Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup August 19th

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I received this email today from Mike Schneider.

Kerrville Texas Testamony
by Bike Bug Mike Schneider

“I will be picking up another drive wheel when I get my next check probably somewhere around the third of next month. See I’m paralyzed and am in a wheelchair from a motorcycle wreck 30 years ago. An the hand cycle or trike is a necessity for me if I’m going to ride a bike anymore. (An I’m Going To Ride!!!) I was a mechanic so working on things is something I still do well. I wish I would of known about this kit before I bought the Nexus 8 speed internal hub for my bike to help me with the hills around here since I live in the hill country of Texas. Thanks and I’ll be looking forward to buying another drive wheel soon and will definitely spread the word about yall.” Reefard – Kerrville, TX

San Antonio Wheelmen
On August 18th, a thief attempted to break into two vehicles in the Judson HS parking lot while we were out on the WHC ride. There have also been weekday break-ins at Bullis Park. Riders are cautioned to not leave anything of value in sight in their vehicles while riding. Lock items in the trunk, or even better, leave them at home.

Recycle Ride recap
by bikedenton
Cans, bottles, boxes, paper, etc. We throw them all into our blue bins, but where to do they go after that? Who sorts them, and how?

On May 5th, Querencia and the city partnered to host a Recycle Ride out to the newly functional recycling center at the landfill. The ride was hot but not too long (at 4 miles each way), and we had people of all ages riding along. For those of us with a burning curiosity to know what happens to stuff after we recycle it, the…

Critical Thinking about Bike Lanes
by Eliot Landrum            Biking in Dallas
The Dallas biking Twitter world was buzzing this weekend about sketches of bike lanes for Main Street under I-45. This might very well be the first bike lane installed within the City of Dallas.

Sketches of Dallas’ First Bike Lane?

Traffic is a dynamic, yet fairly predictable, system. As a CyclingSavvy instructor, I always emphasize to fellow cyclists that you should never, ever let paint on the ground think for you. Your safety is more important than to…

Zipper Malfunction Cuts Short Bike Ride With The Village Creek Indian Ghosts
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The No Longer Blue Bayou of Village Creek
I went walking with the Indian Ghosts, and my sister, at the Village Creek Natural Historical Area on Sunday.

On Sunday I did not walk to the overlook that looks over the Village Creek Blue Bayou. …

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 18th

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Local Changes in Fort Worth
by Steve A        DFW Point-to-Point

For the first time in some time, I got up to the Sundance Square area, walking there from the ITC train station. Changes have been happening, in contrast to less in Fort Worth’s eastern cousin; Dallas. For one thing, Sundance Square is undergoing transformation from a collection of parking lots into some real “people” spots. We’ll see when the construction fences come down.

Another change is EXTENSIVE implementation of mostly well thought-out bicycle oriented features. For example, in the photo above, BOTH traffic lanes have sharrows and “may use full lane” signs. Fort Worth hasn’t painted “sweet spot” indicators to show cyclists where to stop in order to trigger the signal, but things were…

Extra monstrous FrankenBike set for Aug. 25
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City

This month’s FrankenBike — the 85th since the monthly bike swaps began — is gearing up as a special one.

Three bands (The Human Circuit, Barry Whitesnake and IPD) will play the event, which will also feature food vendors (Austin’s Pizza and Chilantro BBQ), national sponsors, a raffle (with a folding bicycle from Austin’s own Tern Bicycles as the grand prize) and several…

College Station man arrested for bike theft
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A College Station man was charged with theft after University Police officers reported seeing him riding a bicycle that they had placed unlocked in at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M campus.

The misdemeanor charge is punishable by…

Support growing for hiking, biking, horse-back riding trail through northeast Texas
By Allen Rich        www.ntxe-news.com

Roxton, Texas — The City of Roxton rolled out the red carpet August 10, 2012 to welcome bicyclists who will one day be rolling into town on of the longest trails in the U.S. The Northeast Texas Trail will carry hikers, bikers and horse-back riders from the trailhead in Farmersville through Collin, Hunt, Fannin, Delta, Lamar, Red River and Bowie counties to New Boston. In all, the scenic 132-mile trail will…

Big Rain in the Distance – August 18th Bicycle Ride

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When I started today’s ride the sky was overcast. The radar showed a big rain concentration around Huntsville but not really moving. The weather forecast called for a 40% chance of rain so I decided to keep the ride short at under 30 miles. It ended up at 28.3 miles at 14.9 mph average speed. The wind was not really a factor in the slower average speed so I think my legs and maybe the abundance of stops and starts pulled it down. For a change the temperature did not make it to 90 degrees while I biked with 88 degrees showing on my home weather station when I finished. With a 20.9 mph max speed and 77.8 RPM average cadence I did not display the numbers to get  higher average speed.

Also I wanted to get back home by noon to watch the open TTT for the Vuelta a Espana which I can watch on Universal Sports on Dish Network. The last time I wanted to watch the Giro d’Italia Dish ended a free trial right in the middle of the race so I switched to watching EuroSport. I am not sure why Universal Sports became available again but I’ll take it. I had to avoid stopping too much since I left at 10:00, riding time was 1:53:43, and stopped time was 7:59. I got home just as the DVR starting recording the race. I like watching from the DVR to skip most of the commercials.

My ride went well with no problems. I am waiting for my new Ultagra ST6700 shifter/brake levers to get here. I want to replace my current ones before riding the Hotter’n Hell Hundred next Saturday to test the installation and settings. The current levers are suffering from my sweat with the left one not wanting to move the gears on the crank without some coaxing from me. The right lever is working fine after I oiled it and replaced the rusty brake cable. The left lever works fine for braking but not so for going from the large rind to the small ring up front.

Other stats:

  • 169.43 miles this week
  • 417.19 miles in August
  • 4352.15 miles YTD
  • 11:10:22 riding time this week
  • 14 riding days in August
  • Link to RideWithGPS.com data and map
8-18-2012 Bike Ride Data and Map
8-18-2012 Cadence-Distance
8-18-2012 Elevation-Distance
8-18-2012 Home Weather Station End
8-18-2012 IAH Weather End
8-18-2012 Speed-Distance
8-18-2012 Splits-Time

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 17th

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who is going to HHH?
by bjtesch            www.bikeforums.net
Today being Thursday Aug. 16, the msn.com 10-day weather forecast extends through Sat. Aug. 25 and has a high temp that day of 93F. I realize that anything can happen between now and then and the forecast can change 10 times, but 93F would be a good temperature for a century day. It is certainly much better than what it could be. …

LBJ 100 2013 Promo
by Laura Klein Villarreal

This promotional piece is to help generate interest in the annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour, to benefit the LBJ National Historic Park. For more information about the ride to go lbj100bicycletour.org

Premium Rush ride and premiere
by The Announcer Guy        Biking in Dallas
Switching Gears Cycler and Transit Bikes are taking you to the movies! Pick up a FREE TICKET from either shop and join us for a ride to the premiere of “Premium Rush”. Meet Thursday, 8/23, 6pm at Mockingbird Station. Grab a drink and we’ll roll out at 6:30pm to ride to AMC Northpark. Movie starts at 7:30pm. Bring front…

Summer TT #10 – August 16, 2012
by tonkster            Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
Official Results:
Name     Time
Jason Foster     0:50:52
James Munnerlyn     0:45:10
JP Rheault     0:37:59
Jonathan Lidbury     0:45:17
Travis Prochaska     0:43:56
Patrick Farnsworth     0:44:55
Mike Record     0:36:10
Joel Reyes     0:43:27
David Gilman     0:51:09

Hottest Day of the Year Bike Ride set for Aug. 25
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City
Cyclists can embrace the heat during the Hottest Day of the Year Bike Ride on Aug. 25.

The ride, scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces Street, will cover 10 to 15 miles, with a midway stop at a public pool for a quick cooldown.

The ride, organized by Bike Austin, is designed to show commuters on how to safely, successfully bike even in triple-digit temperatures. All skill levels are welcome, and Mellow Johnny’s will provide on-call maintenance support.

“Experienced riders in Austin have dealt with hot weather, and know what to do before, during and after a ride to make it a better experience,” said Tom Wald, executive director of Bike Austin, formerly…

Let Bike Austin prepare you for the Hottest Day of the Year
By Michael Graupmann        austin.culturemap.com
How hot is too hot for exercise?

For some of us, the answer is: anything above 72 degrees. But for others, they’d rather crank up the heat and get sweaty.

It’s safe to say that Tom Wald, the executive director of Bike Austin, and Sheilanova Molina, the producer of Bike Austin’s upcoming Hottest Day of the Year fundraiser, belong in the latter category.

Wald hails from Minneapolis, MN, so he’s used to biking in extreme conditions, albeit on the opposite spectrum.

“My hometown sees temperatures from -40 to +110.  I wanted to push myself to bike in these conditions,” he says. “I found that in the end, these…

Interesting to ride lake’s bottom but prefer not to
By Bill Cullins            www.gosanangelo.com
SAN ANGELO, Texas — I recently organized a mountain bike expedition tasked with finding water in the Middle Concho River channel of Twin Buttes Reservoir.

We didn’t find much.

In fact, the majority of that expedition’s ride took place on parched dirt that should be underwater at Twin Buttes.

It was interesting to ride the lake’s bottom, but here’s hoping that big rains come soon and we have a long…

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