Texas Bicycling News Roundup March 15th
Fort Worth joins national challenge on pedestrian, cycling safety
By Caty Hirst      www.star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH – Cycling enthusiast Mayor Betsy Price has signed Fort Worth up for a national challenge to create safer environments for pedestrians and cyclists — a project that will include collecting usable data on cyclists.
The Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets, announced in February by the U.S. Department of Transportation, calls for the 85-plus participating cities across the nation to tackle seven challenge activities, including improving local cycling and pedestrian laws, educating and …
Hello Bike Community from North Texas
by GDawg88Â Â Â Â Â Â www.bikeforums.net
Hello everyone,
I’ve recently spent time on the forum researching an old Specialized mountain bike and got some great information. Like most of you, my love affair with the bike started as a child. To me, it is the next step in evolution, from crawl, walk, run, ride. My parents said I even went through 3 tricycles because I kept wrecking them. As a kid, we always had bikes. It was freedom and we rode them everywhere. We moved to Europe in my adolescent years and I discovered a entirely different perspective on cycling. Before then, I never realized that it was actually a sport. Well, life intercedes, you go to school, get a job, begin a family and the cycle continues (pun intended). After college I began taking bike travel vacations and fell in love with cycling all over. I rode across …
Tour of Corsicana – Crit • Mar 14 2015 Results
www.road-results.com
Categories
» Men 1-18 Cat 4/5    » Men 35+ Cat 4/5
» Men Cat 3    » Men Cat 4
» Men Cat 5    » Men MASTERS 40-49
» Men MASTERS 50-59    » Men MASTERS 60+
» Men PRO/1/2    » Women 1-18 Cat 1/2/3/4
» Women 40+ Cat 3/4    » Women Cat 4
» Women OPEN
Tour of Corsicana – TT • Mar 14 2015 Results
www.road-results.com
Categories
» Men 1-18 Cat 4/5    » Men 35+ Cat 4/5
» Men Cat 3    » Men Cat 4
» Men Cat 5    » Men MASTERS 40-49
» Men MASTERS 50-59    » Men MASTERS 60+
» Men PRO/1/2    » Women 1-18 Cat 1/2/3/4
» Women 40+ Cat 3/4    » Women Cat 4
» Women OPEN
HBC Hempstead Melon Trail Ride
Houston Bicycle Club
April 4th, 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 8:00AM
Distances: 23(C), 37(C), 41(C), 50(C) miles
Meandering flat to rolling country roads, some long grades, little traffic but for State Highway 6. Few stores! Produce stands outside Hempstead. …
Ride Calendar
Corinth Cycling
Sat Mar 21 – 8:00am – Harden Dental Team Ride
Sat Mar 21 – 8:00am- Corinth Cycling Group Rides
Sun Mar 22 – 8:00am- Sunday Group Ride
Sat Mar 28 – 8:00am – Harden Dental Team Ride
Sat Mar 28 – 8:00am- Corinth Cycling Group Rides
Let the Training Begin!
Bike Noob
Finally, I’m back in the swing of things. It’s Spring Break, and I have a week off! I got on the bike Friday, and have ridden each day since then.
It’s important that I do so, because I’ve committed to a bike ride at the end of the month that will involve some challenging hills. It’s not a race or anything — just a semi-organized ride over some roads in Northwest Austin that I’ve never ridden, but have always wanted to.
But my lackadaisical attitude this winter has set me back, fitness-wise. If I’m going to ride hills — and on a ride whose mileage is not a challenge — I need to start training for hills.
Today, I did. I headed out through my immediate neighborhood and worked my way over to Convict Hill, a place I’ve written about before. I used to …
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event New Rider Track Class – Houston, TX New Rider Track Class at Houston, TXhttp://t.co/jHv4IhRbam Adult … http://t.co/k9Y8pfowB3
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 16, 2015
New Event ARR Volunteer Opportunity: Kid Trips – Girl Scouts of America – Spicewood, TX For full details, includin… http://t.co/inC3kKCNJw
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 16, 2015
New Event Blue Star To Mission Espada Ride – San Antonio TX http://t.co/AvQHCUlWOn
Sunday, March 15th Leader… http://t.co/jmQOlT8Dp8
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 16, 2015
New Event Flagpole Ride – College Station, TX http://t.co/zjfrTwJfHY
55-mile roundtrip, intense endurance ride … http://t.co/YFpRtXYElZ
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 16, 2015
New Event Run for the Border – El Paso, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
… http://t.co/MJeRXhNB1j— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 16, 2015
Tweets
Tues – March 17 – Cat A/B/C Rides
ALL RIDERS MUST BRING FRONT & REAR BIKE LIGHTS
Album Park to Ft. Bliss (Cat A… http://t.co/6btCqeQJjG
— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) March 16, 2015
Congratulations to our friend luca_saulini Saul Gutierrez on his 2nd place finish today! https://t.co/taz6LFGuy3
— Nelo's Cycles (@NelosCycles) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/joeyTWOwheels/status/577255512267452418
Flat Rock Ranch in Comfort, TX…definitely the toughest course I've ever ridden!
— Allen Kuo (@kuotient) March 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/VILLARREAL_14/status/577241541556641792
https://twitter.com/BBQ44/status/577219095382212609
Y'all. #BikeToShop #HeckYeah pic.twitter.com/9ZDNCaAAis
— Su Wilcox (@cheekysu) March 15, 2015
#Repost @JohnProlly for those that want to know what Rouge Roubaix is like, a great photo from… https://t.co/40SYt6Hcsl
— Mad Duck Cyclery (@MadDuckCyclery) March 15, 2015
Wrapping up the Giant Demo and finishing my ride. (@ White Rock Lake Park in Dallas, TX) https://t.co/s5KCb2NbKL pic.twitter.com/rxfHwAelNF
— Logan DeBorde (@logandj) March 15, 2015
Step 1: Tour de Houston 40 miler.
Step 2: LUNCH! (the BEST post-ride food)@ChipotleTweets #TourdeHouston pic.twitter.com/EZIeNyjPHR— a Dan of action (@theSurlyBiker) March 15, 2015
Tour de Houston! Ready to roll!@BikeHouston @houstontxdotgov pic.twitter.com/aIB5e2EAem
— a Dan of action (@theSurlyBiker) March 15, 2015
48 hours at the fire station. At least I brought the trainer for an hour spin and was able to get a… https://t.co/V8WED7ciZR
— George Amen (@jore346) March 15, 2015
Good luck to all the #TourdeHouston riders today! #cycling #biking || @BPMS150 || Photo: @houstontxdotgov (2014). pic.twitter.com/OGA4sgufYS
— Sun & Ski Sports (@SunAndSkiSports) March 15, 2015
Sugar Cycles group. Fast fast faster! pic.twitter.com/vViaUkzGfu
— I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) March 15, 2015
The best dudes on the ride! pic.twitter.com/PCnvWHOtbx
— I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) March 15, 2015
Mad Duck Flying a Junior Christian Garcia takes road race win at Tour of Corsicana! Congrats… https://t.co/G5WSQ9j19u
— Mad Duck Cyclery (@MadDuckCyclery) March 15, 2015
Our first #KidicalMass ride in #BrownsvilleTexas was a complete success! #BikeRangers pic.twitter.com/FzaPfinPIB
— Edgar Gaucin 🚲 (@edgargaucin) March 15, 2015
Good morning, Tour de Houston! @BPMS150 @TeamSeadrill pic.twitter.com/vZnfTV1cf0
— Patrick Pistor (@PatrickPistor) March 15, 2015
Children were having so much fun we had to make the ride longer! #KidicalMass #BrownsvilleTexas #BikeRangers pic.twitter.com/3M9rxPxN8C
— BikeRangers (@BikeRangers) March 15, 2015
Sun is coming up on the 2015 STORM Hill Country Mountain Bike Challenge at #flatrockranch pic.twitter.com/Mxj4C08y10
— Flat Rock Ranch (@jdreiss) March 15, 2015
Navigator, ride partner, bike stand. 😊 Happy 100th anniversary, Tour de Houston! @thesurlybiker pic.twitter.com/D8a1yYdzHd
— Annie Walker (@colorofstone) March 15, 2015
Mid-pre-ride shred with shreddiefm #vscocam #mtb #tmbra @ Flat Rock Ranch https://t.co/DXra4guaNE
— Allen Kuo (@kuotient) March 15, 2015
Texas Hill Country 🚵💕 #flatrockranch #mtb #tmbra @ Flat Rock Ranch https://t.co/KZd8wrNTLa
— Allen Kuo (@kuotient) March 15, 2015
Bike-Kun is very happy after today's wash. I mean, look at his chain. So… Shiny….. #yessir… https://t.co/PRyKostDHM
— I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) March 15, 2015
Event Reminders
2 Day Alert: Hell Week – Fredericksburg, TX, Mar 17, 2015 09:00AM – Sunset Inn, 900 S Adams St, Fredericksburg, TX, United States(CST) h
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 15, 2015
2 Day Alert: Sun & Ski Tuesday Night Crit – Richardson, TX, Mar 17, 2015 05:30PM – 501 S Plano Rd, Richardson Square, 501 S Plano Rd, Ri
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 15, 2015
2 Day Alert: Intermediate/Advanced Mountain Bike Ride at the Ant Hills – Houston, TX, Mar 17, 2015 06:15PM – 15200 Memorial Dr, Houston,
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 15, 2015