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Texas Bicycling News Digest April 15th

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Cyclists show off team spirit, jerseys on BP MS 150

By Joy Sewing        www.chron.com


The Karbach Brewing Company’s 170-member cycling team has its priorities in order for this weekend’s BP MS 150.
“We love to ride bikes, we love to raise a ton of money for a great cause, and we love to drink beer,” said the team’s captain, Adam LeSage.
Their team jersey reflects those passions. It’s called the Weekend Warrior American Style Pale Ale jersey, named for the Karbach brew, and features the Houston skyline.
Last year, the team’s Rodeo Clown Double India Pale Ale jersey won the …

Legally Speaking: The door zone

By Bob Mionske        velonews.competitor.com


The Door Zone. What do you need to know about the ‘DZ?’ Just three words: Don’t go there. If you remember anything from this column, that should be it. The DZ refers to the section of roadway that can be reached by a vehicle door opening, and many cyclists spend a lot of time in this serious sector of surprise.
Car doors are great for drivers but not so much for cyclists. Of course, if all vehicle occupants checked before flinging open their door, it wouldn’t be a problem, but that small safety measure is a bit Polyanna-ish. The lack of driver concern combined with a misunderstanding of ‘far to the right’ statutes and …

Bike hooks sold at Home Depot being recalled

by BRAIN Staff        www.bicycleretailer.com


WATERLOO, Iowa (BRAIN) — The maker of bike storage hooks sold exclusively at Home Depot is recalling about 120,000 of the hooks because they can detach and allow a bike to fall.
The recall involves hooks sold under the Husky Securelock brand, used with the Husky Trackwall garage storage system. They were manufactured in China for Waterloo Industries of Iowa. The hooks were …

Abilene police’s bike unit gets $4,100 check

by Christopher Collins        www.reporternews.com


ABILENE, Texas – Though you may have seen them at parades, ArtWalk or other local events, the Abilene Police Department’s Bike Unit is at once “highly visible” but also “very stealthy,” the unit’s supervisor said Wednesday.
Lt. Joe Tauer oversees the 15-officer detail, which takes to mountain bikes at high-population gatherings to keep the peace and interact with the community.
The unit was formed in 1995. Tauer is one of …

The Blackland Classic – Saturday • Apr 11 2015

www.road-results.com

Partly Cloudy, 67 degrees, wind 7 mph.
Categories
» Men Cat 2/3     » Men Cat 3/4
» Men Cat 4/5     » Men Masters 15-18 Junior
» Men Masters 35+ Cat 4/5     » Men Masters 40+
» Men Masters 50+     » Men Masters 60+
» Men Masters 9-14 Junior     » Men Pro/Cat 1/2
» Women Cat 4     » Women Juniors 9-14 Junior
» Women Masters 40+ Cat 3/4     » Women Open

The Blackland Classic – Sunday • Apr 12 2015

www.road-results.com

Mostly Cloudy, 73 degrees, wind 8 mph.
Categories
» Men Cat 2/3     » Men Cat 3/4
» Men Cat 4/5     » Men Juniors 15-18 Cat 4/5
» Men Juniors 9-14 Junior     » Men Masters 35+ Cat 4/5
» Men Masters 40+     » Men Masters 50+
» Men Masters 60+     » Men Pro/Cat 1/2
» Women Cat 4     » Women Juniors 9-14 Junior
» Women Masters 40+ Cat 3/4     » Women Open

B/IG – Know How to Handle Your Bike

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015, 6:00 PM

River Run Plaza
1071 Country Club Rd El Paso, TX

11 Cyclists Went

The Beginner / Intermediate Group program meets at River Run Plaza, 1071 Country Club Rd. on Tuesday nights. Lesson begins at 6 p.m., followed by ride at 6:15 p.m. The April 21 lesson is on the basics of shifting, turning and braking. Upper Valley rides offered for both beginner and intermediate level riders.

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200-plus veterans to Ride 2 Recovery on April 21

JC Jones | Herald staff writer        kdhnews.com


More than 200 injured veterans will ride April 21 through Killeen on the nearly 500-mile Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge.
Fort Hood will host a dinner on post Tuesday evening, and a ceremony will be held on post at 9:30 a.m. the following morning for the cyclists before they depart for …

Lauren Trout: The One Woman Show at Saila Bicycles

www.thebicyclestory.com


There’s something appropriate about a relatively unknown frame builder working under the name Saila (that’s alias spelled backwards). But though she’s not a household name, Lauren Trout’s got nearly a decade of experience under her belt building some of the world’s nicest titanium bikes. Those years rival or surpass plenty of big name builders with even bigger “personal brands.” Trout learned to wield a torch after getting hired as an entry-level finisher at Seven Cycles. She worked her way up to the production welding department where she spent years honing her …

Dancelli Is Fun

Pit’s Fritztown News

I’m just back from a 20-mile ride in the Rockport/Fulton area, where we are staying at a condo of some of our friends. It was fun, simply fun, to ride the vintage Dancelli again after more than a year. The “old” feeling again of the downtube friction shifters, the fast acceleration of the lightweight wheels, the agile short frame: all that contributes. And the raw data aren’t too bad either, considering that I’m still trying to get back into …

Houston’s Bike Plan in a Nut Shell.

BikeHouston


The bare bones of the Houston Bike Plan
The Houston Bike Plan will ultimately deliver a blueprint for how Houston can develop and maintain a complete bicycle network, as well as identify potential funding mechanisms. The end result will include:
A map outlining the bike network that will include trails, on-street facilities, and bike routes.
A Bicycle Toolbox that will identify needed: projects like trails, bike lanes, and safe neighborhood streets; policies like bike parking, facility maintenance, and transit integration; and programs like Bike Share and Sunday Streets.
An Implementation Strategy that will prioritize projects and identify funding sources.
Timeline of the Houston Bike Plan …

Challenging mentality of “you can’t blame people for making a mistake”

Bicycle Austin        bicycleaustin.info

Starting a new thread regarding the recent crash death in Lost Creek.  Someone in a large TX municipal police force (not a cop, but handles crime records) wrote the following about whether the driver would be charged:
“Most likely he’ll receive a Failure to Yield Right of Way citation.
Unfortunately, that’s often the only thing a driver can be charged with on many fatalities.  We’ve had at least 3 motorcycle fatalities in the past 6 months where it was just that – the car didn’t see the motorcyclist, hit and killed them and was issued a FTYROW citation.  It’s awful, but on the other hand, people make mistakes and law enforcement can’t really charge every person who made a mistake with a  crime.  On a positive note, our vehicular homicide unit has just recently been assigned a DA to …

Texas Two Steppin Birds!

365 Days of Birds        www.365daysofbirds.com

Molly and I continue to bike and bird across Texas. We have now finished the Hill Country and are starting to bike NE towards the Ozark Mountains. Here are a few last photos from the Hill Country where “Two Steppin” birds are not the only ones to make music! …

Spring North Tour: Texas – Ozarks – Big Muddy River

By Richard Hoeg        www.crazyguyonabike.com

Texas Invades Minnesota!: Bluebonnets
Took a 17 mile training ride this morning in Granbury, Texas. The bluebonnets are out … as our many other wildflowers. For years I have wanted to bike on roads with fields full of bluebonnets alongside. This morning that desire became reality, and I have also learned that bluebonnets are a kind of lupine. In northern Minnesota purple lupines have become common along the highways in June. I just never knew what …

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