Texas Bicycling News Digest June 29th

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AMBUCS to present veteran with mountain bike

by Marissa Lucero        www.connectamarillo.com

AMARILLO, TEXAS — The Southwest AMBUCS chapter is known for providing modified tricycles for children with disabilities, and Thursday its giving away another model, but this one only has two wheels.
Ross Cox, a US veteran, was wounded fighting in the Afghanistan War, forcing the bottom potion of his right leg to be amputated. Those who know the veteran said, “It’s just not in his nature to give-up, and riding a bike with his children is…

Trail Ride

Tuesday, Jul 1, 2014, 7:00 PM

Croos Creek Apartments
7401 Alma Dr Plano, TX

6 Members Went

Come join me for an easy paced trail ride. I plan to ride at 10-11mph pace. This is concrete trail so any type of bike will be fine. The plan is to ride 15 miles.

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Cedar Hill State Park Mountain Biking Trails

Blaze Shack


Cedar Hill State Park is a really fun trail. This trail is not very technical or difficult, but it is a lot of fun. The climbs are relatively short compared to the climbs at something like Big Cedar. And the downhill sections are relatively shorter as well. However, they have done a good job creating good flow through the hills. Not a whole lot…

Individual events conclude on Day 4 of Juniors Track National Championships

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Carson, Calif. (June 28, 2014) — Individual events closed in exciting fashion on Saturday at the 2014 Juniors Track National Championships at the VELO Sports Center in Carson, Calif., as Summer Moak (Katy, Texas/TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) completed her sweep of the women’s 15-16 omnium and 24 gold medals were awarded.
Moak took her fifth gold medal of the week in the women’s 15-16 points race, scoring 17 points to defeat Julyn Aguila’s (El Paso, Texas/JET Cycling) eight and…

Woman hit by driver during late-night bike ride

Author: Joanna Benavidez, News Producer, KSAT Blogger

San Antonio police say driver won’t be charged
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SAN ANTONIO – A woman is recovering after she was hit by a driver during a late-night bike ride.
The accident happened around 10 p.m. Saturday on San Pedro Avenue near West Craig Place.
Police say the driver didn’t see the bicyclist until it was too late.
The woman was treated for head injuries at the…

Spin and Paddle

Saturday, Jul 5, 2014, 9:00 AM

Dallas Bike Works
4875 W Lawther Dr Dallas, TX

28 Members Went

Victoria is hosting this special double event. Starting at 9am at the Dallas Bike Works, the “spin” part of this event begins with 2 laps around white rock lake with both a social and cardio pace groups.The “paddle” part of this event is a kayak ride up white rock creek from the kayak rental location on the north side if the lake. Bring your own k…

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Just Didn’t Have It

Bike Noob

Saturday, I had a good neighborhood ride after coming back from a week’s layoff. A trip to the local bike shop took care of my spoke problem, and the bike is rolling smoothly again. I even set a new PR on a Strava segment. In short, I was looking forward to our Sunday club ride.
I had put out a call on our club’s Yahoo board for B riders to come on out. We haven’t been getting any B’s lately — just me and Maggie — and we were looking for company. So I was pleased to see Brian when I got to Starbucks. Brian has been working in Mexico for the last six months — he does something managerial with oil rigs — so he hasn’t been able to ride with us. We did get a new B rider, Joe, who had ridden with us two weeks ago and realized that to keep up, he needed to get clipless pedals and shoes with cleats. But the rest of the group of eight were A riders, who didn’t want to…

 

A blast from the past

Brazos Valley Cyclists

Newspaper articles on Bike to Work Day in College Station … from 1999!

4 Mistakes Every New Cyclist Should Avoid

Bike Geek


When you come back to cycling, as an adult, it can be a wonderful reunion.  All too often, however, this reunion is short-lived.  Let’s take a look at four critical mistakes every new cyclist should avoid.
Mistake 1 : Buying a cheap bicycle at a department store
You might save a ton of money by purchasing your new bicycle at the local department store, but the old saying “you get what you pay for” most certainly applies when it comes to bicycles.  Inexpensive bicycles are often heavy and have low-end components that are more prone to having issues.  This could mean your first few bike rides become an exercise in frustration as you struggle up hills and deal with…

Next hosted ride leader training class now scheduled for September.

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On Sunday afternoon, 7th September (2-5 pm) , the next hosted ride leader training will be held at REI (North Lamar). Leading hosted rides is so very easy and gives you the opportunity to guarantee riding companions on a route of your choice, at your pace and on your…

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Have A Seat, Please

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Second day in a row not riding in the rain. The humidity was high enough to make it seem like I was riding in the rain though. When I finished the ride at 1:42 it was 92 degrees with 50% humidity.

My legs were tired today. Yesterday after my ride I worked on the toilet in our half bath for 4 hours. Bending, lifting and odd positions made me one tired person when I gave up on removing the 30 year seat from the bowl. The new seat promises easy install and removal but the old seat did not have this feature. I think the only way the old seat will let loose is to drill out the plastic seat hinge bolts. This will be a Monday project after I ride.

Back to today’s ride to Huffman. With the tired legs I did a rare thing and took an Advil when I ate breakfast hoping it would let the hurting muscles feel better by the time I got home from church and Sunday school. I think it did a pretty good job letting me pedal into the 17 mph gusts with a resemblance of power. I didn’t want to take time to ride the full route to Huffman so I used the abbreviated route staying on FM1960 from Atascocita to Huffman and back. I biked 27.53 miles and despite the tired muscles averaged 15.3 mph.

The sky was almost all clouds and I expected some clouds to come together to rain but nothing happened; no compliant from me. The next several days the rain probability is 20% or less.

I saw several other bicyclists along the route, mostly in Kingwood. On the way to church I saw Ronnie, one of the group I rode with Saturday a week ago.

When I got home and put the Stradalli in the garage for some reason I pinched the rear tire, it was softer than it should’ve been. I went inside to cool down, clean up and eat lunch. My wife brought Hartz chicken after church so no need for us to cook. After a shower and eating I went to the garage to check the rear tire. It was flat so I brought it and the tools inside to take a look. It didn’t take long to find a piece of wire sticking out of the tire but it wasn’t the cause. It didn’t make to the inside of the tire forming a “U” and coming back out. I looked for another cause but couldn’t find anything so I removed the tube, aired it up and felt for escaping air. Almost opposite the valve stem a gush of air was coming out and I put a screw it in to mark the spot. I inspected the inside of the tire in the area where the hole lined up. A tiny piece of wire stuck out of the inside of the tire. I tried to pull it out put I couldn’t get a hold of it. Finally I got a nail and pushed from the outside and the wire disappeared. Patching the tube I put in back in the tire. This is the first patch on this tube since I switched tires several months a go. I will check my patch job in a couple of hours. Don’t want any problems for tomorrow’s ride.

Mileage:

  • 210.28 miles this week
  • 921.85 miles this month
  • 3326 miles this year

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Texas Bicycling News Digest June 28th

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Eight more Juniors National Champions named in Carson

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Carson, Calif. (June 27) — Eight Stars-and-Stripes jerseys were awarded on Friday, the third day of the 2014 Juniors Track National Championships at the VELO Sports Center in Carson, Calif. …
… Summer Moak (Katy, Texas/TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) picked up her fourth gold medal of the 2014 Juniors Track National Championships after winning the women’s 15-16 sprint. Moak topped runner-up Eva Burke (Macungie, Pa./Sprinter’s Edge Track Development Team) and Allyson Wasielewski (Orefield, Pa./Sprinter’s Edge Track Development Team), who took third. Victor Morandi (Houston, Texas/Northwest Cycling Club) took care of business on the men’s side and was joined on the podium with …

Women Only Beginner Mountain Bike Ride

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Organizer     Dina Pang
Cost     Free
Where     dana peak park
3800 Comanche gap Rd
Harker heights, TX
our regularly scheduled no drop ride 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. ladies only. meet at bend on the commanche road before you enter the pay station

Bridgewood Farms Charity Bike Ride

Friday, Jul 4, 2014, 7:30 AM

Bridgewood Farms
11558 Rose Road Conroe, TX

2 Katy bicyclist fun riders Went

Burn your Buns Bike RideSearch ParticipantsTurn on Alert© OpenStreetMap contributorsTiles Courtesy of MapQuestDATEStart: Friday, July 4, 2014ADDRESSConroe, TX 11680 Rose RoadConroe, TX 77303REGISTRATION CLOSING DATEMonday, June 30, 2014ORGANIZER’S WEBSITEhttp://www.bridgewoodfarms.org

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We Love A Parade

Friday, Jul 4, 2014, 7:00 AM

The Bagel Shop
985 N Resler El Paso, TX

5 Cyclists Went

Meet at Bagel Shop, 985 N. Resler, at 7 a.m. and ride to Thunderbird/Shadow Mountain to ride in the 4th of July Parade. Parade starts at Western Hills Methodist Church. Or just show up at 8 a.m. at the church. One-hour ride will go up Resler to Northern Pass, then to Westwind, with possible side routes; return same route after parade. Moderate pace…

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2nd Annual Tony Balboa Ride Update

Corpus Christi Cycle Club

We had 8 cc cyclist make the trip to Alice. We met up with several Alice cyclist once we arrived to Salazar Elementary. The school was set up with train rides for the kids, cake walk, moonwalks, sno-cones, nachos and so much fun & food for everyone..  We were escorted by Alice PD and rode 10 miles. Ken Ham was our sag and…

Devo — Developing a love of cycling in children

Brazos Valley Cyclists

Stubborn Wrench has been holding some basic bike classes/events for kids and families.

TEAM MCALLEN CYCLING – SB Ride

Team McAllen Cycling

All group SB groups on the final let…..see you in San Antonio

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June’s Mileage Goal Accomplished

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I rode to the north today and as I passed the entrance into Oakhurst on the US59 south service route I reached my 885 mile goal for June. The wind was battling me as I pedaled into it and when I got home I found out why it seemed so hard: 20 mph from the south with 25 mph gusts. The New Caney – Gene Campbell Rd. route was 36.03 miles long today and the average speed was 15.6 mph. The last 11 miles was fighting the wind and slowed me down whenever I rode into it.

The ride started at 9:21 with a mostly cloudy sky, 82 degrees and 77% humidity. I delayed the ride about 10 minutes to give some rain clouds over Porter to move out. I figured by the time I got there the roads would have time to dry. When I did get there the roads were so dry I doubt that it even rained there.

This is a picture of the new asphalt on Adams Street looking to the west (Click on the image to enlarge it). I am not sure if they will put a center stripe on. The dog that has chased me a couple of times has not been around since the new asphalt went down. He may be on vacation.

6-28-2014 Adams St

From Adams Street I went to the north US59 service road to get to Porter. In Porter FM1314 east got me to Loop 494 for the ride to New Caney. In New Caney FM1485 west brought me to Gene Campbell Road. So far no rain today at this point. Gene Campbell connects with FM1314 and from there I rode to the Stripes station at Valley Ranch Parkway. I had rode about 25.5 miles at this point so I took a break to eat some Pop-Tarts and drink some Gatorade. When I came out of Stripes to sit down there was a young man standing beside the soft drink display. We chatted about biking and his walking long distances. I sat down and he asked numerous people if they could give him a ride to the west on FM1314. Many people turned him down but finally a man said he could ride with him. I was watching the sky while chatting with him and eating. It was getting dark to the east but moving to the north and not my direction. Finishing up I took off through Briar Tree and Auburn Trail to the south US59 service road. The wind was pretty strong and I had to pedal hard all the way to Kingwood Drive and the u-turn to the north service road.

So far I was soaked from perspiration but as I entered Kings Manor a very light rain started while I rode in the sun. It didn’t take too long to ride out of the rain as I finished the ride. Not long after I got home it started raining. This was the first day I biked on dry roads all the way or didn’t get rained on. No need to wash the Stradalli today, a wipe down was all that I needed to do. At home at 12:25 it was 89 degrees and 63% humidity before the light rain started. I saw the wind was from the south at 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph, the reason I had difficulty riding from the Stripes station to home.

Mileage report:

  • 182.74 miles for the week
  • 894.32 miles for the month (exceeded my goal by 6 miles)
  • 3298 miles year to date
  • Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com

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