Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup July 26th

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Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association (GHORBA)
Just learned there was an accident in which a cyclist lost his life during a ride at the Anthills yesterday evening. I don’t know any of the details and I am not sure if it’s appropriate to broadcast his name at this time. Very sad news. …

Upcoming Events!
Baylor Cycling
August
24th/25th – UT Track Race (Alkek Velodrome in Katy, TX)
31st/Sept1st – Camp Eagle MTB Race (Camp Eagle in Rocksprings, TX)
September
7th/8th – LSU Track Conf Championship (BR Velodrome in Baton Rouge, LA)
14th/15th – UT MTB Race (Flat Rock Ranch in Comfort, TX)
19th/20th/21st – Track Nat Championship (7-11 Velodrome in College Station, CO)
21st/22nd – Centenary College MTB Race (Bodcau Rec Area in…

Superdrome Points Series, canceled
by shrinkboy        www.bikeforums.net
dang, the folks who run our Superdrome in Frisco TX had to cancel the rest of this summer’s Friday night racing because of lack of attendance. how disappointing, but I understand thoroughly because we’ve had total turnouts of sometimes 8 or even less in all categories. hard to keep officials around for something like that.
i think there is just too much competition from crits and RRs around here ….I guess
hoping that the Fall series goes better. …

Thursday Ride at Walnut Creek – Beginner/intermediate ride level
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Thursday, August 1, 2013        5:30 PM
Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park
12138 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX (map)

Back to normal summer hours
This will be a beginner ride and will be doing around 8 -10 miles.

Chris is willing to lead a faster group so we can have an intermediate group.
Please be there and be ready to roll by 5:30 pm. We meet in the parking lot near the…

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Keep the Wheels Turning – July 26th Bike Ride

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Some of the clouds were dark as I scanned the sky at the beginning of the ride. I thought maybe rain could be in the area but as I rode the clouds thinned and the dark ones went away. I left home at 10:33 with 88 degrees and 63% humidity and a light 7 mph SSW breeze. It didn’t take long for me to warm up and perspiration start flowing. The general route I had in my mind went south and then east. As I rode I decided to take some different streets in Atascocita to add to the expected distance. The ride ended up at 33.27 miles at 15.5 mph average speed. Some of the route put me in the tree shade since the sun had not reached the high point. The shade was greatly appreciated with the coolness.

The wind provided plenty of resistance when I biked west over Lake Houston out in the open. I thought the west bound traffic would help some but it didn’t. The wind strength seemed to increase when I rode over the places in the causeway where the water passes under. I guess this allows the wind to flow through as well.

Nobody was biking that crossed my path.

July miles increased to 765.92. The week’s miles are 170.49. Year to date I biked 4092 miles.

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 25th

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Poth Page: Ride to Remember coming Sept. 7
www.wilsoncountynews.com
The City of Poth will host the sixth annual “Ride To Remember” Bicycle Ride and 5K Run/Walk in cooperation with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Poth Economic Development Corp. The event will take place on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 7. There will be four…

Midnight Massacre 2013
By Kim            bicyclesoutbackracing.net
Summers in Texas are HOT, and sometimes we have to be creative in our training regimen. The Spinistry puts on some crazy fun events, and their Midnight Massacre gravel grinder seemed like a good fit to mix up our bike routine.


Michelle and I had attempted the 100K gravel ride last year, but were unsuccessful with a torn sidewall about 5 miles into the route. We tried to butt the tire, but that didn’t hold so after going through all our tubes we had to fill the…

Austin Bicycling Events
Friday, July 26
Meat Week
9:00am     Georgetown- Sun City Cyclists Friday Ride (Road)
10:00am        Farm Stand
2:30pm    CenAus- Truancy Friday Ride
6:00pm    Florence- Heart of Texas BMX Weekly Race
7:00pm    NAus- Nelo’s Cycles Shop Weekday Ride (Road)
7:30pm    CenAus- Fast Fridays Ride (Road)
7:30pm     CenAus- Austin Critical Mass Ride
Saturday, July 27
Meat Week
7:00am     NWAus- Nelo’s Cycles Shop Weekday Ride (Road)
7:30am     SwAus- Gruppo VOP Saturday Ride (Road)
7:30am     Gruppo VOP (Adv)
7:30am     SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Road Ride
8:00am     NwAus- Violet Crown Bagel Ride (Road Ride)
8:00am     NwAus- Bicycle Sport Shop Parmer Store Saturday Ride
8:00am     SwAus- Circle C Ranch Cycle Club
8:30am     SoAus- Austin Tri-Cyclist Saturday Shop Road Ride
8:30am     CenAus- Middle of the Road Ride (MOTR)
8:30am     ATC Training Ride (Int,Adv)
8:30am     Austin Flyers Club Ride
9:00am     CenAus- Yellow Bike Project at the Austin Farmer’s Market (Downtown)
9:00am     Georgetown- Sun City Cyclists Saturday Ride (Road)
9:00am     CenAus- Mellow Mountain Ride
9:00am     Kyle- Hill Country Tri Club Saturday Ride (Road)
Sat, July 27, 9am – 12pm
Where: Lucky Cup Coffee House- 130a Kirkham Cir, Kyle, TX 78640 (map)
DescriptionThis is the weekly road ride of the Hill Country Tri Club. Distances vary depending on the group that shows up. For more info, visit http://hillcountrytri.org
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9:00am     CenAus- Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride Shop Road Ride
9:00am     SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Mountain Bike Ride…

Racing underway at Juniors Track Nationals in Trexlertown
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Trexlertown, Pa. (July 25, 2013) – Over 200 young cyclists have made their way to the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown, Pa. where the 2013 USA Cycling Juniors Track National Championships kicked off on Thursday. …

…The morning session saw Raul Arias J.R. (East Palo Alto, CA/San Jose Bicycle Club) besting Daniel Gay (Temecula, CA/VRC) in the flying lap with a time of 19.936 compared to Gay’s 20.15. In the omnium’s points race, it was Andres Alayon (Miami, FLa.) to take the win with 50 points ahead of Noah Granigan (Cape May Court House, NJ/C.F. Racing) who accumulated 44 points. Day had another strong performance for omnium points when the evening session rolled around. The California rider bested Zachary Carlson (Plano, Texas/Matrix Cycling Club) in the…

Conroe Ride
Woodlands Cycling Club
Thursday, August 01, 2013, 06:15pm
Start location: Carl Barton Jr Park (click for map)

WCC Thursday Evening Conroe Ride
Purpose:
To provide a safe, fast-paced training ride to the members of WCC/WCCRT and guests, while ensuring that all rules of the road are followed; all participating cyclists are to keep safety for the group as a primary focus. Our goal is to get the best training with zero incidents. This ride is for advanced level cyclists and racers.
Ride Description:
The pace is fast (20mph-28mph) and geared toward…

Reimers Ranch Ride, Swim and WATERMELON!! – Austin Ridge Riders
23610 Hamilton Rd., Dripping Springs, TX 78620

https://parks.traviscountytx.gov/find-a-park/reimers-ranch

Trail Stewards Mark Henneke and Brad Sikes have called a ride for saturday morning. In order to beatthe heat the ride will start at 9:00 a.m. and they will be chilling some watermelon for a post ride treat. Bring your swimsuit as in order to make it a perfect day many will take advantage of the cool waters at nearby Hamilton Pool Reserve.

Day Fee:  $10.00 per vehicle   Carpooling is strongly encouraged!

Where to find them:   Look for the group at the Mountain Biking Trailhead.

Directions:  Get on Highway…

CITY OF FORT WORTH TO HONOR FWMBA’s 10,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS
by M2RIDER        Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association
In honor of the Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association milestone of 10,000 volunteer hours being donated to the construction and maintenance of the mountain bike trails at Marion Sansom and Gateway Park’s the Fort Worth city council will dedicate a special presentation and recognition of FWMBA at the Tuesday, August 13, 2013 council meeting.

Parks and Community Services Department director, Richard Zavala states, “This is simply awesome! What a great milestone for the FWMBA. The beneficiaries of your efforts are the citizens of Fort Worth, the Parks and Community Services Department and our park system overall.”

Everyone is invited to attend the special presentation located at 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 in the council chamber. The presentation will start at 7:00pm and should conclude by 7:30pm. Hope to see you there!

1ST Annual Crit – Downtown
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August 9, 2013- Washington Park, Brownsville, TX
Downtown Crit

Let’s Ride Travis Country Pumphouse – Mountain Biking Barton Creek Greenbelt
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Riding the Travis Country Pumphouse to Barton Creek trail segment. One of my favorite segments at Barton Creek Greenbelt and probably the segment where you have the longest sustained descent and a solid SuperD like effort.

A lot of fun and a good segment to really open it up on!

Let’s Ride!
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I’m going to try something new. With the racing season at a slow point, I find myself looking for other things to do when it comes to videos and things to write about.

While I was out riding my new (to me) Jet9 yesterday, and doing a little trail videoing, I thought it might be cool to do some “Let’s Ride…” videos that highlight certain…

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The Jersey Makes a Difference – July 25th Bike Ride

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The air continued to dry out with humidity of 62% as I left at 10:35 ( a little earlier than my recent start times) and the temperature was a mild 86.7 which would increase to 95 at 1:09 when I got back home. The humidity dropped to 41% by then as well. The calm wind at IAH was not exactly calm out on the route but not enough to really slow me down like yesterday when I was on FM1960 headed west.

I am beginning to realize that different jersey fabrics either encourage perspiration or help it evaporate quickly. The jersey (a Nashbar one)I wore yesterday had a tight knit and the perspiration did not evaporate very quickly. It did wick away from my skin which is helpful. Today’s jersey (a Bellwether one) had a more open knit and I could feel the wind drying the sweat and the cooling effect felt good. The jerseys did not hold water the same by the weight of each one when I took them off at home. So I will be selective about which jersey to wear when the humidity is high; the Bellwether type for high humidity and the Nashbar type for lower humidity. I have not noticed the difference in shorts.

Today I road north to Community Drive with the goal of 30 miles or so. To get to that total I looped through Valley Ranch, Briar Tree, Oakhurst and on to Forest Cove. The mileage totaled 30.85 so mission accomplished. Average speed came in at 15.6 mph. No real excitement today during the ride. No other bicyclists sighted.

Tomorrow’s weather should repeat today. Maybe I can get out and ride earlier than today.

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