Texas Bicycling News Digest January 23rd 2018

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A DAY WITH BIG ROB & SANTANA IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

by Josh Babu | www.ridebmx.com


Spend a day cruising the city with Austin OG’s Big Rob and Santana in this new video from Josh Babu and Empire. These dudes have been staples in the ATX BMX scene forever and are still out in the streets, at the dirt jumps and on their bikes every day. This video is a pretty accurate representation of what you can get into on an average day in Austin …

Automated route generation for bicycle tours of the United States

Payne, Katherine Carl | search.proquest.com

ABSTRACT
Planning a multi-day bicycle tour is a time intensive and difficult task. To enable cyclists to construct their own multi-day tour routes, we propose an automated system which, given an origin, destination, and points of interest, generates detailed bicycle tour routes of minimal perceived exertion. This dissertation is comprised of three bodies of work contained in chapters 2, 3, and 4, respectively. In the first work– chapter 2, we build and test a model of the perceived exertion of different categories of cyclists on a daily path within a long bicycle tour. We first propose an additive formula for calculating the perceived exertion of cyclists on component parts of a …

10 AM start: Tour de Southern Walnut Creek Trail

Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018, 10:00 AM

Govalle Park
5200 Bolm Rd. Austin, TX

3 Austin Cyclists Went

We’re riding out at 10 AM for the winter! A moderate C-pace ride (roughly 11 to 14 mph) on The Southern Walnut Creek Trail from the trailhead at Govalle Park to the Abrupt End and return. Round trip is about 20 miles. The trail is paved for the entire distance, with a 1/2 mile hill on the outbound. We’ll regroup at the top of the hill on the outbou…

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Rental Bike Company Thinks It Has a Fix for Dallas’ Bike-Share Problem

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Weekend Bike Ride Coldspring, TX

Scott P | www.bikeforums.net

I did the ride in Coldspring with our MS150 team It was damp, foggy, cool and even a bit rainy at spots. Hills are not fun in the wetness, especially being the first ride of the year. Hills are tougher and people are on the brakes more going down the wet hills. At the first stop, we were wet, a bit tired already and the road was covered in gravel and it was bumpy. We decided on the 25 mile route. The weather had cleared up a bit by the second rest stop, but were were all still feeling it. It was only about 15 miles at that point, but it felt like 25. I think a couple of us could have done the 32 mile route, but that last will would have been tough. In hindsight, I should have done the longer route. As soon as I hit the dirt parking lot, I heard air escaping from my front tire. It was flat by the time I had my bike leaning against my truck. I picked up a small piece of glass in the middle of the tire. I patched the tire at home and installed a new tube. I’m ordering a new pair of Continentals today as these Michelins are worn out after just one season. I had to give my bike a good washing too as it was covered in dirt. I even tossed on a coat of wax (actually a sealant) while I was at it.

It was my first time doing this ride. It was organized fairly well. Parking was a bit tough and more signage would have been nice. It was a nice bonus to have the girls of the dance team offer to hold our bikes while we snacked or used the too few port a potties.

The Humble Lions Club ride is in three weeks. A nice, long flat ride with one pass over the Bridge of Death. I just home it is better organized this year than it was last year. …

Med Center projects aimed at bikes, pedestrians

By Bruce Selcraig | www.expressnews.com

The city broke ground Tuesday on two infrastructure projects in the South Texas Medical Center area that public officials hope will inch San Antonio toward becoming a more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly city.

District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez and members of the Medical Center Alliance, among others, grabbed a dozen shovels beneath some spindly live …

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Greens Bayou Greenway Groundbreaking Ceremony

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Laredo unveils new mountain biking team

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LAREDO, Texas (KGNS) – The City of Laredo is introducing its Youth Mountain Biking Team to the community.

Councilman George Altgelt and Councilman Charlie San Miguel introduced the team to cycling enthusiasts, members of the media, and city staff. …

Zagster thinks it has a fix for Dallas’ bike-share problem

by Robert Wilonsky | www.dallasnews.com

Days after Dallas’ city manager fired a warning shot across the fender of the bike-share companies cluttering up the city’s sidewalks, we get word of yet another rental service eyeing Dallas.

This one vows it’s a different breed of bike-share — a cross between the docked system Dallas originally wanted but could not afford and the brightly colored free-for-alls lining sidewalks between downtown and Uptown, Lower Greenville and the Cedars. The new bike-share company won’t allow riders to ditch their buck-an-hour rent-a-rides just anywhere. Bikes will only be considered returned when they’re locked to a “fixed object” — like, say, a bike rack or a parking meter. …

Bike Ride Across Texas 2018 Hardin-Simmons University – Leadership Studies Program Hurricane Harvey Relief Ride

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What do you do with an extra week of Christmas break prior to the start of the Spring semester? If you have a track record of long-distance bicycle rides and a new bike-rack trailer, you plan a winter bicycle ride across Texas. And if you have family and connections to people who suffered and had homes and property damaged by Hurricane Harvey, you use your long-distance ride to remind people along the route about the continuing relief and rebuilding needs along the Texas Gulf Coast. …

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Wind Chill With Extreme Watts Bike Ride

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I bundled up for today’s ride for good reason. Even though the temperature was 64 degrees when I rolled out at 11:35 am the 15 mph NW wind had a chilling bite to it. I rode the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route for the first time this year going 33.41 miles. The wardrobe: leg warmers, shorts, long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket and half finger gloves. I should have worn full finger gloves with the wind chill. It was 66 degrees when I finished at 2:08 pm.

Bicycling to the north put me facing away from the sun and into the wind adding to the chill effect. After I warmed up the wind chill wasn’t so bad but every time I turned into the wind I had to grit my teeth some.

The bridges still have the rock from the recent ice storm so riding on the shoulder pushed me into the traffic lane more than usual. Not sure how long it will take for this wash away or be carried off by the traffic tires.

During the ride I thought the PowerPod was not calculating the power correctly with watts just barely over 100 when I pedaled hard into the wind or up the incline at Community Drive. I didn’t think of anything until around the 18 mile mark when I changed the angle the PowerPod some. Quickly the watts jumped to 1062 which I liked but probably is not correct so I moved it again and the watts fell into the 300 to 400 range which was closer to reality. This was while I biked to the west on Valley Ranch Parkway into the wind. I tightened the PowerPod bolt and I will watch this on future rides. The Elemnt also thinks my max speed was 140.5 mph while Strava calculated 23.7 mph.

The sky had a few clouds thanks to the rain front moving through during the night. Overcast sky is gone for a couple of days. It will be a couple of degrees cooler Tuesday which will require a similar wardrobe as today.

Making progress on my January goal with 83.6 miles to date.

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Door Key Road

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Lined up ready for the ride are Martha, Mel, Christine, Tyler, Adam, Ann, Jeffri, and Dorothy. Through a mix up, David, Rick, and Brian were already down the road. …

UPCOMING RIDES

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Del Norte Saturday
Sat, January 27, 2018 9:00 AM 409 N Pearson St, Godley, TX
Marvelous Massey
Sun, January 28, 2018 9:00 AM Crowley High School, 1005 W Main Street, Crowley Texas
Alvarado’s Twisted Adventure
Sat, February 03, 2018 9:00 AM Alvarado High School, Alvarado, Tx
Super Bowl Ride
Sun, February 04, 2018 8:30 AM TRE Station, Richland Hills
Bicycles Inc. – Century of the Month
Sat, February 10, 2018 8:00 AM Bicycles Inc. – Arlington
Ride Across Johnson County
Sun, February 11, 2018 9:00 AM Commerce St, Burleson, Tx ( RR Tracks )
Dill Road Adventure
Sat, February 17, 2018 9:00 AM Willow Park, Tx

Nacogdoches mud run, bike race to return in April

by Tim Monzingo | lufkindailynews.com


The Nacogdoches Jaycees annual Red Dirt Mud Run is set to return in April, and the organization is already reporting higher registration than in past years.

Jaycees President Derek Snyder said registration for the event is already filling up. …

… The bike ride is set to run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and offers 10-, 30- and 63-mile routes to participants.

Registration for the bike ride costs $30. …

Night Ride McAllister(Mountain­­ Bike)

Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018, 6:15 PM

4 Bikers & Hikers Went

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Salado Creek (Mountain Bike)

Saturday, Feb 3, 2018, 9:30 AM

12 Bikers & Hikers Went

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San Benito launches second Resaca City Bike Tour

By ALEXIS AGUIRRE | www.valleymorningstar.com


SAN BENITO — Spend a Saturday morning taking a bike tour of the city this February.

The San Benito Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 2nd Annual Resaca City Bike Tour.

Residents can register as individuals or teams and take part in a 20-mile, 40-mile or 62-mile bike ride.

Sandee Alvarez from the Chamber of Commerce said …

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