Bicycling in a world built for CARS!: Riding to Dallas and Back!
by Commute-a-sarus
My legs were feeling heavy after Hotter’n Hell this past weekend, so I needed a long slow ride. Carola needed a new bike light and REI had the one she wanted on crazy sale. I called around FTW to see if anyone could beat the price and no one could match it, so off I went on an adventure. I have never ridden on this route further east than Grapevine so I was a little apprehensive…
Durango Texas: My First Bike Ride In Over A Year Went Well For The …
by Durango
I am glad I found Colonel’s Bicycle Shop. Getting back in the saddle, after more than a year of not pedaling, went surprisingly well. I was surprised at how solid the bike now feels with its fixed wheel. I quickly realized I put up with …
Matt Nowak – Money-making bicycle rides can be a blast, too
by Leavenworth Times
Many of our local riders made the annual trek recently to Texas to ride the Hotter-N-Hell One Hundred. It is flat as a pancake, but it is in August in Texas …
Durango Texas: Fort Worth’s Colonel’s Bicycles Has Me Back On 2 Wheels
by Durango
I believe it was after that that Steve A pointed me to Colonel’s Bicycle Shop on University Drive in the heart of purple TCU territory. It seemed like a long ways to go at the time Steve A mentioned it. But, I wanted a working wheel. …
Team McAllen Cycling sweating for a good cause | South Texas …
by Helen Escobar
The race was comprised of a two mile run followed by a 15-mile bike ride and then concluding the race was another two miles of running. Hansel Ibarra and Jose Zamudio were the first to cross the finish line that morning. …
C y c l e * D a l l a s: You see, this is very different from what …
by PM Summer
Recently, a paid Texas bicycle advocate commented that with bike lanes and cycle-tracks (aka, side-paths), Texas would look like Amsterdam in 20 years (in terms of bicycle usage). To do that, the population of Texas would have to …
The last day of August has arrived and I am just a few miles short of the 600 mile mark that was my goal. If had rode yesterday it would have put me over the top but I had some chores around home that needed to get done plus I wanted to watch stage 3 of the Vuelta a’ Espana that I had recorded earlier in the day. Rain was in the area although it did not land at our place. Our yard is super dry so it was a relief for it to rain yesterday and today in the afternoon. By the time I got home from work today the roads had dried out and riding was not a problem except for a couple of low spots. The grass and plants might make it now.
No other riders were spotted on the route this evening. Daylight is getting shorter especially with the clouds from the rain. With 4 months left and about 1500 miles to go for my year’s goal (5200 miles) I will need to average 400 miles per month. When November and December get here that will be difficult.
Today’s ride statistics:
miles 22.16
riding time 1:32:35
average pace 4:11 min/mile
average speed 14.4 mph
max speed 21.1 mph
average cadence 76.8 rpm
max cadence 104 rpm
climb 194 ft., descend 181 ft., max elevation 76 ft.
Angry motorist assaults cyclist
from Bike Denton by bikedenton
From today’s blotter:
A bicyclist told police a motorist struck him with his vehicle Saturday afternoon, knocking him off his bicycle, and dragging the bike for a short time as the motorist sped off.
The alleged hit-and-run incident, which occurred in the 600 block of Alice Street, started when the motorist yelled at the bicyclist, according to a police report. When the bicyclist made an obscene hand gesture in response, the motorist put his vehicle in reverse, backed down the street and hit the bicyclist, according to the report. …
We Need Walking Trails and Bike Paths and Sidewalks in Glen Rose and Somervell County.
from Somervell County Salon
I did not know Carla Jones but was sorry to hear of her death this last Friday. I heard, anecdotally, that she had been walking up Texas Drive towards the amphitheatre and was hit by a car. And that the person who killed her is distraught, incidentally. The thing is, a lot of people take that route for a walking path. I know of people who have gone to the soccer park behind the Expo Center and then, for some extra exercise, and…
Fredericksburg Rides « Pit’s Bicycle Blog
by Pit
Saturday, after arriving in Fredericksburg at around 2 p.m., the Twilight Twenty: It’s a wonderful and relatively short [20 miles] ride out of Fredericksburg towards the west. … But even if it taxed the shape I’m in at present and even if I got tired at the end, I really enjoyed it, especially (Lower) Crabapple Road, Welgehausen Road [with views even of Enchanted Rock], and Keese-Saegebiel Road, each of them very quiet Texas Hill Country backroads. …
Bicycle Bill Rides Again!: 2010 Hotter N Hell Hundred Bike Rally
by Bill Smith
What a great time we had at the 29th annual Hotter N Hell Hundred bike rally in Wichita Falls Texas this weekend. Since my little heart problem a couple of months ago, I thought it best to ride only 25 miles this year, but it was still …
Midwestern Dot to Southern Belle: First ride in Texas.
by Midwestern Dot
This ride was one of the best rides I’ve ever been on!
Not.
Here are the numbers and maybe you can figure out the problem:
Total Time: 0:02:13
Total Distance: 0.72 miles
Average Speed: 19.2
The only good thing about those digits is the average speed.
Here’s the short story for the short ride:
I finally got the motivation to go for a ride this morning so I loaded up my bike in the car (still a foreign concept…driving to bike) and headed to my possibly illegal parking spot in JC Penney’s parking lot. I was going to head out from there for a 25 mile route. I started and…
Ride it like you stole it, fat boy: another new bike???
by Andy Brickell
The Sealy ride. The Sealy ride 45 miles through very pretty Texas countryside. Looks benign but there’s a very hilly section at mile 35. The Katy ride. The Katy ride. It’s on the Katy prairie – flat, flat, flat …
Sweat GUTR Joins The Fight Against Cancer
by PPOLNews
DALLAS, TEXAS – August 12, 2010 – Tunnel Vision, Inc. is joining the fight against cancer with the introduction of the “BURST” Sweat GUTR® sweatband. A percentage of the proceeds from the sales of the new yellow, black and white “BURST” sweatband will be donated to cancer research and awareness programs. “We are very excited about joining the fight against cancer with our new…
Bicycling in a world built for CARS!: Hotter N’ Hell Hundred!
by Commute-a-sarus
This past weekend was the Hottern’ Hell Hundred in Wichita Falls Texas. My friend, wife, mother-in law and I went up early on Friday and set up camp. We went to the exhibition and watched the criterium races.
I had the goal to ride a sub five hour century and I ended up with a time of 4:50:38. I am pleased to say that I hung with the lead group (in front of the “Official Pace Group”) for 60 miles. I ran out of water and had to stop off at the Burkburnett rest stop to refuel/ tighten my handlebar…
Expect Garland Road lane detours when Santa Fe Trail bridge is installed
Nancy Visser/Reporter
The Santa Fe Trail pedestrian bridge over Garland Road will be installed this week in two segments — one half on Tuesday night and the second Wednesday. Expect some traffic congestion for lane detours. Here are the details:…
Pedal Pushers: Hotter-N-Hell Hundred Part 2: The Ride
by Roy and Christine
Line up started while it was still dark. For the 100 mile riders, there are three starting line up areas: the Scorchers (Fast Guys); Keepers (have previously completed 100 miles or think they can within a certain time); and Hopefuls (the title says it all). I was to line up with the Keepers as (loudly clearing of the throat) I had previously completed the 100 miles. The Scorchers had two blocks to use as the assembly area as there…
I did a lot of riding these two days in Wichita Falls. When I got home and was taking my front tire out of the Jeep I noticed it was soft from losing air. Partially relieved and also perturbed I set it aside to look at later after we unpacked and got things in order. When I inspected the tire I found one goat head thorn sticking out of the sidewall not far from the valve stem. I am not sure when I got this but maybe it was during this morning’s ride. I do not remember getting into the grass but maybe it was in the road. Back before my first Hotter’n Hell 100 I read about how these thorns could wreak havoc on riders and over the years I have managed to avoid them most of the time. I have seen people walking their bike with several clinging to their tires.
Below are the charts and maps for these two days. (Click on any picture to enlarge it.)
Today’s ride was a short one to keep my legs moving and to get the miles for the week up to 158.28.
Rather than recap all of the statistics the important ones are August miles 569.32 and the YTD miles 3677.79.
The video is a recap of the ride. I need to apologize for the poor camera work when I was riding through Sheppard Air Force Base and the airmen were cheering. I was waving the camera in response to their cheering.
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