Texas Bicycle News Digest September 15th

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Bike-Work Balance

Bike Noob

We finally had a taste of fall here over the weekend. It only lasted a day and a half, but the hint of the new season got me taking stock of some recent developments around here.
I’ve really cut back on my riding. The start of the new school year does that to me every year, but this time around it’s tougher. You see, in addition to being an instructor, this semester I’m also a student. I’m enrolled in a class for faculty that teaches us how to prepare a class for delivery online.
Now, you’d think for a blogger that wouldn’t be too difficult. But this class is far more rigorous than I expected. That’s good — it means we won’t take it lightly. And it’s really opened my eyes to some of the…

Camp Eagle Classic Mountain Bike Festival Results

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Rocksprings, TX
Aug 31, 2014
Discipline: Cross Country
Race Date
08/31/2014…

2014 Tyler SpeedWaves(TM) Results

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Tyler, TX
Sep 14, 2014
XC Men Pro/Cat 1
XC Men SS Open
XC Women 40-49 Cat 1
XC Women 0-99 Pro/Cat 1
XC Men 60-99 Cat 1
XC Men 50-59 Cat 1
XC Men 40-49 Cat 1
XC Women 19-39 Cat 1
XC Men 19-39 Cat 1
XC Men 15-18 Cat 1
XC Women 15-18 Cat 2
XC Men 15-18 Cat 2
XC Men 19-29 Cat 2
XC Women 30-39 Cat 2
XC Men 30-39 Cat 2
XC Men 40-49 Cat 2
XC Men 50-99 Cat 2
XC Women 40-99 Cat 2
XC Men 0-99 SS 2/3
XC Women 40-99 Cat 3
XC Women 15-18 Cat 3
XC Women 13-14 Cat 3
XC Women 11-12 Cat 3
XC Women 1-10 Cat 3
XC Men 40-49 Cat 3
XC Men 30-39 Cat 3
XC Men 19-29 Cat 3
XC Men 15-18 Cat 3
XC Men 13-14 Cat 3
XC Men 11-12 Cat 3
XC Men 1-10 Cat 3
XC Women 30-39 Cat 3
XC Men 50-99 Cat 3

Magical Museum Mystery Tour

Easy Riders Cycling Group

Sunday, September 21, 2014
7:00 AM
Leonard C Merrell Center
6301 S Stadium Ln
Katy, TX

GO for a Mountain Bike Ride

Performance Great Ride Series: North Houston

Sunday, September 21, 2014
8:00 AM
Meyer Park
Cypresswood Dr.
Spring, TX 77379

East End Bicycle Opera, Opens September 27 at Texas Children’s Pediatrics Ripley House

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September 27, 2014 – November 30, 2014
Navigate a sonic experience travelling on two wheels. Nameless Sound and British sound artist Kaffe Matthews collaborate with East End residents, writers, musicians, children, programmers and builders on an East End Bicycle Opera. Matthews’s Sonic Bicycles are equipped with speakers reacting to GPS coordinates. Cyclists create a composition that changes depending on where they go and how they pedal. Hidden sounds will seduce cyclists to…

SW Houston Bike Ride

Ride of the Barrio

Thursday, September 25
at 7:30pm – 10:00pm in CDT
We are a ride at your own pace, fun social bicycle ride. We are just a group of people riding bicycles for fun. Roll out is at 7:30! The ride is 15-20 miles with a stop along the way. For more info 713-777-5333

Registration Available Now: BikeTexas KidsKup at Dave Boyd Huntsville Classic 2014

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Registration: 12 PM
Safety clinic and racing: 2 PM
Visit the main BikeTexas KidsKup page.
Support BikeTexas KidsKup and keep this great program rolling into 2015 and beyond!
Course: All BTKK courses are designed for safety and fun, with beginner kids in mind, and are usually about 1/4 mile in length. At many events, a separate shorter course is set up for kids on…

Sunday October 5th Historic Downtown San Antonio Adventure Ride

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club

Sunday, October 5th  Meet at 8 a.m.   Meet inside Brackenridge Park at the Hildebrand entrance.  (From 281 and Hildebrand, head east on Hildebrand toward Broadway. Take the first right turn into the park. Follow the road a few hundred feet, across the very old bridge and park near the pavilion. This is the Joske’s Pavilion.)  We will ride past the following points of interest and more.  1920’s faux bois sculptures (wood-like concrete) by Dionicio Rodriguez-1990+ faux bois by 3rd generation artist and Rodriguez’s nephew Carlos  1990+ Cortez Riverwalk New Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial San Antonio Theater district (Majestic, Empire, Aztec and the other, San Antonio?) Hay’s Street Bridge Confederate Cemetery Firefighter Cemetary Firefighter museum Work shop of Carlos Cortez (will be closed) King William Blue Star…

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Texas Bicycling News Digest September 14th

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Palestine to Host Gravel Grinder Cycling Event

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Palestine, Texas – Palestine will host its first gravel grinder cycling event on Sat.,Oct. 4. The Camino205 is a long distance adventure ride through the Piney Woods of East Texas.
According to Dave Morrow, organizer for the Camino205, “Cyclists in the upper Midwest have been putting on gravel grinder events for about 10 years. One of the most notable being the Dirty Kanza, which traverses the Flint Hills National Grasslands in Kansas and has over 1,200 riders.”
The popularity of gravel grinders is growing because…

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CHAIN GANG NEWS:

Maverick Chain Gang

Bicycle Club of Marshall, Texas
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Saturday ride time has been changed to 8:00 AM until colder weather arrives. Pass the word to all the Chain Gang!
Thanks,
Jim Bates, Pres., Maverick Chain Gang

Oryx cycling tour ‘elevates’ to become premier event at Fort Bliss, organizers say

By David Burge / El Paso Times


FORT BLISS >> The Oryx Challenge Bike Tour keeps getting bigger and better, organizers and participants say.
On Sunday morning, 500 cyclists participated in the fourth annual Oryx, a noncompetitive bike ride that raises money for local USO programs. That’s about 100 more cyclists than last year, organizers said.
The bike ride started and ended at the Freedom Crossing shopping center on West Fort Bliss. In the past, the USO center on East Fort Bliss served as the tour’s headquarters.
But “we’ve had such success with everything — sponsors, the…

First Meeting of the Year

Texas A&M Cycling Team

Our first meeting of the year will be Thursday, September 18th, at 8pm in REC 255. Come find out about the best team in collegiate cycling! There will be FREE LAYNE’S provided for all who attend. The meeting is mainly informational, but we will have our gear to sell and we will be collecting dues. Please come grab a bite to eat and learn more about the team! …

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Texas Bicycling News Digest September 13th

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FrankenBike #44 ~RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY the 14th (101 Heights Blvd)

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FrankenBike #44 ~ SUNDAY THE 14th ~ Hickory Hollow ~ in the Heights ~
Hickory Hollow Restaurant parking lot.
101 Heights Blvd. just north of Washington
Houston, TX 77007
10am till 4pm ~ Come early if you have much to setup ~ bring water, chair, Shade/cover, and bike stuff.
THE SWAP HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY
Lots going on this weekend: …
FrankenBike is your go to monthly swap that keeps you in Gear.
Bikes, Parts, Clothing, and Accessories.
Featuring some hand built wheel sets this month.
Come on by and make us a part of your active weekend. …

Big Views on the Road Bike in Big Bend

by Bronwen Gregory        www.afar.com


I am utterly smitten with Big Bend National Park and it’s varied, stunning landscape. In early September I headed down to get in some quiet road cycling and exploring, since the busy season (and vehicle traffic) doesn’t pick up until the October through April months. The heat can be extreme this time of year since you’re on the border of Texas and Mexico and this is a desert, but I lucked out and had some cooler weather this time around.
Two nations meet here in West Texas and the mighty Rio Grande serves as the boundary. Drastic changes in elevation lend to create an out of this world, varied micro-climate experience while you pedal through your day and you’re rewarded with vistas and…

Sunday October 5th Patriot / National Day of Service Ride

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club

Sunday, October 5th  Meet at 8a.m. @ Brackenridge Park @ Joske’s Pavilion Celebrate Patriot Day / National Day of Service and Remembrance with an easy bicycle ride from Brackenridge Park’s Joske’s Pavilion along quiet downtown streets, through the Pearl Brewery and King William area. This is an informal celebration of Patriot Day and the National Day of Service and Remembrance. All are welcome.   We will pause to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11/01 with a private tour of the San Antonio Fire Museum.  The museum is at the Central Fire Station behind the Alamo. Our tour will start around 9:30-10am.  Feel free to have non riding family members meet us there. After the tour we’ll continue riding back up to Brackenridge Park while it is still relatively cool and the streets are relatively quiet.   Bring a snack, decorate your bike and…

Lake Areas Need Improvements

by Bill Cullins               Team San Angelo


Read through the city’s Lake Nasworthy Master Plan and you’ll notice that biking, hiking, running and walking are described as the most popular non-motorized recreational activities that take place in the areas surrounding the lake.
The park areas, open space and roads around Nasworthy provide an almost-perfect venue for outdoor fitness activities (we’ll get to the “almost” part later).
Lakeside areas such as the swim beach (Mary E Lee Park), the KOA loop, Spring Creek Park and Middle Concho Park are all used extensively by cyclists, hikers, runners and walkers. The lake parks also serve as starting points for cyclists and…

Biker’s June death ruled accidental drug overdose

By Julie Fancher        thescoopblog.dallasnews.com

The cause of death of a mountain biker whose body was found in Flower Mound in June has been ruled an accident, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner.
Wesley Hixson, 30, of Roanoke died of a drug overdose, the medical examiner said.
Hixson became separated from his riding partners on a bike trail near Grapevine Lake in June. The…

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Texas Bicycle News Digest September 12th

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Houston, We Have Less of a Problem

ByIan Dille        www.bicycling.com

Thanks to a bike-loving mayor and tireless advocates—and some postride tacos—a sprawling, traffic-clogged city transformed itself into America’s most improved cycling town

From the back of a Hummer, a man pulls out a single-speed with lime green rims. A full-suspension mountain bike emerges from a Ford Excursion. From the bed of a friend’s pickup truck, I remove my own bike. We’ve come to this parking lot in downtown Houston for the monthly Critical Mass ride, a mostly well-mannered protest that draws as many as 3,000 cyclists from across the city. We’ve driven here because, at 600 square miles, sheer distance can prevent bike commuting in Houston, and—given the rash of recent cyclist fatalities, 27 over the last five years, with few drivers held accountable—even the bravest and most experienced cyclists admit that riding in this city, alone, feels risky.
But tonight, for 15 miles, we will own the roads of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Following the 2007–2009 recession, Houston boomed. Led by the oil and gas industry, the city added two new…

Texas Cup Action — Chappell Hill Classic Road Race

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Meredith Bunkers (c) – Shama Cycles, Solymar Rivera (l) – Dallas Racing, and Ash Duban (r)- Guro Cycles p/b Haute Wheels Racing enjoy the celebration of the Women’s 1/2/3 podium.

So what happened in Texas?

by alexthepuffin        alexbikes.wordpress.com

The last time I wrote on this blog was back in February as I was planning my bike trip across Texas. Here’s a quick review.
The ‘why on earth would you bike in Texas?’ question continued well into the trip and after I got back. My values and political views don’t match a typical Texan’s, although typical is part of the problem.
Here’s something I learned: political views don’t really show through that much when you’re just visiting somewhere. Sure, there were a lot of pickup trucks with gun racks and wildly xenophobic views of Hispanics. If you can look past that (without forgiving it), you’ll find the people caring and genuine. And you’ll have quite an experience.
I learned a lot about nothingness and loneliness. Often there were no cars for an hour. There were no trees to ruin the views. I’ve never gone so long in my life without ever talking to someone. Emptiness. You should…

Free Basic Bike Maintenance Clinic plus enter to win a Fuji Gran Fondo 3.0 LE

Thursday, Sep 18, 2014, 6:00 PM

Performance Bicycle
4750 Fm 1960 Rd W Houston, TX

2 Bicycle Enthusiasts Went

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Free Basic Bike Maintenance Clinic plus enter to win a Fuji Gran Fondo 3.0 LE

Thursday, Sep 18, 2014, 6:00 PM

Performance Bicycle
7549 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX

4 Cycling Enthusiasts Went

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bike crashes map

by badgnome        bicycleaustin.info

Made this at work the other day using TxDOT CRIS data. Next is a version with 2011 to 2013 bike crashes by individual counties along with pedestrian versions. …
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parent directory: http://campotexas.wpengine.com/safety-data/
TxDOT site: http://www.txdot.gov/government/enforce … stics.html

Edward Jones’ Tour de Ted Coming to Waco Oct. 17

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Waco is one of nine cities participating in a Texas bike tour commemorating the life of Ted Jones, who was instrumental in opening Edward Jones’s first branch office, according to Financial Advisor Donna Phelps.
The nine-city tour, beginning in Houston on Oct. 11 and concluding in Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 19, is aptly named Tour de Ted – Ride the Lone Star.
The bike tour celebrates the life of the firm’s second managing partner, Ted Jones, and commemorates his unique vision of serving clients in local communities.
Two years ago, Tour de Ted followed a 13-state route that traced the path of a telegraph wire that stretched from Colorado to St. Louis in the early days of the firm, which was…

White Oak Bayou Trail

by Julie L.        www.yelp.com


Love this trail!  This trail is worth it just for the section between Tidwell and W Little York: you will seriously feel like you are biking in Germany as you hear the church bells ringing, see no houses in sight, and  instead have a lovely view of lush, green hills gently rolling into the creek.
To lengthen the trail, when you get to the southern end of the trail at TC Jester and 11th Street, take 11th street east to Dorothy and you can connect to the Heights trail and stop for a refreshing drink at Onion Creek (where you can…

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