 Country Club Rd El Paso, TX

4 Cyclists Went

Meet at 7:45 am Leave at 8 amPace: 14-16 mph Distance: 25-30 milesMeet at River Run Plaza for a moderately paced ride of 25-30 miles in the valley at a 14-16 mph pace. On the way back, we’ll stop at the Santa Teresa Volunteer Fire Dept for a pancake breakfast. Cost $9 per person covers pancakes, sausage or bacon, eggs, juice and coffee. Ride Lead…

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Casual Tuesday Evening Ride (B.I.G)

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2016, 5:30 PM

River Run Plaza
1071 Country Club Rd El Paso, TX

4 Cyclists Went

Casual Tuesdays are a continuation of the Beginner Intermediate Group (B.I.G.) program that began in May. No more lessons! Just a friendly, easy ride of 15-18 miles through the Upper Valley. Meet at 5:30 p.m. so we can leave no later than 5:45 p.m. Will leave earlier than 5:45 if everyone is ready. Pace is 14-16 mph depending on riders. No rider le…

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Elves And More Houston Texas Charity Bicycle Volunteers

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Elves and More 2007 bicycle build Houston Texas photos of bike build volunteers see your friends and neighbors photos. Building a bike represents a gift of love to someone less fortunate. Delivering that gift to these children in the neighborhoods where they live is a life-changing experience, for few of us know how much poverty there is among us, or what being truly poor, is really like.
All of Elves & More’s efforts are focused on helping children get out of poverty. Visualize 20,000 new bicycles loaded …

Panther Island Cyclocross Race Series

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Panther Island Cross
The action packed race series at Panther Island put on by FWCX will be an official USA Cycling sanctioned series on Tuesday nights from October 4th- November 22nd. The event is sponsored and supported by local bike shops and sponsors. The series is family friendly, welcomes spectators, and will have races for kids, women, and men. …

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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SUV Brakes Slamming Bike Ride

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Getting ready to bike ride today I put the route together in my mind. I chose the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route and then made a few minor changes. The bike ride came out at 37.18 miles. A not so blustery wind made the ride much nicer than yesterday’s 13 mph wind with 21 mph gusts. Indian Summer weather ruled biking today: 86 degrees at the 11:34 AM start moving up to 90 degrees when I finished at 2:46 PM. The breeze from the SE came in at 9 mph, not enough to really impact the ride. At times I wanted more wind to help cool down.

I took a rest break at the Cumberland Shell station at 22.4 miles into the ride at 1:05 PM. The Elemnt screen when I stopped and the weather while I was resting.

Fruit punch Gatorade and some snack crackers refueled me for the remaining 14+ miles to the finish. As I was getting ready to leave the station I heard a loud squeal of tires and turned around to see a silver SUV sliding towards the Cumberland Blvd. intersection. The SUV was in the right lane and a yellow van was in the left waiting for the red light to change. Not stopping the SUV made a sharp right turn around the pole holding up the traffic lights and onto Cumberland Blvd. and into the grass before slowing enough for the driver to regain control. The SUV got back on the pavement headed into Cumberland. After I left the Shell station and rode across FM1314 to go SE on FM1314 I saw the SUV coming back out of Cumberland on the exit side of the road and back onto FM1314 to Porter. I am not sure what happened but maybe the driver didn’t see the red light in time to stop safely and slammed on the brakes. There was a man by the front of his pickup by the store and we exchanged a few gestures and words about what happened.

The rest of the ride was uneventful. I was early passing the schools in Briar Tree and Kings Manor and Bear Branch Elementary had early release well before my passing through.

With today’s ride I am at 25% of my mileage goal for October of 600 miles. Tomorrow’s weather should repeat today and I plan on a bike ride.

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Texas Bicycling News October 4th 2016

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Changing of the guard

by escapee

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About 14 years ago we bought a house about 1/8mi from the south side of Walnut Creek park.
I rode every day and watched the seasons come and go. I watched erosion change the shapes of the trails and could tell when something was a little different.
The park is part of our lives. Some days, I see nobody else out there and it’s like my own personal private space.
Just over five years ago we had twins and we made sure the park has …
graduating up to MTB

FR512 Octagon Drop testing – 10/1/16

by Seth Pool

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finally nutted up and was the first to try out the big octagon drop & underdeveloped landing at FR512 @ the RHR location on saturday 10/1/16
before anyone states the obvious, yes, the landing is to short and way to flat for a drop this big. its going to undergo drastic changes and become much steeper and longer… needless to say, the landing was rather jarring.. my neck is legitimately sore. mountain bike wiplash is a first for me…

Fallen officer event takes on new meaning

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Fallen officier
Statistics say one police officer dies in the line of duty every 61-hours; a fact made too real in July when a sniper killed five cops in downtown Dallas. What also made it too real was that each of those officers was also a person; someone with a family and friends separate from the job they performed.
It’s such tragedies that make the annual Highland Village Fallen Officer Bike Race and 5K so important. The ninth-annual festivities will take …

Gears for the Years- Cycling event volunteers needed!

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Sun Oct 23, 2016, 06:00 AM – 01:00 PM
3400 E Palm ValleyRound Rock, TX
Gears for Years
Join Family Eldercare and the Central Texas cycling community for a day of cycling and celebrating life at all ages! Designed for the young and young at heart, the inaugural Gears for the Years is a non-competitive charity ride benefiting Family Eldercare. Whether you ride 25, 40, or 60 miles, your participation helps fund desperately needed client services in Travis and Williamson county.
As you know, no endurance event or fundraiser would ever be successful without a group of amazing volunteers. These opportunities are PERFECT for groups, teams, and organizations, both adults and youth! …

Timberlane STS Eliminator Race

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Timberlane

The Racing Post October 2016 Edition

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October 2016 Racing Post

Tour de Fresh Texas gets spooky for salad bars

By Anissa Fritz

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Tour de Fresh
By partnering Fort Worth’s FitWorth program, the Tour de Fresh Texas expects to place more salad bars in Fort Worth schools than originally planned.
Tour de Fresh, scheduled for the past three years in connection with an annual Produce Marketing Association trade show, makes its debut as a local event in Fort Worth. Originally scheduled in early October, the event is now set for Oct. 27, in connection with Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price’s FitWorth event, the Spooky Bike Ride.
“Our goal, much like Tour de Fresh, is …

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Stroker Road Bike Ride With Wind

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I rode the bike on the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route today for a total of 42.64 miles. I detoured around the road repairs on W. Lake Houston parkway adding a mile or so to the usual mileage. The ride started at 11:13 because I watched the Binche – Chimay – Binche race from Belgium on www.cycling.tv. This was the first time I watched this race. The live stream was first class as was the commentary.

The weather is warming up almost to early summer levels. 82 degrees at the start and 90 degrees when I finished at 3:03. Scattered clouds contributed to the warming but the stiff SE wind (13 mph with 21 mph gusts) made riding difficult into the headwind.

People were active in the grass fields along Ramsey Road as I rode by. I welcomed the 18 wheel trucks as they passed me providing a brief relief from the wind.

Once I reached Stroker Road and turned to the west the wind helped move me along to FM2100. Riding north on FM2100 the continued to assist me. Approaching the railroad tracks in Huffman I slowed down and then the cross arms came down. A long freight train passed through going west which is not the usual direction trains move on this track. I figured this meant the Amtrak train would not come through Huffman with the time about 1:25 and the Amtrak train usually coming through about the same time. After the cross arms lifted I rode to the Huffman Chevron for a needed rest break. The Elemnt screen when I stopped at the Chevron station and the weather while I rested.

I enjoyed the shade and breeze sitting under the canopy. The blue Powerade, snack crackers and candy helped to replenish my energy for the ride back to Kingwood. Around 2:00 I heard another train horn blowing from the west, the usual direction trains come from, and it sounded like the Amtrak horn. It was the Amtrak train which I guess waited for the freight train to get by somewhere. Normally the Amtrak train is a short train with a couple of engines and five or six cars but today there were several engines and maybe twice as many cars. Maybe they need these to the east of Houston.

Leaving the Chevron station about 2:10 I rode west on FM1960 with a nice tailwind. The rest stop and fuel enabled me to keep a good pace and move my average speed back up to 14.6 mph.

More warm weather in the forecast tomorrow. I plan on riding to take it in.

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