Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 27th
@dkcholo      via Twitter
Photo: Five stitches near my elbow, mildly concussed, road rash on back & glut, crushed helmet & iPhone ~…
@dkcholo      via Twitter
Photo: Dead iPhone ~ from today’s accident ~ gonna have a wicked rectangular bruise on my backside (Taken…
@CyclingATXÂ Â Â Â Â Â via Twitter
Last “Lend Your Legs” ride from Social Cycling Austin coming up this week. Seriously, if you haven’t done this,…
@bikedenton      via Twitter
DK200 tip: zip tie rear light on.
@bikegeek      via Twitter
Great ride but not forgetting the significance of this weekend.
@331miles      via Twitter
Felt weak and cut ride to 20 miles. Realized after ride that rear hub needs work. Worse than brake rub.
Memorial Day Ride
LMRA Bicycle Club Message Board
Post by LarryFS
Some of the many folks who turned out for the 2012 edition of the Honey Tour expressed interest in a ride on Memorial Day, Monday May 28th. So here is a relaxing 34-mile route from west side of Weatherford to Garner to Millsap to Weatherford: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1180902. Rest stops available in Garner and in Millsap (assuming gas station stores are open). Route starts from Tx DoT parking lot on southwest corner of Hwy 180 and west Bankhead Hwy. Start time is 8:30 AM. Post ride lunch is planned for Skinny’s Hamburgers which opens at 11:00 AM. I’ll be there and will have a few paper copies of the route map.
Mesquite Rotary Ride 2012
LMRA Bicycle Club Message Board
Post by LarryFS
David was spotted at the Mesquite Ride:
Honey Tour 2012
LMRA Bicycle Club Message Board
Post by LarryFS
The 2012 Honey Tour started from a new location (Centennial High School) and used slightly modified routes. Cheers to both changes – plenty of parking now and I liked going outbound initially on the routing we came inbound on in prior years. I think almost everything about this ride was excellent. Very good roads and scenery, excellent traffic control at intersections, well-stocked rest stops (they even had honey sticks this year), courteous drivers, enthusiastic and helpful volunteers. Only negative comment I have is the 15 minute interval between staged starts. Wendy and I might have waited for the actual 46-mile route start if it was only going to be…
River Legacy to Fort Worth and Back
Lone Star Cyclists
Pace: Touring
Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012 – 8:00am
Location: River Legacy Park, 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington
Pace: Touring
Denise will be leading the club on a fun ride from River Legacy Park to downtown Fort Worth. If you know Denise, you can bet she will be making a rest stop at a coffee shop downtown. Hope they are ready for a swarm of hungry and thirsty cyclists. …
How to Recover from Muscle Soreness Caused by Intense Exercise
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin      Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Muscle soreness should be part of every exercise program. If you don’t exercise intensely enough on one day to have sore muscles on the next, you will not gain maximum fitness and you are also losing out on many of the health benefits of exercise. The benefits of exercise are much greater with intense exercise than with casual exercising.
You must damage your muscles to make them grow and become stronger. When muscles heal, they are stronger than they were before you damaged them. All athletes train by “stressing and recovering”. On one day, they take a hard workout in which they feel their muscles burning. Eight to 24 hours after they finish this intense…
What do cyclists deserve from the rest of us?
Courtney Barry, Local Contributor      www.statesman.com
So the other day, I almost killed a cyclist. It was not out of malice or anger or negligence. I was following the rules of the road as they apply to automobiles and bicyclists. He was not.
As I signaled to turn right driving down South Congress Avenue, following the “yield” sign heading onto Barton Springs Road, he came out of nowhere on my right, speeding out of control down South Congress. Because I was turning, and he was going so fast, he had to…
Cyclist urges area’s drivers to share road
By JESSICA COOLEY/The Lufkin News
Living to tell about the accident that could have killed him, avid Lufkin cyclist Mark Dunn has but one message to spread after being hit by a car two weeks ago: “Share the road.â€
Dunn and biking buddy, Marc Lishewski — or “Lew, †as Dunn calls him — sat down with The Lufkin News last week to express how blessed Dunn feels to have survived, and to share tips to keep others from…
Bike Friendly Denton    @bikedenton      via Twitter
50 mile bike ride to Roanoke with 4 beer tasting stops long the way. June 23: