Texas Bicycling News Digest April 12th 2016

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Sweating it out at LOVE Cycling Studio

by Pam LeBlanc fitness.blog.austin360.com


When Nicki Minaj squared off against Iggy Azalea during a spin class at Love Cycling Studio recently, my leg muscles came out the clear cut winners.
I dropped by the studio Monday for a 45-minute session set to music by the two pop singers. Instructors Morgan Randolph and Katy Freshour kept me from collapsing in a heap off my stationary bike, and when I finished, co-owner Maria Groten handed me a eucalyptus-spritzed towel. …

Day 10 of 30 Days of Cycling

by Matthew bike4heck.com

30 Days of cycling day 10
Didn’t really take photos for Days 3-9 but did take some on Day 10. PJ and I needed to return a ladder to a neighbor and fellow ham radio operator in a near by subdivision. So here are the photos of day 10 which included hauling a 16 foot ladder and my son.

Austin Cycling Meetup

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Newman Park to Transmountain (East Side) Groups A & B

Saturday, Apr 16, 2016, 8:00 AM

Newman Park corner of Richmond & Alabama
2212 Alabama El Paso, TX

6 Cyclists Went

• Group A-Meet up 8:00 am  Roll out 8:15 am• Group A Distance 35-40 miles, Pace: 18 -21 mph avg• Group A Comments/Route: N on Alabama to McKelligon Canyon, go up &back. N on Magnetic to Hondo Pass, then E to 54, N on side road toTransmoutain, then E to Crest.  Return by same route.• Ride Leader: Sue O’Connor:[masked],[masked]• Group B- Mee…

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The road to recovery

By Katy Stapp www.thebatt.com


One hundred and fifty veterans biked into town Monday.
Their stop in College Station marked one of many pit stops on the route of the Texas Challenge, a 490-mile, six-day rehabilitative ride from Houston to Fort Worth. The challenge is part of the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery program, which started in 2008 to provide injured veterans from all backgrounds with resources to cope with the experiences they may face. …

RED POPPY RIDE – GEORGETOWN

by Shinerider www.bikemojo.com

My buddies from work are the organizers of the Red Poppy Ride in Georgetown and wanted to make sure to get the word out. It is in connection with the Red Poppy Festival.
Dates: April 22/23/24th
WWW.REDPOPPYFESTIVAL.COM
WWW.REDPOPPYRIDE.ORG
It’s the 12th Annual Red Poppy Ride.
Enjoy a spring bike ride on beautiful country roads though picturesque Williamson County.
The Red Poppy Ride benefits the SERTOMA scholarship program for Georgetown ISD, the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center and the City of Georgetown Bicycle Patrol Unit.
Date:
This year the Red Poppy Ride will be held on April 23, 2016, in Georgetown Texas. Please see the Maps page for start location.
Routes:
ROUTES of approximately 14 (Family Circle), 27, 40, 50, 63, and 100 miles with START & FINISH at the Georgetown High School Annex. RIDE STARTS AT 8:00 a.m. with no riders leaving after 9:00 a.m. Course closes at 4:00 p.m. …

New Ulm – 28 miles

Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8:30 AM

4 Cyclists Went

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WALDEN RIDE: The cowboys and their steeds

by Robin Walden www.whig.com


Monday, April 11: Silsbee, Texas, to Merryville, La.
54 miles
2,142 total miles
With the prospect of rain, all the riders carried their rain gear as we rode out of camp. It was 75 degrees when we woke this morning, so the idea of hot rain gear was not appealing.
It sprinkled on us just a bit, but there was a good tailwind and a nice road, so life was good. The ride was only 54 miles, so we took our time and stopped for a bit in nearly every little town. We didn’t want to …

Bicyclist dies trying to beat freight train to crossing in Pilot Point

Matt Peterson thescoopblog.dallasnews.com

A bicyclist died trying to beat a freight train to a railroad crossing Monday in Pilot Point, police said.
Michael David Tischler, 56, might have made it across in time but struck the crossing bar with his arm and fell, the Denton Record-Chronicle reports.
“He lost control of the bicycle and ended up falling in front of the train,” Pilot Point Police Chief Ric Sadler said. …

Southern Tier eastward 2016

By Luba Agranovich www.crazyguyonabike.com

Luba: riding through the park
Tuesday April 12, 2016, 43 miles (69 km) – Total so far: 1,711 miles (2,754 km)
Today’s route was mostly through the state parks, pretty and quiet. Unfortunately, though, there were a lot of trees dead because of the fires. Upon park entrance we were warned that the road was quite challenging. We dismissed it, thinking that after California mountains and Texas Hill Country it would be easy for us. Well, I have to admit now that it was, indeed, challenging. We also had to turn back at some point and make a detour of 3 miles due to the disappearance of a bridge on our planned route. We had to ride again in the evening to have dinner, because restaurants near us were closed. …

Tom Goes West 2016

By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 44 – Fort Davis to Van Horn, Texas: Mountain Goats
Tuesday April 12, 2016, 81 miles (130 km) – Total so far: 2,003 miles (3,224 km)
Last night as we were going into our tent, we heard loud animal screams and grunting from just across the dry creek, about 50 feet away. I shined my flash light and saw 7 Javalinas fighting or making some kind of reckus in the dark. Many scattered but a few stayed over there as we went in our tent considering other options. Javalinas look like small wild boars but supposedly they are vegetarian. You wouldn’t know it from this large tooth at their snout for digging. Deb a bit scared stayed awake awhile hearing footsteps but fell asleep after the grunting went away. …

JOIN THE NORTH TEXAS CYCLING SUMMIT – COMING SOON!

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Join us on April 24th, as we come together as advocates, leaders, and supporters to craft a regional strategy for bicycling in the North Texas area. Sponsored by BikeDFW and a variety of partners from across the region, this is an opportunity to become more unified and collaborative as a movement, by creating a community driven structure that can help us come together, support each other, and grow our success across the area. …

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Garmin Edge Aggravation Bike Ride to Huffman

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I did not ride on Monday for several reasons but I was out on the road today. I chose the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route because it is easy to exit Kingwood. The sky was overcast, 73 degrees with the wind out of the ENE at 7 mph. I dressed like it was a few degrees cooler with shorts, short and long sleeve jerseys and biking gloves. The humidity was 80%+ so the wind felt cooler than it would have with less humidity. I got an early start for a weekday ride leaving home at 10:55 so I could get back early for an afternoon chore and the a meeting on property taxes in the evening.

As I mentioned in Sunday’s ride post I got a replacement Edge 520 and Sunday’s test ride went perfect. I wish I could say the same for today’s ride. The new 520 started disconnecting from my phone around 8.4 miles into the ride and then settled back down. I thought maybe a passing car had a stray Bluetooth signal or something. Continuing the ride I got to 11.93 miles and the 520 froze. I noticed the distance was not increasing. I stopped to fix it. I saved the ride but it froze saying it was “uploading the ride” and I held two buttons to shut it off. I started it back up again and it seemed to be working. This morning the Garmin Connect app on my updated and I wondered if this might be a problem so I powered off my phone and powered back up. To be safe I started the Ride With GPS app to record the ride from that point. I resumed riding and did not have any more problems that I know of. The 520 recorded the rest of the ride. Later when I got back home at 1:45 I tried to sync the 520 with Garmin Connect online and got an error message on the first part of the ride. Having dealt with this before I uploaded both files to RideWithGPS.com and exported part 1 as a .gpx file. I then imported that into SportTracks and joined the two parts and then exported the data to upload to Garmin Connect, RideWithGPS and Strava. This is way too much work!! If the 520 repeats this I will use some other GPS recording method.

I took a short rest stop at the Huffman Chevron. The weather screens shots.

The weather forecast for Wednesday: early morning rain tapering off. I don’t know if I will bike but Thursday’s weather is much better.

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Texas Bicycling News Digest April 11th 2016

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Bicyclist killed in train collision

www.dentonrc.com


The bicyclist has been identified by police as 55-year-old Michael David Tischler of Pilot Point.
According to Pilot Point police chief Ric Sadler, his investigators said that Tischler was riding his bicycle westbound in the 200 block of West McKinney Street, where he came up the railroad crossing as the train was approaching. …

WALDEN RIDE: Rules of the road

by Robin Walden www.whig.com


Sunday, April 10: Shepherd, Texas, to Silsbee, Texas
61 miles
2,089 total miles
Since we didn’t need to pack up our tent, we were ready to leave a bit earlier than usual today. It was another beautiful morning, overcast, but a comfortable temperature. Before we left, though, I wanted to take a photo of our “cabin” so you could get the flavor of the place. …

The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group

Austin, TX
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Meet other local mountain bikers to organize rides, review trails, gear and trade tips. All skill-levels welcome. We’ll try to organize rides that fit all experience levels. M…

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Brushy Creek/Deception Ride

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016, 6:00 PM

Brushy Creek Sports Park
2310 Brushy Creek Road Cedar Park, TX

6 Mountain Bikers Went

Meet at 5:45 pm to air up, tune and hit the Brushy Creek Deception trail.Wheels down at 6:00 pm.This will be a ride for folks who want to ride Deception at a fast beginner to intermediate group pace, depending on the crowd. If we get a big group we can split up based on the pace people want to ride.NOTE: This really isn’t a ‘beginner’ trail- it…

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Cyclist hit by car in Fort Bend County 2 months ago still in hospital

By Deborah Wrigley abc13.com

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HOUSTON (KTRK) — Two months ago, Adessa Ellis and her friends were getting ready for the MS 150 bike ride.
It was early on a Saturday morning, along Highway 90 in Fort Bend County. It was perfect biking weather.
Michelle Nelson recalls, “We were in mid conversation. We still had eye contact. Then I saw something black move across my field of vision, and I saw my friend thrown …

Long Promised Road

By Bob Elias www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day thirty five – Alpine to Marfa: Make up exam
Monday April 11, 2016, 26 miles (42 km) – Total so far: 1,766 miles (2,842 km)
This was supposed to be a rest day. Even with some short mileage days in the mix, I’ve been in the saddle for 19 of the last 21 days. Physically, I really feel pretty good. I am ready for a day just off, for the mental break and the chance to spend some time with Sweet Cheryl. Tomorrow, after I take care of some unfinished business, like a student who misses an exam. That missed exam was the 25 miles I didn’t ride between Alpine and Marfa in the face of the nasty headwind yesterday.
We ran into Johnny Hill again this morning. He battled the wind from Marathon all the way to Marfa yesterday and is resting a tender knee. Such a great kid. …

Tom Goes West 2016

By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 42 – Marathon, to Fort Davis State Park, and Day 43 Rest Day: 80% thru Texas
Sunday April 10, 2016, 38 miles (61 km) – Total so far: 1,922 miles (3,093 km)
Breakfast at Eve’s Garden Organic B&B consisted of french toast of homemade bread and strawberry pineapple mango puree, fresh berries on baked custard and non-organic bacon. Can you taste it now?
Deb dropped me off about 10:30 am where I had ended by ride yesterday and I started with a small tailwind. I covered 8 miles in 30 minutes and then the wind shifted to a cross wind then headwind and it took me an hour and a quarter to cover the next 26 miles to Alpine. A coral snake crossed the highway in front of me in my slow progress. Why did the snake cross the road? My hunch is that was downwind.
I passed another cowboy church this being Sunday morning, and there were many trucks & cars in the parking lot. After …

Pop-pop T Goes West – Then East

By David Tatman www.crazyguyonabike.com

Seminole Canyon to Del Rio: My 2 Worst Fears
Friday April 8, 2016, 41 miles (66 km) – Total so far: 1,446 miles (2,328 km)
Today is Monday, 4/11. Sorry to be so far behind but with the lack of cell/wifi coverage I had no choice. I have kept notes on each day to refresh my memory but between trying to catch up and lack of immediacy, please forgive me.
Also because of the connection issues, I may have to wait until I have good wifi to update photos in the journey. I’m working on cell only right now.
Today we went from Seminole Canyon to Del Rio. Seminole Canyon seems to be very interesting with old Indian drawings on the canyon walls, but due to the length of the riding day fighting the winds didn’t have a chance to do a tour. I’m REALLY enjoying myself on this tour, but I also feel as if I’m missing a lot of stuff too. There are plus and minus’ with any touring option – as long as I’m touring – it the beats the other options. …

Lost Maples State Natural Area to Kerrville: Pasted Half-way Point.
Monday April 11, 2016, 50 miles (80 km) – Total so far: 1,632 miles (2,627 km)
Still trying to play catch-up and running out of time today. Tomorrow is another long day with thunderstorms in afternoon so want to get out early.
One significant point is we passed the half-way point in mileage when we reached Hunt, TX. Below is picture of our group entering Hunt. Will finish later as was very interesting day. …

Southern Tier eastward 2016

By Luba Agranovich www.crazyguyonabike.com

Luba: still Texas but not a Texas Hill Country anymore
Monday April 11, 2016
Were changing our departure time today several time trying to avoid the rain. We almost managed it beside just a little drizzle that did not bother us since it was very warm. The ACA route took us on very pretty and quiet back roads. One dog tried to approach Leonid and me but we growled at it and the poor creature ran away in dismay. …

Injured veterans cycle from Houston to Fort Worth for the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery 2016 Texas Challenge

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More than 150 injured veterans and their supporters set off from Houston Monday for the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery 2016 Texas Challenge, a six-day, rehabilitative ride that ends in Fort Worth this Saturday, April 16.
Riders are traveling 490 miles through College Station, Tomball, Georgetown, Killeen, Fort Hood, Waco and Cleburne, before ending in Fort Worth. …

An Englishman in America

By Rob Lee www.crazyguyonabike.com

Apr 11: To Hillsboro
Monday April 11, 2016, 68 miles (109 km) – Total so far: 3,243 miles (5,219 km)
Posted via email Mon Apr 11 19:52:02 2016 PDT
There were some storms around last night. From my sheltered hilltop viewpoint I could see lightning flashing far away. None came especially close however!
Over breakfast I decided it may be prudent to look a couple of days ahead and see what’s coming up. Sure enough the next couple of days look rather sparse for services, so I decided to stock up on my way through Hatch. I also noticed that the Gila Cliff Dwellings were only a couple of days away. It’s a …

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Texas Bicycling News Digest April 10th 2016

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2016 LBJ 100

Pit Vins


moving up to the starting-line for the 42-mile ride


start & past the Texas White House


leaving the ranch


approaching rest stop # 1


on the road

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WALDEN RIDE: Seeing the forest for the trees

By ROBIN WALDEN www.whig.com


Saturday, April 9: Richards, Texas, to Shepherd, Texas
63 miles
2,028 total miles
Our day started with this beautiful sunrise.
The place we stayed last night is designed for bicyclists. There’s a garage with all the bike tools one would need, a salt-water pool, a kitchen and a gathering area with tables under cover where we ate. There were …

Heights firefighter gears up for bike ride to benefit MS

by Rachael Riley kdhnews.com


In 1999, Damon Sprouse, a Harker Heights firefighter and paramedic, knew his University of Texas professor was ending her tenure because of Multiple Sclerosis, but didn’t know much about the disease.
A few years later in 2003, Sprouse would participate in …

Maverick Chain Gang Ride

April 30, 2016
Pirkey Lake – West – 31.6 miles
Meet at: Cypress Valley Church, 4190 W Pinecrest Dr, Marshall, TX – 9:00 a.m.

No Hills, No Winds but lots of Great BS Backwards

Fort Worth Bicycling Association www.fwbaclub.org

Club Ride
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:00 am
Time to stretch the legs and start enjoying the Sping time. Come on out and have some fun. Thanks to Jim Burrows for letting me host this ride. It is full of good roads, lots of trees and few hills, very small hills. Maybe a little more Hills backwards, but still fun.
It is a good ride for beginners or experienced riders. So if you are a new member or want to become one come on out and meet some new friends on a great ride. If you have been a long time member come on out and enjoy the company of the other club members and catch up on what’s going on with each other.
Cue sheets will be provided.
Route distances of 26, 38, 43 and 53, something for everyone.

Southern Tier eastward 2016

By Luba Agranovich www.crazyguyonabike.com

Luba: we choose a harder way
Saturday April 9, 2016, 50 miles (80 km) – Total so far: 1,631 miles (2,625 km)
Rain was in today’s forecast. We knew the sunshine could not last forever… Luckily, we saw lightning and heard thunder, but only a few rare drops fell on us. We rode through the beautiful state park and, thankfully, no chip seal. Today I, finally, understood the reason for frequent warning to watch for water on the road. We were crossing a bridge over a creek that was, actually, a part of this creek. Meaning, the bridge was under several inches of water. I started to break wanting to stop before getting into water – we did not know how deep it was. My bike slipped on …

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