I chose the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route because I had a bag of prescription drugs to drop off at the Kingwood Park and Ride during the National Drug Give Back Day. Riding the 2.5 miles there with a heavy bag hanging from the left handlebar reminded me how much balancing goes into riding. Fortunately the bag hung far enough away from the fork that I didn’t have any problem but it was much better after I dropped the bag off.
Starting at 12:03 pm I didn’t expect to see any other cyclists especially with many of them riding the MS150. (Tweets and photos in tonigh’s news digest). An I did not see anyone.
Weather was gorgeous for the ride: start 83 (43% humidity), clear, wind S 7 mph. Finish 83 (41% humidity), clear, wind calm. My clothing choice: shorts and short sleeve jersey with sunscreen. Time to get some tan on the “winter” arms.
As I rode the route my mind drifted to thinking how close to the gulf Houston is and the beach feel in the weather. The sun was bright and the wind was light.
No stops along the way other than the drug drop off. No need with my pace not that high. I was treating this as a recovery day.
This is the first week in April of biking over 200 miles with 217.79 miles so far. Still met my mileage goal and one day left in the week. 19 biking days so far in April.
BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) – Weather will be beautiful this weekend for the BP MS 150 — the bicycle ride from Houston to Austin that raises money for the National MS Society.
On Sunday, April 29, the bikers in the ride will go through a new route in Bastrop County before ending in Austin. The riders will take a route through State Highway 21 in Cedar Creek before taking Farm to Market 973 towards Austin. …
A Houston bicycle safety advocacy group called on city leaders this week to improve a Rice University-area intersection where two cyclists have died in crashes in the span of one year.
The appeal came just after a woman was killed by a dump truck while turning her bicycle from Sunset onto Main Tuesday. …
BIG SPRING, TX – Students at Bauer Head Start School brought their tricycles and training-wheel bicycles to school last week for their annual Trike-A-Thon, to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The event, which encourages students to embrace philanthropy, has raised up to $1,500 in previous years. This year’s totals are still being tallied. Bauer faculty said they appreciate the donations of cash, bikes and helmets used for the event.
Friday April 27, 2018, 36 miles (58 km) – Total so far: 971 miles (1,563 km)
Sometimes things work out. Molly yelled at me as we started down the 3 mile downhill to Clifton … the end of our day’s ride. I could not understand what she was saying, and I figured it could wait till the bottom of the hill. I got lucky! Here derailleur had crumped, but given the downhill coasting was the order of the day. At the …
Graduating senior Luke Allen will deliver the commencement address at Midwestern State University’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. May 12 at Kay Yeager Coliseum. Allen will speak to the approximately 735 students who are candidates to earn their degrees this May. …
… He is also a member of MSU Texas’ nationally ranked cycling team, winning a bronze medal at the USA Cycling Collegiate Track Nationals in 2015. He volunteers at numerous community and athletic events.
Erwin Park Junior Ride & Race Clinic
Sunday, Apr 29, 2018, 1:00 PM
Erwin Park 4300 County Rd 1006 McKinney , TX
2 Participants Went
Not a DORBA-specific event, but this would be a great ride and learning experience for the kids! – – – – – DFW Summer Series and the DORBA Juniors will be hosting a Junior Ride and Race Clinic on Sunday, April 29, 2018, starting at 1:00 PM. It will take place at the “Upper Lot” pavilion in Erwin Park. This FREE event will kick off the DFW Summer Se…
Lubbock, TX – Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization wants to know where you think there should be more bike or pedestrian lanes. To make this plan a reality, they need your help to get a feel of what people want.
“It’s a quality-of-life issue. I think that people who are active want easy ways to get out and be active in …
I decided to go back to the very first place I rode with my prosthetic: Pace Bend Park. Before riding the normal loop I’ve done there, we decided to hit up the skills section. I love stuff like this because you go from being sheepish about the features to full send within a few runs. It’s also great to hit them with a group of friends!
HOUSTON — Lurking in the shadows, chained to fences, poles and stop signs, white bikes echo through the city of Houston, haunting local parks, roadways and even bike lanes with one simple message to drivers: AWARENESS.
White bikes, better know as Ghost Bikes, act as a memorial to bicyclists who were fatally struck on Houston streets. The bikes are used as a statement to be the voice for cyclists who are silenced. …
Because I keep getting asked questions – or told that I am damaging the environment or destroying a park or killing trees or far worse. I have decided to post some information and let people see and decide for themselves. Some people are claiming “secret deals” and lack of “transparency”. They have posted a “Call to Arms” on the Ecology Action of Texas Facebook page. I think that post is alarmist and very misleading. So you can see for yourself the other side of the story.
The trail is being built at the edge of the Roy G Guerrero Park next to the Riverside ACC campus on Grove Blvd. We heard that people would be speaking the Parks Board meeting to try to block the project. Three people spoke about the issue at the …
UT B-Cycle miles challenge update! As of today we have officially hit 100k trips! and 184k miles ridden! We are so close to our 200k goal for earth month!
As part of the ongoing Houston BCycle expansion, grant funds provided for the purchase of 2 new large vans to assist with our expanding fleet of stations and bicycles. The smiles in this photo made our day! 😊🚲https://t.co/vNLs59knc1pic.twitter.com/QrO3wvG28D
Nabors employees marked a new milestone as they began riding in the @BPMS150 in 2004 with only a few riders, raising only $300 and today, they have raised over $300,000 since that first ride and our team has increased to 30 riders from the U.S., Mexico and Colombia. #BPMS150pic.twitter.com/07oj9x9R7V
Mark your calendars: Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 18th! Starting outside City Hall at 7:00am, join in on a 4-mile loop and celebrate biking as a fun, healthy, and sustainable way to get to work! pic.twitter.com/JFUyGSXs0d
It's almost Real Ale Ride time! Meet at the Real Ale Brewery on Sat, 5/19, for a scenic ride through the TX Hill Country on one of the routes to suit all levels of cyclist. Then return to the brewery for a party with beer, food trucks, & music by DJ Manny! https://t.co/FRFdrOya80pic.twitter.com/KwbE9JPK4I
Are you Riding or cheering on a rider in the MS150 this year? Look for our shop sponsored riders in their brightly colored jerseys and say hi! This year also be on the lookout for the Sterling McCall team as we are… https://t.co/0pABgBbEQs
It isn’t very often that I do a point to point bike ride but today was one of them. Yesterday I drove my Jeep Wrangler to Martin Jeep in Cleveland for the passenger airbag inflator factory recall. I got a shuttle ride back home and when they said it would be finished on Friday I planned to bike ride to pick it.
Starting out at 11:35 am I rode north into a headwind that wanted to slow me down but I pedaled hard and built my average speed up to 14.8 mph even with the wind. This one ride that I wouldn’t enjoy the tailwind when I reversed course.
The weather was a little cooler than I prefer at the start causing me to wear a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey. A good choice and I was comfortable temperature wise. The weather during the bike ride: start 75 (55% humidity), clear, wind 7 mph. Finish 79 (49% humidity), clear, wind N 9 mph, gusts 20 mph. Notice how the wind got stronger towards the end pf the bike ride. I hoped for some relief when I turned east onto SH 105 but the side wind was almost as resistance as the headwind.
On Fostoria Road I had a dog accompany but not quite a dog chase. I was on the right side of the two lane road and the large brown dog was running in the grass on the left side of the road barking some. At first I thought he would cross the road to come towards me but he stayed on the left. Back about a hundred feet another dog was racing to the brown dog barking but I sped up and left them to bark as I rode away.
When I got to SH 105 TXDot was working on the right turn lane coming from the left moving traffic to the lane next to it. Waiting for the light to change too some time with the backup. Once I was biking on SH 105 I stopped and took these photos.
Lots of wildflowers on both sides of the road. You can see the surface change a few feet east of the Liberty County line and it signaled a shift from smooth asphalt to rough and knarly chip and seal. That was the shoulder until I hit the Cleveland city limit and it went back to asphalt but not as smooth as the Montgomery County road. The Canyon handled the rough shoulder well allowing me to keep my teeth from banging together.
Arriving at the dealership at 1:41 pm I went inside and go the paperwork and key before loading the Canyon in the Jeep. I was hoping to leave the front wheel on and just remove the back wheel but it wouldn’t fit so both came off. Changing my jerseys for a t-shirt I began the drive back home.
I went riding at the Buck Creek trails in Abilene, Texas! These trails are a bit pedally, but a lot of fun none-the-less! Some great features, and a lot of chunk, which made me a happy man!
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A day after a female bicyclist was struck by a dump truck and killed in the Museum District, we are learning more about the woman and the calls for improvements at the intersection where she died.
Nonprofit advocacy group BikeHouston is speaking up and coming to the defense of the 30-year-old victim. …
Join Adventure Cycling Association on Tuesday, May 1 for a special gathering at the REI Austin Downtown store with Director of Travel Initiatives Ginny Sullivan. Enjoy refreshments, meet kindred cycling spirits, and learn the latest about bike travel and cycling in North America — including …
• What we’ll do Check back here if the weather turns bad (forecast looks good so far). We will be doing tread work and armoring the tread cleared last work day. Wear closed toes shoes and work / weather appropriate clothes. Children are OK with parental supervision. We are scheduling lots of workdays so racers can get their Paydirt hours. • What to…
Cyclists, to put it in the most polite terms possible, had a few complaints when I wrote a column this past June about the newly opened bike-and-pedestrian bridge over Barton Creek, alongside the South MoPac Boulevard highway lanes.
I had counted cyclists and pedestrians for three hours on the 1,045-foot, $14.5 million facility — the total cost includes two much shorter bridges hopscotching …
Texas Departement of Public Safety troopers work the scene of a motor vehicle accident that took the lives of two bicylists and sent at least one to the hospital April 25, 2018, on State Highway 158 between County Road 1250 and State Highway 191.
David Ham, the former longtime owner and partner of Peyton’s Bikes, offered his thoughts to the Reporter-Telegram after the wreck on State Highway 158 that killed two bicyclists and sent a third to the hospital Wednesday evening.
“We can share the road,†said Ham in a phone interview from the store Thursday morning. “There is plenty of room.â€
Ham, who owned and was a partner at Peyton’s Bikes for about 45 years, sold the …
Eagle Pass man is being held on intoxication manslaughter, intoxication assault charges
A 38-year-old Eagle Pass man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter, intoxication assault and fleeing the scene of a crash in connection with the deaths of two bicyclists and injury to a third cyclist Wednesday night, according to a press release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Ricardo Madera was driving a Chevrolet Silverado northbound on …
Ride Like A Girl – 2018 SEASON OPENER Ride and Party!
Monday, May 14, 2018, 5:30 PM
Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park 12138 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX
29 Mountain Bikers Went
RLAG is back for 2018! Come out for the Season Opener Ride and Party. There will be grillin’ happening after the ride, so bring a side item to share. Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated for women only. The concept is simple: meet at local bike trails for all-women group rides and mountain…
A premier cycling event of elite U.S. cycling brothers George and Rich Hincapie is headed to Fort Worth in 2019.
The Gran Fondo Hincapie will feature 15-, 50- and 80-mile courses. The March 30 ride will start and end in the Shops at Clearfork, the residential, shopping and office development on the Edwards Ranch in southwest Fort Worth. …
Brackettville To Eagle Pass: Road 131 Is Very Pretty
Thursday April 26, 2018, 46 miles (74 km) – Total so far: 405 miles (652 km)
We headed out of Brackettville on 90 but shortly turned on to 131, the prettiest country road of our trip so far. It was just us and the birds. We had a late picnic lunch in our room and still enough time left in the day to write this journal. …
Day 23: Corsicana to Hillsboro: Major Bird Migration Event … and Bluebonnets
Thursday April 26, 2018, 41 miles (66 km) – Total so far: 935 miles (1,505 km)
Molly and I saw well over 100,000 Dickcissels this morning on Texas #22 while bike touring about five miles west of Corsicana, Texas. For about six miles we were treated to thousands and thousands of Dickcissels while at the same time viewing carpets of bluebonnets. As a Naturalist I …
9:00am – Lambent Wheels Rolling to Buda – 32 Miles @ 14ish MPH
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018, 9:00 AM
Bicycle Sport Shop 517 S Lamar Blvd Austin, TX
5 Austin Cyclists Went
• What we’ll do This is the standard South Austin route to Buda and then returning. This ride is no-drop and the pace will average 14ish mph so be sure you can maintain that ride pace. No drop means that we regroup periodically and will stop as a group for minor mechanical problems such as flats or thrown chains; major problems will require AAA or …
Mesilla Group B Average 14-16 mph to the Bean for Coffee
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018, 8:00 AM
Sierra Vista Growers 2800 NM 28 La Union, NM
4 Cyclists Went
• Distance: 51 miles • Meet at 7:45 am – Roll Out: 8:00 am • Pace: 14-16 mph average • Details: Head up NM 28 to Mesilla, stop for coffee break at The Bean and meet up with B+ Group riders. IF you want a little faster pace and more miles, meet at Rio Plaza at Upper Valley and Artcraft (there is meet up for this group as well!) • ride leader: Alan: …
Mesilla Ride (B+ Group. Average 16-17 mph) to The Bean for Coffee
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018, 8:00 AM
Across from Rio Plaza Park across from strip center at 6205 Upper Valley Rd (just north of Artcraft) El Paso, TX
5 Cyclists Went
• What we’ll do Meet at 7:45, roll out at 8:00 to ride to Mesilla (coffee break at The Bean). About 63 miles round trip. 16 to 17 mph will be average depending on wind. Ride leader: Darcy,[masked]. • What to bring • Important to know
We have run out of Ghost Bikes and could use bike donations. 😞 If you have an old bike you would like to donate to this great cause, please DM us or send a message through the Houston Ghost Bike FB page. Thanks for your help. pic.twitter.com/lfF9TMxUzW
Robots for this guy are over…. it’s time to BIKE!!! 🚴â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ @FIRSTweets Good luck to all the team competing at Michigan Champs! ðŸ‘👠pic.twitter.com/CE5rzjA51F
May is National Bike Month and to kick it off Mayor Betsy Price invites you to join her at City Hall next Tuesday for a light breakfast and bike friendly activities. We'll see you there! https://t.co/1T6EcsZApL
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) April 26, 2018
This is really happening! I survived my last pre-race spin class today. My (younger and more fit) cousin, Bates, arrived from El Paso to ride @BPMS150 w/ me. And I just reached my $5000 fundraising goal! Tomorrow we're off to Houston. #BIKEMSAUSTIN#BIKEMS#MS#multiplesclerosispic.twitter.com/mn7YneUloq
This Saturday! Celebrate the new White Oak to Buffalo Downtown Trail Connection. We'll have live music, lawn games, snacks, kayaking and more. RSVP: https://t.co/KGxt8eOC8dpic.twitter.com/A6Ig1BViH9
City of Houston Cycling Team, congrats on your proclamation from @SylvesterTurner, and tks for your commitment to the @BPMS150!! Tks Mark & Greg for your leadership!! @DR_NHE, COH Wellness, @Cigna, Paula and @sherrytgreen it couldn’t be accomplished w/o you all!! BE SAFE! #ms150pic.twitter.com/CvKTowBYbw
— League of American Bicyclists (@BikeLeague) April 26, 2018
FYI The Veloway is no longer accessible from the Bowie High School Campus. For the security of the high school students and staff the boundary fence has been replaced and the gap closed.
On Saturday morning, 4/28, Houston will celebrate the much-anticipated completion of the hike-and-bike trail connecting White Oak Bayou Greenway and Buffalo Bayou Park. The 11a.m. event will include lawn games, kayaking, live music, food, and more. #khoupic.twitter.com/NXQz4kdUUq
Another bicyclist killed last night in SE Houston. Drivers and cyclists, please pay attention on the road. This has to stop! @BikeHoustonhttps://t.co/Mw8F4dO3i0
On May 16th, 2018 join cyclists worldwide in a silent, slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. Please join us.
New Event Ride Like A Girl – 2018 SEASON OPENER Ride and Party! – Austin, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://t.co/3iHY1ZUDu7
RLAG is back for 2018! Come out for the Season Opener Ride and Party. There will be grillin' … https://t.co/viFxH4Z5Ag
We have run out of Ghost Bikes and could use bike donations. 😞 If you have an old bike you would like to donate to this great cause, please DM us or send a message through the Houston Ghost Bike FB page. Thanks for your help. pic.twitter.com/lfF9TMxUzW
Robots for this guy are over…. it’s time to BIKE!!! 🚴â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ @FIRSTweets Good luck to all the team competing at Michigan Champs! ðŸ‘👠pic.twitter.com/CE5rzjA51F
May is National Bike Month and to kick it off Mayor Betsy Price invites you to join her at City Hall next Tuesday for a light breakfast and bike friendly activities. We'll see you there! https://t.co/1T6EcsZApL
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) April 26, 2018
This is really happening! I survived my last pre-race spin class today. My (younger and more fit) cousin, Bates, arrived from El Paso to ride @BPMS150 w/ me. And I just reached my $5000 fundraising goal! Tomorrow we're off to Houston. #BIKEMSAUSTIN#BIKEMS#MS#multiplesclerosispic.twitter.com/mn7YneUloq
This Saturday! Celebrate the new White Oak to Buffalo Downtown Trail Connection. We'll have live music, lawn games, snacks, kayaking and more. RSVP: https://t.co/KGxt8eOC8dpic.twitter.com/A6Ig1BViH9
City of Houston Cycling Team, congrats on your proclamation from @SylvesterTurner, and tks for your commitment to the @BPMS150!! Tks Mark & Greg for your leadership!! @DR_NHE, COH Wellness, @Cigna, Paula and @sherrytgreen it couldn’t be accomplished w/o you all!! BE SAFE! #ms150pic.twitter.com/CvKTowBYbw
— League of American Bicyclists (@BikeLeague) April 26, 2018
FYI The Veloway is no longer accessible from the Bowie High School Campus. For the security of the high school students and staff the boundary fence has been replaced and the gap closed.
On Saturday morning, 4/28, Houston will celebrate the much-anticipated completion of the hike-and-bike trail connecting White Oak Bayou Greenway and Buffalo Bayou Park. The 11a.m. event will include lawn games, kayaking, live music, food, and more. #khoupic.twitter.com/NXQz4kdUUq
Another bicyclist killed last night in SE Houston. Drivers and cyclists, please pay attention on the road. This has to stop! @BikeHoustonhttps://t.co/Mw8F4dO3i0
On May 16th, 2018 join cyclists worldwide in a silent, slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. Please join us.
New Event Ride Like A Girl – 2018 SEASON OPENER Ride and Party! – Austin, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://t.co/3iHY1ZUDu7
RLAG is back for 2018! Come out for the Season Opener Ride and Party. There will be grillin' … https://t.co/viFxH4Z5Ag
