{"id":21463,"date":"2013-06-01T22:26:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T03:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21463"},"modified":"2013-06-01T22:26:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T03:26:06","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-1st-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/01\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-1st-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

George W. Bush spends Memorial Day biking with wounded veterans<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>
\nMemorial Day weekend was the third time Bush has hosted the Warrior 100K, an annual mountain bike ride for wounded veterans. He said he feels partially responsible for the warriors’ wounds, but doesn’t pity the vets.
\nBy Kristen A. Lee \/ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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\nFormer President George W. Bush spent Memorial Day weekend on a grueling mountain bike ride with veterans wounded in the two wars he commanded during his presidency. …<\/p>\n

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Comedy Defensive Driving is Proud to Announce its 2013 Sponsorship of the PedalFast Racing Team<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nPedalFast Racing Signs Comedy Defensive Driving to sponsor their upcoming season!
\nwww.prweb.com
\nPedalFast Racing Team is a premier mountain bike racing team that competes in the TIMBRA mountain biking series. TIMBRA (Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association) is one of the largest and most prestigious professional mountain bike racing series in the US.<\/p>\n

Comedy Defensive Driving along with the continuing education website startup Education Location and AmpThink, a Dallas TX based company that provides wireless solutions for medium and large-size business have all signed on…<\/p>\n

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Journal of my 10 day bicycle tour in West Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Raybo\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bogleheads.org
\nIn the last 2 weeks of April, 2013, I rode a 400 mile loop in West Texas. I started and ended in Alpine, Texas. The main destination of the ride was Big Bend National Park on the US\/Mexico border. I’ve written a journal of the ride<\/strong><\/a>, if you’d like to read about my experiences in this area and see lots of photos.<\/p>\n

I’d recommend a trip to Big Bend National Park as it offers some interesting natural features, such as the Chisos Basin, the Canyon of the Rio Grande, and some of the best birding in the United States (during migration season). However, my recommendation would be to see it by car, not bicycle! That said, a fully supported (van-assisted) tour might be worthwhile.<\/p>\n

As hard as a bicycle tour like this one was, it is still a great way to stay in shape and soak up some of the hours of a…(many replies)<\/p>\n

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Going around the (Big) Bend<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Ray\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.biketouringtips.com
\nAn opportunity came my way to take a bicycle tour in the last two weeks of April. This is a good time to ride down the California Coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. However, I’ve done that ride a half dozen times and one more time didn’t interest me.<\/p>\n

I didn’t want to fly too far for just a 2 week ride, so I limited my destination search to the Southwestern US. I selected the area around Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas after a suggestion in this discussion thread at bikeforums.net.<\/p>\n

As usual, I dug into the planning and quickly discovered that Big Bend NP is located in the Chihuahuan Desert. I was concerned that the views would be monotonous, the weather hot, the wind a problem, and the services limited. But, I was attracted by Big Bend NP and the chance to ride through some of the canyons of the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n

There are no commercial flights very close to Big Bend. There is train service to Alpine, the largest town near the park, but either I board the train in LA or have to fly to some…<\/p>\n

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Out of Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy mel norton\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.crazyguyonabike.com
\nWho the heck is Mel?
\nI’m a 62 year old guy that likes to ride my bike. Got a bad back, bad knees, bad neck, can’t hear, got Menieres’ disease, but I keep on moving. Was into the ‘Go Fast’ bunch till the Menieres’ took my hearing\/balance and that’s when I bought an old used too big for me RedLine 18 speed touring bike, some used panniers and I was hooked! I upgraded the RedLine to a Cannondale T-2000 in 1999. Still have the 1986 carbon fiber Specialized 14 speed w\/Shimano 600 grouping. You got to be OLD to know what 600 was\/is! As you can see from the other journals I have here, I have fun!
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\nI have back surgery in May 2012 that slowed down bike riding, then this May I had a set of epidurals that about did the patient in. So not much in the way of training for this little adventure. Memorial Day weekend I got the…<\/p>\n

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Night Riders On A Roll<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Eric Griffey in Blotch\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.fwweekly.com
\nOn some days it seems like the Near South is overrun with biker gangs \u00e2\u20ac\u201d not the leather-clad groups of 50-somethings wearing skull caps and riding noisy luxury motorcycles. The area is host to several bicycle meet-up groups that ride en mass from bar to bar, spreading revelry and body odor wherever they land.<\/p>\n

The longest tenured Southside beer-and-bike group is the Night Riders. The two-wheeled pub-crawlers meet twice a week (Sunday and Wednesday) at…<\/p>\n

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Texas Gulf Coast Bicycle Swap Meet @ Bayou City Bicycle Park (South of Houston)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby irideiam\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0forums.mtbr.com\/texas
\nMany of you on here have showed an interest in swap meets, well my buddies and I have pulled another one together for the end of June…..Hope to see some of you there…
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Brazosport Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n6\/1\/2013 7:30 AM
\nSaturday Morning Ride. More
\n6\/2\/2013 7:30 AM
\nSunday Morning Ride. More
\n6\/4\/2013 8:00 AM
\nTuesday Morning Ride. More
\n6\/7\/2013 8:00 AM
\nFriday Morning Ride. More<\/p>\n

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Intermediate & Faster Social Ride – Honea Baptist<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Woodlands Cycling Club
\nSaturday, June 08, 2013, 07:30am – 11:00am
\nHonea Baptist, 16430 FM 2854 Montgomery
\nDirections:\u00c2\u00a0 I45 North, exit 84B, Loop 336\/Frazier St.\u00c2\u00a0 Go left on 336 west to FM 2854.\u00c2\u00a0 Go west on FM 2854.\u00c2\u00a0 The church is just past Honea Egypt Road on the left.\u00c2\u00a0 Park in the back.<\/p>\n

No restrooms available.\u00c2\u00a0 Helmet and hydration required.
\nIntermediate group:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 16-18 mph average
\nFaster group:\u00c2\u00a0 18-20+ mph average
\nRoute is generally decided at the beginning of the ride based on…<\/p>\n

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Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Crit tomorrow in San Antonio,by Bicycle Heaven,Mat said he'd trow in $5 bucks for respective Cat. primes for every Austin,Tx entry<\/p>\n

— jerald roll (@grandpajerald) June 2, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n