Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 31st
“I Declare War†Biking Treasure Hunt
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
“I Declare War†Biking Treasure Hunt, Saturday June 8, 5:30 p.m.
directed by Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and the Oak Cliff Film Festival
THE BACK STORY
Two teams on bikes: Rumblecore vs. The Raging Bulls
Pedaling around Oak Cliff
Scouting 8 different locations
Being quizzed on movie trivia
Getting puzzle pieces directing them to the next location
Putting it all together to find the location of…
Finding Bike Routes via Google Maps
RGV Cycling
While scanning search results on my blog-site, I noticed that people are looking for bike routes in our area. It’s rather easy to do this with Google Maps, but I figure that not everyone is aware of this. So, here I am writing a short post on how to find bike routes via Google Maps. This will work no matter where you live. The larger the city or metropolitan area your in, the greater chance that someone has mapped out routes on Google.
Head on over to maps.google.com and search the area you are interested in. On the right side click on the expand arrow below the Traffic box. Next select the…
First Impressions: iBike Newton
RGV Cycling
I am a big fan of Velocomp’s line of power meters designed around the iPhone. I’ve used the iDash + Power for over a year now and really like cycling with it, but it does have a few issues. Mainly, it’s hard to read the iPhone when the sun at mid-day. The screen just gets washed out completely. Recently, I’ve been thinking of upgrading to the iBike Newton. A stand-alone version of the power meter, no iPhone required. After ordering on Amazon and paying the…
New Mountain Bike Trail Opens in Longview
www.ketknbc.com
Longview, TX (City of Longview) — The City of Longview and the Longview Bicycle Club will celebrate the opening of the Grace Creek Mountain Bike Trail on Saturday, June 1. The unpaved trail allows users to mountain bike, hike, or run approximately three miles of wooded property owned by the City of Longview. The mountain bike trail begins with a trailhead at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Complex, 100 Grand Blvd., and continues south along the Grace Creek corridor.
The grand opening of the trail will occur at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 1, at the Maude Cobb Convention Center parking lot. Following a ribbon cutting, the trail will be open for…
National Trails Day & Giving Back
www.texasmountainbiketrails.com
This is a short post today as I’m still getting caught up on everything after last nights wildly popular Erwin Park Summer Series debut.
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Tomorrow, Saturday June 1st is something very important. It’s National Trails Day which is a day setup to highlight trail awareness and advocacy.
It is also a big workday at many of our Dallas trails, this is your chance to go out there and help maintain the trails that you love so much. Bring work gloves (or MTB gloves), bug spray and dress appropriate for walking through potential poison ivy, mud and more. Long sleeves and pants are recommended.
Here is a list of several of the trail workdays that we have going on here in DFW. …
East Texas cyclist in serious condition after collision with car
By Whitley Bonnette         www.kltv.com
KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville, Texas | ETX News
On Wednesday, the Longview Police Department dispatched officers to an accident near the intersection of Premier Road and Harrison Road.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found that a bicyclist had collided with a vehicle after failing to stop at a stop sign. 14-year-old Michael David Charles Bonham, of Longview, had been riding his bike in the area when he failed to stop at the intersection. Bonham was struck by a…
ACA Volunteer Picnic And Bike Ride (Velo Vista)
Austin Cycling Association
Sun, 06/02/2013 – Ride 8:00am, Picnic 11am – 2pm
The ride is open to all. The picnic is for ACA volunteers from the past year. Please send an RSVP to dillo@austincycling.org with how many people will be coming and if you prefer vegetarian.The picnic will be from 11am – 2pm. Meet at Brushy Creek Lake Park in Cedar Park for the ride start and picnic. The park is located off of Brushy Creek Road just east of Parmer Lane. Please park at the back of the parking lot near the restrooms and water feature. We will be doing the…
This post on the mtbr.com forum brought out the comments.
What’s living in Texas like?
by sxshep      forums.mtbr.com/texas
I’m 26, single, working a private security job at a medical facility in SW Ohio (Cincinnati). I’m getting burnt out looking for law enforcement positions in this area, and it seems like the departments are always laying people off even after landing a job. It’s not uncommon to have 3k applicants applying for a department that just announced 10 open positions.
Anyhow, I was in uniform standing in line at a grocery store a week ago and struck up a conversation with a guy behind me. He said he had just moved home, but was a Dallas Police officer for a few years and loved it. Said they were always hiring, good job and all but had some familiy issues to attend to and didn’t care for the heat.
So I’m looking into it, and it seems like every city I’m looking at is currently accepting applications (Dallas, Houston, Austin, etc). What’s the deal, are…(lots of replies)
Cross the Basin Time Trial • May 18 2013
Results from the time trials
Cross the Basin Road Race • May 18 2013
Results from the road race
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Great race in San Antonio Sunday! Don't miss out. http://t.co/zUA7mK23s5
— HOLLAND RACING (@HOLLANDRACERS) May 31, 2013
Finally, Lori Bergeon rides like a boss and nails 2nd place in the 3/4 @DrivewaySeries last night
— ATC Racing (@ATCRacingTeam) May 31, 2013
A huge week for ATC racing! Allison Atkinson, Lori Bergeron, and Sammi Runnels all managed podiums at the state crits this past weekend!
— ATC Racing (@ATCRacingTeam) May 31, 2013
Event: San Antonio BMAC Meeting – When: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8am to 9am CDT Where: 825 S. St. Mary’s, Sa… http://t.co/9SmNCwxBMO
— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) May 31, 2013
Only 85 days until this years Hotter'n Hell 100, are you ready for the heat? http://t.co/QuD78rTS0T
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) May 31, 2013
About to leave Jack & Adam's @ Jack & Adams Bicycles http://t.co/fPocm0AJNc
— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) May 31, 2013
Just a reminder, during times of rainy weather, Denton’s 380 Greenbelt is pretty much always open and rideable. http://t.co/ikpjc3H0Rw
— Texas MTB Trails (@TexasMTBtrails) May 31, 2013
@texas4000 stopping by @LIVESTRONGHQ before taking on their 70 day journey to Alaska! #kickcancerass pic.twitter.com/nXRpeeex52
— TeamLIVESTRONG (@TeamLIVESTRONG) May 31, 2013
24 women in the @ShamaCycles Women's 3/4 race last night. 18 in the @787racing Junior race. Good signs for the future of the sport!
— Driveway Series (@DrivewaySeries) May 31, 2013
Hooray! @Texas4000 riders are starting to arrive for the Day Zero celebration! #SoExciting http://t.co/IYO3Bcruff
— LIVESTRONG HQ (@LIVESTRONGHQ) May 31, 2013
A Personal Appeal from Dave Sullivan http://t.co/jFR0rqpnMP
— Bike Austin (@bikeaustin) May 31, 2013
Here's a link to some of the pictures from last night's Erwin Park Summer Series. More coming soon! http://t.co/sLZVhSuNm6
— Texas MTB Trails (@TexasMTBtrails) May 31, 2013
Three Central Austin trails will get a little safer tomorrow. http://t.co/cCssiQx8xC via @statesman @asherprice
— Safe Streets Texas (@SafeStreetsTX) May 31, 2013