Texas cyclers to roll through Florence

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The longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team, will be rolling through Florence on Thursday, July 3, just 34 days after departing from Austin, Texas, en route to its final destination in Anchorage, Alaska.
While in Florence, the 2014 Texas 4000 Team will celebrate and share hope, knowledge and charity with friends and family before continuing on its 70-day journey.
Seventy-nine undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin brave the rain, sleet, wind, snow and heat while pedalling more than 4,500 miles in support of the fight against cancer. Along their journey, riders will volunteer…

TxDOT Bicycle Use Hearing in DFW: Submit Comments Now

By Mark Adams        BikeTexas.org

On Wednesday, June 25, TxDOT held their first-ever hearing about bicycle use in DFW at Irving City Hall. An astounding 62 citizens from the DFW area joined 16 elected officials and 14 staff members from TxDOT and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) to discuss programs and issues surrounding cycling in the metroplex.
bicycle Dallas skylineTxDOT is required by 43 TAC §25.55 to conduct a local hearing on bicycle use in each TxDOT district annually. In the past, TxDOT has offered to hold the required hearing in Dallas and Fort Worth but has never received enough interest to hold one. The low interest has largely been…

The Case of the Missing Strava Data

Bike Noob

On that ride over the weekend where I ran out of gas, I also had another setback. When I got home and took out my iPhone to upload my Strava data — there was none.
This is not the first time it’s happened. The Strava app zeroes out, and I can’t recover the data it recorded during the ride. I didn’t mind that much the first time it happened. But it’s happened to me at least three times in the last three months, and…

July Newsletter Published

Dallas Area Tandem Enthusiasts

The July edition of the DATES-Line Newsletter is published and available for download from the newsletters page. This month’s edition includes the following:
Upcoming Rides
July 4th Ride, Cookout and Swim
Round and Round the Lake Ride
Southwest Missouri Tandem Weekend
More Ride Leaders Needed!
Ride Reports
The Chain Reaction Ride
Newsletter Suggestion
DATES Rides & Activities…

July Meeting – Kits and Tours

Violet Crown Sports Association

The July meeting will take place at 6:30 pm on Monday, July 7th at the Flying Saucer. Clothier extraordinaire Carey Jung will talk about the coming kits for 2015. Shannon Burke, who leads custom bike tours through his Austin-based company Velo View Bike Tours, will be our guest speaker. He’ll talk to us about his tours, where they go, and how we could arrange our own to the…

Taking the lane

West Texas Recumbent

A friend asked why would a cyclist be in the middle of the lane.
SAFETY
We are noticed and not as easy to be squeezed between the car and curb. What people don’t realize is our bike tires can cost as much as a vehicle tire and are not as durable.  I do not ride in the gutter!
Cyclist may feel they need to take the lane due to hazards on their right but common courtesy which as a society we American’s no longer have they should pull over when vehicles start to back up and let the them pass. A person operating a bicycle has the rights and…

Weekly Club Rides

Pearland Cycling Club

SATURDAYS:
May – September at 7:30am
October – April at 8:00am
SUNDAYS:
Year Round at 8:00am
RIDE STARTS:
9330 Broadway (FM 518)
in Pearland
1.3 mi east of SH 288

Tweets

Join us this Independce Day with a 40 mile ride departing from our Mission location.
Wheels down @ 7am
Don't forget your water

— Trek Bicycle Mission (Bike Masters) (@thebikemasters) July 3, 2014

https://twitter.com/BikeMSValero/status/484477950256218113

https://twitter.com/txbikeracing/status/484439800783437824

Lawson showed up and it started raining. 🙂 #memorialparkcrits #thisishouston #homegrown #goodtimes… http://t.co/pfzA0dmWt7

— Jess Hughes (@theOGcitizen) July 2, 2014

Event Reminder

2 Day Alert: Tour de Clairevista Challenge (Dallas), Jul 05, 2014 12:00AM – Dallas, TX, United States(CST) http://t.co/wssSkabK2b

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 3, 2014