Texas Biking February 14th 2020

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Beaumont police ID bicyclist killed in crash

By Chris Moore | www.beaumontenterprise.com

Police released the identity of a Beaumont man who was killed after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bike early Friday morning.

The crash occurred just after 2 a.m. in the 2500 block of college street, according to a release from the Beaumont police department.

Police said Jerry Lynn Brachett, 36, was traveling in the far right eastbound lane when a silver Hyundai Accent, traveling the same direction, struck the bicyclist from …

Weekend Rides: Mount Bonnell & Red Horn

by Brad WEaver | steinerranchcycling.com

Saturday training ride leaving from Cups & Cones:

8:00 am – https://www.strava.com/routes/14714375 After the ride, we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted breakfast tacos, burgers and beer!

Sunday endurance paced training ride to Red Horn from C&C at 8:00 am. It is ~45 miles and typically finishing around a 17mph average speed. The NEW route can be found here: https://www.strava.com/routes/23199262

Tri Global Team to Ride Like the Wind for MS

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DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 13, 2020– Tri Global Energy, a premier developer of renewable energy and energy storage in the U.S., has announced that “Team Wind Force” will once again be riding in the Bike MS Round Up Ride 2020, taking place May 16-17. Bike MS is the fundraising cycling series of the National MS Society and raises more money than any other cycling event in the country. The Bike MS event, which covers approximately 163 miles over the course of two days, is one of more than 68 events, drawing 100,000-plus participants, in the series taking place from …

Healing and purpose: Bike tour hosts remarkable individuals

By FREDDY JIMENEZ | www.sbnewspaper.com

For some, it’s about the thrill; for others, it’s about surpassing a goal. But for La Feria’s Jaime Jesus Flores, participating in San Benito’s 4th Resaca City Bike Tour this past Saturday, this was about purpose and gratitude. “I ride for those who can’t,” said Flores, minutes after getting off his bike at the event organized by the San Benito Chamber of Commerce.

The bike tour, for the fourth year now, brought in folks from around the region, state, and nation. According to Chamber of Commerce executive director Megan Treviño, the event …

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Teen bicyclist airlifted to hospital after being struck by vehicle in northwest Harris County, sheriff says

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HOUSTON – A teen bicyclist was airlifted to a hospital for treatment after being struck by a vehicle in a northwest Harris County neighborhood Thursday evening, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

Gonzalez tweeted at 5:05 p.m. that deputies were at 14200 Philippine Street near Windfern Road after the teenager was struck.

The boy, who Gonzalez said was …

Some Dallas ISD Elementary School Students Surprised, Excited To Receive New Bikes, Helmets

By Jack Fink | dfw.cbslocal.com

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – First and second graders at Dallas ISD’s Reagan Elementary School in Oak Cliff thought they were learning how to be safe.

But little did they realize, they were about to be surprised.

Each of the 83 students received a new bike and helmet. …

Steve’s Big Adventure

By Steve Steward | www.fwweekly.com

In the seconds between mounting the bikeshare bike and wobbling into the lazy, eastbound crawl of Magnolia Ave’s weekend afternoon traffic, I had this thought: “Like riding a bike” is a useful phrase for everything except riding a bike. This was a couple of weeks ago, on a Saturday afternoon in February that was cloudless and warm enough to wear shorts if you stayed out of the shade. My friend Austin Green, himself riding a bikeshare bike, coasted half a block ahead of me, a blur of hair, hoodie, and red, boxy bicycle zipping past Kent & Co., caught in the jumble of visual data. If you learned how to do it once, the memory remains, and your legs and inner ear and cerebrum and all the …

TOUR DE HOUSTON RETURNS SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020!

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Mayor Sylvester Turner and Team Apache will lead participants in the 2020 Tour de Houston Presented by Apache Corporation. Cyclists of all skill levels will gather at City Hall on Sunday, March 15th as the event returns for its 15th year to benefit the Re-Plant Houston Program managed by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department. Riders will follow an all-new route this year heading northwest through Spring Branch, Fairbanks and Copperfield to Cypress before returning downtown. The 20-mile route will stop at Lion Lane School, the 40-mile route will stop at Lee Elementary School and the full 60-mile route will stop at Thornton Middle School. This event begins and ends in Hermann Square at City Hall located at 901 Bagby. Riders and volunteers will enjoy a post-ride party that includes music, free food and beverages. …

COLLEGE STATION — BICYCLIST INJURED AFTER CRASHING NEAR TEXAS AVENUE

by Williams Hart | www.whlaw.com

On the afternoon of Thursday, February 13, 2020, a man was injured in a bicycle accident that occurred in College Station, Texas.

According to initial reports, the man was riding a bicycle near Texas Avenue and Francis Drive, near the Texas A&M Golf Course, when for an unknown reason, he lost control of his bike. As a result, the man crashed.

The bicyclist sustained injuries, and he was transported to the hospital for treatment.

The crash still remains under investigation. …

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Zwifting With The PACK Social Ride + Volcano

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Well I rode today’s ride without ergo mode enabled on the Wahoo Kickr Snap smart trainer and I came last place out of 468 riders signed up. Bring on the SAG wagon. Watts/kg still were hard to come by as the rest of the Pack sped away and I slogged around a fairly flat course in Watopia for 22.67 miles in 1:34:23 moving time. I never stopped but a few times I slowed to 0 watts. Maybe I need to do another spin down calibration to see if that helps any.

Outside the weather was chilly but sunny with the temperature in the mid 50’s, below my 60 degree threshold for biking outdoors. In Zwift I built up some heat as I rode past the flowing lava and pedaling.

I learned two things today about Zwift. One from GPLlama YouTube channel about how to remove the heads up data blocks from screenshots taken during an event: when you get ready to save and exit after an event click on the little green box in the upper right corner of the image and it removes the boxes for a clean screenshot. The second was where the screenshots land if they do not upload to Strava so I can add them later: look in the “Pictures/Zwift” folder in Windows 10. The screenshots are named by the date and the ones with heads up boxes removed have “clean” in the name.

Friday looks like another Zwifting day according to the weather forecast: A mainly sunny sky. High 61F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.

Texas Biking February 12th 2020

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Volunteer Sign-Up – North Park Subaru at Dominion 21st Annual STORM Hill Country MTB Challenge

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Sat Mar 14 – Sun Mar 15, 2020 Comfort, TX Volunteers will be added to the front gate list and have their land use and camping fees waived.

  1. Camping – there will be plenty of space to put up a tent in the camping area if you would like to camp out. There is a shower facility that volunteers will have access to.

  2. Parking – Park at the volunteer shed or in the general parking areas. If you are camping, you can drive in and park next to your campsite.

  3. Food for volunteers. Saturday Dinner – food for volunteers Saturday evening. Sunday Breakfast – TBD. Sunday Lunch – You will be able to put together a "build your own" brownbag lunch that you can take to your volunteer post for the day. Sunday Post-race meal – we will be preparing food for volunteers.

  4. T-shirts are provided for volunteers. Select your size when you sign up for your volunteer spots. …

9 Hacks to Upcycle Your Inner Tubes

BY MARC LINDSAY | blog.mapmyrun.com

As we become more attuned to waste and trying to find multiple lives for our possessions, there’s an obvious opportunity for cyclists: inner tubes. Flatting is never fun, and while patching and reusing tubes as many times as you can is still the number 1 way to recycle old tubes, there comes a time when they just won’t hold air like you need them to.

Instead of tossing them, there are plenty of ways you can get more use out of those old rubber tubes. Check out these nine hacks to save money and put your inner tubes to use for years to come. …

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