Texas Bicycling News July 11th

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Bike safety advocacy group hosts first Bike Safety Saturday

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WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Bike maintenance and safety for children was the main focus of the Bike Safe Wichita Falls committee inaugural Bike Safety Saturday at the Hotter’N Hell Hundred building at Second and Scott streets.
For nearly three hours Saturday morning, the committee spent time with children and their parents in attendance teaching them about various cycling techniques such as using hand signals when on the road, safe riding etiquette and proper bicycle care before letting them …

Commuter Stories

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Veon McRenolds uses his bike to go everywhere, but no longer to work. “I am retired, I don’t have to go to work anymore,” he says while standing in the backyard of the Compound on Wheeler Ave, most people will consider to be his workplace.
Veon doesn’t own a car anymore. He takes his bike to go shopping, to meet friends, or even to do long distance traveling. “The only thing that keeps people from cycling to work, school or other destinations is time, but if you are not in a big hurry you can go everywhere you want on a bike in Houston. I even go on my bike when I need to travel out of state and take a plane. I take my bike on the …

The Green Bicycle Initiative of Houston Monthly Workshops

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Hosted by: The Green Bicycle Initiative of Houston
Date and time: The last weekend of every month (check website for specific times).
Location: Bohemeo’s
Cost: $5 for nonmembers, FREE for members
TGBI-logoThere is nothing worse than pulling the old bike out of the garage to realize your chain is rusty or a spoke is broken. Learning some of the basics can keep your bicycle at it’s peak performance and also keep breakdowns from happening and Keep you safe! And whether you’re an experienced cyclist or just beginning, one of the unfortunate aspects we have to deal with is …

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Early Start and Lots of Bike Riders

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I stated biking early than any previous ride since I went on the Spindletop Spin in Beaumont on June 6th. I rolled out the driveway at 8:54 to get a head start on the heat of the day. Biking the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I added some extra streets to get the distance up from the usual 32 miles to 34.73 miles today. It was 82 degrees at the start which felt comfortable but the 92% humidity meant I was sweating in short order. Returning home at 11:56 it was up to 98 and the humidity dropped to 52%.

With the earlier start I came across 55 bikers starting at Pines Place Drive and Pine Echo Drive all the way to FM2100. This was the Bike Barn Atascocita Saturday morning ride group. One of these was a tandem which I had not seen in this group before. Later when I was stopped at the Huffman Chevron I saw another tandem going south on FM2100. I think this was a different tandem but I am not sure. The stoker was a woman on each one. All of these riders were going the opposite direction from me since they started much earlier.

The Huffman Chevron was a welcomed spot at 23.1 miles. The heart was up and perspiration was flowing heavily. I got some paper towels to soak up the sweat around my eyes and then more to use while I was eating my snack and drinking some cold sport drink. I was there about 30 minutes before heading to home for the last 12 miles.

Huffman weather during rest stop

My average speed was below 15.0 mph for this ride. I did manage to get it up to 14.8 mph but by the time I got home it was 14.5 mph. Below is a comparison of the rides on this route this year to date.

7-11-2015 Route Comparison Summary YTD

Where I stand: 158.7 miles this week, 298.57 miles in June and 3515 miles year to date.

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Texas Bicycle News July 10th

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A journey of hope: Reaching mile 1,700

By Josh Harville        www.yourstephenvilletx.com


Stephenville had the pleasure of hosting the southern route of The Journey of Hope’s philanthropic bike race sponsored by the Pi Kappa Phi national fraternity. So far the men have raised $560,000 of their $600,000 goal to raise awareness of Americans with disabilities.
The Journey of Hope started in Los Angeles and crosses the country ending in the nation’s capital of Washington D.C. The fraternity members each pledge to raise $5,500 to ride in the 62-day, 3,700 mile journey across the …

Texas Man Asks Cop Why He’s on His Property, “It’s My Property Right Now,” Cop Says Before Assaulting Him

by: Cassandra Fairbanks        photographyisnotacrime.com

An Orange, Texas police officer was caught on his body camera assaulting a homeowner, when the man questioned why the officer was on his property.
Officer Dylan Mulhollan had pulled over a man on a bicycle over on Ronald Warnell’s property for not having a reflector. When Warnell wanted to know what was going on, and why the officer was there, things escalated quickly. …

Bike Safe Rodeo In Downtown Wichita Falls This Weekend

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Wichita Falls, TX – Bicyclists young and old are invited to the Wichita Falls Bicycling Club and the Wichita County Medical Alliance Bike Safe rodeo this weekend.
The event comes as hundreds, if not thousands, of riders are beginning to train for the Hotter’N Hell 100 bike race.
In the city there are no designated bike lanes and in recent months, bicyclist have found riding on city streets to be dangerous.
Les Akins, an avid cyclist in Wichita falls is the latest victim.
“I’m alive and I understand that I shouldn’t be,” said Les.
We first told you his story in February after being struck by a …

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Tweets About Texas Bicycling

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Skin Cancer Stitch Bike Ride

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Back biking today after taking two days off. On Wednesday I had minor surgery for a small skin cancer on the surface of my right neck. The stitch looks long but the spot was about the size of a penny. The bandage make it look even worse. I took Thursday off to give the surgery some time to heal before getting sweaty and hot. The photo shows the long stitch on my neck. Sunscreen and cover is the best way to minimize the exposure to the sun.

7-9-2015 Skin Surgery

Now that I am on the way to recovery I rode the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route today. It is summer and the temperature was 102.4 on my home weather station when I got back home at 1:55. The heart index was 117, humidity 42%. These differ from the screenshots I took at the Stripes station west of Porter where I stopped to rest, eat and drink before biking the 12 miles to home. The last time I rode this route it was in the rain. Today was very different.

Porter Stripes Weather
Porter Stripes Weather
Home Weather at the end

Home Weather at the end

Surprisingly I did not feel that hot and the sweat didn’t seem to be as heavy as other rides.

I started out at a lower pace in case I had an issue with the incision area. My helmet strap came just above the spot and avoided rubbing it. Sweat didn’t bother it either. The wind was friendly today and I built up my speed to 17 to 19 mph which pulled up my average speed on the 34.73 mile long ride to a maximum of 15.2 mph settling in at 15.0 mph by the end of the ride. Leaving home at 10:56 put me into the hotter part of the day. This time of the year is when record temperatures happen affecting biking sometimes. Tomorrow could be hotter. Maybe I will bike first and watch the Tour when I get back.

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