What I Fear When Cycling
by Ray Garza            RGV Cycling
I’ve been riding bikes since my high school years on my first ten-speed bike (SEARS), then up in the Dallas area when I moved up there, again here in the Valley and any city that I went to go cycle at (Austin, Houston, Corpus Christi, San Antonio). I’ve cycled on long country roads, neighborhood streets and mixed in with the cars on busy city streets and I do consider myself and experienced cyclist. But, that doesn’t lead to complacency, in fact my experience tells me to heighten my sense of surroundings. Does that make me fearless? No, not at all. I have fears just like any one out there. What I fear the most when I’m out cycling is not the car…

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The Rusty Chain Gang Romp
Fort Worth Bicycling Association
Event Details
Club Weekly Ride
Every Thursday from January 05, 2012 to December 31, 2012 at 9:00 am
Next Ride: Thu Nov 1, 2012 9:00 am
Location
Benbrook: YMCA
Meet at the ball fields behind the YMCA in Benbrook. Exit off I-20/820 (Exit 29) at Winscott Road. Go south about 1.5 miles.
All skill levels are welcome! Please arrive early enough to get you and your steed ready to pedal at the start time. An additional start of 8:30am is available for early risers wanting to beat the heat.
Contact Information: Sherwin Rubin

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FLO recalls rim tape sold with wheels
by Steve Frothingham        Bicycle Retailer & Industry News

WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN) — FLO Cycling is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 800 sets of rim tape sold with the company’s FLO 60, FLO 90 and FLO Disc aero road wheels earlier this year.

The tape can fail, allowing the inner tube to leak or burst. The wheels with the affected tape were sold consumer direct from May through June 2012. The company has identified the invoice and order numbers of consumers who bought wheels with the affected rim strips:
– Order # 129 thru 859
– Order # 1049 and 1050
– Invoice 1 thru Invoice 25
Consumers should contact FLO Cycling to receive a $5 refund for each wheel purchased.

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No Country for Old Men (383 Mile) Race Report
by Darryl            lovingthebike.com

Marko Baloh, of Slovenia, is the champion of the inaugural No Country for Old Men bicycle race.  Marko blistered the 383 mile extremely challenging course in 20 hours 59 minutes, averaging 18.23 mph.  Dave Elsberry of Mission Viejo, California finished 2nd with a time of 29 hours 30 minutes.  David Disney of Loveland, Colorado finished 3rd in 30 hours 21 minutes.  Dan Driscoll and Pam Wright of Ft. Worth, Texas captured the two person mixed team division with a time of 27 hours 15 minutes. …

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Costume Ride this Friday (10/26)
by bikedenton
The Denton Green Mile, a new ridership and safety community group is kicking itself off with a costume party and ride this Friday, October 26 at 5:30 on the Square.

Neal P – who, if anyone has been by Querencia in the last few months, would know him as the older gentleman who has kicked the shop into high gear – let us in on the goings on for this cool party.

Three musical acts, a costume contest and an easy-going one-mile family ride will be capped off by joining in on…

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Recent ride – west of Denton
by bikedenton

Nearly any ride, in any direction, shows you things you’ve never noticed before. We wandered out Jim Christal, up Masch Branch, and found some fun things off smaller roads.

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Lone Star Cyclists present Italy IISD with $2,500 raised from Tour d’ Italia
by Barry Byers             www.italyneotribune.com

During the Italy School Board meeting on Monday, October 15, 2012, Paul Tate and Pat McGennis were recognized by the board who presented Certifications of Appreciation to Larry Eubank (Board President), Curtis Riddle (Board member), IHS Principal Lee Joffre and to Judi Rowe with Wells Fargo Capital Financing of Dallas. Tate is president of the Lone Star Cyclists, hosts for the…

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Old Weyco bikes will get second life at shelter
By Amy M.E. Fischer / The Daily News

When Santos Galvin inquired about a bike mechanic apprenticeship at Highlander Cycling a few weeks ago, shop owner Scott Forbes had the perfect project to get him started.

Weyerhaeuser Co. recently donated about 25 old, cruiser-style bicycles and parts to Community House, and the homeless shelter’s director asked Forbes if his Commerce Avenue bike shop could store them or make a few rideable. Although dirty and rusty, the bikes clearly…

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Texas APA Conference Full of Biking and Walking
BikeTexas

Veronica Soto, Executive Director of the Downtown Management District and Past President of APA Texas, during the mobile workshop.The Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Texas) held its annual conference in Fort Worth on October 3-6, 2012. BikeTexas was an Annual Sponsor of this year’s event, with an in-kind donation of bicycles for the mobile workshop “Fort Worth Bike and Pedestrian Planning.”

The workshop was led by Julia McCleeary, AICP, City of Fort Worth and Jeff Whitacre, AICP, Kimley-Horn and Associates. The route was a rigorous 12 miles, with a few good hills, but even though there were…

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