Texas Bicycling News and Blog Digest March 1st

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Competitors gear up for Road Race

Eagle staff report        www.theeagle.com

The Texas A&M University Cycling Team is holding the 16th annual Tunis Roubaix on Saturday and Sunday, which consists of three cycling races. Saturday’s Road Race, a 11.6-mile loop starting at the corner of Blue Ridge Drive and Valley Circle, runs between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., and the Individual Timed Trial is a 5.3-mile loop with the same start and finish as the road…

Notice to all recreational trail users of Marion Sansom and Gateway Parks

Fort Worth Mountain Biker’s Association

FWMBA received a statement from the City of Fort Worth attorney’s office on Friday, February 28. The statement allows the mountain bike trails at Gateway and Marion Samson.Parks to remain open as FWMBA continues to secure a general liability insurance policy per its agreement with the city.
Until insurance is secured FWMBA will not schedule any…

Elbowz Racing Elite Cycling Team

by Corey Ray

Mission Reach Ride

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club

Sunday March 9th, 2014 Mission Reach  Ride
Ride will start at 10:00 am from the Roosevelt Park Trail head next to the Mission Reach Trail (at the intersection of Roosevelt Rd and Mission Blvd from the south, St. Mary’s St. from the north and Lone Star Blvd from the west).  We will ride to Mission San Jose and then on to Mission San Juan on the newest extension of the Mission Reach trail and from there to the end of Villamain Road.  This is an out-and-back ride of about 16 miles, suitable for…

Stinson Field Mission Parkway Ride

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club

Sunday, March 16th: We will meet in the parking lot across from Stinson Field Municipal Airport located at 8535 Mission Road San Antonio, TX 78214-3101. We will depart Promptly at 8:30 am for a choice between a 32 mile ride to Mission San Juan and then along Villamain Rd, the service road along IH 37 and then along Old Corpus Christi Road and back to Stinson or a 25 mile ride which will take us down…

Action Requested: Memorial Park Master Plan survey

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A request for your input for the Memorial Park Master Plan process. Completing the survey will help guide the design process regarding what you consider important about the park. Please read and take a quick few minutes to complete. Thanks.
From the Memorial Park Conservancy:
First, thank you to those of you who have forwarded our Memorial Park Long-Range Master Planning survey to your groups, and a double thank you if you have filled it out yourself! As a reminder, we have had the survey up and active since November as a way to collect input from…

Corinth Cycling Rides

Corinth Cycling

8:00am – “B is for Breakfast”
When: Sat Mar 22, 2014 8am to 10:30am  CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: A 40 – 50 mile group ride at a B/C group ride pace.
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8:00am – Sunday Group Ride
When: Sun Mar 16, 2014 8am to 10:30am  CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: http://www.corinthcycling.com/cccriderules.pdf 8:00am
8:00am- Corinth Cycling Group Rides
When: Sat Mar 15, 2014 8am to 11am  CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Corinth Cycling Saturday morning group rides. Please visit http://www.corinthcycling.com/cccriderules.pdf for additional information.

Road Ride Calendar

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This Week’s Activities

Fort Worth Bicycling Association

FWBA Meeting
Monday, March 3, 2014 7:00 pm
The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:00 am
Burleson and Beyond
Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Romp
Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:00 am
Joe Pool Lake
Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:00 am
Grand Prairie: Lynn Creek Marina

Bicycle chase leads to warrant, meth bust

www.yourhoustonnews.com

A deputy saw a 32-year-old man riding a bicycle without front and back reflectors at night time in the Hazy Hollow subdivision Feb. 21.
The man allegedly attempted to flee when the deputy tried to meet with the man but was subdued a short distance away. Dispatchers advised the deputy that the man had a felony warrant for theft of metal. The deputy placed him in custody, at which time a small bag of crystal methamphetamine was allegedly found in his possession. An additional felony charge of possession of a controlled substance was added.

Women’s Open Day 1 Video Report from Lago Vista

TexasBikeRacing.com

Women’s Open – Saturday (day one) race report from La Primavera at Lago Vista. March 1, 2014.
From Mat Stephens, Boneshaker / D1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9GFHAA7yM&feature=player_embedded

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Honeysuckle and Mowed Grass

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Yellow honeysuckle blooms littered the bike path as I made my out of Kingwood. Is this a sign of spring? Later I saw about a dozen people mowing their yards. The smell of grass filled the air and I breathed deeply. Today was the first ride of March and the weather axiom of in like a lion and out like a lamb seemed to point to the lamb side. It was 71 and overcast when I left on the ride at 10:34 and by the time I returned home at 1:38 the sky was partly cloudy and 81 degrees. I am loving the warm temperature. Sadly this probably will last another day and then back to cold on Monday. I plan on biking tomorrow (Sunday).

Riding to the north through New Caney and on Gene Campbell Road before making the turn back home on FM1314 put me in and out of what felt like a stiff wind. Riding west on Gene Campbell Road two large dump trucks went past me in the opposite direction sucking a lot of wind with them. I had to step up my effort to recover speed. Later going east on FM1314 I thought I was going with the wind but when a number of cars or trucks passed me on the left the wind came behind them and pushed against me. When the road bent to the left some at Sorters Road the wind was not such an issue.

I biked 36.86 miles at a 15.1 mph average speed. For the week I biked 68.32 miles so far. Since this is the first day of March the day’s miles repeat. Year to miles are 742. My goal for March is the average of the last three years = 505 miles. With the iffy weather next week this could be difficult.

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Texas Bicycling News and Blog Digest February 28th

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Bike to RAFT’s All Out Trinity Festival

by The Announcer Guy    www.bikingdallas.com


This Saturday, March 1, come out to the massive All Out Trinity Festival via bike and see parts of the Trinity and West Dallas you’ve never seen before. For one day only, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge will be closed to automobile traffic and will be full of activities, markets, and organizations. There’s even a beer garden! Bike Texas, BikeDFW, Richardson Bike Mart, Mercy Street Bike Shop will all…

US Cup Series begins Saturday with live stream

www.usacycling.org

Austin, Texas (February 26, 2014) — The Crown Jewel of the Mountain Bike season is back and better than ever. Set in the heart of the Texas Hill Country and a just outside the cultural mecca of Austin, Texas, the Subaru of Georgetown Mellow Johnny’s Classic is the first stop on the USA Cycling US Cup Pro Series presented by Sho-Air Cycling Group. The new four-race series is the richest purse in cross-country racing, and all four events will be sanctioned by the UCI as Category HC or Category 1 events.

The contenders
SHO-Air/Cannondale’s Jeremiah Bishop leads the pack at the 2013 Mellow Johnny’s Classic.
A star-studded pro field will line up on Saturday for the first major cross country race of the North American season.  Three-time winner Max Plaxton (Cannondale Factory Racing) and two-time winner…

Fort Worth cancels park trail work day after losing insurance

By Caty Hirst        www.star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH — Biking and hiking trails in Gateway and Marion Sansom parks will remain open although local volunteers won’t be able to work on the trails after losing their insurance coverage.
The Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association, a nonprofit that builds and maintains the trails, will lose their insurance effective on Saturday because the International Mountain Bicycling Association could not come to terms on a master policy for the association and its affiliated clubs.
Bikers, hikers and others who use the trails can continue to…

Monday Meeting at MJs + VC on the Podium!

Violet Crown


The March VC meeting is at Mellow Johnny’s this Monday, March 3, starting at 7:00 pm and going until 9:00 pm. The store will be open to us for purchases. We will have beer and pizza, hear about whatever MJs wants to tell us about their new products/bikes/etc., and talk about…

Temporary Closure of Trails in Addicks and Barker Reservoirs

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From the US Army Corp of Engineers:
Please be advised that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a project that is repairing joints within the water discharge tunnels and reinforcing the spillways with steel plates at the Corps’ Addicks and Barker dams/reservoirs. For public safety reasons, project work requires temporary closures of the Terry Hershey Trail north of Interstate 10 (Addicks Dam) and the…

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Grampies Go South

By Steve Miller and Dodie Miller

Day 55: Barton Creek to Johnson City: The hills are alive (and trying to kill us)
Friday February 28, 2014, 59 km (37 miles) – Total so far: 3,171 km (1,970 miles)
The night was a bit cold at our wild camp, but as long as you kept your hoodie on, it was ok. Of course we were tired enough not to mind traffic noise, but we did subconsciously note that it continued all through the night.Old Bee Caves Rd. must just be too close to suburban development, and so has high traffic volumes. In the morning we could see this again as we took to the road. Old Bee Caves Road and the other short roads that make up the route in the area west of Austin, have no shoulder, and too much traffic to be safe. As we wrote before, what happens when traffic volume is high is that the driver who comes up behind the cyclist has the choice of slowing down and squeezing past, or not slowing down and zooming past. If the oncoming lane is free, there is room to do these. But if the lane is occupied or if a car is coming and soon will…

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Is It Okay If I Whine a Little?

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It’s a good thing I rode the miles on Monday to reach my February goal of 370 miles. Since then the weather has not been biking friendly to me. As I write this the sky is overcast with a light rain that ended about an hour ago. The forecast 70 degrees is not happening being 62 now.

I planned on riding today wearing my new Texbiker.net jersey to add a few miles to February’s total. Instead I am inside looking at the wet street. Maybe the forecast will be real tomorrow.

Last year I rode the Gator Ride in Baytown on the 1st Saturday. This year I will not ride there. The reason is the $50 registration cost. I have noticed a few rides have increased their registration to $50 and I think this is too rich for many people. The next ride in my area is the Raven’s Revenge in Huntsville on March 8th Weather permitting I plan on riding there.

Thankfully spring arrives in March and warmer weather with it, I hope.