Texas Bicycling News June 10th

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Richardson Texas Gets Recognized As A Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community

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Today, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Richardson, Texas with a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community (BFCSM) award, joining 350 visionary communities from across the country.
With the announcement of 42 new and renewing BFCs today, Richardson joins a leading group of communities, in all 50 states, that are transforming our neighborhoods.
“We applaud this new round of communities for investing in a more sustainable future for the country and a healthier future for their residents and beyond,” said Andy Clarke, President of the League of American Bicyclists. “The growing number of leaders taking up bicycling as a way of solving many complex community problems is encouraging. We look …

East Dallas neighbor to bike 2,745 miles from Canada to Mexico

By Brittany Nunn        lakewood.advocatemag.com


The Tour Divide is touted as “The Holy Grail” of bike races.
It starts in the snow in Banff, Alberta Canada and winds its way 2,745 miles through the United States and ends in the deserts of Mexico.
Right now two Dallasites are getting ready to get on a plane to fly to Canada to begin the weeks-long, totally self-supported race this Friday. East Dallas neighbor Josh Daugherty is one of them.
The riders, Daugherty and Phillip Bird, are braving the race for two worthy causes: to raise money and …

Texas 4000 coming through Pine Bluff

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On the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team will be rolling through Pine Bluff on Sunday just 16 days after departing from Austin, Texas, on their way to Anchorage, Alaska.
While in Pine Bluff, the Texas 4000 Team will celebrate and share hope, knowledge and charity with friends and family before continuing on their 70-day journey.
The 72 undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Texas will brave the rain, sleet, wind, snow, heat and pedal more than 4,000 miles in the fight against cancer. After 18 months of leadership development training, volunteering, fundraising, and cycling, riders are put to the test throughout their summer ride to Alaska.
Along their journey, they will visit with cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, and communities to make educational presentations about cancer prevention and early detection. They also use this time to …

Pair and four dogs ride coast to coast on anti-drug bike tour

By Vincent T. Davis, Staff Writer        www.expressnews.com


Virgil and Lacey Tanner’s Yorkshire Terriers — Bug, Doodle, Cecil and Hazel — pop their heads out of their biking carriage on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in San Antonio’s Travis Park. Virgil “Evan” Tanner and his wife, Lacey, along with their Yorkies are biking across the country from Ocean Beach California to St. Augustine, Florida to raise awareness about the harmful effects of drugs. Virgil and Lacey are riding in honor of Tanner’s brother, Damon, who died two years ago after taking unprescribed pain pills. “Despite the hardships, there’s a reason we’re doing it,” Virgil said.
Virgil “Evan” Tanner and his wife, Lacey, aren’t professional cyclists, but they’re riding coast to coast in memory of a loved one, hoping to prevent other families from experiencing their pain.
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Spring resident, a Texas hero, riding to raise deaf awareness

By Petrina J. Johnson        www.yourhoustonnews.com


Texas has a hero in it and his name is Erik Richenberger.
For 13 years the Spring resident has helped saved lives as a paramedic and now he is racing to help others hear. He is particpating in the Tour Divide Race in efforts of raising awareness and funds so deaf people without insurance can receive cochlear implants.
“I learned about the race through a documentary called, “Ride the Divide.” A race of this proportion naturally touches the desire to seek adventure and do something grand with your life even if it is just once,” he said.
The Tour Divide Race, also known as “Riding the Roof,” is a mountain bike ride from Bannff, B.C. to Antelope Wells, New Mexico. After …

Charity marathon bike ride ‘Texas 4000′ lands in St. George next week

###  by Andy Griffin        www.stgeorgeutah.com

AUSTIN, Tex. — On the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team will be rolling through St. George on Tuesday, June 16th, just 18 days after departing from Austin, Texas, on its way to Anchorage, Alaska. While in St. George, the 2015 Texas 4000 Team will celebrate and share hope, knowledge and charity with friends and family before continuing on the 70-day journey.
logoThe 72 undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Texas at Austin will brave the rain, sleet, wind, snow, heat and pedal more than 4,000 miles in the …

Biking With Flood Soaked Village Creek Indian Ghosts & Armadillo Roadkill

Durango Texas        durangotexas.blogspot.com


Today, for the first time since the Great Texas Flood, Arlington’s Village Creek Natural Historical Area’s Indian Ghosts were available for visiting.
The flood appeared to have swept Village Creek free of its usual collection of litter.
The two photos you see here were …

Richardson is Texas’ Fifth Bicycle Friendly Community

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Congratulations are in order to Richardson for reaching the ranks of Bicycle Friendly Communities in the new list announced today by the League of American Bicyclists! Kudos to Bike Friendly Richardson and other advocates who have worked tirelessly to make their city a great place to ride a bike.
Richardson joins Austin (Silver), Houston (Bronze), San Antonio (Bronze), and The Woodlands (Bronze) on the list of …

Council to talk bike lanes and widening 98th Street at Thursday’s council meeting

By MATT DOTRAY, A-J MEDIA        lubbockonline.com

Bike lanes, widening 98th Street and Ebola preparedness are all slated for Thursday’s City Council meetings.
The discussions begin at 1:30 p.m. during an afternoon work session at City Hall, during which the Board of Health will give a presentation in support of potential bike lanes.
The Veterans Advisory Committee will also give a presentation in the …

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Recovery Ride on Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch

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I rode an easy ride over the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route. I modified this route slightly adding about 2 miles by going to Kingwood Drive and reconnecting with the usual route. This made the ride 35.28 miles long. I declared this a recovery ride because my legs needed to recover from yesterday’s longer ride and the winding streets for the first 10 miles lowered my average speed. Overall the average speed came in at 14.3 mph but I did get it up to 14.5 mph briefly.

Going through Oakhurst I saw another biker which is unusual there.

The rest break came at 23.8 miles at the Stripes store on FM1314 and Valley Ranch Parkway. I noticed on the last ride by Stripes that their 32 oz fountain drink is $.99 plus tax. I like that price and they have a shady place to rest and eat my snacks. Fruit punch Gatorade with ice helped to cool me down after riding in the sun.

At Cumberland Crossing the Grand Parkway FM1314 overpass still awaits the beams and the lanes are narrowed to one side of the center of the full road width. I could see some construction equipment moving around so maybe the beams will arrive some day soon.

The weather forecast for today mentioned a possible rain shower but it disappeared by the time I got back home at 2:08. Tomorrow’s forecast again includes a chance of rain in the late afternoon. I should be finished with my ride by then. I started at 11:03 due to watching the Critérium du Dauphiné live. Today’s stage started later than the previous ones. I haven’t seen the start time for tomorrow’s stage.

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Home weather at ride start
Porter weather at Stripes
Home weather end of ride

Texas Bicycling News June 9th

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Teen cyclist killed after colliding with car in East Austin

By Eric Janzen        kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 16-year-old boy was killed Saturday while riding his bike down Johnny Morris Road. Police said Brian Silva was headed south near Walnut Creek about 6:30 p.m. when he swerved to the left and collided with the side of a car traveling in the same direction.
Silva was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge where he later died.
Police say the case is still …

Vuelta Del Llano Results – TT • Jun 6 2015

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» Men Cat3/4     » Men Cat4/5
» Men Master 35+ Cat4/5     » Men Master 40+
» Men Master 50+     » Men Master 60+
» Men Pro/Cat 1/2     » Women Cat 4

Vuelta Del Llano Results – RR • Jun 7 2015

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» Men Cat3/4     » Men Cat4/5
» Men Master 35+ Cat4/5     » Men Master 40+
» Men Master 60+     » Men Pro/Cat 1/2

Vuelta Del Llano – Crit Results • Jun 6 2015

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» Men Cat3/4     » Men Cat4/5
» Men Master 35+ Cat4/5     » Men Master 40+
» Men Master 50+     » Men Master 60+
» Men Pro/Cat 1/2     » Women Cat 4

Bicycle Master Plan

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This is a critical time for Houston cyclists. For the first time in over 20 years, Houston is developing a master plan that will shape cycling in Houston for years to come. Let’s work together and make Houston a safe, enjoyable place to ride.
Your input is needed…
Public Meetings
Tuesday, June 16th, 6:00-8:00pm
HCC Memorial City Performing Arts Center
1060 W Sam Houston Pkwy N, Houston, TX 77043 / Theat. II Room 411

Tuesday, June 23rd, 6:00-8:00pm
Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center
6500 Rookin, Houston, TX 77074

Ride Like A Girl – Walnut Creek

Monday, Jun 15, 2015, 6:00 PM

Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park
12138 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX

20 Mountain Bikers Went

Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated as “for women only”.The concept is simple:  the “girls” meet at local bike trails for group rides and mountain biking skills instruction.  Riders break into small groups based on ability and then hit the trail.  After the ride, the ladies regroup for a…

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Anthills Trail Work Party

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Event category: General
Trail: The Anthills (Terry Hershey Park)
Sunday, June 14, 2015 – 9:00am
The plan for this trail work party is to install four of the new “Don’t ride muddy trails” signs and a kiosk at Kirkwood. We will do some trimming as we walk into these spots. I need 4 to 5 people for this work party.
Please let me know if you will for sure be …

GHORBA Monthly Ride- Cypresswood!

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Event category: Rides
Trail: Cypresswood (Collins Park)
Saturday, June 27, 2015 – 8:00am
Join us for our Ghorba Monthly Ride! This month at Cypresswood trails!
Meet us at:
6727 Cypresswood Drive
77379 Spring, TX
Early because it’s getting pretty hot out there!

City council Meeting

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Date: June 11, 2015
Location: Lubbock, TX
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Details: There will be a City Council meeting on Thursday, June 11 @ 5:15 pm. One of the meeting topics will address the budget line item for updating and improving the Master Bicycle Plan (MBP). The Lubbock Board of Health will have a presentation in support of the MBP, and we were encouraged by Wood Franklin, the Director of Public Works, to come to the meeting so the City Council Members know there is a lot of support for this plan. Please wear a bicycle jersey so that we stand out as a group. So many times in the past, the bicycle community has started an impassioned push for infrastructure improvements in the city, but have lost enthusiasm through the slow process of government. If you cannot attend the council meeting on …

15 Things For 2015 #TXCX

by joeyTWOwheels        texascx.com

108 days until the first race of the #TXCX season!
We.
Are.
Stoked.
If you caught the schedule, you’ll notice a couple firsts this year:
we start in San Antonio AND Houston;
plus we start one week ahead of years past (in September instead of October).
It’s going to be hot, like Africa hot.
So let’s get into this before the sweat hits the keyboard.
15. Nobody will be at the first race
OK, some people will go. But starting early means that those die-hard road racers will be vying for the coveted prize of best fast guy/gal in the state on skinny wheels that weekend at Ft. Hood. Unless, of course, they are ready for something …

New Facilities, New Connections!

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I was out of town most of last week and while I was gone, the striping crew went to town on installing shared lane markings.
(I know everyone is clamoring for more actual bike lanes. We have a slew of those in the works, but they take more time to clear all the political and policy hurdles we must contend with. So hang in there, it’s coming.)
Here’s a map of all the new (and existing) bicycle facilities in the Uptown/Knox/East Dallas area (click on map for larger image). Many of the new facilities are intended to provide linkages to the trail network– in this case, the …

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Mountain Workout Over The Tracks

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Mountain workout today. Well, not really. The “FM1960 to FM686 – Back” route goes up and down the railroad overpass east of Huffman on FM1960. Around here the overpass is about as hilly as it gets. I was out of the saddle to get up the hill going east and repeated that on the return ride going west. Thankfully the road is relative new concrete with smooth asphalt approaches. To get to the smooth asphalt though I rode 1 mile of chip’n seal from the Liberty/Harris County line. Going east the wind assisted me but going back to the west the wind was in my face though not blowing strongly it provided enough resistance to tax my legs.

The ride was 41.16 miles long, slightly longer than before because I added a section in Walden. This additional street circles around with houses on my right fronting Lake Houston. There are several new homes under construction. I got lost once before I found the right street on a previous ride.

Weather was good. 93 degrees when I got back home at 1:38. Mostly cloudy sky though at the start it wasn’t as cloudy. The wind was light to calm.

I took a longer than normal break at the Huffman Chevron; 37 minutes. Also I drank a 44 oz Powerade since I drank all of my water bottle and it was hot. Perspiration was flowing freely when I stopped. During the ride whenever I dipped my chin to the ride a stream of water hit my shoe and the pavement. At the break I was at 29.4 miles into the ride with 11+ miles left.

Two other bikers were out today. The first one rode several hundred yards in front of me going east on FM1960 over Lake Houston, The other biker was going west not too far from the start of the causeway. The biker in front of me turned onto Fairlake Drive while I continued on FM1960.

The average speed was 15.3 mph most of the ride. After the rest stop in Huffman the average slowly dropped because my legs were tired. At the end of the ride the average speed was 14.9 mph. I held it to 15.2 mph until 38.8 miles when I was weaving through Kingwood streets.

Mileage standings: 77.87 miles this week, 322.8 miles this month, 2555 miles this year.

Weather Huffman rest break

Weather Huffman rest break

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