Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 30th
Driver hits Denton cyclist, cyclist ticketed
from Bike Denton
After completing an early morning 30 mile ride last Sunday, Southridge resident Alex Newton did not expect to get hit by a car, lectured by a responding police officer, and ticketed for failure-to-yield, all in his own neighborhood.
I had just stopped beside the neighborhood swimming pool on Woodbrook at Hollyhill and was about to cross Hollyhill on my way home. I do not remember seeing anyone while I was at the stop sign or when I started off into the intersection, but as I was getting clipped into my pedals…
Where is the nearest java joint?
Caffeine to Improve Performance in Sports
from Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Caffeine preserves muscle sugar. The limiting factor in racing in any sport is the time that it takes to get enough oxygen into your muscles to burn food for energy, so anything that requires less oxygen allows you to race faster. Sugar stored in muscles, called glycogen, requires less oxygen than fat or protein. Anything that helps you keep sugar in muscles longer gives you greater endurance. …
Abilene to Colorado, just to prove he could
by Abilene Reporter-News
Many people had not seen a recumbent bicycle, so they were interested. Brett got a special favor from the workers with the Texas Department of …
Sunday morning RIDE! – Doin’ it french style… | Austin Texas …
from atxbs.com
That sport is, of course, grand tour bicycle racing, and the event is none other than the … This is a 25-30 mile ride over typical Central Texas terrain. …
Fund-raiser’s goal: High school mountain bike racing
By Pam LeBlanc | Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 10:03 AM
Mountain biking as a high school sport? I wish they’d had it when I was in school …
It could happen in Texas, if the Texas High School Cycling League wins its bid to become a project league of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association in 2011. If that happens, the organization plans to start a racing league for Texas high school students in spring 2012. …