Texas Bicycling News August 10th

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Operation Brendo

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Late Saturday night Brendan was riding home with his wife, JoJo, heading south on Lamar when a car struck him from behind and fled the scene. Brendan got banged up pretty bad. He was rushed to the ER at Brackenridge where he had surgery on his eye Sunday morning. He has a badly broken nose, has missing teeth, a broken sternum, a T12 broken vertabrae and road rash.
Brendan is the Fastest Bike Mechanic in Texas. Proven twice by his consecutive State Championship titles.
He’s incredibly kind. Once, while commuting, he saw a raccoon get run over by …

S.A. Bike Bash | San Antonio, TX| Aug. 8, 2015

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A great night of racing in San Antonio. Props to Jelly & Jam Racing for an excellent new event. Sorry, we didn’t get all the categories or the Sunday races.

Negligence Per Se in Texas Bicycle Accident

By Carabin & Shaw, P.C        www.texasinjurylawyersblog.com

In the recent appellate case of United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Rankin, the plaintiff and his family sued UPS and one of its drivers. The case arose when the driver parked his UPS vehicle in front of a house to make a delivery on his normal route. He intended to park briefly and left the vehicle partly in a lane of traffic with the hazard lights on. The view was unobstructed for 2,000 feet, but the vehicle was brown and stopped under a tree with brown leaves against the backdrop of a brown hill.
The plaintiff was traveling home by bike and rode into the back of the parked UPS vehicle and suffered severe injuries. He didn’t remember what happened, and the driver testified he didn’t see the accident. When the police came, the hazard lights of the UPS vehicle were still flashing. The …

Bike stolen in Colorado recovered in Abilene

by Katie de la Rosa        www.reporternews.com


Fort Collins, Colorado — At first, Ben Chupik thought his friend was joking.
It was the middle of the day, and they’d been in driver’s education class for only a couple hours. How could his red Specialized mountain bike have possibly been stolen?
Sure enough, the Rocky Mountain High School sophomore learned as …

Quick-Thinking Cyclist Helps Nab Two Suspected Robbers

By Amanda Guerra        www.nbcdfw.com

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Quick thinking by a Lake Highlands cyclist helped Dallas Police nab two suspected robbers early Tuesday morning, officials say.
Ken Coutant was riding his bike near the intersection of Overwood Road and Meadowglen Drive when he said a car drove up behind him and nearly hit him.
“They just kinda pushed me to the curb with their car and jumped out, and the guy had a handgun. He pointed it right at my face and said, ‘Give me your phone,’ basically,” Coutant said.
The cyclist said the men …

La Loma Trail Clean-Up days

by NadiaB        bicycleaustin.info

La Loma Trail at the East Boggy Creek Greenbelt
August 15th – (Small Number of Volunteers)
TIME: 8:30am to 12:00pm, September 26th, 2015
MEET: Southern Walnut Creek Trail and Jain Lain, near Go Valle Park
DESCRIPTION: Community work day organized by Nadia Barrera and JJ Fleury from the Urban Trails program.  We’ll will have K.A.B. tools, community members and help from the TX Blazer leadership.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:  10 – 25
September 26th, 2015 National Public Lands Day of Service (Large Number of Volunteers)
TIME: 8:30am to 12:00pm, September 26th, 2015
MEET: Southern Walnut Creek Trail and Jain Lain, near Go Valle Park
NAME: La Loma Trail at the East Boggy Creek Greenbelt
DESCRIPTION:  Come help maintain an important social trail used to …

Lance Armstrong’s store Mellow Johnny’s makes list of country’s best bike shops

by Pam LeBlanc        fitness.blog.austin360.com


An Austin bike shop made The Active Times’ list of 50 Best Bike Shops in America.
Mellow Johnny’s, the bike shop co-founded by disgraced Tour de France cyclist Lance Armstrong, came in at Number 23 on the list, which celebrates independent shops. It was the only Texas shop included.
According to a press release from The Active Times, experts in the field nominated bike shops. Readers then voted for their favorites from the list of nominees. More than 2,525 voters participated.
“We’re honoring the shops that help us reach our full riding potential and keep us cycling to our heart’s content,” said Diana Gerstacker, editor of …

August’s Ride-of-the-Month

Greater Dallas Bicycists        www.greaterdallasbicyclists.com

Come join us for August’s Ride of the Month on August 20, 2015. This month we have chosen to highlight the the Thursday Downtown Ride.
Ride Leader Carl McDonald will take us from the start at Forest and Central next to the Office Depot down through Preston Hallow, SMU, Park Cities, Lakewood, Swiss Avenue Historic District, Deep Ellum, downtown’s Central Business District, West End and back up through …

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The Sandwich Bike Ride

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I named today’s ride the sandwich ride. It is sandwiched in between the air conditioning repairman’s visit and going to the Harris County Appraisal District office to protest our home’s appraised value. I wasn’t sure how long the A/C repair would take but it was fairly short. Our A/C has not been putting out cold air for a week or more and finally quite altogether yesterday. I turned off the unit and we bought a window unit to hold us until the repairman could get here. He was quick. He added some Freon but there may be a leak in the coil. If it gets hot again he will be back to check the coil for a leak. I tried to change the appraisal appointment but I had already moved it once and not more changes are allowed. That meant I could only ride the “Atascocita – Huffman” route for 30.43 miles. That gives me enough time to get cleaned up and drive to the northwest side of Houston. I left home at 10:44.

My wife and I camped out in our family room last night close to the window A/C unit. It took awhile for it to cool things down from almost 90 degrees inside. Surprisingly the little unit did a great job.

I stopped at the Huffman Chevron at 17.8 miles into the ride for a rest stop. The heat was starting to build and the perspiration was flowing. The Powerade dispenser was empty so I made do with an orange soda. That is the first carbonated drink I have had in about a year. After drinking it I told myself I should have drank ice water. The sugar powered me all the way home. The weather while I was at the Chevron station.

The extra sugar inspired me to add an extra mile when I got back to Kingwood. I learned that W. Lake Houston Parkway south bound repairs began this morning and I may need to alter my route some. They worked on the north bound lanes last week.

The weather forecast calls for 100+ for the next few days with a very slight drop on Thursday and Friday to 99. I plan on biking unless the A/C repairman needs to visit again. I got back home at 1:23 and the home weather below. Today marks the 15th consecutive day of biking.

8-10-2015 Home Weather Finish

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Texas Bicycling News August 9th

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DORBA Women’s Beginner Clinic

Sunday, Sep 13, 2015, 8:30 AM

Harry Moss Park
7610 Greenville Av. Dallas, TX

49 Participants Went

DORBA will have a new beginner clinic on Sunday September 13th at Harry Moss Park at 8:30 AM. This will be a women students only clinic. Sorry guys, you will have to wait till October for the next coed one.Women, you might consider coming to this clinic even if you have already taken the beginner clinic, and even if you are not really still a newb…

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Does no one care about an injured rider on the trail?

by losojos        bicycleaustin.info

Granted, I was passed by more joggers (a runner basically caused this) than cyclists, but as I stood bleeding from my face, every single person simply passed by with eyes straight forward.
I had just face planted after dodging a runner, then having my front wheel catch the small gap of a runoff, causing me to endo, full force onto my face. I don’t think any passerby could have done anything, but, if I were to see someone injured, I would stop to at least offer something. I still had to bike 2 miles to …

Go for an easy beginner ride

Saturday, Aug 15, 2015, 9:00 AM

Performance Bicycle
7549 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX

7 Cycling Enthusiasts Went

You’re invited to join our Saturday morning, beginners group ride starting from and ending at our W. Houston, Performance Bicycle store. The ride is for beginners and those getting back on the saddle. The average pace will be between 10 and 14 miles per hour and the ride will last approximately one hour. We’ll explore some of the local bike paths a…

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Saturday Beginner Ride

Saturday, Aug 15, 2015, 9:00 AM

Performance Bicycle
4750 Fm 1960 Rd W Houston, TX

1 Bicycle Enthusiasts Went

The ride starts from the Performance North Houston store location.  We do not ride on 1960 but go through the neighborhoods to start the ride.  The ride is approximately 10 miles and pace is based on participants for the day.  It is a No Drop Ride.Please bring a helmet, spare tube, waterbottle, positive attitude 🙂

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El Paso’s bike-share program launching in September

By David Hernandez / El Paso Times


El Paso’s bike-share program, which has faced delays and setbacks, is slated to launch early next month, officials said.
The $720,000 program will roll out in early September and will include 80 bikes and eight solar-powered stations throughout Downtown and near the University of Texas at El Paso, said Raymond Telles, director of the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, which oversees the project.
The bicycle system will allow people to rent a bike at one station and return it at any other station, similar to those in other major cities throughout the …

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Lots of Shade on the Trails

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A change of pace with today’s ride. For the first time since the 3rd of June I rode my Motobecane 700HT MTB on the Kingwood greenbelt trails. It was different riding in shade most of the time. Amongst the trees the wind isn’t moving as much but the shade offsets that. Without any rain to speak of I was able to ride two sections of dirt bordering the drainage canal between Northpark Drive and Kingwood Drive and the one in Mills Branch. I had to detour around the section of W. Lake Houston Parkway that is being extended to Mills Branch Drive. When it is finished the greenbelt trail will go under the road for safety. A new section of Kingwood is being built north of Mills Branch Drive.

Several other people were out riding on the trails. Some on MTB others on road bikes and kiddie bikes. Coming around corners and intersections of trails I try to watch for others but I am not sure they do.

The hot and dry weather continues. The weather at my home weather station when I began at 12:16 (left) and finished at 1:58 (right).

Today’s ride is number 14 in a row. 128 rides in 2015. Mileage after today’s ride:

  • 249.78 miles this week
  • 328.19 miles in August
  • 4450 miles in 2015

628 miles left to reach my August goal of 956 miles.

More hot and dry weather coming up. I will be back on the Stradalli road bike.

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