Daily News Roundup August 10th – Texas Bicycling
Track Exercise Info on Your iPhone via LiveRider
via Gearlog by Fahmida Y. Rashid on 8/9/10
Knowing how many calories you’ve burnt on that bike ride is a great motivator. For iPhone-toting cyclists, bike speed data is just a mounting kit away. LiveRider, the mounting system from New Potato Technologies, secures the iPhone (or iPod Touch) to the bicycle handlebars so that the screen is readily visible. The shock-absorbing cradle protects the phone from vibration…
Precious the Tweeting Bike Takes to the Road to Raise Money for Livestrong
via Mashable! by Brenna Ehrlich on 8/10/10
Ever wonder what your bike is thinking during those, hot sweaty summer rides (aside from wishing you hadn’t opted for the skin-tight spandex short-shorts)? Well, now you can get a better idea of what’s going on in the subconscious of the two-wheeled one by following Precious, a tweeting bike that’s currently riding across the U.S. to raise money for Livestrong. …
Cyclist remembers sacrifices
by Times Record News
For the fourth year in a row, New Jersey police officer Robert Stober will ride in the Hotter’N Hell Hundred Bicycle race Aug. 28 in his Police Unity Tour jersey to remind people of heroes who should never be forgotten — police officers who give their lives …
Cycling – DeLeon, TX Melon Patch Tour | Don Bynum’s Blog
by donbynum
Having been told by Frank Barrow that DeLeon hosts an annual cycling tour and that the 2010 edition was being held on the 7th of August, my friend Eric Brewster and I decided to go ride in it. Frank had hoped to join us but family matters overtook those plans so Eric and I would go it alone. On Friday afternoon Peggy and I loaded up the truck, tossed my Catrike Road in the bed and headed north from our home in Llano County to DeLeon. Eric loaded his Sun EZ-SPORT recumbent…