Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 11th

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The Club Sunday Morning Group road Ride
Woodlands Cycling Club
Sunday, May 19, 2013, 08:30am – 11:00am
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.

LMRA Bicycle Club Rides

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: LM Main Plant – Will & Sergio’s Ride – 5:00PM

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Advocacy: Ride of Silence

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: LM Main Plant – Will & Sergio’s Ride – 5:00PM

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Fort Worth – National Bike to Work Day Ride

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$ Charity Ride: Richardson Wild Ride! Against Cancer

$ Charity Ride: Fort Worth Cross Timbers Classic

LMRA Bike Club Breakfast Ride: TBD – 8:00AM

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LMRA Bike Club Time Trials: Spring Time Trials

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: LM Main Plant – Will & Sergio’s Ride – 5:00PM

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: Benbrook Routes – 5:30PM

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: LM Main Plant – Will & Sergio’s Ride – 5:00PM

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$ Charity Ride: Burleson Honey Tour

LMRA Bike Club Breakfast Ride: TBD – 8:00AM

Fort Worth Crowne Plaza Golf Tournament

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Holiday: Memorial Day

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: LM Main Plant – Will & Sergio’s Ride – 5:00PM

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: Benbrook Routes – 5:30PM

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LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: LM Main Plant – Will & Sergio’s Ride – 5:00PM

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LMRA Bike Club Commuter Challenge Ends

Everything about riding in traffic I learned from my four-year-old
by Kristin Butcher        People for Bikes

The other day, I was embarking on one of my favorite activities: riding around town with my family. With my four-year-old attached to my bike on one of those newfangled trail-a-bikes, I took him straight over a small section of bumpy rocks. I assumed he’d ridden on rocks before. I’d assumed he’d enjoy bouncing up and down. I assumed he’d think riding rocks was cool.

“Mommy, that was NOT cool,” I was quickly informed.

Here I was, in the middle of a bike ride with my son, and I’d just broken one of the major tenants of cycling: I didn’t ride predictably. And though this lesson was reinforced with a few tears (his) and pangs of guilt…

Bicyclists: College Station becoming more bike-friendly
By ALLEN REED        www.theeagle.com
The College Station City Council proclaimed May as National Bike Month with a presentation to the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenways Advisory Board on Thursday.

The city holds the distinction of ranking No. 1 in Texas for the highest percentage of people who bike to work, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

That recognition, according to staff and cyclists, is unknown to many. Local cyclists said College Station has made several significant pedestrian improvements during the past decade but acknowledged that the…

Mountain Bike Trail Grand Opening
Longview Cycling Club
There will be a “Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting” for the new mountain bike trail on Saturday June 1st at 10 AM. A road ride is also scheduled to start from Maude Cobb at 8 am.
Mark you calendar for this event.

If you plan on attending, please click here to RSVP so we know how many to expect for food and drinks.

Where:  Maude Cobb Convention Center Parking Lot (click here for map to location)
When: Saturday June 1 at 10 AM -road ride at 8 am.
What:  The trail will be open for…

Summer/Fall Riding Series
Schlumberger Cycling Club
Still on a high following the MS150? Want to keep your fitness up?
Great, because our club offers opportunities to ride year-round, with monthly supported rides and other activities throughout the year. Each event also offers volunteer opportunities for those still needing/wanting additional volunteer incentive points.

Our summer/fall schedule is posted on the Ride & Events Calendar. Here’s a summary of what to expect.
May 18 – Brookshire VI ride and Adopt-a-Highway cleanup
June 15 – Sealy
July 20 – Columbus
August 17 – Fulshear I
September 21 – Brookshire VI ride and Adopt-a-Highway cleanup
October 4-6 – Fall Campout and Rides – S. F. Austin State Park
November 2 – Independence Ride – Wallis

In addition to the club supported rides, there are several…

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No Love for the Bugs – May 11th Bike Ride

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I failed to mention the love bugs in my ride recap video. Up to now the bugs were in small random patches along the route but today they became more noticeable colliding into me and landing on my arms and legs. The worst is when they get on my helmet and then crawl over the brim into my eyesight where it is difficult to get at them because of my sunglasses or something else. My stop at the Huffman Chevron was shorter than normal with the pesky bugs flying around and being a general nuisance. Sometimes they hit my sunglasses lens and make a noise catching me off guard.

Last May I rode 826 miles. It will be interesting to see how close I can get to that with missing so many days this May.

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 10th

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How We Fell in Love with Bikes: PFB crew west
by Lauren and Adam, PFB crew west    www.peopleforbikes.org
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How I fell in love with bikes: Lauren
It was the summer of 2009 and I bought my first bike off craigslist. It was a mid 90’s Specialized Hardrock for $75 that my mom picked up for me in my hometown of Belton, Texas. When I got my hands on it I was super pumped and cleaned it up the best I knew how.
I rode that little bike everyday to work at the Texas Tech Aquatic center and thought it was awesome. My commute to work started around 5:30 am, in the pitch-black starry sky, sometimes needing a jacket even…

Thursday Ride at Walnut Creek – Beginner/intermediate ride level
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Thursday, May 16, 2013        5:30 PM
Walnut Creek Park
12138 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX (map)
Back to normal summer hours

This will be a beginner ride and will be doing around 8 -10 miles.

If someone is willing to lead a faster group then we can have an intermediate group also.

Please be there and be ready to roll by 5:30 pm. We meet in the parking lot near the pool in the middle of the island.
Any question please call/text  me at…

Conroe Ride
Woodlands Cycling Club
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 06:15pm
WCC Thursday Evening Conroe Ride
Purpose:
To provide a safe, fast-paced training ride to the members of WCC/WCCRT and guests, while ensuring that all rules of the road are followed; all participating cyclists are to keep safety for the group as a primary focus. Our goal is to get the best training with zero incidents. This ride is for advanced level cyclists and racers.
Ride Description: The pace is fast (20mph-28mph) and geared toward advanced/faster riders. A second group of…

 Erwin Park Summer Series Course #3
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Less than 2 weeks till we kick this thing off!

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In case you missed the big reveal last week, May 23rd is the start of 16 weeks of summer mountain bike racing! The Erwin Park Summer Series is two 8-week series of mountain bike races taking place every Thursday night at Erwin Park in McKinney. Two races per night, a beginner race at 6pm and a…

Irving focuses on bicycling
By Deborah Fleck / News Assistant        irvingblog.dallasnews.com
The Irving Police Department and Lamar Middle School teamed up to create a Safe Routes program that promotes safe walking and bike riding routes to school.

Through the Physical Education department, the students were taught bicycle laws, hand signals, parts to a bike, proper helmet fitting and the health benefits of walking or biking.

The school then hosted the First Annual Walk & Bike to School Day last Friday. The Irving Police Department stationed themselves on…

Bricks, ride, dirt – Oh my! Expansion in works for Bike the Bricks event
By Marthe Stinton        www.scntx.com                     McKinney Courier-Gazette
Bike the Bricks will take over the McKinney square May 24 for the fourth time, and as cyclists and fans have come to expect, the event will bring in about 500 cyclists from around the Metroplex.

The event, which features several interval races, food, spirits, festivities and a cash prize worth more than $20,000, officially begins at 4 p.m., though warm-up laps begin at 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to onlookers and fans.

The race starts on the corner of Church Street and Virginia Street, travels down Virginia to College Street where racers take a left and cut over to…

Cup o Joe Ride – Corinth Cycling Club
When: Sat May 18, 2013 7:30am to 9am  CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Description: The Cup o’ Joe is a beginner level ride of around 15 miles. The ride heads south to Hickory Creek and stops for drinks at Starbucks on the way home. The ride leader for this ride is Bob Troyer. …

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 9th

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Flintridge Work Party
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Trail: Flintridge
Saturday, May 11, 2013 – 9:00am
Howdy ladies and gents,

I’ll be out at Flintridge this Saturday 5/11/13 at 9am for a little trail maintenance (mostly trimming brush). Spring has gotten ahead of me and the trail could use some extra help.

Come on out if you have the time, I’ll have loppers and hand clippers available for use or you’re…

The 2013 USA Cycling National Track Calendar begins May 17
www.usacycling.org
Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 9, 2013) — The USA Cycling National Track Calendar (NTC) begins May 17-19 at the Superdrome in Frisco, Texas, with the Matrix Track Cup presented by Richardson Bike Mart. The calendar features a pair of UCI-inscripted CL2 events: the U.S. Grand Prix of Sprinting at the Velodrome at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 12-13 and the Los Angeles Grand Prix at the VELO Sports Center in Carson, Calif., on Oct. 25-27.

The seven-event NTC enters its second consecutive season featuring the country’s best track riders. Rankings are kept for each gender in separate endurance and sprint…

Second El Paso Bike Month expands events
By Victor R. Martinez \ EL PASO TIMES

May is National Bike Month.

So David Samaniego would like his fellow El Pasoans to consider riding to work, school or play.

“I got started seven years ago by watching Lance Armstrong on the Tour de France,” Samaniego said. “I realized how fun bicycling is again. When you’re a kid, you know how fun it really is, but as an adult, you tend to forget. I started for fitness, but now I do it because I love it so…

About $13 million approved for several Dallas-area hike-and-bike projects
By Tom Benning            transportationblog.dallasnews.com

Nearly a dozen North Texas hike-and-bike trails will share in a $13 million windfall from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

The group’s Regional Transportation Council on Thursday approved, as expected, a plan to jump-start bike and pedestrian trail projects in Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant counties.

Among the biggest winners are in Dallas.

The SoPac trail, which runs along the old Southern Pacific rail line near White Rock Lake, go…

Tubeless Repair Tricks
by John            www.AustinBike.com

Tubeless tires are great, until they aren’t.  When you first get that set from the shop you can’t believe that you rode with tubes for so long.  Then you have a blowout down the road, or you just need to change your tires.  Everything is nice and smooth the first time, but here are a couple of extra tips to help in putting new tires on older wheels.
First, when you take off your old tires, there will still be some fluid in the bottom of the tire if you are lucky, so try not to spill that all…

Windhaven Ride of Silence
Plano Bicycle Association
Wednesday, May 15th

Tri Shop Parking Lot – 6101 Windhaven Parkway, Plano, TX
6:45 PM – Pre-ride instruction, speakers, and introduction
7:00 PM – Ride of Silence
Post-ride – Chilada’s for food and fellowship

Comedian embarks on bicycle trip to Texas
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Chris Quimby is a standup comedian, author and graphic designer who is undertaking an eight-week adventure, Spokes and Jokes, with his family, cycling to Texas with their logistic support and performing in venues en route while staying in the homes of hosts across the nation. The family’s blogs of the mission can be viewed at spokesandjokes.com.

It’s one thing to say you believe in something. It’s entirely different to allow that stated belief to have it work in you, for good or for bad.

The evolution of Spokes and Jokes (which rightfully has been referred to as either a mission, adventure, tour or thingie) occurred over the course of about six months, starting as merely a…

Bike ride to Alaska starts in Cedar Park
www.hillcountrynews.com

CEDAR PARK — On June 1, the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 team will be departing from Cedar Park toward their final destination of Anchorage, Alaska.

This is the 10th annual ride, which is expected to be a 70-day journey.

Riders brave rain, sleet, wind, snow, and heat in support of the fight against cancer and will pedal more than 4,500 miles. Throughout their journey, riders visit with cancer survivors, patients and family members to educate people about cancer prevention and the importance of early detection. They…

Ride Like a Girl
Austin Ridge Riders
Welcome to the Ride Like a Girl Group!

Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, rides are designated as “for women only”. While a sister-organization to the Austin Ridge Riders, Ride Like A Girl is completely self supporting and estrogen powered!

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  Post ride, the ladies regroup for a raffle of prizes donated by…

Build a Better Jason Fundraiser, May 25th
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff

Our “Don Corleone” of the bicycle friendly world, Jason Roberts, needs our help!  After discovering he had testicular cancer and battling to beat the tar out of it, he’s back on his feet doing what he does best:  Building better blocks, one at a time!  Only now he’s been left with over $40K worth of medical bills!

The folks at BFOC and Go Oak Cliff have his back, and will be hosting an “I Bike Jason” group ride wearing Jason inspired gear to a fundraiser on May 25th, 2013 at the Kessler Theatre.  Here are the details:

When:  May 25th, 2013
Where: …

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