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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 5th

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:15:35 +0000

Bike Trails on Utility Easements
from bikehouston.org
Want more bike trails in Houston? Want A LOT more bike trails in Houston? There is a bill in the Texas legislature that would allow trails to be built along utility easements; imagine the possibilities! BikeHouston has sent 40 letters to senators and representatives supporting this bill, but now we need your help. Find…

San Antonio Wheelmen Rides
Saturday, April 9 at 9 AM: Boerne “Is This the Last Hill” Ride
Sunday, April 10 at 9 AM: Women Hollering Creek Ride
Optional Ride with Austin Cycling Association: Sunday, April 10 at 9 AM: Stonewall Slog

Texas Bicycle Racing Association
The 6th Annual Belterra Hill Country Classic
Tyler Texas Road Race

Denton council unanimously approves Safe Passing ordinance
by bikedenton
Denton is the eighth Texas city to approve the Vulnerable Road User ordinance, aka Safe Passing, by a unanimous city council vote. Council member Dalton Gregory first brought up the idea in February of 2010, and after discussion this afternoon, the ordinance sailed through council at the evening meeting. The ordinance says…

BikeTexas partners with the NAACP on Southwestern Regional Conference Bike Ride
by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford)
On Saturday, April 2, 2011, the NAACP partnered with BikeTexas to host a bike ride for the 2011 NAACP Southwestern Regional Conference

The two organizations initially joined forces last October when the Texas NAACP organized a…

Makeover For The Margaret McDermott “Designer” Bridge
by KERA
It calls for noted Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to tweak the design for the I-30 Margaret McDermott Bridge to fit within a smaller budget, as well as add pedestrian and bicycle components. The price tag on the original Calatrava design for the …

3 Medal of Honor recipients join 350-mile bike ride to unite nation, wounded
by United States Army (press release)

On the fourth of their six-day, 350-mile Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge, more than 200 injured veterans and their supporters cycle through Fort Hood, Texas, March 31. The bicycle ride began March 28 from the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army …

Bicycling the Southern Tier, Navasota TX to Silsbee TX
from www.youtube.com

This video covers Navasota, Anderson, Richards, New Waverely, Evergreen, Coldspring, Shephard, Dolen, Rye, Votaw, Thicket, Honey Island, Kountze, Silsbee. …

Thule Passage 2 Bike Carrier Unboxing and Installation

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:00:22 +0000

In August 2010 I purchased the Thule Passage 2 Bike carrier from Amazon.com. The carrier fits on the rear door of my Jeep Grand Cherokee. We were going on an extended driving vacation and there would not be room to put my bike inside. As I was getting ready to test the carrier on our trip to the Hotter’n Hell 100 in Wichita Falls, TX, I thought it would be interesting to video the unboxing and installation. My wife, Hazel Marie, is the camera person.

The first video is the unboxing. I am wearing a jacket with ride patches from the League of American Wheelman that I earned back in the 1980′s. Sorry for the bare feet since I recorded this after my evening bike ride.

After the unboxing, the next day as we were getting ready to leave for the Hotter’n Hell 100 my wife videoed the installation on the rear hatch of our Jeep Grand Cherokee. The video is pretty self explanatory but I was injured during the installation when I pushed one of the carrier arms into its opening. Due to the length of the video there are two parts.

Now for the conclusion of the install. The carrier performed perfectly for the trip to Wichita Falls and the 4,200 mile vacation trip we went on during the month of September. By the end of our vacation I could put the carrier on the Jeep in a matter of minutes. I think taking the front wheel off of the bike was a good idea for traveling purposes.

I would highly recommend this carrier. It fits a large number of vehicles (but not my Jeep Wrangler) and the instruction sheet details the arm settings to fit each vehicle. The price was reasonable at $86. This was what attracted me since the hitch mount ones cost over $200 or more. The mounting straps are long to accommodate the wide variety of vehicles but I figured out how to wrap the excess around the carrier frame so that flapping straps would not mark the Jeep’s paint.

January 19th Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:10:12 +0000

I want to ride my
from www.youtube.com 03:01
Riding our bikes! Various Texas bicyclers.

Movie Review: Beauty and the Bike
by elliott
from austinontwowheels.org
beautyandbikeposterSummary: Documenting an experiment with the effects of social cycling on bike use in young women from Darlington, England, Beauty and the Bike shows a compelling vision of how attainable a cycling culture can be with the right equipment, social network, and basic bicycle infrastructure like bike lanes and paths. …

MTB Race News: Plews and Rasmussen Solve the El Paso Puzzler
by mtbracenews.com
The 3rd Annual El Paso Puzzler 50 mile endurance mountain bike race was held under sunny skies and temps in the mid-60′s with 140 anxious riders testing themselves in what was being billed as the toughest race in Texas. With last year’s winner performing a bit of course marshaling due to pregnancy, this year’s race was a whole different ball game. …

Twenty Ten » rollin’ bowlin
by brett
Turn 21; Ride bike to Alaska; Graduate from the University of Texas. Also, I wanted to inform you of several things. A couple of days ago I purchased a Garmin Edge 500 to keep track of my training. This little device is pretty niffty to …

Austin’s Lonestar Cross Festival, Texas State Championship 2010 Day 2 : Cyclocross Magazine
by Chris Gescheidle

You couldn’t have asked for better conditions: fresh mud–just the right texture–from recent rains. It blanketed sections of ground of a county park in east Travis County outside Austin, Texas this past weekend. As one observer on a Texas bicycle forum post put it: “Andrew (Pirate Race Productions) must have an ‘in’ with the weather gods …. Who else could have scheduled 24 hours of rain to ‘prep’ the course, and then have the sun come out on race day? How true–most participants agreed that the conditions were perfect. …

Texas Bicycling September 22nd

Rick Ankrum — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:30:00 +0000

Today’s roundup of Texas bicycling news and blogs.

woode wood: go see jack
www.youtube.com
02:45 – 5.0 stars (2 ratings)
jack & adam’s bike shop austin, texas go see jack if you get a flat your grips start to crack or anything along like that go see jack your …

Quick Interview in Childress, TX
www.youtube.com
01:18
. She asks for his thoughts on the cycling trip thus far. visit: www.CrossCountryChef.blogspot.com … bike bicycle “bike trip” ” …

Texans: We want a “safe passing” bill! « two wheels. one love. no …
by KFuller
The Texas Bicycle Coalition is trying to get the bill reconsidered. If you are a Texas cyclist (or you have family/friends in Texas who could sign it on your behalf) click HERE to add your name and your voice. If you ride safe, …

I’m in love! An open letter to Trek Bicycles about the new …
by Ben
If you’re going to ride a bike to work, a single speed makes a lot of sense for the sake of simplicity. But why ride some slow, steel, track frame when you can ride a performance-oriented, carbon bike that can shave minutes off the …

Head first « two wheels. one love. no rush.
by KFuller
Before you judge me harshly, know that when one does not make much money at all whatsoever – yet has a debilitating addiction to bicycles and cycling – it’s hard to extend a harangue of Performance to its frequent sales, points reward system and low-price offerings. … There will not be a single, expensive or fancy part on the Scattante, making it the perfect ride for an inexperienced go-getter attempting to get in touch with her inner badass. …

Hale on Wheels Bike Ride results
by Plainview Daily Herald
By the PDH The first Hale on Wheels Bike Ride held Saturday in conjunction with Cowboy Days drew 156 registered participants from four states — Texas, …

West Texas Championship Mountain Bike Series brought to you by “Broadway Bikes” of Lubbock!
2009 Schedule
Oct 4 Cactus Classic by Texas Tech Racing Lubbock
Oct 18 San Angelo by Concho Bike Store
Oct 25 Palo Duro Canyon (North Texa MTB Series Race
Nov 1 Abilene
Nov 15 Palo Duro Canyon TMBRA Marathon Race
Nov 22 MLK Final Round Lubbock, Texas

Clinton with Broadway bikes is in the process of setting up a racing forum on his website. www.broadwaybikes.net. The Promoter for each race is responsible for creating flyers for each race.

Daily Blog and News Roundup for September 5th

Rick Ankrum — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:33:20 +0000

TOUGH Hosts Events with Proceeds Helping Kids
by Chidrens Medical — www.youtube.com 01:14
The TX TOUGH Grand Prix was designed to bring the thrill of professional bike racing to Downtown Dallas while also generating awareness for the …

Double Lake took a severe hit from Hurricane Ike but is beginning to come back to life. The following is an update on the park.

Double Lake Recreation Area offers several activities
by Examiner.com
Expect to see some bicycles which aren’t allowed on the trail, but the riders have always been courteous. The walk around the lake is only about 20-30 …

Saturday Ride in Southeast Texas

Rick Ankrum — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:24:32 +0000

Yesterday I wanted to experiment again with my Flip camera and record some commentary while I was riding. The route started at my home in Kingwood and then went north to Splendora. At Splendora I traveled west to Grangerland and then up to an intersection of roads within Conroe city limits but not really in the apparent city. From there I returned home.

Weather was great with wind not being an issue for a change. When I got home the temperature was a “cool” 95 degrees. Compared to the 100+ temperature and heat indices from earlier in the week this could almost be thought of as a fall day.

I ended up riding 64.6 miles which was my goal. This is in preparation for next Saturday’ ride in Wichita Falls. Due to the large crowds I try to skip the first two rest stops so being able to ride 30 miles without resting is a requirement.

Because of the restrictions on Youtube.com I had to make two videos. I plan on taking some video of my ride at the HHH. Uploading could be interesting since my laptop hard drive died and I am waiting for the replacement to arrive. I am now running Ubuntu on my original (I had upgraded) laptop hard drive and I have not tried to join multiple Flip camera clips into one video and then add some intro information. I have read up on how to do it but I will see how this does from a hotel room in Wichita Falls.

In the video I meet David Usher as he begins his ride west of Splendora on FM2090. We visited while we rode until his turn off. I should have videoed his interview but I did not think about until he was on his way.

Here are the two videos from my ride. Part 1 is first.

Part 2 video.

Saturday’s Ride in Southeast Texas

Rick Ankrum — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:09:12 +0000

I wanted to experiment with my Flip camera by taking video while I was on my Saturday ride. Rather than attempt to video large chunks of time I took a tip from Leo Laporte and shot 5-10 second clips and then blended them together to form a collage of my ride route. When you watch the video do not be surprised by what sounds like jet engines. Those are cars passing me. The Flip camera audio pickup was much better than I expected.

I now have a better idea about how this will work for my next long ride. One of the problems I had was where to keep the Flip while I was not shooting. I ended up using the short cable that is attached to the camera and putting it on my wrist. This was handy but I am concerned about making sudden moves and the Flip getting caught on something on my bike or elsewhere. So after my ride I stopped by a Big Lots store to see what they had in cheap cellphone holsters and camera bags. I did not find a big enough cellphone holster so I settled for a small camera bag with a belt loop connector ($5.40) that I will attach to my Camelback shoulder strap. This should keep the Flip out of the way but handy enough for shooting.

Kingwood-Conroe-Kingwood

Now for the actual ride. I created a map at Bikely.com. (Click on the map image to go to the actual map at Bikely.com) While the route shows 60 miles it was actually 63.2 miles when I got to my house. Lately I have been trying to change up my routes even though I go on some of the same roads. This ride I rode in reverse of my typical direction. It is interesting that I saw some things that I did not remember from the other direction. Construction activity is almost gone. Last Saturday I saw many bikers on this route but this time I saw only one. There was a ride sponsored by Northwest Cycling so many of them may have went there. Most of the riders are probably from The Woodlands.

As you see in the video the road conditions are good and traffic was moderate and the weather was perfect, in my opinion. As I wrote earlier, this video is an experiment so there are times when you will see and hear some unexpected things. Right off you hear me clip into my pedals. There are a couple of sections where I show my bike computer for distance and such. I am not a threat to Hollywood, yet.

Daily Blog and News Roundup for June 17th

Rick Ankrum — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:44:42 +0000

Bicycle Advisory meeting Thursday night
by Austin 360 – Austin,TX,USA
Tomorrow evening is the monthly Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, which occurs at 6:30pm on the 8th Floor of One Texas Center (505 Barton Springs Rd). …

Team San Angelo
by Bill Cullins
My bike and run workouts have been temporarily put on hold. I went to the doctor one week ago today for a routine test, and today I’m in the final day of prep for surgery to remove colon cancer. …

Signs of new bike infrastructure popping up in South Austin …
by elliott
We all the hub-hub about the Master Bike Plan in the last month, it’s easy to forget that the Bicycle/Pedestrian folks in the City Public Works Department are. …

Fort Worth City Planner, Don Koski « Bike Denton
by howard
In 1999, the city worked with the North Central Texas Council of Governments to develop an on-street bicycle route network plan that would create linkages between downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods. The City came across some …

Our Tuesday morning ride « Bike Noob
by rainycamp
But during the Texas summers, temperatures in late afternoon are unbearable for biking. Luckily, my summer class doesn’t start until 5:30, so I can ride in the morning. Pat and I often head to the Veloway on Tuesday mornings. …

Videos covering Texas Bicycling

Four guys from Team McAllen go up to Kerrville for some hill riding.

MS150 Texas Medical Rangers at the 150 Mile Bike Ride April 2009

Daily Blog and News Roundup for June 15th

Rick Ankrum — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Metropolitan planning group to hear input on bike plan
by Texarkana Gazette – Texarkana,TX,USA
The Technical Committee meets at 10 am Tuesday in the City Council Chambers, 220 Texas Blvd. The MPO Policy Committee will meet at 12:15 pm …

Transportation blog: Is Dallas too hot for bicycle commuting …
by Rick
Living in Austin for a while, I saw plenty of bicycle commuters down there and it is just as hot in Austin as it is in Dallas. Not to mention that the terrain in Dallas is much flatter, so cycling should be easier in Dallas. …. But to give the reasoning that it is too hot to cycle in Texas is just bull. Go up to Wichita Falls in August and just see how many people show up for the Hotter Than Hell and ride in over 100 degree weather…and enjoy it! …

wwwbiketexasorg TxDOT Responds to BikeTexas Seal Coat Letter
Bike and Walk to School Day In mid-May at the height of the most hectic part of the Texas legislative session BikeTexas staff were very pleased to receive a …

LAB Ranks Texas 36th of Bike-Friendly States
Monday, 15 June 2009
Leaque of American Bicyclists The League of America Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly State program has ranked the 50 states on their bike-friendliness. …

UL Lafayette Professor Hospitalized
by KATC – Lafayette,LA,USA
… Business Administration department, suffered a severe head injury Saturday in College Station, Texas. Tanner was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. …

mtb law girl: The Best Cycling Workout Collection
by mtblawgirl
I have found the perfect DVD collection for those of us who must escape the soaring Texas temps and can’t afford those high dollar gym memberships or coaches that cater to cyclists specifically. For $75, you can purchase the Global Ride …

Fitness: 10 cycling myths busted
by BikeRadar.com – Bath,UK
A team at the University of Texas decided to investigate if rock-hard tyres really make a difference. They asked seven riders to cycle at top speed on a …

Rocket Shower – Spray body cleaner – Get Clean When You Can’t …
by Karl
Developed by 10 Nine 8, a company started in Austin, Texas, Rocket Shower includes witch hazel, a small amount of alcohol, citrus, mint and vitamin E. Delivered via pump sprayer, it cleans by helping evaporate sweat quickly and killing the bacteria that cause body odour. … Linda DuPriest, a respected and accomplished Mountain Bike Rider in America developed Rocket Shower initially for her own use while cycling daily to an office with no shower facilities. …

Some of the Youtube.com videos from the past week

Broken Oak Mountain Bike Race Texas
04:30 - 6 days ago youtube.com
Great course no longer open pedalmasher.com … Broken Oak Mountain Bike Race Texas pedalmasher …

Tyler Texas Mountain Bike Race
05:33 - 7 days ago
Elite Cross Country filmed by Pro Jason Sager chasing teammate Nathan Phillips. pedalmasher.com … Tyler Cross Country Mountain Bike Race Jason Sager pedalmasher …

Huntsville Texas Mountain Bike Race
04:34 - 7 days ago youtube.com
Expert Cross Country race a on a fast sandy course pedalmasher.com … Mountain Bike Race Texas Huntsville pedalmasher …

Bar H Texas Mountain Bike Race
04:26 - 7 days ago youtube.com
Bar H, middle of nowhere. pedalmasher.com … Bar Mountain Bike Race Texas pedalmasher …