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Daily News Roundup May 11th – Texas Bicycling

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:50:07 +0000

Amarillo bike trail expansion
by ConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVII
Back in 2003, the Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department started it’s program designating routes for bikers across the city.
Since then, a total of 23 miles worth of trails and routes have been set aside for bicycle enthusiasts and now the city wants to expand even more. …

BRUCE MCLAREN: Waste not, want not
by San Angelo Standard Times
I don’t know if the news photo of all the bicycles being trashed at the Great American Cleanup bothered you, but it bothered me. At one time these sorts of items were repaired and made available to kids whose families could not afford a bicycle. Whatever happened to re-cycling?

My parents survived the Great Depression and, having been born not long after it ended, I became a came to understand the importance of the old saying, “Waste not, want not.” If my folks were alive today, I am sure they would cringe…

Team Termidor, Mike Merchant Ride for MS
by PCT Magazine
A pair of industry professionals — Texas A&M’s Mike Merchant and BASF’s Mike Toce — were among the participants in the recent Sam’s Club MS 150 bicycle …

City Of Irving To Host Bicycle Fest – Irving, TX
from AmericanTowns.com
To kick off ozone season and National Bike to Work Week, a free Bicycle Fest will be held at Centennial Park, 444 W. Second St. The event will feature a …

YouTube – Brazosport Bicycle Tour #1 Part 3 – Lake Jackson Texas
This video is the 3rd video giving a virtual tour of the Brazosport Bicycle Tour #1 offered by Discovering America on 2 Wheels. This tour takes place in Lak …

10 Things I Learned At the IMBA World Summit
by Bicycling
Next year, it plans to expand into Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin. Its goal is to have a chapter in every state by 2020. 10. Federal spending on cycling has …

Experiencing Bike Love in Austin
by Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine (blog)
My first weekend away from the children was to visit Michael in Austin, Texas where I found myself in awe of the city’s biking infrastructure. …

The 2010 Cross Country Cycling Adventure: Days 17 and 18 Bandera …
by Tony DeLellis
I’ve been in Texas for a long time and I still have a day and a half to get into Louisiana. I’m starting to pick up the dialect and I think I may come back home with a bit of an accent. It hasn’t been easy learning to speak Texas. I was at a Walmart yesterday and asked a clerk where the sun screen was. She told me it was over yonder. I just stared at her. She could probably tell from my…

Daily News Roundup May 4th – Texas Bicycling

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:30:25 +0000

City Of Irving To Offer Residents Bicycle Safety Classes
from www.americantowns.com
In conjunction with National Bike Month, the City of Irving is offering the following free classes to residents on May 22 at the Senter Recreation Center, …

Bike riders trekking to remember fallen officers | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Stacy Harvey quietly said thank you as she hugged the bicycle riders who took off from Lubbock on Monday in memory of her husband and seven others who died in the line of duty last year.

Tears fell from the widow’s eyes as the six law enforcement officers prepared to leave Lubbock and ride 800 miles in honor of Cpl. D. Robert Harvey and the other fallen Texas officers. …

Bike MS Day #1 Recap « Connie’s Bike MS: Sam’s Club 2010 Ride Blog
by connie98
Dooley shouted out our team name and a plug for my blog and made fun of tu and called out the greatest university in the world – Texas A&M – WHOOP!…oops, sorry I digress. When we were released, I finally felt at ease. …. The determination in oneself on this ride is just beyond measurement! We finished day #1 with lights out at 9:30. We helped some team members set up camp in our team tent, while four riders and our team sponsors The Bicycle Path, headed back to the lime …

Cyclists in MS ride raise more than $1.5 million
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
The 160-mile ride began Saturday, with bicyclists going from Frisco to Texas Motor Speedway. The next morning, the 3125 bicyclists rode from the speedway to …

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 20th

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:12:23 +0000

Recovery Days: Rest or Easy Exercise?
from Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin by Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Virtually all competitive athletes train by taking a hard workout on one day, feeling muscle soreness on the next, and then recovering at a reduced intensity for as many days as it takes for the soreness to go away. Then they take their next intense workout. Intense workouts cause muscle damage, as evidenced by bleeding into the muscles themselves and disruption of the fibers and Z bands that hold muscle fibers together. …

Two Wheel Tammy Tours: Texas Hill Country Tour 2010
by TwoWheelTammy
The best day of riding, and one of the most beautiful places we stay, was our ride to Blanco, TX staying at Blanco State Park. We have an opportunity to use a CCC era pavilion that overlooks the Blanco River which provides a scenic backdrop to our dinner and breakfast. Speaking of meals, once again Kathy and Jack delivered …

On the road again: Plano resident prepares for 160 mile bike ride for MS
by Lewisville Leader
After a lunch and rest break, the cyclists will head due south and finish the day at Texas Motor Speedway. Day Two of the ride will take the cyclists north …

Cycling club reemerges on UNT campus : North Texas Daily
As biking fanatics flood the streets of Denton, a UNT organization is back by popular demand.

The cycling club began in 2009 with little recognition and a handful of members. However, all this changed once Daniel Duryea, a kinesiology senior and cycling club president, took over and decided to restore the organization. …

SAM’S CLUB Frisco to Forth Worth – Frisco, TX

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:01:21 +0000

The ride rolls May 2-3, 2009. On 7 a.m. Saturday 4,000 cyclists will depart from Dr Pepper Ballpark home of the RoughRiders and take an overnight pit stop at Texas Motor Speedway. At 7 a.m. Sunday take a victory lap for MS on the racetrack before heading to the Finish Line at Sundance Square in historic downtown Fort Worth.

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Kevin Writes About the Sam’s MS150

Rick Ankrum — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:28:39 +0000

Blogger Kevin (?) writes about his weekend ride in the Sam’s MS150 trip from Frisco to Fort Worth in his blog.

His blog post “Bonking across Texas” recounts:

This weekend I rode in the Sam’s Club MS-150, a two day, 157 mile ride from Frisco to Fort Worth. This was the third of three big Spring events I had planned (here’s #1 and here’s #2). Last year Team ThinkCash fielded 7 riders for this event. This year, only 4 of us returned – me, Stephen, BenC, and Kyle – plus one new rider, Anthony.

Here’s how things unfolded:…