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Texas Chainring Massacre Kicks off the 2016 Gravel Season<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The 2016 gravel season kicked off in traditional fashion with The Texas Chainring Massacre which is billed as “The fastest 100 miles on gravel” by The Spinistry.
\nThe event was held on 1\/23 and staged from the tiny town of Valley View, TX. Temperatures were right at freezing for the start which is extremely brisk for Texas riders to crawl out of bed. Even with the freezing temps the event drew its largest crowd ever with well over 300 riders staging at the line.
\nThe event combined multiple categories and distances for a single mass start which created quite the parade out of Valley View. Open 100+ miles were mixed with SS and Women 50+ milers as well as large contingent of non competitive\/fun riders with routes as short as 30 miles. The course was …
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Child killed while riding bike in Kingwood<\/a><\/h2>\n

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KINGWOOD \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A child was killed while riding a bike in a Kingwood neighborhood.
\nPolice said there was a gathering at a home Friday evening in the 4400 block of Broadleaf near Maple Park Way when a guest was leaving and struck the 3-year-old. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unclear if …
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3-year-old hit on bike just feet from parent<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Dane Schiller\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.chron.com<\/h3>\n

A 3-year-old child on a bicycle in a Kingwood neighborhood was killed just feet from one of his parents, police said.
\nThe accident happened around 5:15 p.m. Friday in the 4300 block of Broadleaf.
\nThe child’s parent had been talking with an acquaintance, the driver of a pick-up truck, who was stopped on the street, and unaware the child had rolled in front of the truck, Houston Police spokesman Vic Senties said.
\nAs the driver slowly pulled away, the child was hit, said Senties, who added that the child died at the scene.
\n“It does not appear the driver of he pick-up truck was impaired so it doesn’t look like there will be any charges at this point,” he said said. “It appears to be an unfortunate accident.”<\/p>\n

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Getting bent in Big Bend<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Terry Parsell\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

The Bike: Tank Junior comes back!
\nI spent much a lot of money and time setting up a norco cross frame with disc brakes. I took it out for a couple of spins and just didn’t like the way if felt.
\nI had used my mountain bike (“Tank”) in Idaho two years ago, and pressed my regular road bike into service for my Oregon trip last year. Tank is too heavy for paved roads, and my road bike with more than 10 pounds or so on sways too much when standing, and has a bad shimmy on the downhills.
\nSo I decided to use my old Felt cross bike I had used on my West VA tour some years ago. I made some modifications to it. The first thing I did was change the brake pads, and put Kool stop pads on, The old pads squealed loudly! The new ones not some much ( the advid cantilever brakes I have are known for their tendency to make noise).
\nThe major thing I did was to change the crank. I had a 53X39 double on it. Which in …<\/p>\n

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Bike rider killed in NW Harris County<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Dane Schiller\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.chron.com<\/h3>\n

A bicyclist was killed early Saturday after being hit by a pick-up truck, according to Houston Police.
\nThe 50-year-old rider, who died at the scene, has not yet been identified publicly.
\n“From what I can tell, he turned and was struck by the pick-up truck,” Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties said. “It appears he (the bike rider) made an unsafe left-hand turn.”
\nThe driver of the Nissan Frontier pick-up truck was headed east at …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h2>\n
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Grand opening ride\/party for the new @localhubbicycle<\/a> bike shop in #DeepEllum<\/a> – great spot to\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 https:\/\/t.co\/oqH6EMrSAh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Beth Rankin (@byBethRankin) January 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n