It has been 18 days since my T-bone crash with the teenage girl at Atascocita High School. Since then most of my efforts concentrated on getting over the injuries. I started physical therapy this week on my right shoulder. Next week the therapy will focus on the area just above my buttocks where I landed. The following week will be on my left leg from the knee to my foot. This is what my hematoma looks like today:
The most painful area has been my buttocks. The bruise made sitting on anything hard almost impossible. The bruise is starting to go away and the pain from sitting gets less each day. The leg looks bad and can be painful if I don’t walk so I have been going for walks each day. The hematoma decreased in size but is still hard to the touch. The front of my shin is touchy and I seem to run into something about every day to remind me. The road rash scabs have fallen off so all that is left is the pink skin under them. My left elbow was the first spot to get better.
Since the crash the driver and mother filed an incident report with the Humble ISD Police department that agreed with mine. Not knowing this I drove the Atascocita HS parking lot the Monday after the crash looking for the car. I found it with a large dent in the driver’s side rear quarter panel. I sent a picture to the Humble ISD police officer and that is when I learned about the girl’s incident report. It took several days attempting to get information about the driver so that I could discuss the damages. I spoke with the father this past Tuesday. I voiced my thoughts about taking so long to get in touch with me and he said I should not have been riding on the street. The conversation did not last too long with him directing me to his insurance company to file my claim. I did that on Wednesday and according to the claim handler they sent a check to pay for the damaged parts I replaced on my bike. The medical portion will be settled later, I guess.
The bike repairs took place last week when I received the last parts. The pictures show the damage. My helmet has a split up the back plus the outside cover buckled. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of wearing a helmet. The helmet split, NOT MY HEAD. The left shift lever was scratched from hitting the pavement and sliding. The handle bar broke from hitting the car. The Garmin Edge 500 suffered a cracked screen and multiple scratches probably from hitting the pavement and some cars driving over it. I never did find the mount.
My Motobecane Le Champion CF sits in the garage waiting for me to ride again. If the physical therapy permits I hope to ride again next week. The Motobcane after the repairs.
Bike race to draw hundreds to Cove
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If you go
What: Texas State Road Championship — Fort Hood Challenge
Where: Elijah and Old Georgetown Road, Copperas Cove
When: Sept. 28-29
“It is a big deal. It is the state championship,†said Andy Hollinger, the race’s promoter. “It is the last road event for the 2013 season sanctioned by the official bike racing association of Texas.â€
Fort Hood closes range roads to allow the cyclists to ride the loop and not compete with motor vehicle traffic. The professional-level racers will manage the loop three times for a nearly 100-mile competition.
“The road runs right by the range, so a lot of the racers are in for a treat,†said Betty Price, Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Bureau’s president. “(Riders) actually enjoy seeing the…
Adam and I have been on the road since April and have experienced rides that we only dreamed about. When we first left Texas, we stood in tour bike room (yes, we have a bike room, but no kids yet so it works for now) and asked what bike should we take? This is also a question that we are often asked by fellow bike enthusiasts who stop by our tent. After much research and miles ridden, we decided on cyclocross (CX) bikes would be our steeds of choice. Only this was a sad day for me because I did not have one. So, of course, I had to get one!
If you’re not familiar with CX bikes, they look like road bikes but have knobby tires for mud, snow, sand, or whatever the course conditions might be. These bikes are perfect for…
Bike-Friendly Forney
October 26th, 2013, Bike-Friendly Forney will be teaming up with Gold’s Gym of Forney for our next bike ride. This will be called a Halloween Bike Ride. Start time and route will follow soon. Thinking it will start at Gold’s Gym parking lot around 4:00 or 5:00 pm. Maybe you can decorate yourself and your bike for Halloween. We will be riding and looking at homes with Halloween decorations. Maybe even…
Bayou Greenways 2020 Groundbreaking
Oct 2, 2013 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Summary    Our first Bayou Greenways 2020 groundbreaking! We’ll hopefully hear from public officials and highlight how this is the first of many to come!
Description
Currently, the Heights Hike and Bike Trail stops abruptly, as does the White Oak Bayou trail further north along 11th Street. With this project, the gap will be closed and two great trails–the White Oak Bayou Trail and the Heights Hike and Bike trail–will…
Work to start soon on new 14-mile bike trail
By Craig Hlavaty      www.chron.com
Mayor Annise Parker and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on Friday detailed their plans to build 14 miles of new hike-and-bike trails along Sims Bayou.
Work on the trails, stretching from Interstate 45 to Croquett Street, should begin in November and be completed by fall 2015. The construction will cost about $7 million and be done in five phases.
The bikeway is to connect seven city parks – Reveille Park, Stuart Park, Law Park, Sims Bayou Park, the County’s Hill at Sims Park, Scottcrest Park, and Townwood Park – according to a city news release.
Parker said her goal is that one day, cyclists will be able to ride from one side of the city to the other. This project will help fill in…
UPDATE: San Antonio’s Loop 1604
www.BikeTexas.org
On August 21, 2013, in what was the culmination of a months-long process of advocating for bicycle accommodation on Loop 1604 access roads, the Alamo RMA Board unanimously approved the construction bid for re-striping the road to accommodate a wide outside lane and include signage to alert motorists to the presence of bicyclists.
Prior to construction of the interchange at Loop 1604 and US 281, the access road had an 8′ wide shoulder used by many people riding bikes for transportation and recreation. During construction, TxDOT’s requirement of three travel lanes instead of two was accommodated by removing…
Urban Thinkers and Momentum Magazine are holding a contest for high school cyclists to share their cycling story. Entrants may choose one of four categories to write about:
Do you love biking to high school? What’s your story?
Are you pretty much the only student who bikes to your high school? What’s your story?
Are there lots of students who bike to your high school? What’s your…
Bike Safety Expo
West Texas Cycling Association
The event will take place at the South Plains Mall on Saturday, October 19, 2013 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The focus of this event will be bicycling safety. It will include information on the importance of wearing a helmet while cycling, following all applicable bicycle laws and educating drivers on how to share the road. We will display the ghost bike that was created in memory of…
DORBA Beginner Clinic
Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association
Saturday, October 5, 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 10:00 AM
Horseshoe Trail
Boathouse Drive at Horseshoe Trail, Grapevine, TX (map)
There will be a beginner clinic on Saturday, October 5th at Horseshoe Trail in Grapevine, at 10:00 am as part of the annual “Take a Kid Mountain Biking Event”. This clinic WILL cater to the youngsters, but all ages are welcome
There is a “classroom” for about an hour or so, 30 minutes on an obstacle course, and then a group ride that takes about an hour or so. So count on approximately 2.5 hours.
The clinic is recommended for riders new to the sport. If you have never ridden a Mountain Bike before or have just started out…
New Events
Event added to the http://t.co/qbTDmPlH3h calendar: Palo Duro Canyon TMBRA Marathon – Palo Duro Canyon State Park, TX 11/16/2013
Cyclists to pedal through Crosbyton in Tour de Rio Blanco
Three bicycle races set for 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 in Crosbyton.
By JOSIE MUSICOÂ Â Â Â Â Â lubbockonline.com
Crosbyton is gearing up for a series of three long-distance bicycle races.
The Tour de Rio Blanco is set to begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Pioneer Memorial Museum, 101 W. Main St. Participants select from 10-mile, 26-mile and 100k courses.
El Paso MPO MeetingEl Paso cyclists have passed through yet another hurdle standing between them and a bike share program in the city: At the September 13 El Paso MPO meeting, a request from TxDOT to deprogram the bike share was on the agenda.
Velo Paso swung into action, alerting local cyclists and BikeTexas to this new threat. We were happy to join with…
Waco: Retired Marine Bikes Across U.S. To Honor Fallen Troops
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(Video)
WACO (September 17, 2013) — A retired Marine of 15 years has made it her mission to ride her bike across the country in three months.
She is biking and driving from Camp Pendleton, California to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Maj. Jennifer Marino has completed her 38th day on her 77 day journey of honoring our fallen troops.
Maj. Marino not only wanted to complete her journey across the country but she also wanted it to have more meaning to it.
She decided to attempt to meet with…
‘Bikes, Bats and Brews’ ride along bayou next week
By Megan Mattingly-Arthur       www.chron.com
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Bayou City Outdoors will host the educational bicycling social event “Bikes, Bats and Brews” from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25.
The event will include a scenic bike ride, which will depart from Market Square Park, 300 Travis St.
Participants will ride through Buffalo Bayou trails and over Waugh Drive Bridge, where they can…
HONORA BAY—Honora Bay’s Justin Tilson is known as a champion of green causes (his run in the 2011 provincial election for the Green Party in Ontario made this well known) and next month he plans to create awareness regarding climate change and what ordinary folk can do to make a difference by cycling from Manitoulin to Texas.
The trip is over 3,000 kilometres, but Mr. Tilson hopes to see it accomplished in seven to 10 days. “I want to prove that this is doable,†he said. That means putting in at least 300 kilometres and six or seven hours of pedaling a…
Bikes Belong rebrands
by Lynette Carpiet      www.bicycleretailer.com
National nonprofit boosts local and state support.
LAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) — Bikes Belong is rebranding as PeopleForBikes to bring clarity and simplicity to the organization. The Bikes Belong Coalition and Bikes Belong Foundation will be renamed the PeopleForBikes Coalition and the PeopleForBikes Foundation. Starting Wednesday, the opening day of Interbike, the Bikes Belong brand will no longer be used.
A new PeopleForBikes website, launched concurrently, will take the place of the organization’s three existing sites.
PeopleForBikes was a campaign of the Bikes Belong Foundation that started in 2010 to get one million pledges in support of bicycling.
The name change and restructuring will streamline the organization to a single brand and connect its industry-backed programs to…
Griggs and City Staff Explain 5th St Bicycle Sharrows
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
Please see FAQs prepared by Staff regarding shared bike arrow markings or “sharrows†in Kidd Springs.
Please let me know if you have any questions. The FAQs below were prepared by City Staff. We are also in the process of preparing additional maps showing bike facility development in North Oak Cliff.
Thank you for your continued support for more bike facilities in our community.
1)Â Â Â Â Â Why was 5th St selected for an east-west route in this area?
The 2011 Dallas Bike Plan identified multiple bicycle routes in the Kidd Springs Park area, specifically on Bishop and Zang. The Bishop Ave. bike lane is already complete from Colorado to just north of Davis. The proposed bike route on…
New Events
Event added to the http://t.co/qbTDmPlH3h calendar: Cranksgiving 6-Hour Ride at Pace Bend – Spicewood, TX 11/23/2013
Super D Trail, Reveille Peak Ranch near Burnet, Texas
I took the new bike build out to RPR for some dialing and testing, shot some video along the way. I had only ridden a part of the Super D before, and was eager to return.
Unfortunately I somehow lost the footage of the start of the…
Tuesday Ride at BCGB – Intermediate skill ride level
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Tuesday, September 24, 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 5:30 PM
Barton Creek Greenbelt – 360 Access (beside brick office building)
3755-B Capital of Texas Hwy., Austin, TX (map)
Back to normal summer hours.
Please be there and be ready to roll by 5:30 pm. We will meet in the parking lot of the office building
Any question please call/text me at…
Look for group and ask if it’s us! call me, Jeff @ [masked] if you have any questions or are going to be late.
This will be a medium to fast pace ride through the Ant Hills of Hershey Park! Bring WATER, spare tube/tire, snacks, etc…Helmets required. Call if you are going to be late so…
2013 Dave Boyd Huntsville Classic Mountain Bike Race
September 15, 2013<br />Men’s Cat 3 40-49
This is the 12th race in the year long TMBRA State Series
Shot 100% on GoPro Hero2 HD
The Dave Boyd Classic is held at Huntsville State Park in Huntsville, Texas. The venue is sandy, rooty, with many bridges spanning low laying marshy areas.
There isn’t a lot of elevation change, but…
Remaining fall race schedule
Texas A&M Cycling
Here is the schedule for the remaining mountain races. Look for sign-up sheets from Michael as the events approach.
Sept 21/22 Centenary College- Bossier City, LA
Oct 5/6 TAMU- Warda, TX
Oct 12/13 Baylor- Waco, TX
Oct 25-27 National Championships- Banner Elk, NC
Nov 1/2 Conference Championships- Burnett, TX
TTC Funds Transportation Enhancements Projects
www.BikeTexas.org
In July, the Texas Transportation Commission announced 81 projects around Texas that will receive funding from the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program. These projects were selected from the nominations received after a TxDOT call in September 2012.
BikeTexas is especially pleased about this round of projects because we fought to save this funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects in Texas. In 2007, TxDOT attempted to meet the federal government’s rescission requirements by…
It was Sunday night on May 5, 2013 that my life changed for ever.
I left Walgreen’s on South First and Stassney at 8:40 PM and headed towards Bramble Road to a friend’s house. At 8:45 on South First and Bramble I was struck, head-on, by a white truck being driven without any insurance. The impact broke my legs and sent me flying over the truck. I landed in the truck bed with two broken femurs, broken left tibia and fibula, cut-up nose, cracked tooth, sprained neck and…
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Police believe they’ve got a break in the case of multiple robberies along a popular hiking and biking trail. For weeks now, there have been reports of cyclists being jumped along the Colombia Tap trail that extends from downtown to Brays Bayou. …
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Day one, for Midwestern State University Cycling Team, at Collegiate Track Nationals is in the bag. Qualifying… http://t.co/dEl6RkdZmv