Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 13th

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Bicycle  regulations not well understood
by The East Texan
Locking up a bike to trees, banisters, handrails or anything other than designated bicycle racks on campus is illegal. If a bicycle is found locked to an …

Tech to impound illegally parked bicycles
by The Daily Toreador (registration)
Bicycles not chained to a bicycle rack also will be cut from where they are chained. The Texas Tech Bicycle Coordinating Committee will begin to impound …

Texas  4000: Cyclists with a Cause | Her Campus
Regardless of which route they take, each 2010 rider will embark on a 4500-mile Transamerican journey on June 5th and ride for 70 days until the team reaches its destination on August 13th. The Coastal and Rocky crews will fork in Lampasas, Texas early on and reunite in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on day 61 (of 70) to pedal into Anchorage together. …

Back Riding After A Day Off, April 13th Ride

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Traffic was really bad on the drive home yesterday evening so when I got home I told my wife that I would switch my off day from Tuesday to Monday with the hope that the construction delay would not be so bad on today’s evening commute. Well the drive home was not perfect but I got home 30 minutes earlier than Monday. The temperature for the ride was a pleasant 74 degrees and the wind was 16mph from the SE. Partly cloudy skies made for an enjoyable ride especially when I reached the turn around point and had a nice tailwind back home.

Today’s ride statistics: (you will notice a slight difference between the numbers I post here and what shows in my Garmin Connect information. SportTracks computes things slightly different from my Garmin Connect)

  • miles = 22.62
  • riding time = 1:30:07
  • average pace = 3:59 min/mile
  • average speed = 15.1 mph
  • max speed = 21.8 mph
  • average cadence = 80.8 rpm
  • max cadence = 110 rpm
  • climb 194 ft., descend 181 ft.
  • April miles 242.29
  • YTD miles 1129.05

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Daily News Roundup April 12th – Texas Bicycling

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One-day Traffic Skills 101 cycling course on April 25th
The new 1-day version of the Traffic Skills 101 course will be taught in North Dallas on April 25, 2010. This is a great way to learn how to ride safely and comfortably on city streets… or just about anywhere!

* Date: April 25, 2010
* Time: 9 AM
* Location: Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas , TX 75087
* Registration Fee: $50.00
* Description:
o The classroom portion of this course is taken online, whenever it is convenient for you, but must be completed by April 23, 2010. Instructions for completing the online portion will be as soon as we receive your registration.
o The on-bike skills portion of the course (parking lot drills and road cycling) will be conducted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 by League Certified Instructors. We will ride to a lunch spot.
* Required equipment: helmet, bicycle, water bottle and water, spare tube, tire levers, lunch money.
Register at the BikeDFW web site

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Army Live » Ride to Recovery
by ashmccall
Servicemembers and volunteers joined wounded warriors on a bike ride that took them from Austin, Texas, to Fort Hood, Texas, during the “Ride 2 Recovery” bike challenge. Ride 2 Recovery encourages the mental and physical rehabilitation …

Ride 2 Recovery

Wild Ed’s Texas Outdoors: A Bicycle for Viewing and Hunting Wildlife
by Wild Ed
Later, I finally figured out that I could ride the bike around the deer lease and see much more game that if I went in a truck because of the noise level. I soon started riding my bike to and from the deer stand and would have deer come …

Ruth and Mary Jo’s Cycling Adventure: Day 22, Wimberley to Austin …
by Mary Jo and Ruth
Today was a day of wrong turns (bonus miles.) We started after a fabulous breakfast of blueberry pancakes. We rode in a drizzle all morning. After an hour we made a wrong turn and realized that we were riding into the small town of Driftwood instead of Buda. With our maps and trusty smart phones…

Ruth and Mary Jo

MSU Races (Including Street Sprints) Up Next Texas High School …
by League Director
Competition is strong after a successful day of racing at Baylor. Racers are trading off wins with no dominate racer running away with all the wins. The team competition for 2nd and beyond is also fierce as Amarillo ISD’s balanced …

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 11th

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Organizers gearing up for cycling events
Hundreds expected for races featuring ‘rolling enclosures’
GRAFORD — Drivers in the northern part of Palo Pinto County be advised, part of the community effort for the April 17-18 Mineral Wells Stage Race is to get the word out to residents to “expect delays” and “share the road.”

As they have in the past eight or more years, Team Bicycles Inc. and the Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce will host their spring bike race, which could draw as many as 600 racers and onlookers to the county.

To attract riders, TBI asked Sheriff Ira Mercer if they could have a “bigger and better” and “safer” event by having “rolling enclosures” that will protect packs of bicycle racers. Support for the plan passed and other law enforcement departments have joined ranks to aid the event. …

Pedalcycling-A Houston, Texas Bicycling Blog: Stupid Bicycling …
by The Big Fella
If we cyclists expect motorists to take us seriously, shouldn’t we display common sense whenever we ride?

I’ve decided to chronicle the random acts of stupid bicycling that I witness so that whoever reads this blog (mostly me) will remember to avoid them.

For instance, I definitely won’t be like the ninja-salmon cyclist I saw recently on Westheimer while driving home from an extended day at work.

Today, I saw three particularly egregious acts.  One of them potentially put me in danger …

Life and Bikes: San Marcos Cycling Weekend – The Short Route
by Bikes and Life
I decided that a couple of days riding around San Marcos, Texas would be the perfect way to re-ignite my passion for cycling. San Marcos is located right off I-35 in between San Antonio and Austin in the Center of Texas. …

2010 Coast2Coast with WomanTours: HOORAY OUT OF TEXAS TODAY
by JoAnn Bary
Stayed in Silisbee, Texas last night and had Miss Kitty (how appropriate),as our hostess at the hotel.  She told us she was a X Las Vegas showgirl(40 yrs. ago) turned hotel clerk.  She was a riot, –had us all laughing most of the night and also this morning.  The hotel was a minus one star and not somewhere you would want to revisit, except to say HI to Miss Kitty. …

JoAnn Bary