Texas Bicycling News June 21st

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A Great Big Congrats to long time Mad Duck Racing Family members Derek Cooley and Bob Baatz teaming with their Crest RBM Teammates John Murazak and Brad Hess to win State TTT title! #winning #cycling #race #timetrial

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Your cat 4 men’s state TT champions

2,300-mile bike ride ends in Chicago on Father’s Day to recognize dads

By Sarah Freishtat Chicago Tribune


David Hirsch concedes cycling 2,350 miles for 21 days straight isn’t logical.
But Hirsch did just that, loosely following Route 66 from Santa Monica, Calif., and arriving in Chicago on Father’s Day. He hoped to honor the value of fathers in their children’s lives through his ride.
Hirsch, from the Barrington area, ended his bike ride Sunday morning at Progressive Baptist Church next to U.S. Cellular Field and immediately spent the next hour talking to reporters. He planned to talk to the church congregation and be introduced during the White Sox game. …

… Throughout the ride, Hirsch, 54, was joined for days at a time by supporters — including members of other fatherhood-focused organizations, a Lincolnshire high-school student and the executive director of a German-based fatherhood program who traveled to the U.S. for the ride. His youngest daughter rode along for a week, and the oldest of his five children joined him between Amarillo, Texas, and Oklahoma City. …

Fort Worth Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission

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Authority for Creation and Operation
The Fort Worth Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission was created by Ordinance No. 21707-03-2015, adopted March 23, 2015.
Composition
Nine members, all citizens of Fort Worth.
Method of Appointment
Appointed by City Council.
Term of Office
Committee members shall serve two-year terms except as follows: Places 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 expire in odd-numbered years (October 1, 2017); and Places 2, 4, 6 and 8 expire in even-numbered years (October 1, 2016).
General Powers and Duties …

Saturday AM Fitness Ride

Saturday, Jun 27, 2015, 8:00 AM

Location details are available to members only.

11 Members Went

Ride 2-3 laps around White Rock Lake.  We will ride in 2 groups at a faster pace (16-18 mph) and a moderate pace (13-15 mph). This is a drop ride, so if you are a beginner or slower rider you may want to come to the monthly social ride instead. It will be HOT so please bring plenty of water and wear a helmet.

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Father’s Day Ride

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A Father’s Day ride on the “Huffman – Atascocita – Walden” route was a great gift. My father died 10 years ago but he made a lasting impression on me. One that really sticks with me came from when we worked together on a project. He said the job wasn’t finished until the work area was clean and the tools put away. I have the same saying. I miss my father but the memories are still with me.

The weather was hot and sticky; 95 degrees and 58% humidity. An overcast sky kept the sun at bay. I thought of this as a recovery ride from yesterday’s 43+ mile ride. Today I biked 28.53 miles bringing the total for the week to 183.55 miles, June totals 658.92 miles and 2891 miles for the year. 310 miles to reach my goal for June. I will need several 40+ mile rides to get there with 9 days left.

Several families were out biking on the greenbelt trails but I didn’t see any other bicyclists on the roads.

Home weather at the end of the ride

Home weather at the end of the ride

Wind varied greatly from the IAH airport weather to my home weather station. The airport reported 12 mph versus calm when I finished.

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Texas Bicycling News June 20th

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Riding with The King.. The Tour D’Italia tradition ! #Elvis #elvislives #cycling #rally #livetoride

Middle Of The Road (MOTR) Rides


Holy geez! There must’ve been over 12,250 eager riders on today’s MOTR ride to Elroy, TX, whoa!
Well okay, maybe fifty riders. But it still took two pics to get ’em all! …

The Indian Ghosts Close Village Creek Due To Flooding While Mallard Cove Dries Up

by Durango Texas        durangotexas.blogspot.com

This afternoon I heard the Indian Ghosts who haunt Arlington’s Village Creek Natural Historical Area calling me.
So, I rolled my motorized wheels to Arlington to find the Natural Historical Area closed due to flooding.
That surprised me since it has not …

White Rock Lake Breakfast Ride

Plano Bicycle Association

July 3rd
Ride Leader:  Steve Standifer
It’s time for our traditional July 4th ride (BUT WILL BE ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD) to White Rock Lake for breakfast at Barbecs! This is an unofficial PBA Ride but I will be happy to lead a group down to the Lake. Rolling average of 17.5-18.0 MPH departing from the northwest corner of the intersection of 15th St. and Independence at 7:00 AM. If someone else wants to lead a slighter slower group please let me know!
Two things to bring-CASH as Barbecs does not take credit cards or checks and we need a …

Final Series Results

www.texashighschoolcycling.org

Final 2015 Road Series results have now been posted on the race series tab of this website under the 2015 road series link.  Get their via this direct link.
Congratulations to all our racers and teams.  We had some great competition in particular in our varsity category with the Williams brothers of Macleod and Xavier dueling it out with the Jesuit trio of Evan Bausbacher, Jake Ingram, and Hugo Scala Jr.
In the end, after everyone’s lowest scoring race from the series was dropped, Jesuit sophomore Evan Bausbacher came out on top of the …

Cycling the causeway over to Galveston Island

Ernest Gonzalez

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Sprint Like A Hare on Hare Cook

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In the drive to ride 40+ miles I rearranged the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route into “Kingwood – Hare Cook Road – Kingwood”.  I biked 43.54 miles on this route. This route is like the Stroker road one but instead of going west on Stroker Road from Ramsey Road I stayed on Ramsey Road going south until I came to Hare Cook Road. Hare Cook runs east and west and took me to FM2100 and then back to Huffman. I left home at 9:58 and returned at 1:34.

Prior to Hare Cook road I saw a dozen other bikers out enjoying the heat and humidity. They were in groups of two or single riders.

Huffman weather
Huffman weather

The roads on this route are smooth asphalt which allowed me to set a good pace. I averaged 15.4 mph overall but for most of the ride after the 15 mile point I averaged 15.5 to 15.7 mph. There was a breeze from the SSE (4 to 6 mph) which put up some resistance when I was riding into it but the other times I more than made up for that.

I thought I was going to have a dog chase free ride until I almost reached the corner of Hare Cook and Miller Wilson Road. A large German Shepherd spotted me from the house and ran to Hare Cook where the property gate was. The gate was closed but there was a big gap between a pole and the gate allowing the dog easy access to the road plus there wasn’t any fence just a ditch with some standing water. He started barking as soon as he spotted me and I sped up. I had a good lead on him and when I made the corner I looked in my mirror to see him stop in the road. If he knew I was turning onto Miller Wilson Road he could’ve caught me but thankfully dogs are not telepathic. This helped my speed and I was glad this was with the wind at my back rather than into a headwind.

Once I reached FM2100 I rode north to Huffman for a 40 minute rest stop at the Chevron station. From there it was about 11 miles to home. The sun was shinning to the west but to the east and south the sky was full of clouds and looked like it might rain. As I write this I can again hear thunder in the distance and some rain is falling here. This was one of those rides if I got caught in the rain I am not sure I could tell the difference. The sweat was flowing so much I was wet all over anyway. I rinsed my gloves at the Chevron station and dried them on some paper towels but they were still wet when I got ready to leave. I was thinking of washing my Jeep when I got home but the rain and thunder delayed that.

Mileage standings after today’s ride:

  • 155.02 miles this week
  • 630.39 miles so far in June
  • 2863 miles year to date

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