Texas Biking March 27th 2020

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(Long) Road to NAHBS 2020 – Teaser interview w/ Revel Bikes (and wheels)

By Greg Kopecky | bikerumor.com

Our readers love the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and so do we. That’s why we were all saddened to learn of its postponement due to the COVID-19 virus.

What to do? The show has been rescheduled to August, but we still have plenty of great NAHBS content to share with you. We’re going to have our usual series of pre-NAHBS interviews to put the spotlight on a handful of our favorite builders – and will start sharing these stories NOW, when the original show was scheduled to begin. Economic times will be tough for us all, but perhaps even more so for small independent businesses. Thus, we feel it is our duty to help promote these builders, and keep the excitement going all …

Lucy Park Enchanted Forest Mountain Bike Mud Bath

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I had sheltered in place for almost an entire day, voluntarily, as doing such is not yet mandatory at my location, though mandatory sheltering in place is being discussed today by those in charge of deciding such things for the people who live in Wichita Falls.

So, whilst still being able to exit my abode without fear of being in trouble with the mandatory sheltering special police I drove my bike hauling vehicle to Lucy Park to do some riding in this sudden return to summer-like temperatures.

90 something was the high yesterday, cloudy and not quite so hot today.

I figured, what with the return of extreme heat Lucy Park, would have totally …

NON-GROUP RIDES – El Paso Bicycle Club

Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:30am – 11:30am Central Time – Chicago Where Across from Rio Plaza (Park across from strip center at 6205 Upper Valley Rd (just north of Artcraft), El Paso, TX) (map)

more details » Due to the current crisis, El Paso Bicycle Club is NOT sponsoring any group rides. BUT we are allowed to ride with 1-3 other people. Our suggestion is that people who want to find someone else to ride with come to Rio Plaza at 8:30 and join up in a group of no more than 4 people. You decide route and pace. Practice social distancing with people before, during and after the ride: Be sure to keep 6 feet apart. Please RSVP so we know who to expect.

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Bike Ride to FM 1485 and Back with Fritter Power

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I got a little later start on today’s bike ride leaving home at 11:17 AM to ride the “Kingwood – FM1485 -Kingwood” route biking 31.61 miles. Time just ran faster than I moved.

Weather during the bike ride: start 86 (63% humidity, 71.5 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 13 mph. Finish 89 (55% humidity, 70.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 14 mph gusts 29 mph. Another short sleeve jersey day. The wind on the way back from New Caney was determined to work my legs over and succeeded eroding my average speed down from 14.0 mph to 13.5 mph by the 2:02 PM finish back in Kingwood. Those 29 mph gusts are a killer to pedal in. I saw the RGV might have 45 mph winds today; glad I am not trying to ride there. Saturday a front will pass through slightly changing to cooler temperatures and maybe some rain. I plan on biking before the front arrives in the morning.

Because of all the energy I used pedaling back to Porter I rationalized, aided by good timing, that I must stop st Pat’s Donut’s for an Apple Fritter to power me back to Kingwood. I got there about 4 minutes before they closed which is good because the salesman gave me two fritters for the price of since it was just before closing. He was kind to put them in a plastic bag so I could carry they as I rode. I didn’t stay at Pat’s to eat the fritter but rode south to Auburn Trails where I found a shady spot to eat the fritter. I know I should not ate it but it tasted so good and the sugar powered me back to Kingwood into the headwind.

Yesterday I wrote that I needed 28 miles to beat last October’s monthly total but I was wrong. I really needed 48 miles to beat the 764 miles biked last October; my memory failed me. With today’s 31.61.miles I now need 17 miles to beat last October. With 4 potential riding days that looks doable.

3-27-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking News March 26th 2020

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Which San Antonio businesses have to close under stay-home orders?

Patrick Danner | www.expressnews.com

At a minute before midnight Tuesday, new stay-at-home orders took effect that directed all nonessential businesses in San Antonio and elsewhere in Bexar County to close their doors and have employees work from home.

You’re sure to see many businesses still operating today if you venture out, however. …

Joe Treanor, manager of Bike World Alamo Height, treats doors and counters with disinfectant. The business is allowed to remain open under an exemption to the stay-at-home orders.

… Whit Snell, owner of Bike World, wondered if he’d have to close his four San Antonio bike shops because of the orders.

“I was unclear about it,” he said. So he emailed the mayor’s office. …

Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association

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Lake Bryan will be closing this evening at 5:00pm in order to comply with the Brazos County shelter-in-place order. The public will not be allowed access, including annual pass holders until the order is lifted.

Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association Because the entire park is closed. If we go out there to ride the trails we would be considered trespassing according to BTU because the park is closed to the public. Tried to get around that but no go. …

Which Austin, Texas Bike Shops Are Open During the COVID-19 Shelter in Place?

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During my ongoing spins around town, at least my neck of the woods, I’ve passed by a few local bike shops (LBS). Given the government shut-down of all non-essential business, it seemed most of the LBS’s were forced to close. Many operate on thin margins, so it’s not good news. But I began thinking: If auto dealers, car repair and auto parts shops are open, isn’t it discriminatory against the car-less and poor to close down the LBS’s?

However, bicycling is an exempt activity from the health department order to stay home. And if you ride a bike, you know you will eventually need new …

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Adding March Miles With Great Weather

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Fantastic bike ride weather again today. 83 degrees when I began riding the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route at 10:42 AM. A few clouds in the sky but the ride progressed the clouds thinned out and the temperature went up to 87 degrees by the time I finished biking 32.39 miles at 1:13 PM.

Those miles pushed my March total to 716.43 miles, the most miles in a month since last October. If I ride another 28 miles I will surpass last October’s 744 miles.

The Lynskey R300 Titanium road bike now totals 523 miles since the first bike ride in February. I am starting to figure out the gearing combinations that mimic the ones I use on the Canyon Endurace. Today I probably should’ve shift to a lower gear once I worked up to the one I used for most of the ride.

Only about half of the other bikers I passed on the ride made it in the video because the missing half popped up when I wasn’t expecting them and didn’t have time to record them on the GoPro. I am still having a problem with the GoPro freezing after I change the battery but I think the MicroSD card is not fast enough and the video hangs up writing to the card.

Friday’ weather may be even warmer but a front arrives sometime Saturday. I will add miles tomorrow.

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