Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 25th

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Back in 1987-1988 I subscribed to a newsletter title “Bike Tech” from Bicycling magazine. This newsletter covered the tech side of bicycling. It was only published for 2 or 3 years before it died from lack of subscribers. One of the things I remember was the discussion of CAD and how it would affect the manufacturing of bicycles. The software was 10’s of thousands of dollars back then. Along came AutoDesk and the price dropped quite a bit. Now this could go even lower.

BikeCAD
via Make: Online by Adam Flaherty
Make subscriber Scott House wrote in to let us know about BikeCAD and associated cycle design software from BikeForrest. BikeCAD is a parametric CAD tool used to design hardtail mountain bike and road bike frames. Other variants of the…

HBC Houston Sans Car Ride
This is an informal, leader led ride, at a leisurely pace ( Ride speed:  11 to 14 mph )  for those who want to know Houston  and many of its special places, by bike.  Learn basic bicycle commuting safety with a friendly group.  Rest stop will include one of the city’s independent coffee houses.  This ride is normally…

West Texas Cycling Association

Chapparal Cycling Club, as a part of the West Texas Cycling Association, will be hosting monthly Time Trials throughout the summer. They will be incorporated into the Thursday ride that leaves out from Chisum Travel Center at 6:00pm. Warm up will be the ride from the Chisum Travel Center to the staging area at the intersection of Slaton Hwy & FM1585. TT will start no later than 6:45pm. Riders will race the course and then continue on the usual Thursday ride course. Due to our…

Central Texas Digest: Austin bicyclist dies of injuries from Saturday wreck
COMPILED FROM STAFF REPORTS
Bicyclist dies after hit-and-run

A man injured in a hit-and-run crash about 11:44 p.m. Saturday on South Lamar Boulevard later died, Austin police officials said.

The man, whom police did not name Monday, was riding south in the…

Mellow Johnny’s Spring Classic this weekend
by Austin 360 (blog)


A kickoff party benefitting the Texas High School Mountain Bike League, which will host its inaugural season in 2012, is scheduled for 7 pm Friday at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St. The league is part of the National Interscholastic Cycling …

The San Antonio Wheelmen will sponsor a memorial ride for Don Schwartz on Friday, May 27th, of Memorial Day weekend. Don was a retired Army veteran who commanded the Ft Sam Dental Clinic at one time and provided dental services to President Johnson and his family. Don was a founding member of the Wheelmen and developed most of the club routes and ride maps currently used by the club. He had a deep interest in veterans’ affairs and wanted to do an…

The Warrior 100k – bike ride in the Big Bend, Texas area

On April 25-27, 2011, fourteen servicemen and women wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan will join President George W. Bush for a 100 kilometer mountain bike ride in the Big Bend. As part of the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Social Enterprise Initiative, the W100 will highlight the bravery and physical strength of the warriors…

After yesterday’s rest day I was not sure – April 25th Bike Ride

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After yesterday’s rest day I was not sure how my muscles were going to react to this evening’s ride. I definitely needed the rest day after back-to-back long ride days on Friday and Saturday. This evening’ s ride started slow as the legs loosened up and by the end of the ride the two hard days last week were not causing a problem. What was causing a problem was the high wind. When I checked the weather at 4:30 the wind was a steady 25 mph with gusts to 31 mph. By the time I got home the wind had let up a little to 20 mph but the gusts were still over 25 mph. The temperature was in the low 80’s and the mostly cloudy sky added to the comfort for riding.

Riding east over Lake Houston on FM1960 was easy with a rear quarter wind but heading back the wind currents were strong and my speed slowed to 12 to 14 mph or slower when a gust hit. The area continues under a fire weather watch because of the high wind and low humidity. No rain today which was not unexpected even though there was a 20% chance. Some grass fires to the northwest of Harris county have cropped up with some homes being threatened but none damaged yet. Tomorrow is the same.

April mileage update:

  • April miles 556.64
  • YTD miles 1383.31

4-25-2011 Bike Ride Data

4-25-2011 Bike Ride Route Map

4-25-2011 Home Weather Finish

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Daily News Roundup April 24th – Texas Bicycling

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Houston Bicycle Club Ride
Fulshear Trash Ride
Ben & Marika Will
HBC’s Adopt-A-Highway program – join us to pick up trash along a 2-mile section of FM 723 north of FM 359. At the end of the trash pick-up, cookies, fruit, and (in warmer months) watermelon will be served to the volunteers. Meet after the ride for lunch provided by HBC to the volunteers.

San Antonio-Bexar County MPO
from www.sawheelmen.com
The San Antonio Wheelmen have a seat on the Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee (BMAC) which supports the San Antonio – Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) on issues related to bicycling facilities. The purpose of the BMAC is to improve bicycle mobility within the City of San Antonio, Bexar County and adjacent areas included in the MPO area. The Wheelmen have been…

Rising gas prices likely to fuel more interest in Lubbock bike, bus options
By ALYSSA DIZON
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Lubbock is seeing a rise in residents traveling by bus and bicycle this spring, and the ever-increasing gas prices could be partially responsible.

On Friday, the average price for regular gas on Lubbockgasprices.com was about $3.66 per gallon but still below the national average of $3.83.

Michael Schippers said with those prices and because he is…

Gomez, Gregory vie for District 2
from www.dentonrc.com By Lowell Brown / Staff Writer
Candidates don’t share much middle ground but agree age isn’t an issue

Dalton Gregory says he wants a second term in Denton City Council District 2 to tackle unfinished business on long-term planning, bike lanes and gas drilling codes.

Challenger Zoro Gomez Jr. says he wants to bring a fresh perspective to City Hall after what he describes as years of reckless spending and mistaken priorities. …

University Oaks Criterium – San Antonio, TX

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University Oaks Criterium
Presented by Bicycle Heaven and T bar M Racing
San Antonio, TX
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Online Registration Closes Friday, May 06, 2011 at 11:45 PM ET
Pre registration closes May 6th at 11:45 Eastern time, 10:45 our time.

Registration will allow you to enter two or more races.  The first race is 25.00 and subsequent races will be 10.00 each.

Course is on city streets closed to all traffic except for local business owners.