No biking today. Light rain fell most of the day until about 3PM. No rain for Wednesday (my prediction) so I should be back on my bike.

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I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “Celebrating Bike Month/Life”

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A photo set from @CycleCampUSA & their Marble Falls camp!

Commuter Energizer Station in Richardson for Bike to Work Day!
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BikeDFW and Bike Freindly Richardson are partnering with DART and Richardson Bike Mart to host a bike commuter energizer station at the Arapaho Center Station on the DART Red Line to celebrate Bike to Work Day.

Stop by and visit us!
Bike Commuter Energizer Station
7:00 – 9:30 AM
May 18, 2012
Arapaho Center DART Station
Greenville Avenue near Arapaho Road
1051 N. Greenvill Ave., Richardson, TX
FREE stuff…

A Century in Italy
Lone Star Cyclists
by Dan Ford

On the morning of Friday, May 4, 2012, my determined wife, Nancy Ford, got on her little blue bike intent on completing her first ever century ride! Riding 100 miles on a bike in a single day had not been on Nancy’s “bucket list” until a recent conversation with LSC’s own RAAM Riding Randonneur, Mark Metcalf, who had told Nancy he was surprised that such a capable rider as herself had never done a century. And Nancy knew that riding 100 miles in a single day would be child’s play compared to the endurance she had developed during her 28 year teaching career. What better way to…

The Joys of Finding a Riding Partner
by Darryl        lovingthebike.com
If you haven’t noticed, I don’t have a lot of posts about cycling with partners or groups.  I’m primarily a solo cyclist, so when Mike Neifert came to me with a guest post on “The Joys of Finding a Riding Partner” I was stoked to get it up and include some content on this subject.

We’re giving Stevie the day off and felt that this post by Mike would fit in quite nicely for our #bikeschool series.  I invite you all to read Mike’s story of a solo rider who found riding partners and how it changed his cycling. …

Salado: Memorial Bike Ride Honors Cyclist Killed In Accident
Reporter: Brittany Semadeni         www.kwtx.com
SALADO (May 14, 2012)–A memorial ride, scheduled Saturday, will honor Terrence Alan Mack, an experienced bicyclist who was killed earlier this month when a pickup truck struck him.

Mack, a retired soldier, was riding with three other cyclists in Nolanville at the 900 block of West Central Texas Expressway when a silver Ford F-150 pickup came up behind the group and struck his bicycle.

Mack suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, Nolanville Police Sgt. Dave Lacroix said.

The ride will get going at 8:30 a.m. heading west on…

Ride Reaches All 50 US States!
By Chris Phelan / Contributor        healthblog.dallasnews.com
The Ride Of Silence reached up and over 300 locations world wide this morning!! Yesterday morning, about 10 am, they secured a ride location in the 50th US state. It’s going to be a good ride, tomorrow evening, 7 pm, everywhere, in silent protest and memorial.

…There are several locations taking place simultaneously in the Metroplex. Frisco, Plano, Coppell, and Ft. Worth, as well as Dallas, are all hosting Rides Of Silence to raise awareness of bicycles on the roads, their legal right to the road, and motorists legal obligation to share the road.

The rest of Texas is also participating with rides in Amarillo , Austin, Beaumont , Corpus Christi, Houston, McAllen , Midland-Odessa, Paris, San Antonio , and Sherman. …

Beaumont Ride of Silence honors cyclists killed or injured on the road
By Sarah Moore            www.beaumontenterprise.com
Southeast Texas cyclists will don black or red armbands Wednesday and take to the streets for a somber ride in memory of cyclists hit or killed while riding.

This “Ride of Silence” is one of many being held worldwide that day.

“The ride, which is held during National Bike Month, aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways,” said a statement posted on the Ride of Silence website. “The ride is also a chance to show…

Ride of Silence honors fallen riders, urges awareness
By KAREN SMITH WELCH        amarillo.com
A Ride of Silence to honor bicyclists killed or injured by motorists on Wednesday will serve as a stark reminder for drivers to be mindful that riders of bikes and motorcycles are also out on city and county roads.

This week’s ride and other events are scheduled in May as part of designated “awareness months” for bicycle and motorcycle safety.

The eighth annual Ride of Silence, sponsored by Old Tascosa Cycling and Share the Road!, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Potter County Courthouse, Southeast Sixth Avenue and Taylor Street. …

Moneyball for bikes: Can we use data to win the transportation game?
Author Elly            takingthelane.com
Here’s a new kind of Bikenomics — What if we could increase bicycle ridership not through general encouragement or infrastructure or culture change, but through strategic, targeted tweaks aimed at identifying potential bicycling demographics and tipping them? Or, to put it inversely, what if we could quantify barriers to bicycling and use that data to kick holes in them?

On the train on the way home from tour, we watched Moneyball. It’s a movie about the revolution in professional baseball management. The old way of picking players for teams was to try to choose the ideal player for each position; the Oakland As hired a Harvard economist who shifted their strategy…

Gator Ride
by Ken            Texas Racing Life

I saw this guy on my ride yesterday in George Bush Park.  With all the rain we have been getting in Houston, I’m sure he’s got plenty of things to eat. Even so, I was sure to keep my bike between him and I.  I was glad to stop…