by #swilson_made | www.meetup.com
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We’re spinning wheels and chasing heels at the 2022 Steam-N-Wheels Bike Race held at SeaBee Park on Ft. Phantom Lake. Experience the burn on our 48-mile competitive race, pack a punch on our 28-mile course, or break a sweat on our 11-mile ride. Cost is $35 per cyclist and the first 100 riders that register will receive a complimentary t-shirt. Packet pickup will be available on March 25th between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at 633 Walnut Street or the race day at SeaBee Park beginning at 8:00 am. …
By Richard Shoop | www.singletracks.com
Arts, entertainment, music, and mountain biking?! Austin is well-known for the first three, but it is also a great destination for riders of all abilities. This multicultural city offers riders great trails, great food, and great fun.
To get the lowdown on what makes Austin worth riding, I reached out to the Austin Ridge Riders. Greg Stevens, the Special Events Program Director for the club provided me with some great information on Austin’s riding scene. …
By Rachel DePompa and Daniela Molina | www.ktre.com
InvestigateTV – The Consumer Product Safety Commission issues hundreds of safety recalls each year. It’s possible you have a recalled product in your home and don’t even know it.
Our national investigative team exposed that many recalls take years, and the law does not incentivize companies to tell consumers about potential problems.
There are two websites you can use to find out whether something you just bought, or have owned for years, has either been recalled or reported as potentially dangerous.
The first is cpsc.gov/recalls. On this site, you don’t even have to know the brand of the product, you can research for recalls on anything. For example, if you were to search “pacifier”, you would instantly find all the recalls in recent years for that type of product. The site will also run searches for related products. For example, if you search “bicycle”, you get results on every bike that’s recently …
By Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com
The town of Flower Mound will hold a public review meeting this week regarding its draft of the Flower Mound Trails & Bikeways Master Plan.
The Trails and Bikeways Master Plan will serve as a roadmap for the future improvement and expansion to trails and bikeways within Flower Mound, according to the town. It will give the town a plan for how existing and new neighborhoods are connected to key destinations such as schools, parks, shopping areas and major employment centers. The master plan is a year-long effort to engage the public about their vision for trails and bikeways in …
STORM | www.bikereg.com
Volunteer Information:
Prior to the event, you will be e-mailed a volunteer handbook outlining your assigned tasks. Please review and contact us if you cannot fulflful those responsibilities.
Please arrive on time for your respective duties as they are time-sensitive and critical to the timely and safe operation of our event.
Volunteers will be added to the front gate list and have their land use and camping fees waived.
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Camping – there will be plenty of space to put up a tent in the camping area if you would like to camp out. There is a shower facility that volunteers will have access to.
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Parking – Park at the volunteer shed or in the general parking areas. If you are camping, you can drive in and park next to your campsite.
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Food for volunteers.
Saturday Dinner – food for volunteers Saturday evening.
Sunday Breakfast – TBD.
Sunday Lunch – You will be able to put together a "build your own" brownbag lunch that you can take to your volunteer post for the day.
Sunday Post-race meal – food will be provided for volunteers.
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T-shirts are provided for volunteers. Select your size when you sign up for your volunteer spots. …
By Dean Mitchell | www.crazyguyonabike.com
El Paso, TX: Tailwind
Friday February 11, 2022, 180 km (112 miles) – Total so far: 882 km (548 miles)
I left Hachita, NM thinking it was going to be a shorter ride to Columbus, NM. I got a nice tailwind today for the first time in a few days. When I got to Columbus, I decided to go to El Paso instead, that made it become a high milage day. The road was mostly flat with a few hills thrown in. Very little traffic which consisted of mostly Border Patrol and a few trucks. I followed the border all day.
It was another day of barren and remote landscape, sunny and 20c.
I did notice more Border Patrol vehicles as I got near El Paso. About …
El Paso, TX
Saturday February 12, 2022, 41 km (25 miles) – Total so far: 923 km (574 miles)
Not much movement today, kind of a rest day. Rode south east through the city to a motel on the outskirts of town. Back to more remoteness in the upcoming days. Being a Saturday, traffic was light. I rode mostly the ACA Southern Tier map route.
Sunny, headwind, 11c …
Sierra Blanca, TX
Sunday February 13, 2022, 125 km (78 miles) – Total so far: 1,048 km (651 miles)
Left south El Paso and headed to Sierra Blanca. It was quite cool but warmed up as the morning went on. There was a long climb up heading east. Just outside of Sierra Blanca, I got a flat so that put me behind a bit. The slime in the tube did not stop anything as the goat horn thorns punctured in two places. I pulled them out of the tire and used a new tube. I got food and a hotel, the Super Bowl has just got under way.
Sunny, light wind, 15c. …
Van Horn, TX
Monday February 14, 2022, 55 km (34 miles) – Total so far: 1,103 km (685 miles)
Left late as it was a short day. Not much going on, lots of brown scenery with clear blue skies. I don’t think I have seen a cloud in 12 days.
Resting up for a bigger ride tomorrow to Marfa, TX with nothing in between here and there.
Sunny, light wind, 21c …
Drop Bar, Texas: A cycling podcast, By Paul Negrete | anchor.fm
La Primavera Lago Vista is back for it’s 30th year in 2022! Don Hutchison gives us some history lessons on the event and what makes this a Texas road race classic. It’s truly a beautiful race. I also give you some ideas on what to do when you’re not a super bowl fan that might come in hand next time, highlight a feat of glory, as well as a look at races around the horizon in March.
Music: Back to the Woods by Jason Shaw
Links:
La Primavera Lago Vista Murphy Crit p/b KRG UNT Crit Drop Bar Texas Team Store
