Texas Bicycling News May 3rd 2017

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Cy-Fair grad Reghan Conrey tackling the Texas 4000

By Kevin Cook | www.chron.com


On June 2, Cy-Fair High School grad Reghan Conrey will embark on a 70-day, 4,500-mile bicycle journey from Austin, TX to Anchorage, AK as part of the 14th annual Texas 4000 charity bike ride.
The event, which features more than 70 riders traveling three distinct routes from Austin to Anchorage, has raised more than $7 million for cancer research, donating to organizations like the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering and numerous others.
The charity bike ride’s mission appealed to Conrey – enough that she picked up bike riding for the first time in November, in …

Kirby Collection apartment amenities to include bicycle valet

By Nancy Sarnoff | www.chron.com


As amenities go, the new luxury tower on Kirby Drive will have the standard fare –a resort style pool, cabanas and a fitness center. Valet parking will also be offered, but for residents’ bicycles as well as their cars.
The developer of the Residences of Kirby Collection announced Monday that it has hired leasing and management firm Greystar to start showing off the building to prospective tenants.
The 25-story elliptical-shaped tower is part of New York-based Thor Equities’ Kirby Collection, a mixed-use …

RIDE SCHEDULE – May 2017

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Short Rides Long Rides
Day Date Time Meet at Miles Map Miles Map

Saturday 5/6/2017 8:00 AM Dale’s Essenhaus Restaurant in Walburg 28 miles WA5 41 miles WA9
Sunday 5/7/2017 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 32 miles B39

Saturday 5/13/2017 8:00 AM Catholic Church in Andice 35 miles A13 48 miles A15
Sunday 5/14/2017 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 35 miles B45

Saturday 5/20/2017 8:00 AM Liberty Hill Elementary School 33 miles L12 39 miles L11
Sunday 5/21/2017 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 35 miles B23

Saturday 5/27/2017 8:00 AM Gravel Parking Lot in Weir 28 miles WE12 45 miles WE9
Sunday 5/28/2017 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 36 miles B56

Bicycle Technician in San Antonio, Texas

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DICK’S Sporting Goods is seeking a retail technician in the Bike department to join our team! Every associate at DICK’S Sporting Goods is united by a common thread – our PASSION for the sports we love. Associates joining our team have an opportunity to be a part of a growing Fortune 500 company that makes lasting impacts on our communities through sport and activity.
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Lend Your Legs:Social Cycling Austin And Texas School For The Blind

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The TSBVI has some tandem bikes for us to use. We are meeting at the school and taking the kids on a social ride. It’s an incredible experience to say the least. This is a chance to make a kiddo’s week just by riding your bike (something you would more than likely be doing anyway). One of our volunteers made this short about the ride a while back. http://tinyurl.com/3vvwtdx VOLUNTEER FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE:http://tinyurl.com/4y8ge9n You only need to fill this out if you want to captain a tandem. If not, just show up, ride and hang out with the kiddos. But I highly recommend filling out the form. You’ll want to ride with a kid. …

Want free breakfast? Ride your bike to work May 19!

by Pam LeBlanc | /fitness.blog.austin360.com


Bike to Work Day ranks high on my list of best days of the year.
Stations all over the city handing out free breakfast items and coffee to people who pedal to work? Not much better than that.
This year’s event is set for May 19, and more than 40 official locations will participate, along with a smattering of rogue stations that tend to pop up around town.
Bike Austin organizes the event as a way to thank regular commuters – but also as a way to get new …

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Captains Blog – 05/02/2017 – Rides Galore

by Sameer Gokhale | cycling.powweb.com


Bullis County Park ride
Velo Valero kicked off its training rides in style from the Bullis County Park on 29th April. Other than a bit of humidity, a bit of head wind and some small hills, everything was perfect. We had a good turn out for the lunch at Specht’s Store after the ride. If someone got a cheeseburger instead of a pulled pork burger, you can blame me for …

Biking for the Environment

by Teens4Green | www.eventbrite.com

Sat, May 13, 2017
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
LOCATION: Environmental Services Offices
6616 Walnut Street
Frisco, TX 75033
Want to decrease your carbon footprint and improve your health? Join Teens4Green as guest speaker Seth Williams introduces the basics of biking as a means of alternative transportation to improve environmental quality!
Seth Williams has been an avid cyclist for over 20 years. He has experience racing in many cycling disciplines. Seth is passionate about bike commuting and cycle advocacy for …

City of Laredo Wants You to Jump on a Bike

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LAREDO, Texas (KGNS) – For the next 30 days, the city is encouraging the community to hop on a bike!
Mayor Pete Saenz was on the steps of City Hall Monday morning to proclaim May as National Bike Month.
The city has several events planned for the month, including a ride of silence.
We spoke with Laredo PD Officer Juan Rodriguez on why riding a bike is important to him.: “[It] Keeps us healthy, keeps us moving especially. Kids. We want kids to …

Commissioners support sidewalk, bike path projects

by Brian Bethel | www.reporternews.com

Taylor County Commissioners passed a resolution of support Tuesday for a Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program project that could garner funds for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure projects.
The Texas Department of Transportation has announced a call for projects, with an estimated $52 million available statewide in a four-year program. May 22nd is the deadline for applications.
The same request for a …

City council recognizes May as ‘Sherman Bike Month’

By Abbie Maynard | www.kxii.com

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) — The month of May is now officially recognized as “Sherman Bike Month.” It’s all a part of a proclamation and resolution passed at Monday’s city council meeting.
Without designated space on Sherman streets, bikers ride just inches away from the cars speeding by.
This is just one of the bicycle safety issues the council members declared a priority at Monday night’s meeting.
“This just helps create some awareness and moves that project along down the road and shows the citizens and the city that …

“Ride of Silence” to Honor Three Bicyclists Killed in Abilene Last Year

By: Erica Garner | www.bigcountryhomepage.com

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Three bicyclists killed after being struck by vehicles in Abilene last year will be honored in a “Ride of Silence” later this month.
The ride, hosted at McMurry University, will take place on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, with pre-ride ceremonies beginning at 6:40 p.m. The Abilene Police department is asking riders to arrive by 6:15 p.m. for …

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Houston-to-Austin bike ride raises $15 million for MS research

By Jerry Becker | kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Despite encountering storms last night, cyclists wrapped up the 33rd Annual BP MS 150 Bike Ride this afternoon in Austin.
It’s the largest charity bike ride in the United States.
This year, riders raised more than $15 million to support research and programs for multiple sclerosis.
People from across the nation and even some from other countries came to Texas to …

May is National Bike Month

West Texas Cycling Association | www.bikewtca.org

National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and the many reasons we ride. Whether you bike to work or school; to save money or time; to preserve your health or the environment; to explore your community or get to your destination, get involved in Bike Month in your city or state — and help get more people in your community out riding too!
* National Bike to School Day: 05/10/2017
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Spoke&Word Newsletter: Bike Month Is Here! Kick-off Event This Thursday at MidMain

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May is BikeMonth and what better way to kick it off than with FUNdraiser? In honor of Bike Month the Mid Main First Thursday will be benefiting BikeHouston. Come enjoy live music, food, Saint Arnold’s Beer, a spinerita from Bike Barn, and of course Texas Gold Sprints Races! …

Meet Anita Hollmann

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Anita Hollmann, ped-bike coordinator with the City of Houston Public Works & Engineering

Anita Hollmann looks forward to May Bike Month in the City of Houston, last Friday she took a group of people on bikes to preview this year’s Bike to Work route the City will host on May 19th. “I just wore my usual clothes I also wear at the office, I only added a helmet to …

Video: New trail bypass of 24th Street opens on Shoal Creek

by Pam LeBlanc | fitness.blog.austin360.com


The long-awaited Shoal Creek hike and bike trail bypass of 24th Street has finally opened.
I glided along the smooth new trail, which parallels Lamar Boulevard, on my way to work this morning. It’s been a long time coming.
The trail is part of the $9.5-million Shoal Creek Restoration project between 15th and 28th streets, which includes about 3,000 linear feet of stream bank stabilization, relocation of waste water lines from the …

Bluff Creek Mountain Bike Ranch, Warda

by Michelle | havingfuninthetexassun.com


When snowy, cold weather threatened our weekend trip to Palo Duro Canyon to go mountain bike riding with a friend and his bike group, he suggested we change directions and head south to Bluff Creek Ranch in Warda, just southeast of Austin, for a fun weekend! We expected fun bike trails, but we found so much more at this family owned ranch! Built from a love of bike riding, the ranch offers visitors the chance to get out and ride on twisty trails under the pine trees and …

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May Day Bike Ride To Tavola

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May is off to a good start with a 34.38 mile long bike ride on the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. I was on the bike at 11:27 am dressed lighter than yesterday. I wore a short sleeve jersey and shorts today since the temperature was a comfortable 83 degrees under a clear blue sky. The wind was from the SW at 12 mph with some 17 mph gusts. I didn’t have any trouble with the wind until I made the turn back to the south at 17 miles into the ride. This took place at Roman Forest Blvd. as I exited the loop through Tavola. As I rode onto Roman Forest Blvd. from Tavola I wondered what the construction is all about behind the new Shell station which is not open yet. Maybe Tavola is expanding to the north or maybe New Caney ISD is building a new middle school?

The Strava data says the temperature was 95 but that is wrong, it was 87 at the end of the trip.

No rest stops on today’s bike ride with the weather so perfect and I felt good. I finished the ride at 1:54 pm. After several rides on the new Blue Norcross AL bike I decided to use my Stradalli RP-14 Carbon for this ride. Since my PowerPod is on the way back to Velocomp for repair no power meter numbers for the ride.

The last month of school starts today. I saw several schools with notices that the STARR (I hope I got the name right) tests are next week and no visitors are allowed. No school traffic today since I rode by early enough to miss the dismissals.

Links to RideWithGPS.com and Strava.com.

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