Texas Bicycling News December 8th 2016

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Giving a bicycle for Christmas? Don’t forget the helmet

by PATRICE DUNAGIN | www.tylerpaper.com

Bicycles are always a popular gift at Christmas time, and many parents are shopping now for that perfect new bicycle for their child – maybe even their first bicycle. This is an excellent opportunity to teach children about the importance of wearing a helmet to protect their head. According to National Safe Kids, helmets reduce the risk of head injury by at …

Rent a bike, burn calories and explore downtown

By Rachel Cole | www.kristv.com


CORPUS CHRISTI – A new program here in the city is picking up speed and popularity among locals. Leaders behind the idea say, the bike share program seems to be rolling right along and could be expanding.
Executive Director Terry Sweeney of the …

Sherman store donates bikes to area school children

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SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) — Academy Sports and Outdoors donated bicycles on Thursday to students at Jefferson Elementary School.
Thirty students were chosen to receive a bike, and a helmet. Their names were entered into a raffle for each act of …

This weekends rides [8:30am] : Modified Dam Loop! Red Horn!

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com

NOTE: Several of us are gathering at Lakeside tomorrow (Friday) at 5:30 pm for a beer and nonsense. Join us!
Saturday will be an interesting day weather-wise. Come join us as we do a modified Dam Loop clockwise (to pick up the tail wind at the end)! The ride is roughly 55 miles. After the ride we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted burgers and beer!
Sunday is our usual Coffee Shop ride to …

Help Operation Santa Claus by Donating a Bike Today at Four Stars Auto Ranch!

By Barry Levy | www.texomashomepage.com

It’s the most wonderful time of the year but some families in our community simply don’t have the money to make Christmas as merry and bright.
That’s why Operation Santa Claus helps collect toys and bicycles for the kids in our community who otherwise wouldn’t get gifts.
Today you can help by donating to …

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Boys & Girls Club of Plano Bicycle Distribution on Friday, Dec. 16 at 6pm

clanflan | www.planobicycle.org

On Friday, December 16th, At 6:00pm PBA members are invited to be on-hand to help distribute bicycles to kids at the Boys & Girls Club in Plano as their tickets are drawn from a special collection and sorted by age groups. We will have 24 bikes for this organization and providing each of them with a free …

Toys For Tots Bicycle Delivery on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 5pm

clanflan | www.planobicycle.org

On Thursday, the PBA will be presenting 10 or maybe more children’s bicycles to the Toys for Tots at the Allen Event Center during a Live remote with FOX 4.
Tim Ryan, the FOX4 morning anchor ( and also a PBA member) will be at the location for …

Okay, So Everysight’s Reality Smartglasses Caught My Attention

By Darryl | lovingthebike.com


There is no shortage in the amount of new gadgets coming out on the market each month. Even in the cycling world, I have seen so many new ideas flash across my screen this past year. But when I heard about this one, it totally got excited in a techy good way.
Seriously, this is one new tech toy that I have to give a try.
A company called Everysight is …

Catie Wiedenhofer Receives Texas EMS Citizen of the Year

By Kristen Buechler | www.conchovalleyhomepage.com

San Angelo, December 6, 2016 – The leadership group at San Angelo Community Medical Center celebrated today with Catie Wiedenhofer, coordinator of San Angelo Safe Kids. Catie received the Texas EMS Citizen of the Year award at the Texas EMS conference on November 22 in Dallas. …

… Catie travels more than 13,000 miles each year to conduct child safety and injury prevention events for West Texas communities and schools. She delivers many safety devices to communities including: bicycle helmets, …

West: Police Department offers free bicycle helmets

By Madison Adams | www.kwtx.com


WEST, Texas (KWTX) The West Police Department received two boxes full of bicycle helmets of all sizes and is looking to hand them out for free to residents.
A local doctor received the helmets from the Texas Medical Association and decided to give them to the police department to distribute. …

Frat having bike drive for disadvantaged children

By Robin Y. Richardson | www.news-journal.com

The Nu Iota chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity in Marshall on Monday kicked off its Christmas bike drive for underprivileged children, ages 6 to 14.
“We’re trying to get donations, any donations of brand new bikes,” said Michael Mitchell, drive chair, noting monetary donations to purchase bikes also will be accepted.
Bikes will be …

Houston’s bike sharing system to roughly triple in size

By Dug Begley and Rebecca Elliott | www.chron.com


Expansion of Houston’s bike sharing system is pretty much in high gear after City Council on Wednesday signed off on a $4.1 million plan to roughly triple the number of bikes and kiosks.
With the agreement in place, local B-Cycle operators can proceed with their plan to purchase 568 bikes and install 71 new kiosks where people can check out a bike.
By 2018, Houston is slated to have roughly 100 stations and 800 bicycles spread across the central …

Column: Bee Cave police get new bikes for holidays

Gary Miller | www.statesman.com

The holiday season has arrived, and the Hill Country Galleria, the Shops at the Galleria and many residential neighborhoods in Bee Cave are alive with that holiday spirit. The Hill Country Galleria, always beautiful during this time of year, looks even better with their construction project complete and the beautiful Christmas tree on display near Bee Cave City Hall. And what holiday celebration would be complete without a visit from Santa Claus? As he has in past years, Santa will pay a number of visits to the Galleria. Make sure you stop by for a visit.
While you are enjoying your visit to our main retail areas, you might see something new for Bee Cave and the Bee Cave Police Department: police officers on bicycle patrol. Senior Officer Gabe Flores and …

Riding the holiday spirit: 4th annual Bikes 4 Tykes being held Saturday

By Andrew Branca | www.waxahachietx.com


MIDLOTHIAN – Staff members with Texas Ace Heating and Air are looking to create smiles this Christmas through Bikes 4 Tykes bicycle collection. The collection will take place from 8 a.m. – noon on Saturday at Heritage Park in Midlothian.
“We are fixing to kick off our fourth annual Bikes 4 Tykes here in Midlothian for our local Manna House. Everything that we collect goes to the Manna House. We have given them hundreds of bikes over …

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Academy sports store donates 30 bikes to Bastrop students

Mary Huber | www.statesman.com


Local Bastrop Academy Sports and Outdoors employees Jeff Conner, Annie Avila, Clint Foster and Misty Rhodes came to Lost Pines Elementary School Dec. 5, 2016 to surprise 30 students with new bikes. MARY HUBER/BASTROP ADVERTISER
Thirty Bastrop elementary students got a special surprise this holiday season — shiny, blue and red BMX bikes with matching helmets, gifted from Academy Sports and Outdoors for their exceptional behavior.
It was all part of the sports store’s annual bike donation, which benefits more than 4,000 boys and girls across 16 states. This year, for its 15th anniversary, Academy planned …

Volunteer: Participants needed for bicycling survey.

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A research study about bicycling is looking for participants. This study involves completing an online questionnaire that asks questions about you, where you live, and why you ride a bicycle. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. complete the survey you will have a chance …

Jay’s Ride/Wednesday mornings

by trek509 | www.planobicycle.org

I lead a Wednesday morning no drop ride.
We start at the same place as Saturday Mornings at the nw corner of Coit and Spring Creek.
My name is Jay Arbetter
We usually average between 16 and 17 miles per hour depending who is riding and the weather.
We ride about 40 miles and start now at 8:30 am.
We have a great group and …

Grace Creek MTB Trail Work

Longview Bicycle Club | www.longviewbicycleclub.com

Grace Creek MTB Trail Workday on Saturday Dec 10th. We will be fixing drainage issues and clearing new trail. Lunch and drinks provided by LBC.
Meet at Maude Cobb at 9 AM

GDB Christmas Lights Ride

Greater Dallas Bicyclists | www.greaterdallasbicyclists.com

7:00 PM
December 15, 2016
Cafe Express
5600 West Lovers Lane
Dallas, TX 75209
“Join us for a Greater Dallas Bicyclists Tradition. We’ll ride through the Park Cities to take in some of the most beautifully decorated homes in Dallas. After the ride, we’ll gather at Cafe Express to eat, drink, and be merry! Standard bike lights are required, but we’d love to see your bike decorated for the holidays.” Santa Pak

Upcoming Events

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12/10/2016
8:51 AM DFW Airport Fast Ride – Fal/Win
12/10/2016
9 AM Distance Builder
12/10/2016
Best Of The Southwest – Joe Pool – Fall/Winter/Spring
12/10/2016
9 AM DFW Airport Ride
12/10/2016
9:30 AM Plano East Side
12/10/2016
10 AM Easy Going Ride
12/11/2016
9:30 AM Sunday Roll

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8:00am – Corinth Cycling Group Rides December 10, 2016 at 8:00 am – 11:00 am 101 S Locust St, Denton, TX 76201, USA Corinth Cycling Weekend Group Rides. All rides depart from southeast corner of Denton Square.
8:00am- Corinth Cycling Group Rides December 11, 2016 at 8:00 am – 10:30 am 101 S Locust St, Denton, TX 76201, USA http://www.corinthcycling.com/cccriderules.pdf 8:00am
8:00am – Corinth Cycling Group Rides December 17, 2016 at 8:00 am – 11:00 am 101 S Locust St, Denton, TX 76201, USA Corinth Cycling Weekend Group Rides. All rides depart from southeast corner of Denton Square.

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Rain Stopped Sun Out Bike Ride

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The weekend of rain ended and I got back on the bike today to ride the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for a total of 30.71 miles. The weather was friendly with mostly clear sky and 68 degrees. I bundled up with leg warmers, long sleeve jersey and windbreaker jacket. The jersey was a new thermal one from voler.com. I almost added a short sleeve jersey but decided it was not needed. That was a good decision and at the end of the ride my jacket was wet from sweat. The ride started at 12:29 after the early morning clouds lifted and finished at 2:42.

The wind wasn’t too strong today from the NW at 8 mph. It wasn’t much of a problem until I rode north west of Lake Houston through Atascocita and Kingwood. Riding across Lake Houston the wind was much cooler from the cool water.

I saw another biker while I was riding east over Lake Houston. I glanced to my left and briefly saw him through the traffic and didn’t wave.

Over the weekend I added a goal plugin to the desktop version of SportTracks program. This is the screenshot of the data.

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With this plugin I can stop using Garmin Connect, the only online program I use that allows goals. This should simplify recording rides.

Tomorrow’s weather should repeat today but Thursday another cold front arrives. I plan on biking tomorrow. James Webster asked me if I was interested in gravel biking Friday or Saturday. I said yes but if the temperature is 50 or below I may change my mind.

Link to RideWithGPS.com ride data and map.

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