Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 9th

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Texas Police Federation Race
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Event category: Races
Trail: Jack Brooks Park
Thursday, June 13, 2013 – 8:00am
The Texas Police Athletic Federation will be holding a race at Jack Brooks Park, on the trails, Thursday, June 13th. The trails will be closed for public use that day until the afternoon. We will be out marking on Wednesday afternoon.

Deputies: Bicyclist hit, killed by driver in SW Harris County
Deputies say driver may have been intoxicated
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Full Results Tulsa Tough Brady District
cyclingillustrated.com
Women – Pro/Cat 1/2

Place Points Name City, State Time USAC # Bib Team
1 56.16 Theresa CLIFF-RYAN Cedar Springs, MI 01:03.0 231296 16 Fearless Femme p/b Pure Energy
2 57.56 Jacquelyn CROWELL (1 – Pro) Maitland, FL 01:03.0 185441 10 Exergy TWENTY16
3 58.95 Erica ALLAR (1 – Cat1) Tucson, AZ 01:03.0 174914 1 CARE4CYCLING p/b Solomon Corp
4 60.35 Alexis RYAN (2 – Cat1) Ventura, CA 01:03.0 205156 35 NOW and Novartis for MS
5 61.75 Jennifer PURCELL Austin, TX 01:03.0 193628 56 Team Colavita Fine Cooking
6 63.14 Christina GOKEY-SMITH Denton, TX 01:04.0 217750 50 ROUSE/OOGIE RACING …

Comfort-Ladybird Loop Ride
San Antonio Wheelmen
Date:     06/16/2013
Time:     08:00 AM-11:00 AM
Location:     Comfort City Park
Comfort, TX
Details:     Comfort Ladybird Loop (NW) [R to H]. Routes of 22, 32, 41 and 56 miles.
Ride some of the very best roads within easy access of San Antonio. Try the super “traditional” options to the west of Comfort or travel north to the land of the Hell’s Angels and Waylon Jennings on the 56-mile “Ladybird Loop,” which heads north past the Bat Tunnel toward Fredericksburg. There are limited…

Tour De Burma
Pedal Pushers
San Angelo, Texas        June 8, 2013

After I received my number and tee shirt, I started circulating to see who all I could find before the event. And I found Cindy and Jerry all cheerful and…

Boulder Park Dallas TX Mountain Biking
by Blaze Shack

Boulder Park is one of the top trails in DFW. It has a little bit of everything. Fast downhill sections, challenging climbs, flowy, roots, rocks, and creek crossings. This is definitely an…

PAID – Casting Call for Austin, Texas “Cycling Stock Video Shoot”
By: Paul Bright        www.shortfilmtexas.com
Production Title: Cycling Stock Video Shoot
Studio/Independent/Student: Independent
Union/Non-Union: Non-Union
Project Type: Cycling Stock Video Shoot
Project Format: HD
Production Location: Austin, Texas
Production Start Date: June 12, 2013
Shooting Schedule: 1 Full Day
Production Wrap Date: June 12, 2013
Synopsis: Stock video shoot (Austin, TX)

Character Breakdowns:
Athletic male street cyclist and mountain biker for a stock video shoot on…

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Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup June 8th

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The Racing Post: June Issue
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Link to the June issue

Results- Tulsa Tough Blue Dome
cyclingillustrated.com
Men – Cat1/2
Place Points Name City, State Time USAC # Bib Team
1 85.80 Michael SHEEHAN Austin, TX 10:00.0 323876 322 ELBOWZ RACING p/b Boneshaker P
2 87.28 Shadd SMITH Overland Park, KS 11:00.0 138402 329 Think Finance p/b Trek Bicycle
3 88.75 John PUFFER Indianapolis, IN 11:00.0 116272 349 Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team P
4 90.22 Alex LEWIS (1 – Cat2) Denver, CO 11:00.0 196504 276 Horizon Organic / Panache
5 91.69 Renan MAIA (2 – Cat2) Durango 11:00.0 395741 280
6 93.16 Chris KUTACH (3 – Cat2) Dallas, TX 11:00.0 219631 271 Matrix/RBM…

The Club Sunday Morning Group road Ride
Woodlands Cycling Club
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 08:30am – 11:00am
Start time: 8:30 AM.

Start location: “WFNB” (Woodforest National Bank) at the SW corner of FM 1488 and FM 2978, next to McDonalds, the previous location of the Sunday ride, before Tailgators, aka the ‘BikeLane’ ride.

San Antonio receives national award for B-Cycle program
San Antonio’s bike-rental program B-Cycle earns national recognition from Sister Cities International.
W. Scott Bailey, Reporter/Project Coordinator- San Antonio Business Journal
Sister Cities International has named the City of San Antonio and its Office of Sustainability, the recipient of its Innovation: Energy/Sustainable Development award for 2012 for cities with a population of more than 500,001 people. The award recognizes the city’s successes with B-Cycle, which was launched in 2011 as the first modern-era bike-sharing…

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Almost Alone – June 8th Bike Ride

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A lower than usual 68 degrees greeted me when I got up this morning so I decided to wear a long sleeve jersey for warmth and sun blocking. I was meeting some other bicyclists from the Houston Cycling Club Meetup Group for the ride. It was 4.8 miles from my house to the meeting place on US59 in the North Plaza Shopping Center. When I arrived no one was there so I waited a few minutes past the 8:15 start time. Leaving the glass gazebo I rode to the stop light at Northpark Drive and as I waited for the light to change David White from the group caught up with me. So the two of us set out.

Mostly cloudy skies kept the temperature from going up too fast as we rode north on the service road. What breeze there was seemed to come from behind and we made good time maintaining a 17 to 19 mph pace. The goal was to average 15 to 16 mph which we did. I checked at one point and our average was 16.1 mph. When we got to SR242 we turned west to ride to FM1314. We stopped at FM1485 and SR242 to refill our water bottles and a restroom break. While we were there another bicyclist joined us for the ride to FM1314. I did not get his name but he said he was going to I-45 and then back to US59. So we continued keeping a good pace to where we split at FM1314 and SR242.

Once we were on FM1314 the wind started coming at us. I am not sure how but I still managed to keep the speed up around 18 mph but I will attribute it to riding with David. When I ride alone it is easy to slow down but when you ride with someone else it is not so easy. The next stop came at FM1314 and Sorters Road to refill water bottles and dry up some of the sweat pouring off of me. Filling the bottle was easy, drying up the sweat not so easy. It felt good riding into the wind on FM1314.

We took a different direction when we reached Old Sorters Road going through Briar Tree subdivision and then onto the US59 southbound service road. I was pleasantly surprise in Briar Tree that a dog that is not normally outside was laying in a driveway but did not bother chasing me like he has other times. I did not miss the dog sprint.

Our route from the glass gazebo and back was about 37 miles but the distance from my house and back came in at 46.6 miles at 15.8 mph overall. This brings the miles for this week to 208.38, June miles to 252.65 and year to date totals 2692 miles.

I have a meeting at church tomorrow so I will not be riding. Monday I should be back on the road. Later next week it could approach 100 degrees.

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 7th

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Bike through nature at Texas state parks
by Mary G. Ramos        www.dallasnews.com

Maybe you relish biking your way through rugged mountain terrain. Or you like to go biking with your family, which includes a couple of children. You can do both at state parks, wheeling your way through meadows and woods and beside rivers and lakes.

Check out the biking chart on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s website. It lists parks with…

ARR Group Ride at Muleshoe – 6-8-13
AustinBike.com
This month’s Austin Ridge Riders group ride will be at Muleshoe Bend – Spicewood beginning at 9:00AM.  For more information, visit the ARR website. This will be a combination of Austin Ridge Riders and Ride Like a Girl, so there should be a large crowd out there riding.

Elite Tour Recap
Pacific Atlantic Cycling Tour

The Elite Tour finished in Savannah, Georgia May 28th. There were 26 riders and a crew of 10 who attempted this fast paced “tour” across America.  Most days ranged from 150 to 200 miles per day during this 17 day event.  The riders needed to be at their best everyday as the extremes of weather and miles added obstacles along the way.

The first three days included a heat wave that made the desert hotter than it should have been in May raising the thermometer to 108 degrees. Fortunately the tail winds were favorable across the western states and riders were able to average over 20 mph some days. The tornadoes in Oklahoma added more drama through the middle of the country. We rode through the remains of some damaged areas and only had to dive for cover once.

The numerous rolling hills of the eastern states took their toll on tired legs. Many riders rationed their energy the final days and the tour ended just in time. The crew and riders did a great job of keeping their focus and completing this challenging ride.  The following are the 18 riders who completed everyday within the deadlines for the tour and qualified for the Race Across America.

Ride Like A Girl – Zilker Park
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Monday, June 24, 2013        6:00 PM
Zilker Park Polo Tables
2300 Andrew Zilker Drive, Austin, TX (map)

Please arrive by 5:45. Wheels down at 6pm.

All riders must bring a trail-worthy bike, closed-toe shoes, water and a helmet to each ride.  If you have questions regarding equipment or clothing or anything else that comes to mind, please feel free to leave a message below or on the RLAG Facebook page…

Bike Across America to Raise Awareness for Niemann-Pick Type C
by sraich        bicycleaustin.info
Greetings, I am a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and I am writing to let you know that a ND professor is riding his bike from Long Beach, CA to Baltimore over the course of about a month to raise money for and awareness of Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease.  He is blowing through Austin in early July and his publicist has asked our alumni club to put together some sort of event and we are in the process of doing that.  Most likely that will be a casual happy hour type of thing at one of Austin’s bike shops.  He is also asking for us to try to get some people to ride the last 30 miles or so with him as he comes into Austin from Brady, TX.  This will occur on…

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