Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 12th

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Cyclists Pedal Around Pottsboro Area
By Alex Belser, Reporter            KTEN Texoma

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX — While many people were sleeping, bicycle riders were starting a long course that took them around the Pottsboro area.

Temperatures were cooler than they had been in a while, with readings in the 70s as the cyclists started their ride for the Red River Rally on Saturday morning. Some riders went 40 or 60 miles before returning with water bottles in hand to Tanglewood resort.

“There were a lot more hills than I anticipated so you just drop down a couple gears and keep pedaling, and it’s a lot of…

Special Thank you to Don in Austin…
by Wkend_Warrior        www.bikeforums.net
I don’t want to start a new thread, but Don from Austin is a class Act gentleman. I truly thank you for his invitation and hospitality to show his hometown. I also got “school” well on the the true value of a cyclist- “Doesn’t matter how fancy your bike or the sup-up looking gears you have, rather the passion with the individual and the engine behind the man is truly the definition of such character”

Look what he rides with to lead me to the hills …

North Texas Mountain Bike Racing Series
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San Angelo Bicycling Association
WE HAVE CANCELED THE NICE AND EASY FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF POOR ATTENDANCE. WE MAY START IT UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THAKS

TIME TRIAL NEWS!
MOUNTIAN BIKE TIME TRIAL DATES – AUG 16TH @ 6:30 & SEPT 20TH @ 6:30 @ THE STATE PARK
ROAD BIKE TIME TRIAL DATES -  THURSDAY SEPT. 6TH @ 6:30 SUSAN PEAK RD AND BURMA RD. TIME TRIAL SUNDAY SEPT. 9TH @ 2PM. BURMA RD.

Share the Road Indeed!
by Steve A            DFW Point-to-Point
Amongst cycling advocates, there are ENDLESS arguments over the details of sharrows, the merits of “Bicycles May Use Full Lane” (BMUFL) signs versus “Share the Road” signs. I find such discussions alternately frustrating and amusing. Perhaps they are a modern-day counterpart to medieval arguments about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

You see, such signage and paint is not really meant for motorists. It is meant to reassure “the converted” and those “considering conversion” that it is OK. With such signs, Lucifer is kept at bay. Well, I hate to say it, but cycling CAN be dangerous. In point of fact, despite an aggressive and continuing safety education effort, two-wheeled road users are…

New Bike Lanes On Canyon Creek Drive
by dickdavid            Bike Friendly Richardson

The City of Richardson does it again. We now have some new bike lanes on Canyon Creek Drive, along with some newly repainted bike lanes on Yale Boulevard. As usual, we are grateful that the city has been doing this for cyclists. These are also great for calming traffic through these neighborhoods as well. …

August Trail Maintenance
by salsaTopp            Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
Thanks everyone who came out today: James, Mike, Ali, Jonathan, Kim, Chris and Kerry. We covered a lot of ground breaking up into 3 small groups and trimming, trimming, trimming. Game trail, Sunset strip and skinny dip were all tackled with a bit of mowing (scissoring?) done and some serious…

Texas A&M ‘bait’ bike leads to another arrest, police say
www.theeagle.com
The Texas A&M University Police Department’s “bait” bikes led to another arrest on Friday.

Charles Ray Lewis, a 25-year-old College Station resident, was arrested shortly before 11 p.m. Friday after stealing one of the university police department’s bikes from the east side of the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building off of Old Main Drive near the Simpson Drill Field, according to the…

Roll for the Cure
by Roy and Christine        Pedal Pushers
Roll for the Cure is dedicated to Ted McVay, a cancer victim. All of the proceeds go to Relay for Life.

…Riders from San Angelo; Christine Jones, Loyd Evans, and Roy Jones. Loyd and I were going to ride the 100K and Christine opted for the 50K. …

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 11th

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Anywhere to get Time ROC ATAC S pedals in Houston?
by Blk02            forums.mtbr.com
I am looking to purchase Time ROC ATAC S pedals before I leave on my trip to Colorado and I am trying to find a shop in Houston or preferably North Houston area that carries these pedals. I will continue calling shops this morning as soon as they start to open. Any hints or help would be appreciated. My SPDs are doing a number on my knees and I need to switch. …

Group Ride to DADA’s Fall Gallery Walk, September 22nd!
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
Cyclists of all age levels and abilities are invited to the Dallas Art Dealers Association and Bike Friendly Oak Cliff’s Bike Swarm as part of the DADA Fall Gallery Walk on Saturday, September 22, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at DADA member Oak Cliff Cultural Center, 223 W. Jefferson Boulevard. The event is free and includes a choice of a guided or self-guided tour of the art galleries located in the Design District, with free refreshments provided by…

Weight Loss the iBike Powerhouse v1.3 way
Author: Ray Garza            RGV Cycling
As stated before, my number one goal is to lose the weight though cycling. Riding fast, or going on club rides takes a back seat to my objective, weight loss. Going out for the sake of riding is not the ideal way to lose the weight, at least not for me. For me, I need a plan that I can follow day-in and day-out and that is where the iBike Powerhouse method of weight loss intrigues me. It is a simplified Power meter with customized power based interval training sessions created by the…

7:00am – Cup o Joe
by Scott Franklin            Corinth Cycling Club
When: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7am to 8:30am  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.  The route can be found by clicking on the link

Bikes Stolen From Cancer Charity Cyclists
By Molly Maddock        abcnews.go.com
Two days after completing a cross-country bike ride to raise cancer awareness, Zach Boyer and Chey Hillsgrove say their bikes were stolen.
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Boyer and Hillsgrove, both college students, were visiting friends in Seattle after completing a 4,000 mile charity bike ride from Baltimore to Portland. They left their bikes locked on a rack on their van’s roof overnight in front of their friends’ home. …

Letter from the President: Upcoming Elections

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Members,

Each year, the membership elects the officers and directors for the nine-person board that governs who GHORBA.  We have been very fortunate to have passionate riders who share a vision about molding the future of mountain biking in Houston. The strides we have made as an organization in obtaining funds to build new trails, maintaining and improving existing trails and creating a new website, for example, are the result of hard work by the board and those of you who have volunteered your time.

But an all-volunteer organization can only accomplish its objectives if it replenishes its leadership with new blood and new ideas.  Your opportunity to be a part of pushing GHORBA and mountain biking forward is by serving on the board (or volunteering your time).   I hope you will consider running for a position if you are interested.  Even if you are not ready this year, I hope will take a moment to learn about the officer positions described in the attached link.  Or better yet, come to the general meeting on Monday, August 20, 2012, and talk with one of the current board members directly.  For more information on the duties of each position, click here.

We are accepting nominations for President, Vice President of Trails, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Director, and the four At-Large board positions from now through September 10, 2012.  The slate of candidate will be published and voted on September 17, 2012—October 1, 2012, with the new board being presented at the October general meeting.

-Bill Rustam
President, GHORBA

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Action Alert: RTP Funding needs your support

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URGENT ACTION NEEDED!

SIGN ON to a letter to your Governor to ensure they keep funding the RTP in your State! 

The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) was reauthorized – with dedicated annual funding of $85 million for the remainder of this year and Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 – when the President signed the transportation reauthorization legislation known as MAP-21 on July 6th. The new legislation does contain one potential roadblock to the continuation of the RTP at the state level: a provision allowing the state governors to opt out of the program if they notify the U.S. Secretary of Transportation of their decision no later than 30 days before the funds are apportioned. Since the funds will be apportioned on October 1st, any opt-out decisions must be sent to US DOT by September 1st.

The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has taken the lead for the Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT) and developed a grass-roots campaign to convince every state governor NOT to opt out of the RTP. IMBA has prepared a letter to be sent individually to each governor that RTP supporters – organizations (not individuals) – from every state are asked to sign. Signers will be broken down by state and 50 separate letters will be prepared.

We need your help to reach out to your grass-roots contacts, other regional, state and local groups and communities, and any other organizations that benefit from the RTP to ask them to sign the letters, too.

Marianne Wesley Fowler and Derrick A. Crandall, Co-Chairs of the Coalition for Recreational Trails have expressed their gratitude to the trails community, “Working together, we have come a very long way in our effort to protect the RTP…. RTP supporters everywhere should be very proud of that amazing achievement, which was only made possible by the widespread, visible and continuous support that the RTP received prior to enactment of the law. Many, many thanks for your help. The deadline  to sign on to the letters is August so we urgently need your all-out help with this last (we hope) hurdle.” 

Please ask your Governor to keep funding the Recreational Trails Program. Click here to sign on to the letter to your Governor. In addition, please ask other organizations to sign the letter, and everyone should be encouraged to directly contact their Governor as well.

Learn more about this issue and about MAP-21…

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