Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup June 30th

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Red, White and Bike 2 – Ride To See The Fireworks At Breckinridge Park
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson

We’re heading out to see the fireworks again. Join us for the Red, White and Bike 2 ride – a slow paced, evening ride out to Breckinridge Park to enjoy the July 4th celebration. We’ll meet up at the Kroger parking lot (at W. Campbell and N. Shiloh Rd) and make the trek out to east Richardson, just in time to hear the concert and…

Tour the Peanut Country in Gorman, TX
by WB admin            The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
The Tour the Peanut Country invites you to join their upcoming ride happening on July 14, 2012 at Gorman City Park, Gorman, Texas

We were lucky enough to be granted an interview with Bill, Webmaster of Tour the Peanut Country to ask some questions about their upcoming ride.

Why join the Tour the Peanut Country?
Low traffic, great scenery.

How long has the event been around?
13 years

What was the motivation behind starting the tour and who benefits from it? …

Just Moved to Houston from CA – help me find a trail please
by mtbnozpikr        forums.mtbr.com
…I appreciate your insight but have to respectfully disagree. I have been here for about three weeks now and am actually getting ready to fly back to get my stuff and move permanently. I believe that a place of residence is what you make of it (good employment definitely helps). It is definitely different than I’m used to (mountain biker and downhill skier), but am approaching it with an open mind willing to learn the traditions and customs of the area as well as take on some of the hobbies done by the locals. I grew up about an hour south of the Canadian border and have lived most of my life in the northern U.S. (northern Idaho and North Dakota) but so far I am having a great time getting used to Houston and exploring what Texas has to offer.

Meet up with your cycling buddies and join the fun!
Pearland Cycling Club
When: 6:30pm, First Friday Social
Where: Big Horn BBQ
2300 Smith Ranch Road
Pearland, TX
281-741-3289
Website. Map.
Caution: Do not believe a map based on the address; it will put Big Horn to the SOUTH of FM518; Big Horn is NORTH of FM518 and just SOUTH of Hughes Ranch Road.

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 29th

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The Best Bike Lock
by Mario Aguilar        gizmodo.com
Leave a bicycle locked up on the street, and a pro with the right tool can spring it faster than you can buy a Slurpee. We’re not bike thieves—not even close—and we were able to slice through cheap locks with $20 bolt cutters and a hacksaw, on our first try.

So we wanted to see how much a quality U-lock increases the odds that your ride will still be there when you get back. We put four popular brands of locks against those hand tools, and the bike thieves’ weapon of choice—a cordless angle grinder. In the end, we found some locks that…

Puppy Pedal
www.austincycling.org
Please join us on Sunday, July 1, at 8:30 am for the first-ever Puppy Pedal hosted ride, offered in partnership with the Humane Society of Williamson County. We will ride the lovely, low-traffic 15 mile Velo Vista route at a social pace. We will paws at the humane society on Crystal Falls Parkway for cold drinks & snacks and a tour of the facility before heading back to the ride start.

HSWC is super-excited to get a visit from the Austin Cycling Association, and through the puppy pedal ride series we hope to…

July’s edition of the The Pedaler
San Antonio Wheelmen
Well, the very hot weather has finally arrived.  For me, that means finding cyclists who want to start a ride around 6:45 AM.  Yes, there usually aren’t too many takers!  If you are starting later, especially if you’re doing rides that start around 6 PM, please be sure to properly…

7:00am – Cup o Joe
by Scott Franklin        Corinth Cycling Club
When: Sat Jul 7, 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.

Marines pass through Texas in cross-country bike ride to benefit wounded soldiers
by Kevin Reece / KHOU 11 News
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas—Four men on recumbent cycles toiled through the Texas heat in Liberty and Montgomery counties on Friday on the third week of a cross-country trip to raise money for injured U.S. service men and women.

And among the cyclists was an injured Marine, cycling without the legs he already gave to his country in Afghanistan.

“One of the guys behind me stepped on a pressure plate, activated the IED and that was that,” said Ben Maenza of the incident that took his legs…

GoPro Texas Mountain Biking at Grapevine

first run with GoPro HERO2 HD.mp4by DaveObenchain81 views · Mountain Bike Riding with …

Bicycle rides in the State of Texas for the month of July, 2012
by WB admin            The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas

Every month we present to you all of the bicycle rides and criteriums in the state of Texas in less then 90 seconds. …

A Donkey and Jenny – June 29th Bicycle Ride

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For a change the weather moderated some today. No 100 degrees just some clouds just 84 to while I rode. When I got back home the electricity was off and a fire truck with flashing lights and siren was moving west on North Park Drive. There may be a connection. The electricity stayed off for almost an hour so something happened.

Starting at 9:44 AM I rode 32.35 miles going north to New Caney and then northwest to Gene Campbell Road. I thought my route would be a couple of miles longer. This road came into existence several years ago for access to a big WalMart distribution center. When I ride on this road 18 wheelers accompany me but so far the drivers give me a wide berth. Now several other businesses reside along some side streets from Gene Campbell Road. It has been awhile since I went by these other businesses so today I took a spin and was surprised to see the number has increased. One empty building now has construction people working on it expanding and updating it.

Riding southeast on FM1314 after turning off Gene Campbell Road the headwind slowed me down some but not so much to lower my average speed too much. At one time I thought my average speed would be 16 mph or more but it ended up at 15.5 mph. My max speed was a strong 24.7 mph and average cadence of 79.0 RPM was a 1 RPM improvement from yesterday.This table shows I need to get the zone 3 speed up if I am going to hit the 16 mph average speed.

Riding time was 2:05:28, around my normal length, with 39:34 time stopped. Most of the time stopped was at the Exxon station at US59 and FM1314 in Porter. I picked up a Greensheet newspaper to read the for sale ads while I drank my Diet Pepsi. Nothing caught my eye to buy but I did see someone selling a donkey and jenny for $60; just what I need for my backyard.

Mileage standings: 94.86 this week, 523.04 for June, 3313.42 YTD. With one more day in June I could make it to 555. My long term average for June is 536 miles.

RideWithGPS.com data and route map link.

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Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup June 28th

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National Bike Challenge Update
BikeTexas.org
Back in May, BikeTexas mentioned the National Bike Challenge right as it was kicking off. The challenge is now coming up on its halfway point.

To date, the program has just over 28,000 riders nationwide who’ve ridden more than 6 million miles. Altogether, riders in the challenge have burned more than 144 million calories and saved over $1 million in transportation costs since May 1. (Please remember that the challenge site updates frequently; these numbers will go up quickly!)

Here in Texas, 834 people are taking part in the challenge, for a combined…

DATES Ride and Event Schedule
Event Title:  DATES 4th of July Ride
When:     Jul 04, 2012 08:30 AM
Where:   Home of Roane & Juanita Logan – Farmers Branch
Category:     DATES ride
4th of July Ride, Cook-out, and Swim
Join Roane and Juanita for a no-drop ride on July 4.  Due to the closure of several bridges over I-635, and the near impossible commute over the ones that are still open, we put together a new route this year.   The ride starts at our house in Farmers Branch, as always, but we’ll go to Las Colinas instead of Dallas.  On the way, we’ll hopefully catch the July 4th Walk…

A bicycle and a few friends lead a big man into an even bigger world
by VeloNews.com
Two years ago, Ernest Gagnon weighed 570 pounds. The 30-year-old lived in self-imposed exile in his Massachusetts apartment, leaving only to go to work and to the grocery store. He was depressed, lonely and suffering from crippling anxiety.

Then the doctors gave him the news and two choices: Gagnon had type 2 diabetes; he could undergo gastric bypass surgery or die.

Gagnon chose a third option — cycling. …

Scheduled TT #4 – June 28, 2012
by tonkster        Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
Name         Time
Billy Wyrick     47:49.1
James   Munnerlyn     47:39.0
D’Angela   Manago     50:33.1
John Flynn     37:01.8
Gerald   Keller     51:54.6
Tommy Gray     35:55.4
Johnny   Graham     37:41.6
Jeff Graham     38:50.8
Joel Reyes     38:58.3

Ride for Heroes passing through Cleveland on Thursday
www.yourhoustonnews.com
The Ride for Heroes team, a coast-to-coast recumbent trike bike ride raising more for and awareness of the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, is passing through Cleveland on Thursday en route to their destination at Marine Base Camp, Pendleton, Calif. …