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Texas Bicycling News Digest September 28th

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San Antonio Wheelmen

Saturday, 10/4:           Krueger Canyon-River Road Ride
Sunday, 10/5:             Adkins Junction Ride

Wheel Rolling Along Arlington’s Village Creek With The Indian Ghosts Out Of Town

Durango Texas


Those 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.
I was not very successful in getting a good picture of the fallen and falling leaves.
As I was taking the picture I looked up to see what I thought was a guy walking a pair of small ponies. Upon…

Terry Hershey to George Bush Park

MAKE SH!FT HAPPEN

Sunday, October 5, 2014        7:30 AM
Terry Hershey Beltway 8 Feeder St., Under Bridge Parking Lot
Beltway 8 and Faust Lane
Houston, TX 77024
We 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…

I Suck At Mountain Biking

Bike Noob


Instead 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’s 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.
Our target was Bauerle Ranch, a subdivision surrounded by nice singletrack trails. (I’ve 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’s ride would be somewhat muddy.
The 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…

Feds spend $300K on study on how to ride bikes

By Elizabeth Harrington        www.foxnews.com


The National Science Foundation has paid $300,000 for a study on how “humans interact with bicycles,” which a House committee is calling “wasted” taxpayer money, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
The premise for the project , conducted from October 2009 to June 2013, was that bicycle dynamics are “poorly understood,” and researchers set out to come up with new designs to encourage more Americans to bike to lower their carbon footprint.
“Although human-operator control models exist for numerous aircraft and other vehicles, the bicycle with a rider is a human-vehicle system whose dynamic…

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

PETULA CLARK

by James Webster

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.

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.

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.

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  as they were impressed with the five water bottles I had with me. http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6123250

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?)

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.

It was a conspiracy between the drums and the children to ruin a perfectly good game. I left at the 45 minute mark.

No bicycle ride home! The home bicycle ride north need to be scouted. It comes out at Townsen then onto loop 494.

Go for an easy beginner ride

Saturday, Oct 4, 2014, 9:00 AM

Performance Bicycle
7549 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX

2 Cycling Enthusiasts Went

You’re invited to join our Saturday morning, beginners group ride starting from and ending at our W. Houston, Performance Bicycle store. The ride is for beginners and those getting back on the saddle. The average pace will be between 10 and 14 miles per hour and the ride will last approximately one hour. We’ll explore some of the local bike paths a…

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Saturday Beginner Ride

Saturday, Oct 4, 2014, 9:00 AM

Performance Bicycle
4750 Fm 1960 Rd W Houston, TX

5 Bicycle Enthusiasts Went

Leaves from the store to Cypresswood, Cypress wood to TC Jester going north an then back.Please bring a helmet, spare tube, waterbottle, positive attitude 🙂

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Gila Monster Gran Fondo

Saturday, Oct 4, 2014, 7:00 AM

Gough Park
Pope and 12th Streets Silver City, NM

1 Cyclists Went

The bicycle rides through the Mimbres Valley and Gila Wilderness are Saturday, Oct. 4. Options are 32, 50, 70 and and 103 miles. All involve considerable climbing: from 2,832 feet for the 32-mile route to 9,131 feet for the 103-mile route. Information, registration: tourofthegila.com or (575)[masked].Entry fee is $50 by Sept. 26, $60 after. An o…

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Tony Wilson SABA – San Angelo

San Angelo Bicycle Association


To pull or not to pull? — at San Angelo State Park – South Shore.

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About Rick Ankrum

In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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