Hip Fracture: Cycling’s Enemy #1

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Dr. Mirkin writes:

Hip Fracture Usually Requires Hip Replacement

The most-feared injury among serious bicyclists is a broken hip. The femur hip bone is shaped like a shepherd’s crook. The blood supply to the ball at the top of the hip bone comes in through the neck just below the ball. If the neck or ball are broken, the blood supply is usually shut off and the top of the hip bone dies.  To prevent this from happening, fractures of the ball or neck of the hip bone are usually treated with immediate hip replacement.  Try to avoid this drastic surgery by keeping your bones as strong as possible.

1) All exercise strengthens bones.  Bicycling strengthens bones, but not as much as sports that exert greater forces on bones such as running or lifting weights. (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, March 2009).
2) Exercise increases calcium absorption, which is necessary for strong bones.

Read points 3 and 4 at www.drkirkin.com

Daily Blog and News Roundup for June 17th

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Bicycle Advisory meeting Thursday night
by Austin 360 – Austin,TX,USA
Tomorrow evening is the monthly Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, which occurs at 6:30pm on the 8th Floor of One Texas Center (505 Barton Springs Rd). …

Team San Angelo
by Bill Cullins
My bike and run workouts have been temporarily put on hold. I went to the doctor one week ago today for a routine test, and today I’m in the final day of prep for surgery to remove colon cancer. …

Signs of new bike infrastructure popping up in South Austin …
by elliott
We all the hub-hub about the Master Bike Plan in the last month, it’s easy to forget that the Bicycle/Pedestrian folks in the City Public Works Department are. …

Fort Worth City Planner, Don Koski « Bike Denton
by howard
In 1999, the city worked with the North Central Texas Council of Governments to develop an on-street bicycle route network plan that would create linkages between downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods. The City came across some …

Our Tuesday morning ride « Bike Noob
by rainycamp
But during the Texas summers, temperatures in late afternoon are unbearable for biking. Luckily, my summer class doesn’t start until 5:30, so I can ride in the morning. Pat and I often head to the Veloway on Tuesday mornings. …

Videos covering Texas Bicycling

Four guys from Team McAllen go up to Kerrville for some hill riding.

MS150 Texas Medical Rangers at the 150 Mile Bike Ride April 2009

Daily Blog and News Roundup for June 15th

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Metropolitan planning group to hear input on bike plan
by Texarkana Gazette – Texarkana,TX,USA
The Technical Committee meets at 10 am Tuesday in the City Council Chambers, 220 Texas Blvd. The MPO Policy Committee will meet at 12:15 pm …

Transportation blog: Is Dallas too hot for bicycle commuting …
by Rick
Living in Austin for a while, I saw plenty of bicycle commuters down there and it is just as hot in Austin as it is in Dallas. Not to mention that the terrain in Dallas is much flatter, so cycling should be easier in Dallas. …. But to give the reasoning that it is too hot to cycle in Texas is just bull. Go up to Wichita Falls in August and just see how many people show up for the Hotter Than Hell and ride in over 100 degree weather…and enjoy it! …

wwwbiketexasorg TxDOT Responds to BikeTexas Seal Coat Letter
Bike and Walk to School Day In mid-May at the height of the most hectic part of the Texas legislative session BikeTexas staff were very pleased to receive a …

LAB Ranks Texas 36th of Bike-Friendly States
Monday, 15 June 2009
Leaque of American Bicyclists The League of America Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly State program has ranked the 50 states on their bike-friendliness. …

UL Lafayette Professor Hospitalized
by KATC – Lafayette,LA,USA
… Business Administration department, suffered a severe head injury Saturday in College Station, Texas. Tanner was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. …

mtb law girl: The Best Cycling Workout Collection
by mtblawgirl
I have found the perfect DVD collection for those of us who must escape the soaring Texas temps and can’t afford those high dollar gym memberships or coaches that cater to cyclists specifically. For $75, you can purchase the Global Ride …

Fitness: 10 cycling myths busted
by BikeRadar.com – Bath,UK
A team at the University of Texas decided to investigate if rock-hard tyres really make a difference. They asked seven riders to cycle at top speed on a …

Rocket Shower – Spray body cleaner – Get Clean When You Can’t …
by Karl
Developed by 10 Nine 8, a company started in Austin, Texas, Rocket Shower includes witch hazel, a small amount of alcohol, citrus, mint and vitamin E. Delivered via pump sprayer, it cleans by helping evaporate sweat quickly and killing the bacteria that cause body odour. … Linda DuPriest, a respected and accomplished Mountain Bike Rider in America developed Rocket Shower initially for her own use while cycling daily to an office with no shower facilities. …

Some of the Youtube.com videos from the past week

Broken Oak Mountain Bike Race Texas
04:30 -  6 days ago youtube.com
Great course no longer open pedalmasher.com … Broken Oak Mountain Bike Race Texas pedalmasher …

Tyler Texas Mountain Bike Race
05:33 -  7 days ago
Elite Cross Country filmed by Pro Jason Sager chasing teammate Nathan Phillips. pedalmasher.com … Tyler Cross Country Mountain Bike Race Jason Sager pedalmasher …

Huntsville Texas Mountain Bike Race
04:34 -  7 days ago youtube.com
Expert Cross Country race a on a fast sandy course pedalmasher.com … Mountain Bike Race Texas Huntsville pedalmasher …

Bar H Texas Mountain Bike Race
04:26 -  7 days ago youtube.com
Bar H, middle of nowhere. pedalmasher.com … Bar Mountain Bike Race Texas pedalmasher …

Roundup of the Daily Blogs and News for June 14th

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C y c l e * D a l l a s: Which one these is a real bike lane?
by PM Summer
The image on the top is precisely the kind of sub-standard bike lane that Austin Texas has installed when there wasn’t sufficient road-width to do it right (minus the fog line, but featuring a gutter-pan seam in its place), …. When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. .

Ride it like you stole it, fat boy: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail …
by Andy Brickell
The Sealy ride. The Sealy ride 45 miles through very pretty Texas countryside. Looks benign but there’s a very hilly section at mile 35. The Katy ride. The Katy ride. It’s on the Katy prairie – flat, flat, flat …

Hot Day cycling in Texas | Epic Cycling
by admin
Polar HRM Ride profile of a hot day cycling in Texas.