Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 8th

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Houston Passes Ordinance to Protect Cyclists, Others from Vehicular Traffic
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New Law Defines Space Needed to Maintain Traffic Safety for all Road Users
Mayor Annise Parker and Houston City Council Members today unanimously approved an ordinance to protect Houston’s cyclists and other vulnerable road users by requiring cars and other motor vehicles to keep a separation of more than three feet while passing, and trucks or commercial vehicles to keep a separation of more than six feet. The ordinance is effective immediately.

Vulnerable road users are defined as a walkers or runners; the physically disabled, such as someone in a wheelchair; a stranded motorist or passengers; highway construction, utility or maintenance workers; tow truck operators; cyclists; moped, motor-driven cycle and scooter drivers; or horseback riders.

“As a city, we need to protect everyone and anyone who uses our roads,” said…

HBC Club Picnic And Meeting Ride Ride
Houston Bicycle Club
Saturday 05/18/13 at: 8:00 am B&PW Park in Sealy
Ride rolling pasture land to Bernardo, and Cat Springs. Long route visits New Ulm. Stores in Bernardo and New Ulm. …

Tuesday: Intermediate/Advanced Mountain Bike Ride at the Ant Hills
Houston Cycling Club
Tuesday, May 14, 2013        6:15 PM
15200 Memorial Dr, Houston, Te (map)

Look for group and ask if it’s us! call me, Jeff @ 713-459-4622 if you have any questions or are going to be late.

This will be a medium to fast pace ride through the Ant Hills of Hershey Park! Bring WATER, spare tube/tire, snacks, etc…Helmets required. Call if you are going to be late so we can wait for you. Wheels rolling by 6:30! See you there

In Case You Missed It- May ’13
Woodlands Cycling Club
by Tammy Richard
The meeting of May 6 was short but very very sweet.
Renee welcomed many new members and talked about the “Beginner’s Ride” 14 riders participated in a new joy of riding.

Don’t forget the Iron Man Texas coming up. The club is responsible for manning the south sector. We are short 20 volunteers. Events can only happen with the help of volunteers. You can sign up on club website. Volunteering is good for the soul.

Kevin Franklin gave a report on the recent activity of the Race Team.  April was busy and May looks to be very busy as well.  The team was very successful in representing the club across the area in the Houston Grand Crit and…

Polo on bicycles is as awesome as it sounds
www.bikehouston.org

Yes! There are folks in Houston who play polo on bicycles. Bike polo combines traditional polo with hockey and trash talking to add a little swagger. Check it out and why not give it a try? Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays at Emancipation Park.

Traffic Skills 101: One-Day Class on Saturday, May 11
www.bikehouston.org
Northwest Cycling Club and the League of American Bicyclists are offering a one-day class on Saturday May 11, designed to teach adult cyclists how to safely use a bicycle with confidence and competence for pleasure, utility, and sport under various highway, climate, terrain, and traffic conditions.

This class is for new and experienced cyclists. There is a pre-requisite for this hands-on course – you must complete the free online ‘classroom’ portion. This is available at www.bikeed.org. Once you get to the site you will need to register and complete the four chapters as this will prepare your for the ‘on the bike’ portion of the course. Deadline for…

Bike to Balloonfest
El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Saturday, May 25    6:30AM
Description:     Meet at Crazy Cat Cyclery at I-10 and Redd and head up rollers to Anthony to watch mass ascension of hot air balloons at Wet-N-Wild. Then return via Valley roads. 30-35 miles, moderate B/IG-friendly pace (15-17 mph). Bob Clark, …

Tuesday Ride at Walnut Creek – Intermediate ride level
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Tuesday, May 14, 2013        5:30 PM
Walnut Creek Park
12138 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX (map)

Back to normal summer hours.
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…

QBP recalls some Surly Pugsley forks
by BRAIN Staff
BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN) — QBP is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 975 Surly Pugsley chromoly forks. The forks are being recalled because they can bend. The company has received one report of a fork bending above the disc brake mount. No injuries resulted from the reported problem.

QBP is recalling forks with 100- and 135-millimeter spacing.

The 100-millimeter forks were sold individually only. They are black, have triple water bottle mounts on each side, rack/fender mounts on the top and bottom and have…

Cavs mountain bike team claims state title
Squad cycles to win in just its 2nd season
www.statesman.com
By Lake Travis View Staff

The Lake Travis mountain bike team won the Texas High School Mountain Bike League’s state championship Sunday at Huntsville State Park.

The team sealed the deal by finishing a stellar four-race season at the top after accumulating more overall rider points than any other competing high school on all levels.

“After finishing every race last year in second place,” Lake Travis coach Michael Smith said. “It was especially gratifying to…

Elderly man indicted in fatal bicycle crash
Verter Ginestra was killed on 360 in April 2012
by Calily Bien
AUSTIN (KXAN) – An 86-year-old man who struck and killed a bicyclist on Loop 360 last year was indicted by a Travis County Grand Jury for criminally negligent homicide on Tuesday.

The crash in April 2012 killed 55-year-old Verter Ginestra.

According to the Department of Public Safety, the driver, Maurice Widener drove into the shoulder of the…

College Station among Texas’ bike-friendliest cities
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National Bike MonthAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, College Station ranks No. 1 in Texas for the highest percentage of people who bike to work. Thanks to the city’s pro-bicycling policies and programs, College Station was one of only three Texas cities to be designated as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists in 2011.

State law allows bicyclists to ride on any public street, unless posted otherwise. College Station has several bicycle facilities…

Recreational sports calendar – May 8, 2013
Camps & clinics, calendar and sign-up sheet.
San Antonio Express-News
…Bicycling: Today, 9 a.m., Wednesday Wheelers Seniors Ride, 30 miles, Floore’s Country Store, Helotes. 210-643-0314.

Bicycling: Saturday, 8 a.m., Cibolo Ride, 20, 27, 39, 51, 66 and 71 miles, Pickrell Park, Schertz. 210-884-9470.

Bicycling: Saturday, 8 a.m., SA Tour de Cure, Retama Park, Selma. 210-829-1765, ext. 6123, tour.diabetes.org/site, kcardenas@diabates.org …

Bike To Work Day
An Austin Cycling Association Event
Friday May 17
The Austin Cycling Association is working to make Austin’s Bike to Work Day 2013 the most successful ever and we want you to join us. Austin Cycling will host commuter bike stations all over Austin with breakfast stations and afternoon happy hour stations, all with food, drink and many with live music. New this year, the Austin Cycling Association has created a unique incentive – a handy canvas messenger bag filled with great swag from our sponsors   –  to encourage more first…

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Lighter for the Mountains – May 8th Bike Ride

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I forgot to mention the biker cap I am wearing in the video. I am not sure of the exact age but I attended the Beatrice Bicycle Classic criterium at the Astrodome in the 1980’s and they handed these out. The criterium circled the Astrodome under a bright hot sun. The elastic is shot but the fabric and print still shows up like the day I got it. See the biker cap picture in the slide show below. Does anyone remember the Beatrice Bicycle Classic?

During my hospital stay I lost some weight which means I don’t have to work quite so hard going up the mountains in the Houston area. All I have to do is find some mountains around Houston.

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Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com.

Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup May 7th

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STCC Bike Month Facts #7
by sooner1        Shawnee Trail Cycling Club
The Colony

This is a relatively quiet community that has a growing cycling presence.  Sitting on Lewisville Lake and out of the way of most major bike routes, most cyclists outside the city don’t even know its there.  Shawnee Trail Cycling Club has discovered the good streets, wonderful views of the lake and growing cycling infrastructure.  As promised, we’ll give you just a snapshot of what this city…

Safe passing ordinance coming to Houston council Wednesday
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The City Council on Wednesday will consider a safe passing ordinance  requiring drivers to give cyclists, pedestrians, equestrians and other non-vehicular road users three feet of space at all times. Commercial trucks will have to give the vulnerable users six feet of space if the ordinance passes.

Houston is the only major city in Texas that does not have a safe passing law, though…

Bicycle races to take place this weekend in Corsicana, surrounding areas
By Janet Jacobs Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana — On Saturday, about 300 bicyclists will come to town for the weekend to participate in a series of races in and around Corsicana known as the Corsicana Stage Race. This is their second year to base the races here.

The Dallas Racing bike club will once again host the event, which is sponsored by Sun and Ski Sports and…

Organizations team up to give free bike helmets to children
By KAREN SMITH WELCH        Amarillo Globe-News
Members of the medical community joined Monday to throw a health fair for Maverick Boys & Girls Clubs children.

The Texas Medical Association granted $800 toward the fair as part of its Hard Hats for Little Heads program, which gives free bicycle helmets to children across the state, according to the association and fair coordinator Michelle McClelland.

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Amarillo contributed another…

I was planning on riding this one but I was in the hospital.

More than 750 bikers take part in Fulshear’s ‘Bike for Mike’
By Denise Adams            www.fbherald.com

On an unseasonably chilly May morning, over 750 bikers lined up on the Union Chappel Vineyards and Bar O Ranch road for the annual Michael T. McCann Memorial Ride bicycling event. Bike For Mike, as the race is known, honors the late Dr. Michael McCann, an avid bicyclist and Fulshear promoter.

McCann passed away in 2007 from cancer, but his memory lives on in the Bike for Mike. The race was…

UNT/Denton Ride of Silence
5/15/13 7pm UNT Union
This is the 1st Annual Ride of Silence for the UNT-Denton community. The UNT Triathlon club and the UNT Cycling club combine with UNT faculty and the Denton community to ride in silence. We ride for those before us.
Description
This FREE bike ride is in promotion of Bike Safety, “Share the Road” campaign, and to ride in memoriam of those killed and injured before us. We will be riding for all…

2012/2013 WInter TT series overall results
by JonathanL        bvmba.net
1st place overall points                    Travis Prochaska
2nd Place overall points                   James Munnerlyn
3rd place overall points                   Kerry Snow-Alley

Fastest Intermediate Female           Kerry Snow-Alley
Fastest Beginner Male                      Jonathin
Fastest Intermediate Male               Joel Reyes
Fastest Advanced Male                     JP Rheault

Travis was presented with an awesome trophy, that James kindly made, and a $50 Aggieland Cycling voucher! Congratulations to everyone who took part and many thanks to…

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