Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup January 11th

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Cyclocross Project 2015

Corinth Cycling
Doin’ Work! With the Team Boys! FTP!

Hollywood Park Bicycle Club
Great first meeting of the Hollywood Park Bicycle Club. I enjoyed meeting a bunch of new folks. Great things to come for this awesome group.

DORBA DIRT DAYS AT HORSESHOE TRAIL
Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association
Saturday, February 22, 2014    11:00 AM
Horseshoe Trail
Boathouse Drive at Horseshoe Trail, Grapevine, TX (map)

Come out and learn your way through Horseshoe mountain bike trail!
All levels are welcome, we will break up into groups according to riding ability.

Helmets are required
Lunch and Wrench support will be provided…

DORBA DIRT DAYS AT River Legacy park
Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association
Saturday, April 19, 2014    10:00 AM
River Legacy Park
703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington, TX (map)

Come out and learn your way through Horseshoe mountain bike trail!
All levels are welcome, we will break up into groups according to riding ability.

Helmets are required

Wrench support will be provided…

TMC Individual Time Trial Series
Team McAllen Cycling
Sunday, January 19th, 2014 at 8am – 10am
Sunday, February 16th, 2014 at 8am – 10am
Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 at 8am – 10am
Sunday, April 27th, 2014 at 8am – 10am

Location: Bentsen Palm Park, located of Inspiration Rd Mission (North of the Veterans Memorial Cemetery)…

Alkek Velodrome

The are signs of life (besides the fire ants) once again a the track! We have about 16 riders out for the first open session of the year and thanks to Mason Courtney for being the track mechanic for the day. There’s still plenty of time to load up the bike and join us.

Spinistry

CX Shenanigans No. 24
joeyTWOwheels        texascx.com
Holy crap!

Texas is taking nationals by storm with four podiums so far. Fred “Captain America” Schmid took second in the 80+ and Christina Gokey-Smith took the same in women 40-44 with Catherine Moore in third, same race.

I would have guessed those ladies to be in their late 20s, but that’s just me.

Rolando Roman – 61/88 SS
Ben Cross – 77/101 Men’s Non-champ 30-44
Chris Carlson – 22/103 Men’s Non-champ 45-99
Michael Bohn – 52/103 Men’s Non-champ 45-99
Martin Soetaert  – 28/58 Men’s 55-59
Bill Cullins – 13/14 Men’s 65-69
Whitney Fanning – 14/14 Men’s 65-69
Fred Schmid – 2/2 Men’s 80+ SILVER…

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Perspiration Soaked Gloves

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Today was what January weather should be like. Clear sky, 71 degrees and 10 mph NW breeze. Even with a fairly light breeze I struggled whenever I rode into it. Going north on Loop 494 it took a lot of effort to go 13 to 14 mph and sometimes all I managed was 11 mph. Once I turned left onto FM1485 the wind was not in my face so much. Going west on Gene Campbell Road allowed me to pick up speed to recoup the time lost and increase my average speed. The left dog leg on Gene Campbell moved the wind more to my back and the effort dropped down.

Riding southeast on FM1314 put the wind almost directly behind me and helped my winter-weakened leg muscles get my speed up to 21 mph almost all the way to the Stripes station at Old Sorters Road where I took a break to refuel and drink a Diet Pepsi. When I got to Stripes I noticed perspiration running down my arm soaking my gloves. They were wet enough to wring out. This was probably caused by the new windbreaker jacket I wore. It did not have any vents so the sweat built up. Hanging the gloves on the handlebar in the sun dried them out while I took my break. After all of the cold and dampness this week sitting in the sun was very pleasant. The humidity today was a very low 24%, a big change from yesterday with 79%.

With today’s 35.21 mile ride I reached 103.43 miles for January. This is the longest ride of the year but I’ve only rode 4 times.

I spotted another rider in Oakhurst but that was all.

Tomorrow the weather is supposed to repeat today and I plan on biking but not as far.

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Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup January 10th

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Leaf Trip Adventures
By Kim Jennings            bicyclesoutbackracing.net

After a long season of racing bikes, it’s always refreshing to take some time and explore new territory on your bicycle. Last month Michelle and I took the RV down to the epic Texas hill country to check out the changing color of the fall leaves and to find some climbing. We accomplished both activites by staying in Vanderpool, TX which is adjacent to Lost Maples State Park and the quaint town of Utopia. The names certainly represent the hidden gems found in this south western area of Texas.
We headquartered our campsite at a local mom and pop owned property called, “A Little Piece of Heaven.” It did the name justice and was located a few miles off the main highway and smack in the middle of some beautiful routes we found on the Map My Ride website. There was a clear fresh water stream right outside our campsite and there was…

Brushy Creek Regional Trail
www.austinbike.com

The Brushy Creek Regional Trail is a great example of the trail builders working with the city to get more singletrack for biking cut into the Austin area.
The trail consists of multiple sections, including “Mulligan”, near the golf course, “Picnic” which is along the creek and “Deception”, the largest of the trails.
The Picnic and Mulligan are about 1.75M total between the two, with Deception being the…

Upcoming TMBRA Races
Mellow Johnny’s Classic
March 1 & 2
Flat Creek Crossing
Dripping Spring, TX

Bicycle Sport Shop
Pace Bend Race Festival
March 15 & 16
Pace Bend Park
Austin, TX

STORM Hill Country Challenge
March 29 & 30
Flat Rock Ranch
Comfort, TX

Bent Wheel Bash
April 12 & 13
Buck Creek Trails/Police Academy
Abilene, TX

Richardson Bike Mart
DORBA Prayer Mountain Pedal
April 26
Big Cedar Wilderness
Dallas, TX

GHORBA Big Ring Challenge
May 3 & 4
Double Lake Recreation Area
Coldspring, TX

Sugar Cycles presents
The Warda Race
Feb 17 &18
Bluff Creek Ranch
Warda, TX

Cyclocross Project 2015

Bear Moon Bakery Ride/ Tour De Cure Trainning Ride
Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
Bear Moon Bakery Ride Saturday January 25th
Meet at Leon Springs Park and Ride at 9:00 a.m. for a 31-mile ride with mostly gently rolling hills and a few more challenging hills on Amman Rd.  The ride will take us through Fair Oaks Ranch and then on to Amman Road towards Boerne.  We will stop at the Bear Moon Bakery on Main St. in Boerne.  (Note:  They ask you not to enter if your shoes have cleats that can scar their wooden floors.)   For those who wish to avoid the hills on Amman Road, but still want a good excuse to eat pastries at the bakery there is are two shorter options both with return with the longer route group:  a 23 mile ride from the Park and Ride and a 15 mile ride which will start at 9:30 from the Fair Oaks Village strip Mall on…

Competitors battle high winds during day three of cyclo-cross nationals
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Boulder, Colo. (Jan. 10, 2014) — High winds, gusting to over 40 mph, threw an additional challenge at the competitors during Friday’s competition at the 2014 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships held at Valmont Bike Park in Boulder, Colo. At the end of the day, 11 new national champions emerged through the elements to don the Stars-and-Stripes jerseys. …

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Juniors women 15-16
1. Hannah Arensman (Rutherford College, N.C./Evolution Jr. Devo Team) 32:18
2. Mina Anderberg (Boulder, Colo./Sports T.E.A.M.) +1:05
3. Ashley Zoerner (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Alpha Bicycle Co.-Vista Subaru) +2:12
4. Summer Moak (Katy, Texas/TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) 2:42
5. Jessie Linder (Cedar Crest, N.M./Get Out! New Mexico) +3:33

Who needs a spin studio…
An Old Guy On Two Wheels
…when you have a cargo bike?

Took Mongo over to the big box depot of home improving stuff.  Needed a few little items and decided to test out the Xtracycle Wideloaders. Got some soil amendments for my veggie garden. Not too bad. Some…

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Almost Turned Back

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I stopped to think as I got ready to ride. I almost forgot what wardrobe goes with the weather conditions. After a couple of minutes it came to me and I pulled out a long sleeve jersey, shorts and the new windbreaker jacket. I thought this would be warm enough based on my walking around outside but when I rolled out the driveway I thought leg warmers would’ve been nice and maybe a second jersey but I kept riding. It was 67 degrees and overcast so not much warmth came from the sun. It took about 6 miles before I started to feel comfortable by then I came into some light drizzle/mist just north of Lake Houston in Kingwood. This drizzle stayed with me until I crossed over W. Lake Houston Parkway and rode south on Pinehurst Trail Drive.

Thoughts of shortening the ride from 31 miles to 23 or so crossed my mind not wanting to get caught in real rain but I pressed on and when I reached FM1960 to cross over into Walden the drizzle went away. From then on until I got home the drizzle stayed away.

The route through Atascocita, Walden and Huffman totaled 32.39 miles, almost as much as the two previous rides in 2014. Between the cold spells and rain yesterday riding days have been few. So far I’ve rode 68.22 miles this year. Not much but the weather forecast says the next two days should be clear and in the 60’s. If this happens I plan on biking.

In January 2013 I rode 11 days for a total of 309.39 miles. I will need to pickup the pace if I want to match that.

I included a slide of the weather radar when I finished the ride. Several patches of rain were in the area looking for me to rain on.

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