Texas Bicycling News August 22nd 2022

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Afternoon Mountain Bike Ride – Rained on!

Esther Barrientez -TEAM TACO | strava.com

Video: Operation Comfort connects wounded troops and veterans with nature

www.kens5.com

The group provides adaptive bicycles to members who may not be able to participate otherwise.

Alkek Velodrome Update!

Stuart Gardner, Program Director | shoutout.wix.com

We have news about the rest of the track season, the return of cyclocross and the 2022-23 BellVelo Race series! Spectators are welcome and if you are racing or keen to please check out our racer guide.

Upcoming Events TNR Sprint Night 6:45 23rd Aug

Collegiate Intro Class 5:30pm 26th Aug

Atomic Elite TT Championships 8am Sat 27th Aug

Collegiate Racing Session 1 6:30pm 27th Aug

Collegiate Racing Session 2 8:30am 28th Aug

Intro to Track Cycling 11am 28th Aug

TNR Bunch Racing Feat. Jr & Masters Points Champs 6:45 30th Aug

Sprint & Keirin Championships Sat 3rd-Sun 4th Sept

TNR Madison & Team Night 6:45 6th Sept

Atomic TT Series Finals 8:30am Sat 10th Sept …

Brookshire

kelly May Nolan MTHCC | strava.com

VCC Mellow Monday:2 man pull-Thank you Paulo and Justen

Leo Vela (VCC) | strava.com

Upcoming Rides

Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com

JL Power Hour Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

Justice League Tuesday Night Ride Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

MCC Tuesday – Shell to McKeever Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 AM

Holler Beers and Gears Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Urban South Tuesday Night Ride Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

CA Tuesday 20 Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

West University Trek Ride Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Morning SBux Crew (Tues) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Trek West U Ride Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Pushin Watts Tuesday Interval Ride – 25mi Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Dark:30 from L3 Craft Coffee Wednesday, August 24, 2022 @ 5:30 AM

UBG 26 mile Wednesday Night Wednesday, August 24, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

The Boot Ride Wednesday, August 24, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Mountain Bike Playtime with Vintage Cycle! Wednesday, August 24, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

WALKING STICK THURSDAYS Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Social Pace Bike Ride with Vintage Cycle! Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 7:30 PM

PW – Sugar Kick 24mi Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

MCC Thursday – Shell to McKeever Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 6:30 AM

Morning SBux Crew (Thurs) Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Race Ready Repair Thursday Night Social Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 6:15 PM

Bridgeland Ride (FKA Wicked Boxer Ride) Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Trek West U Ride Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Look Pro Go Slow Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

Dark:30 from L3 Craft Coffee Friday, August 26, 2022 @ 5:30 AM

JL Friday Spice Power Hour Friday, August 26, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

CW CENTURY CHALLENGE – 4 No Label Brewing Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Sat Shop Ride | 44-miles | Pearland Bicycles Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Race Ready Repair – Beginner/Intermediate Road Ride Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 8:00 AM

IRONMAN FOR ONE DAY PLUS – 127 MILES Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 4:30 AM

Race Ready Repair Saturday 50 Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 8:00 AM

CWCC 5.5 Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 6:30 AM

Sunday miles with Vintage Cycle! Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Sunday Morning Ride with Kingwood Bicycles Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Active Passion Sunday Roll Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Active Passion Sunday Roll 20 mile C-group ride (New Rider Friendly) Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Critical Mass Austin 8/26 – 15 Chicon St from BikingATX

Austin Bike Bulletin Episode 3 for August 22-26,2022

Dear Diary Coffee | www.youtube.com

This week we invited Calais Morgan, Abi Robbins, and Elizabeth Wolensky-Gadea to chat about what makes a great group ride leader, and we talked about rides going on this week. (If it ever stops raining!)

Texas Biking from Twitter

New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Looking Forward To this Bike Ride Since May 24th

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I’ve been looking forward to this bike ride since receiving my Lynskey Helix bike May 24th. I ordered the bike with the SRAM Rival AXS eTap group thinking it would include the 48×35 crankset. I didn’t check the bike close enough until after several rides when I noticed the crankset was the 43×30. Contacting Lynskey about the difference they told me they don’t use the 48×35 Rival crankset but agreed to send me a 45×33 crankset which they did. Kingwood Bicycle replaced the crankset and Lynskey reimbursed me for the cost. I really wanted the 48×35 crankset because that would match the crankset and gearing on my Cervelo Caledonia bike which I felt was the gearing that best suited my riding on the flat terrain around Houston. After making due with the 45×33 last week I decided to order the 48×35 chainrings and replace them. After checking several online stores I learned the complete crankset was a $1 less than the cost of the individual chainrings. Figure that out! The complete crankset arrived Friday but I waited until yesterday to change them. At first I thought the bolts holding the chainrings were hex but it turned out they were T30 Torx. Fortunately I have a set of Torx bits and making the switch was fairly easy. With the new gearing I decided today I had to ride the Lynskey Helix and I am glad I did. The 48×35 gears and my legs hit it off as I rode the Spring Creek Greenway to John Pundt Park for the 8th time this year. Maybe the adrenaline from new bike stuff powered my ride above normal or the weather was just right (no rain). On Strava I recorded 7 personal record medals, 5 gold and 2 silver.

8-22-2022 YTD Bike Rides Spring Creek Greenway to Pundt Park
8-22-2022 YTD Bike Rides Spring Creek Greenway to Pundt Park

The new gearing required a new bike for my AXS.SRAM.com ride report and adjusting the settings on my Wahoo bolt computer. The twists and turns on the greenway limits my speed. I used the 35×15 gears the whole time on the greenway but I shifted to the 35×13 on the way back after going down the Bevill Jerrell Bridge ramp until the end of the ride.

I started the ride at 9:11 AM rolling out the driveway. The last few rides on the greenway the number of cyclists has been lower than I expected but I hoped today would be busier. I think it was. Riding west on Hamblen Road to the bridge I saw another cyclist riding behind me. As I made the turn from Hamblen road onto the road under US59/I-69 he rode beside me and we starting talking. We rode together until the bridge to Jesse Jones Park parking lot where I went left on the loop to the parking lot. It was great chatting with a fellow Kingwood cyclist. His name was Rick McDonald, recently retired and riding a nice Surly bike. He told me he has put over 7,000 miles since purchasing it earlier this year. He was going to ride the greenway to I-45 while I was turning around at John Pundt Park. There were numerous cyclists on the greenway and I only caught a portion of them in the video. One passed me on the way back to Jesse Jones Park and told me he had a Lynskey R500, thought it was a great bike but expensive.

The recent rains didn’t appear to be a problem for the greenway with only a few puddles on the road. I caught up with a county crew riding in a gator stopping a few times and look to the sky; I think they were checking trees. The creek water level was higher than my previous rides where I saw lots of sand but not much water. It looked like the creeks could handle more rain which we may get this week.

I stopped at Pundt Park for about 10 minutes before heading back to the US59 trailhead to rest and drink some water. While I sat on the picnic bench several cyclists rode by. Later at Jesse Jones Park I stopped again to eat a couple of granola bars to fuel me to the finish of the ride. While I sat on the bench looking at the ground a black wasp like bug scurried around digging little holes like a dog. He is near the end of the video. Not sure what kind of bug he is. I took these photos when I stopped for the granola bars.

8-22-2022 Lynskey Helix Jesse Jones Park-2
8-22-2022 Lynskey Helix Jesse Jones Park-2
8-22-2022 Lynskey Helix Jesse Jones Park-3
8-22-2022 Lynskey Helix Jesse Jones Park-3
8-22-2022 Lynskey Helix Jesse Jones Park-1
8-22-2022 Lynskey Helix Jesse Jones Park-1

The weather forecast indicated the chance of rain increased mid-afternoon so I wanted to finish before that and I completed the ride at 12:54 PM without any weather incidents. Weather conditions: start 84 (humidity 84%, dew point 79), mostly cloudy, wind S 3 mph; finish 90 (humidity 62%, dew point 75), mostly cloudy, wind SW 10 mph gusts 21 mph. I’m glad the humidity went down so I wouldn’t drip sweat like Saturday.

Some of the Strava top results: PR on Carter Park to Jesse H Jones Park (13:27), PR on Mazie’s Run (1:48), PR on Pundt Park to Carter Park (18:27), PR on Whip (2:22).

8-22-2022 Strava Ride Data Spring Creek Greenway Pundt Park
8-22-2022 Strava Ride Data Spring Creek Greenway Pundt Park

Texas Bicycling Action August 21st 2022

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2022 Cycle Progression Texas Cup is upon us

Dave Bellante | www.tmbra.org

It’s almost time! The @cycleprogression 2022 Texas Cup season opener is almost here! Race #1 Barber Hills Hard Labor presented by Paris Chevrolet Buick and GMC held at beautiful Pat Mays Lake. Time to dust off your number plate from this spring and get your legs ( and lungs ) ready for this sweet flowtasitc trail system. Register now: https://my.raceresult.com/214042/registration

Recovery Miles with Margo and Jessica

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com

Flats on flats

John Anderson | strava.com

Steady Smoothie Sunday

Nate Eguia | strava.com

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New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Short Rain Shower Moved Me To Zwift Wandering Flats

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The plan called for biking on the roads around Kingwood but on the way home from church the clouds looked threatening. Once I got home I decided to change the chainrings on my Lynskey Helix bike. I went out to the garage to get the ratchet wrench and the Torx bits. I didn’t think it would take very long but as I started I heard rain hitting the ground and finished installing the 48×35 chainrings. So much for my bike ride outside. It rained enough to get the streets wet and I changed to looking for a Zwift event. I didn’t find any for the distance and time I needed to start so I created my own event in the Makuri Islands on the Wandering Flats route. This is the second Zwift ride this week. Very unusual for this time of the year. A week ago I thought about canceling Zwift since I had not used it since April 15th.

8-21-2022 Bike Rides Zwift Makuri Island Wandering Flats
8-21-2022 Bike Rides Zwift Makuri Island Wandering Flats

The 16.2 mile distance fit my time window. I checked SportTracks to see if I rode this route before and found the only other time was December 7th, 2021. I set up the live stream on YouTube and go ready. I tried to do a spin down for my Wahoo Kickr Snap smart trainer but the Wahoo Utility app couldn’t connect. I thought having the Zwift Companion app open probably was why the Wahoo app didn’t connect. After the ride I was able to connect the Wahoo Utility app and do the spin down. Without the spin down the smart trainer wasn’t adjusting to the climbs properly. My speed would go down but the resistance didn’t increase. I think the spin down fixed that.

There were not many other Zwifters on the course.

With the help of Zwift I rode each day this week. I rode 200+ miles to keep my consecutive weeks streak alive.

8-21-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary
8-21-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary

Strava recorded a 2nd fastest time on Wandering Flats (58:40), considering I’ve only rode the route twice that is fitting.

8-21-2022 Strava Zwift - Makuri Islands Wandering Flats
8-21-2022 Strava Zwift – Makuri Islands Wandering Flats