Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup September 5th

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Tuesday city council meeting reminder
by bikedenton
Tomorrow night, Denton’s city council will consider allocating $200-300k of budget surplus towards jumpstarting the recently completed Bike Plan. Without any jumpstart funding, Denton has allocated only $50,000 yearly for Bike Plan implementation.

If spent well, this money could fund priority projects that set the tone for continued rollout of the plan. This council seems aware of the momentum that propels the plan, and given the bike-friendly makeup of this council, …

I Bike Richardson – Stephen Hazelton
by dickdavid

It’s time for another installment of the I Bike Richardson series, where we put a face on Richardson cyclists. We’d like to introduce, Stephen Hazelton. He took the time to answer a few questions about biking. …

How It All Started by Tori See
by Tori See        Biking in Dallas
I was reading the I Wish I Didn’t Have to Drive blog and saw another blog listed that I had never seen:  Pedestrian! Two Points! so dropped by and started reading what Tori See was up to.  Her about me states “Trying to be green in a state that runs red leaves me with a lot of stories to tell” and she does indeed have stories to tell.  I thought her writing was funny, profane and nicely captures the fun and adventure of bike commuting. …

Second T-Shirt Winner of the “Share your Hotter ‘n Hell bike ride experience”!
The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
We have our second T-Shirt winner!!!  It’s Susie Cameron Lane and the following story was written by Kari Lynn Collins of the Iowa Park Leader Newspaper. …

Texoma & Cross Timbers Point to Point – Valley View, TX

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Texoma & Cross Timbers Point to Point
Presented by The Spinistry
Valley View, TX
Friday, November 25, 2011 to Sunday, November 27, 2011
USA Cycling Event USA Cycling Permit # Pending
Online Registration Closes Friday, November 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM ET
Early Bird Pricing in Effect Until 10/1

Online Registration only. There will be no day of registrations accepted since we have to reserve transportation and lodging.

Here’s the short version of the Texoma/Cross Timbers Point to Point (Thanksgiving weekend):

Meet at Johnson Branch Friday afternoon, leave vehicles and bus to Lake Murray for Friday overnight. Ride from Lake Murray to Eisenhower State Park (90 miles) Saturday for overnight at Eisenhower. Ride from Eisenhower to Johnson Branch via Cross Timbers Sunday.

We will provide bus transportation to Oklahoma Friday night. Cabins at Lake Murray. Screened cabins, supper and breakfast at Eisenhower. We will also trailer supplies and dirty laundry to overnight stops and end point. Full weekend includes cabins and bus transport $125 per rider. Saturday night/Sunday only $90 per rider. Ride only (supply your own transport/lodging/food) $50 per rider.

This is the rough draft right now as we are finalizing a few details. Still room for feedback if it seems like we missed something. Plan on paying entry fees into Eisenhower State Park and Johnson Branch State Park for now. We’ll see if there is a way to get a group rate but it looks doubtful.

Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup September 4th

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Houston Bicycle Club – Fulshear South Ride
Sat 09/10/11
One of our regular Saturday club rides. Routes may vary from week to week (maps are available). Flat roads with lots of pretty scenery and a cut through on pecan tree covered Hunt Road. One ride goes west and south to Orchard and Wallis and is about 36-40 miles long. The long optional ride goes west and south through Orchard to Wallis, then north to Frydek and Pattison before returning to Fulshear. Shorter options are available too.

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Sunday, September 18
Lower Valley Ride
Description:     Meet at Cotton Eyed Joe’s Restaurant at I-10 Clint exit. Ride through the farmlands around Clint, Fabens and San Eli and stop at the historic square in San Eli before returning. 35 moderately paced miles. Breakfast after at Cotton Eyed Joe’s. Jim Weaver, 775-9757.

San Antonio Wheelmen Rides
Saturday, September 10:  Boerne “Is this the last hill?” Ride
Sunday, September 11:  Woman Hollering Creek Ride
Saturday, September 17:  La Vernia Wild West Hammerfest Ride
Sunday, September 18:  Comal Elementary Ride
Saturday, September 24:  Cibolo Ride
Sunday, September 25:  Comfort-Ladybird Loop Ride
Saturday, November 12:  Soldier Ride San Antonio

Families of hit-and-run victims wait for answers in anguish
by Adriana M. Chávez \ El Paso Times
Months after a motorist struck and killed bicyclist Heinz Duerkop, his neighbors scoured streets and driveways looking for the motorist’s vehicle.

They looked at cars in parking lots and driveways, inspecting every white or light-colored vehicle, looking for some kind of clue: a blood stain, a dented fender, any type of damage that may have been caused by hitting Duerkop’s bike. …

FWBA Ride List
Beginners and Casual Ride
Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 am
Saturday, September 17, 2011 8:00 am
Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:00 am
Art’s Park and Trail Head – Go south on Winscott to Memorial Oak. Trail Head is at the end of the road. Cost: 1 dollar for entrance to the State Park. Distance: up to 20 miles all on trails and park roads. Ride will normally be from Trail Head up thru Benbrook Lake Park to HI 377 and back. This is…

According to the article below there were an estimated 16,000 bikers at the Hotter’n Hell Hundred this year.

At 109 degrees, bike ride lives up to its name
The Norman Transcript
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The trickle of brown water moving under the bridge didn’t do justice to the name Red River on the elevated highway sign above it. Rivers are deep and wide. This was shallow and slow. It was too thick to drink and too thin to plow.

I shouldn’t have been surprised. This area has lacked rain for months, receiving only three inches in a year that should have brought more than 20. A local rancher said the last good rain was in…

Mountain Bike Race Series
by League Director in News
Season two of the Texas High School Cycling League Mountain Bike Race Series is here!

The race schedule was just finalized and we’re really looking forward to our second season so be sure to get out your mountain bike, dust it off, borrow a friend’s mountain bike, and recruit new kids from your schools that might be into mountain biking.
September 24-25: U. of Texas 3-race MTB weekend at Comfort, TX
October 8-9: U of Houston 2-race MTB weekend at Smithville, TX
November 12th: Tyler Speedwaves MTB race at Tyler, TX…

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 3rd

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Dove Season is Back – Cautious Times for Cyclists
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club        Joel Hoback
Every year Dove Season rolls around and we get this sick feeling in our stomachs, riding our bikes through the beautiful countryside, all the while hearing the “pop, pop, pop” report of guns on each side of the road.  Usually for we cyclists, …

Paris-Brest-Paris, the Civilized Way

www.hillcountryrandonneurs.com
Paris-Brest-Paris is a famous bike ride that began in the late 19th century. It is the oldest organized bike ride inexistence. It goes from a suburb of Paris (StQuentinenYvelines) out to Brest, a port city on the northwest coast of France, and back. More importantly, it is an opportunity for over the hill athletes to compete against themselves to see if they can ride 1230km (764miles) in under 90 hours. It happens once every 4 years and requires riders to qualify by riding a 200k (124 miles), 300k (187 miles), 400k (249 miles), and a 600k (373 miles) within specified time limits.

The game plan was for three of us to ride together Jonathan Berk (from Berkeley, CA), Wayne Dunlap and Brian Pirttima (both from Austin, TX).Jonathan and Wayne rode PBP together in 2007 (that time with Jason Robertson),and Wayne rode it in 2003 as well. It would be Brian’s first time. …

Sansom Park, Fort Worth Texas
by Shawn        Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Trail Head
2501 Roberts Cut-off Road, Fort Worth, TX 76106
…Description
Marion Sansom Park is nothing short of majestic. Built on the east side of Lake Worth right next to the dam in Fort Worth Texas this trail will leave your legs howling for mercy. Featuring some impressive climbing along the lone wolf and 3-fer madness sections of the trail, accompanied by some of the most intense downhill runs in Texas. …

Erwin Park, Mckinney Texas
by Shawn        Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Trail Head
4300 County Road 1006 McKinney, TX 75069
…Description
Erwin Park is a great example of North Texas Mountain Biking. The trail has a great mix of long rolling climbs through open fields and tight twisting tree sections to keep you focused on the path and not on your speed.

This is an ideal trail to put in long cross country training rides to set your endurance base. Very few rocks but heavy on the roots, Erwin Park provides a challenge for the new rider and a fun fast paced run for those more experienced. Texas mountain bikers will enjoy the multiple…