Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 7th
From the magazine: Fitness apps storm cycling
Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
Editor’s note: The following article appeared in the May 1 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
CASTRO VALLEY, CA—John Koslosky, owner of the Bay Area’s Castro Valley Cyclery, has virtualized his shop’s weekly club ride.
Instead of gathering, say, on Tuesday evening at 6—a schedule that might not work for half his club—riders choose their own time and route, track their data through GPS, then upload it onto the social fitness website Strava. A board on the shop’s website streams the latest rides and climbing leaders. …
Open Source Electronic Derailleur
blog.makezine.com
Nabil Tewolde of Markham, ON, created an instructable on how to build your own electronic derailleur as part of his bike computer project. Code, BOM, and schematics on Github.
El Paso Bicycle Club Rides
Saturday, June 9
Bean and Back-7:00 am
Sunday, June 10
Pedal to the Pumphouse-8:00 am
Wednesday, June 13
Wednesday night ride-6:00 pm
Thursday, June 14
Beginner/Intermediate Group-6:00 pm
Saturday, June 16
3rd BIG Group Distance Ride-7:30 am
Sunday, June 17
Father’s Day Brunch Ride-7:30 am
Wednesday, June 20
Wednesday night ride-6:00 pm
Thursday, June 21
Beginner/Intermediate Group-6:00 pm
Saturday, June 23
Rollers & Valley-7:30 am
@Texas4000Â Â Â Â Â Â via Twitter
DAY 6 ROCKIES: Despite the rain early in the day the team crossed the Oklahoma border today!
Cycling Austin
Change of plans for Jack and Adam’s Bicycles Sundays ride, not doing Cedar creek now, No drop will go to Aitkins High School as planned and Tammy and the Tempo Multisport ride ambassadors will take everyone else south to Buda and possibly beyond! Be safe out there!
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Hill Country Ride for AIDS
We can’t wait to see you tomorrow at the Post Ride Party! Everyone is welcome, bring friends, and help us celebrate the huge success of the 2012 Ride! Post-Ride Party! Tomorrow at 4:00pm at Wanderlust LIVE Austin
Simple Motorist Wisdom
by Steve AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Dallas Point-to-Point
Mostly stuff I hear from motorists at work regarding cycling is pretty silly, irrelevant, or even almost threatening if I were inclined toward paranoia. I really do NOT need to hear fantasies about cyclists as “hood ornaments.” On rare occasions, however, a pearl will come my way from a motoring co-worker. Yesterday was such a day.
Yesterday, I bet on the come that I would not need rain gear. I lost that bet. In the process, however, some simple motorist wisdom came my way. Without any intention of insulting my loyal reader, my own experience is that engineers have an unusual level of insights about things compared to “regular people.” As it turned out, this…
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 6/7- 6/13/12
by elliott      Austin on Two Wheels
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up. …
Bicycling is good for El Pasoans, but El Paso ignores bicycles
By Guerrero Garcia      borderzine.com
EL PASO – The winds whistled by swiftly as I held a tight grip on the handlebars on bumpy pavement pocked with potholes and loose gravel. Suddenly, I was startled by a truck passing me too closely and lost my balance, falling off the bicycle. The truck didn’t bother to stop.
I was fortunate enough to not get seriously injured, but other cyclists have not been as lucky. Just a few days ago, a 54-year-old man riding his bicycle east on Pebble Hills Blvd. was hit by a Texas state…