Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 20th

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Front wheel drive cars can make sense but I am not sure this works for a bicycle.

Front Drive, Front Steer Recumbent Bike
via Make: Online by John Baichtal

Andrew Saylor of Wichita, KS, converted a regular bike into a recumbent, and it looks great! I love the custom seat, nice touch.

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Avance Bike Tour 2011
Description:     El Paso Water Utilities will be organizing a 30 & 60 mile charity bike ride May 22nd, 2011 at Painted Dunes Golf Course. All proceeds from the event go towards Avance El Paso. Registration is $25.00 and will include event t-shirt, SAG support and snack afterwards. More information is available online at http://www.epwu.org/avancetour2011 or contact Scott 915-594-5579 or email: sreinert@epwu.org.

36th Annual Colorado River Bikefest
In conjunction with the Texas Festival For Ethnic Cultures In Historic Ballinger, Texas
Proceeds benefit Journey For Sight – combating blindness world wide, Texas Lion’s Camp for Diabetic and Crippled Children, Eyeglass Recycling, Scholarships, and civic projects
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Begins At 8:30AM Registration Begins At 7:00 AM
Runnels County Courthouse Square  (West Side)

Traffic Skills 101 on May 15th
by marc@mcmumby.com
Half-Day Traffic Skills Class
Date: May 15, 2011
Time: 8 AM – 1 PM
Location: Offices of Casteel and Associates, 10031 Monroe Dr., Ste. 105, Dallas, TX 75229
Registration Fee: $50.00…

Ride The Rock in Celebration of 100 Years of White Rock Lake
by The Announcer Guy
From Ride the Rock White Rock Lake is celebrating their centennial this year and local cycling enthusiasts Dan Patterson and Stuart Crow decided that was reason enough to sponsor a bike ride at …

UTB-TSC to celebrate Earth Day
by Brownsville Herald
Campus police representatives will talk about bicycle safety. Some of the information tables will feature campus recycling, the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences’ degrees, using recycled products and environmentally friendly cleaners …

‘Bike to School Day’ planned for Texas State
by San Marcos Mercury
The Environmental Conservation Organization along with the Bike Cave of Texas State University will hold a “Bike to School Day” April 21 in observance of Earth Day. The event encourages the Texas State community to ride a bicycle to class or work that …

Susman Godfrey’s Cycling Team “Swift Justice” Raises $100,000 to Fight Multiple Sclerosis
This past weekend on April 16-17, 2011, 37 partners, associates, staff, family and friends of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. rode 180 miles from Houston to Austin as part of the BP MS150.  As part of that ride, the team’s members have raised roughly…

Just another ride … with 13,000 friends
by Gil Jones

Excellence is good — it makes you feel better about everything. The “Bike MS” movement is one of excellence. If you are having difficulty visualizing 13,000 cyclists, so was I. I am not certain that I have fully absorbed the …

The blue skies and low humidity have left – April 20th Bike Ride

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The blue skies and low humidity have left the area. In their place are overcast skies and 69% humidity. The wind is 14 to 16 mph from the southeast. With that wind you would think the clouds would be blown away but the wind is pushing the humidity from the Gulf of Mexico. This does not help the drought conditions though. We still need rain.

This evening’s ride was slightly longer  at 24.39 miles as I got a 4 minute earlier start and the sunset was a couple of minutes later. At the beginning I noticed some darker clouds to the west but they never made it to our area. When I was riding over Lake Houston on FM1960 I greeted by some great seafood aromas from the Cedar Landing Restaurant. They were so strong I think I could have recovered from a bonk just by inhaling.

One other rider was on my route going in the opposite direction along Kingwood Drive. He was a brave soul riding in the heavy traffic. I ride on the bike path along this street.

Average speed was a little slower at 14.8 mph but I had a maximum speed of 27.2 mph. Since I have tightened up my shoe straps I have noticed my cadence has went up a few rpm’s. My left foot was slipping some inside my shoe and irritating my toes. Tomorrow I plan on riding.

April mileage update:

  • April miles  419.33
  • YTD miles 1246.00

4-20-2011 Bike Ride Data and Map

4-20-2011 Home Weather Finish

Additional charts, weather and map.

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Daily News Roundup April 19th – Texas Bicycling

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The Utility Line Hike and Bike Trails bill & the Complete Streets bill in this Texas Legislative Session

Thursday, April 21, 2011
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Rudyard’s Upstairs, 2010 Waugh Drive (map)
Free and open to the public.
Food and drinks available at bar.

Catherine Burst, Advocacy Manager
Houston Parks Board
Catherine joned the Houston Parks Board in 2010 as the Advocacy Manager.  The Houston Parks Board – a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization formed in 1976 – creates, improves, protects and advocates for parkland in the Greater Houston region. The Houston Parks Board is working on a Bayou Greenways Initiative – previously presented at a My Houston 2040 meeting – that would…

My Houston 2040: Envisioning a regional Houston bike network for our future
Gina Mitteco, Pedestrian-Bicyclist Coordinator
Houston – Galveston Area Council
Gina Mitteco is the Pedestrian-Bicyclist Coordinator for the Houston-Galveston Area Council. In this role Gina is responsible for major elements of H-GAC’s pedestrian and bicycle planning activities including preparing and updating the…

Another North Texas City Adopts Safe Passing
by marc@mcmumby.com (Administrator)
The City of Denton is now the second city (Fort Worth was first) in North Texas to adopt a Safe Passing ordinance for vulnerable road users (including cyclists). The Denton City Council voted unanimously last week to…

Dallas Bike Polo in pictures
Submitted by Christopher Curnutt

The week of Dallas Cycle Chic came to a close last Sunday with a Dallas Bike Polo game at Glencoe Park in Dallas.   I met Dylan Holt and several other bike polo guys who were eager to talk about the sport and also get you on a bike to try it out. Some of Bike Friendly Knox Henderson was on hand to watch too but…

Chopping block: Licensing bicycles
by Bobby Cervantes
While no state agency is charged with regulating the sale or use of bikes in Texas, licensing bikes could prove a boon for lawmakers scrounging for revenue, says Robin Stallings, the executive director of BikeTexas. …