{"id":26975,"date":"2014-09-28T22:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T03:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=26975"},"modified":"2014-09-28T22:01:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T03:01:41","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-september-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/28\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-september-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest September 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Rides and Events<\/a><\/h2>\n

San Antonio Wheelmen<\/h3>\n

Saturday, 10\/4:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Krueger Canyon-River Road Ride
\nSunday, 10\/5:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Adkins Junction Ride<\/p>\n

Wheel Rolling Along Arlington’s Village Creek With The Indian Ghosts Out Of Town<\/a><\/h2>\n

Durango Texas<\/h3>\n

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\nThose are my handlebars parked on the paved trail in the Village Creek Natural Historical Area. I stopped at this location hoping I would be able to get a good picture of all the leaves that are falling and have fallen since the arrival of fall.
\nI was not very successful in getting a good picture of the fallen and falling leaves.
\nAs I was taking the picture I looked up to see what I thought was a guy walking a pair of small ponies. Upon…<\/p>\n

Terry Hershey to George Bush Park<\/a><\/h2>\n

MAKE SH!FT HAPPEN<\/h3>\n

Sunday, October 5, 2014\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a07:30 AM
\nTerry Hershey Beltway 8 Feeder St., Under Bridge Parking Lot
\nBeltway 8 and Faust Lane
\nHouston, TX 77024
\nWe will roll out at 7:30 sharp so do your own takeoff to decide when you need to arrive. We will start at Terry Hershey park in the Beltway 8 parking lot. This route will do all of THP and all the way to…<\/p>\n

I Suck At Mountain Biking<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Noob<\/h3>\n

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\nInstead of the usual Sunday road ride, my friend Maggie and I decided to get out the mountain bikes this morning. She put an invitation to join us on our club\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message board, but we had no takers. When we showed up at the club ride start, some of the roadies greeted us with bemusement at our getup, but soon we left in different directions.
\nOur target was Bauerle Ranch, a subdivision surrounded by nice singletrack trails. (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve written about it before.) We had had a little bit of rain overnight, and the dew point was high, so once we got onto the trails close to home, we could see that today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride would be somewhat muddy.
\nThe thin grass along the trail has exploded in growth with all the rain over the past couple of weeks, and being wet, it gave us leg baths as we…<\/p>\n

Feds spend $300K on study on how to ride bikes<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Elizabeth Harrington\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.foxnews.com<\/h3>\n

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\nThe National Science Foundation has paid $300,000 for a study on how \u00e2\u20ac\u0153humans interact with bicycles,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which a House committee is calling \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wasted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d taxpayer money, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
\nThe premise for the project , conducted from October 2009 to June 2013, was that bicycle dynamics are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153poorly understood,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and researchers set out to come up with new designs to encourage more Americans to bike to lower their carbon footprint.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Although human-operator control models exist for numerous aircraft and other vehicles, the bicycle with a rider is a human-vehicle system whose dynamic…<\/p>\n

From an email James Webster sent me about his ride to BBVA Stadium today (9\/28\/14)<\/h2>\n

PETULA CLARK<\/h2>\n

by James Webster<\/h3>\n

Her song Downtown comes to mind after today’s ride. It was an early start I wanted the least amount of traffic possible on the I-69 frontage road. Another advantage of a early ride was the route took me through an area the has a reputation as being not so nice.<\/p>\n

Downtown. The ride began in Porter following FM 1314 to I-69 frontage road to Jensen Road, to Navagation Blvd to the bike friendly streets to BBVA Stadium. Then a 5 mile ride around town with the Bike Houston organization. Bike Barn stores were represented.<\/p>\n

Route Observations. The frontage road is good riding but there are a few lights that were long and a few intersections that would have been an issue for me during heavier traffic ( FM 1960 and Will Clayton Parkway). Jenson is a rough road but at 8am on a Sunday traffic was light. But again the traffic lights were an issue. Multiple Rail Road crossings that were not at right angles to the road took planning and caution to safely get over. No pace line down this road. I saw a few people riding bikes and once I turned onto Navigation I saw a gaggle of cyclists at an eatery.<\/p>\n

Arrival Downtown. The ride started at 5:47 am and I arrived at Jensen about 7:50 am then another 1:05 hrs to the stadium total time was about 3 hrs 20 minutes about 9:20 am. A bit early for the match so I went over to the ball park and road around to find out where you can park your bikes for baseball games (north east corner). Road back to the BBVA that added a little to the total of 32.7 miles then I waited for the Bike Houston bunch and road around Downtown. Chatted with a few\u00c2\u00a0 as they were impressed with the five water bottles I had with me. http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/6123250<\/a><\/p>\n

Downtown the Soccer Match: Had to wait until the gates opened 12:30 to change clothes and wash up from the riding. Climbed to the top row of seats. Ticket had me in row DD but the rows only went to T. (a moment of clarity perhaps?)<\/p>\n

I deserved the the extra bit climbing so I thought. There was a bunch of base drums that were being played. And banged on like Well thisfor 45 minutes non stop. Don’t be shy turn up the volume! I could not hear the announcer they were so loud. Then the children arrived. Must have been 50 of them. 4 to 10 years old. I like kids but please don’t stand in front of me don’t kick me.<\/p>\n