Texas Bicycling News August 26th 2016

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It’s a Hotter N’ Hell Wedding – Couple Ties Knot At Nation’s Largest Bike Race

By Aaron Galloway

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Most girls dream of a fairytale princess wedding with an extravagant dress, big cake, and a fancy ball room. But not Maggie Rodriguez. Nope, all she needed was a bicycle, three digit temperatures, one-hundred miles of blistering hot pavement and 12,533 of her closest friends – oh yeah, and her groom, Darryl Morabito. …

Texas woman dies after Central Park bike accident

BY John Annese

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A Texas woman who was badly hurt after losing control of her bicycle in Central Park has died of her injuries, police said Thursday.
Gloria Garcia, 54, of Corpus Christi, was riding on West Drive by W. 80th St. on July 17 when she fell from her bicycle and …

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Corpus Christi bike share program makes downtown debut

By Kirsten Crow

www.caller.com


Greater downtown success may ride, in part, on white frames and wide tires.
Unveiled Friday morning, Corpus Christi’s new bike share program is anticipated by proponents to be an amenity that will enhance the downtown experience, promoting a healthy lifestyle and fostering greater economic development and tourism opportunities. …

HHH Off Road Mountain Bike and Triple Threat Racing

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The off- road mountain biking events kicked off today.
Kenzie Meek-Beck joins us. You were able to meet some of the athletes getting set to take off.
That’s right… We’re just outside the MPEC where the first leg of the triple threat event took place today. The triple threat is the off road mountain bike ride plus the 100 mile endurance ride tomorrow followed up by trail runs on Sunday.
While the overall event is awe inspiring there …

First Meeting of Fall 2016

Texas A&M Cycling Team

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Our first AMCT meeting will be on Thursday, September 1st at 8 PM in REC 255. As tradition mandates, there will be free Layne’s for all in attendance. The meeting will mostly be informational. The tentative agenda is as follows: …

 

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Giant Scoreboard Flag Bike Ride

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As I turned off the I-69/US59 south service road onto Valley Ranch Parkway I could see the giant New Caney ISD Texan Stadium scoreboard was lit with the US flag. Tonight is the first football game and I suppose they are getting everything ready. As I rode closer I could hear marching band music and I thought the band was practicing but looking on the field no band was there and the music was piped in. I pass the stadium when I ride the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route which I was on today. I have heard the scoreboard is the largest high school stadium one in the US in 2015 but I don’t know if they still have that honor in 2016.

The ride started at 12:23 as I was slow to get going. The overcast sky was not drawing me outside and the small rain clouds on the radar was not encouraging. For the first couple of miles I rode in an intermittent drizzle but it wasn’t enough to turn back. The temperature was in the mid 80’s and the humidity was around 66% which made for a muggy ride. Whenever I stopped I could feel the sweat moving around on my body. Thankfully the wind was from the east and not a big problem and it became a nice tailwind on the way south from Tavola.

I arrived at the Porter Stripes at 2:02 at the 23 mile point of the 34.45 mile long ride. The timing wasn’t great because I would need to pass the Briar Tree elementary school during dismissal. My Elemnt screen when I stopped and the weather half way during the break.

No Gatorade today, just ice water to wash down the two packages of snack crackers. This helped shorten the stay at the station and I was back on the bike at 2:30. I thought I would get passed the school before the parents took up the road but they were lined up on each side of the road approaching the school. I rode in the left lane to get around them until a couple of cars coming the opposite direction came into the right hand lane I had moved to. I stopped for them to position themselves so I could ride around.

Making my way through Oakhurst on the way to Kings Manor I hoped I would miss that school’s traffic but they were lined up there too. I suppose the first week of school causes the traffic to move slowly as parents get used to the flow and timing. Bear Branch Elementary traffic was long gone by the time I rode by there. I finished the ride at 3:28.

Two dog sprints today. The first was on E. Konx Drive just west of Loop 494. I had not seen this dog before and she stayed on the side of the road barking. The second was in Kingwood which is very rare. I was less than a mile from home on Oak Gardens Drive and a large white dog came out of the driveway barking and chasing me but he gave up after about 150 feet. I haven’t seen this dog before either.

I am up to 652 miles for August, 148 more to go to reach my 800 mile goal. The weather may not help me though. Rain is possible Saturday and Sunday.

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Texas Bicycling News August 25th 2016

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$14 million set aside for parks along Sims and Halls bayous

By Rebecca Elliott

www.houstonchronicle.com


Residents in northeast and southern Houston soon will be able to enjoy additional hike and bike trails in their neighborhoods, after City Council appropriated $14 million Wednesday to construct new parks along Halls and Sims bayous.
The projects are part of the Bayou Greenways 2020 initiative to build 80 miles of new trails along the city’s nine waterways, to become part of a 150-mile network. …

Houston’s Bike Share Program to Triple in Size

By Roxanna Asgarian

www.houstoniamag.com

Over the next two years, the program will add nearly 600 bikes.
Houston B-cycle, the city’s bike share program, plans to triple in size over the next two years, adding 71 stations with 568 bikes.
The expansion will be largely funded by a $3.5 million federal grant from the Federal Highway Administration, and Houston Bike Share, the nonprofit that maintains the city’s bike share program, will put up $880,000, the remainder of the tab. …

Double Lake Work Day

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Event category: General
Trail: Double Lake Recreation Area
Sunday, August 28, 2016 – 9:00am
Meet up at the MTB parking area. 9-12 rain or shine. Wheelbarrow and shovels getting the first two miles of singletrack in shape for the BRC. Free entry for trail workers. Paydirt for racers. Bring bug spray and hydration. …

A 100K, 10K, spaghetti and Celtic rock? You’ll find them all at Hotter’N Hell

By Lana Sweeten-Shults

www.timesrecordnews.com


You’ve gritted, strained, wheezed and sweated.
You’ve tested your mettle.
Tasted the heat. You swore you could taste the heat.
You pushed yourself, for 100 miles, on steam-bearing asphalt, with the cows in the Texas prairie pastures wondering what you and some 10,000 to 14,000 other cyclist (along with 4,000 volunteers) could be doing.
You’ve endured.
Now what? …

My Recent Crash and The Nature of Competition

by Johnny Guzman

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Recently while doing a bicycle rally, averaging 20mph on my 1979 Schwinn Super Le Tour, a guy in front of me crossed wheels and took out my front wheel, resulting in a massive pile up that included at least six riders. Fortunately my bike went one way and I went the other when I crashed, otherwise I would have been a mangled mess. My Schwinn, however, was not so fortunate. The collision resulted in my handlebars, brake levers and crankset being totaled, in addition to knocking my fork and rear dropouts out of alignment. Despite the severity of my crash, I actually fared better than the others involved, and at least 3 guys in the crash had to be driven back to the starting line, their bicycles split into pieces. I was able to replace the …

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Lethargic Legs Bike Ride To Huffman

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Lethargic legs is a fitting ride title for today. After two rides in a row of 45+ miles each the body was not peppy as I rode the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. I planned on a shorter ride today and that is all I could handle. I rode 32.18 miles but a low overall average speed of 13.8 mph. It was hot at the beginning but after the rest stop at the Huffman Chevron the ride back home was cooler due to the rain to the west. I wondered if I would get wet before finishing the ride but I made it without any problem.

The rest stop at the Huffman Chevron came none too soon. My energy was low and the light wind was more than enough to slow me down whenever it was a headwind. My Elemnt screen when i arrived at the station and the weather while I was resting in the shade.

The yellow and orange on the weather radar was in the direction I was headed. I hear some thunder and later when i was riding towards Lake Houston on FM1960 I saw a couple of lightning strikes. I left the station at 2:01 which helped me get in front of the Kingwood High School traffic when they let out at 2:45. When I reached Kingwood Drive there was no traffic and I zipped across. I finished the ride at 2:50. Today I started at 11:48, earlier than yesterday.

For the month I rode 618 miles leaving 182 miles to hit my goal of 800 miles. Tomorrow’s weather has rain chance at 50% early then drops lower. I plan on biking after I watch the Vuelta a Espana.

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