Texas Biking News February 20th 2020
Video: 10-year-old girl riding bike to school fatally struck by vehicle
www.ksatr.com/news
SAN ANTONIO – A 10-year-old girl who was riding her bike to school was fatally struck by a vehicle in far West Bexar County, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Ranch View East and Rim Rock Valley in the Valley Ranch neighborhood, not far from Culebra Road.
According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, the girl lost control and veered into oncoming traffic when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle. She was not wearing a helmet. …
Deceased girl’s backpack may have caused her to fall into oncoming traffic, BCSO says
By Taylor Pettaway | www.mysanantonio.com
A car fatally struck a 10-year-old girl as she bicycled to school Thursday morning amid recently built subdivisions on the far West Side, officials said.
The girl, a student at Kallison Elementary in the Northside Independent School District, was riding alone on Ranch View Road at around 7:30 a.m. The weight of her backpack may have caused the fifth-grader to veer off a sidewalk and fall into oncoming traffic less than a mile from …
Cinco Ranch’s Martin has lasting impact on others
By DENNIS SILVA II | www.katytimes.com
Cinco Ranch football, Cinco Ranch softball, the BP MS 150 and Texas A&M sports mean the world to Connor Martin. To those who know and are around Martin, though, the 24-year-old means so much more.
Since 2009, Martin has been a team manager for the Cougars’ football and softball programs. Though he graduated in 2012, he maintains those roles today.
“He’s meant as much to me as I have to him, I promise you that,†said Cougars softball coach Jerry Miller, who recommended to Martin that he join the football and softball teams as a manager in the fall of 2009. “He’s a remarkable young man.â€
Martin has been a bagger at Kroger’s the last six years. He landscapes. He helps remodel properties for H2 Builders. He mows neighbors’ yards, and nothing satisfies him more than getting his hands dirty while working with mulch.
The last 10 years, he has ridden the MS 150 bike ride from Houston to Austin, taking advantage of his love of cycling, and he …
Six early-season gravel races to put on your list for 2020
Betsy Welch | www.velonews.com
Across much of North America, spring makes a fickle bedfellow to gravel racing. We found six races where the weather shouldn’t be a problem, but your early season fitness might.
… The International Grand Prix of Gravel
Dallas, TX, March 21
Held in conjunction with the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), this event is hosted by Texas’ freewheeling race promoter, the Spinistry. According to the group’s Facebook page, “The International Grand Prix of Gravel is a unique, urban gravel grinder that takes …
… The Bull Grind Gravel Race Castroville, TX, March 29 Held on the rural roads of the Quihi and Medina River Valley, southwest of San Antonio, Texas, participants can choose between 30-, 60-, and 100-mile routes which boast a ratio of 85 percent dirt to 15 percent paved surfaces. For folks less-interested …
The Placebo Effect and Sports Supplements
Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health e-Zine | www.drmirkin.com
… Placebo Effects on Cycling Performance Six highly-fit male cyclists did two time trials with no pills to establish a baseline for each cyclist, and three time trials where they were given pills labeled either "placebo", "4.5 mg/kg caffeine", or "9.0 mg/kg caffeine", at random (Med Sci Sports Ex, Dec 2006;38(12):2159-64). Actually, all of the pills were placebos, with none of them containing any caffeine. Caffeine can enhance performance, so these experienced bicycle racers knew that if they were given caffeine, it could help them ride faster. On all three time trials the cyclists had their power measured on an objective power meter. The cyclists produced: • 1.4 percent less power than baseline when they believed they had ingested a placebo, • 1.3 percent more power when they believed they had ingested 4.5 mg/kg caffeine, and • 3.1 percent more power when they believed they had ingested 9.0 mg/kg caffeine. Furthermore, all of the cyclists reported that they felt benefits from the placebo pills labeled as containing caffeine. …
Lantana family equips school with bike-riding program
by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com
Zach and Bree Parham of Lantana recently donated a complete Learn-to-Ride Program to Blanton Elementary School, which will help an estimated 500 kindergartners learn to ride bicycles over the next five years.
“We are proud to get more kids on bikes through our donation to the school and support of the All Kids Bike Kindergarten PE Program,†said Zach Parham, president of J&P Cycles. “On behalf of my wife Bree, myself and the dedicated staff at J&P Cycles, we look forward to watching these kids grow to become the next …
Rebuilding a 1999 Cannondale R300 from a clunky triple to a slick street ripper
Dan – the surly biker | thesurlybiker.wordpress.com
It didn’t take long after finishing my last project to get the itch to start another one. So far my stable consisted of a carbon fiber endurance bike, & two vintage Raleighs; one a single speed.
I spend a lot of time following bike profiles on Instagram & Facebook, while also browsing many bike forums of the internet. I started to realize while I loved the look of my vintage road bikes, I also was really starting to love the look of many modern urban & track bikes: wider frame tubes, straight forks, modern stems & wide riser bars.
I certainly wasn’t in the market for a brand new Cinelli – or any new bike/frame to be honest. So I started trolling craigslist, eBay, and FaceBook Marketplace to see what I could find. After about 4 or 5 weeks I came across a Cannondale frame in a nice color that looks like it could fit …
Fort Hood Calendar of Events
www.forthoodsentinel.com
March 12
Mountain Bike Dana Peak
A Mountain Bike trip at Dana Peak is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. March 12.
Participants will meet at the Recreation Equipment Checkout Center and depart from there to Dana Peak in Harker Heights. Transportation will be provided, however riders can drive themselves if preferred. Mountain bikes and helmets will also be provided.
Once at Dana’s Peak instructors will fit riders with the correct size mountain bike and cover the basic fundamentals of riding. Then they will be free to ride around the trails or follow along with one of an instructor.
The event is open to all and costs $25 per person.
For information, call 254-317-5350.
No Car? ‘Art Bike Parade’ Lets Houston Cyclists Get Creative
MATT HARAB | www.houstonpublicmedia.org
“We wanted a way to celebrate the parks, and diversity of Houston with cycling. We also wanted to elevate the city turn from brown to green, and encourage people to have an active and healthy lifestyleâ€
An upside-down Volkswagen. A giant banana. A sedan decked out like a peacock.
Those are just some of the designs cooked up every year for the city’s Art Car Parade, the annual celebration of mobile creativity in which drivers deck out their cars with colorful, ornate or funny designs and make their way through the streets of Houston.
Now cyclists can get in on the action. …