Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup March 20th

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Anyone in the DFW area interested in Tutoring/Riding one on one with a newbie?
Ambear            forums.mtbr.com/texas
I originally posted this in the Beginner’s Corner Thread but it seems I might have better luck posting for people in the area I am actually located! Dallas/Fort Worth Area. More specifically, Arlington, Texas.

I feel really silly writing this!I am very new to the sport of Mountain Biking. I wanted to get into it to have a fun, healthy hobby and it also seemed exciting. I really like the idea of being able to travel to different courses and learning them and meeting new people in the biking community. BUT I am just…

Tuesday Ride at Walnut Creek – Intermediate ride level
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Tuesday, March 26, 2013            5:30 PM
Walnut Creek Park
12138 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX (map)
Back to normal summer hours.

Please be there and be ready to roll by 5:30 pm. We meet in the parking lot near the pool in the middle of the island.
Any question please call/text  me at…

Tuesday: Intermediate/Advanced Mountain Bike Ride at the Ant Hills
The Houston Mountain Bikes Meetup Group
Tuesday, March 26, 2013        6:15 PM
Terry Hershey Park
15200 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX (map)

Look for my red Jeep with bike rack on back. Or call me, Jeff @ 713-459-4622
This will be a medium/fast pace ride through the Ant Hills of Hershey Park! Bring WATER, spare tube/tire, snacks, etc…Helmets required. Call if you are going to be late so we can wait for you. …

Beginner Road Bike Ride George Bush Park
Houston Cycling Club
Saturday, March 23, 2013        8:00 AM
George Bush Park
Hwy 6 and Briar Forest, Houston, TX (edit map)
I will be in a White Jeep Liberty wheels down at 8:15 if you are going to be late please call 713-213-5703

This will be a slow to medium pace ride to Fry road and back about 20-23 miles. We will be meeting in the parking lot on Hwy 6 across from Briar Forest, Look for me, Linda, in a white Jeep Liberty my number is…

Volunteer call – BSS Pace Bend Race April 20-21
Austin Ridge Riders
Thank you for you interest in volunteering at the 2013 Bicycle Sport Shop Pace Bend Race! We couldn’t do this without all the great folks who step up each year.

Volunteer benefits (besides a lot of fun and some great riding!):
Complimentary park entry fees for all volunteers.
One night complimentary camping for each day of scheduled volunteer work.
Awesome PBR tshirt.
Sack lunches on the days worked.
Potluck dinner Saturday night.

Examples of volunteer duties include:
Volunteer tent – set up booth, sell t-shirts, sign out radios, etc.
Expo activities/set up -monitor vehicle entry into expo area, direct RV campers to…

Injured Veterans to Cycle 385 Miles from San Antonio to Fort Worth for the Texas Ride 2 Recovery Event
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Veterans to ride hand cycles, recumbents, tandems and traditional road bikes through central TexasRide 2 Recovery raises funds to support rehabilitation programs for the nation’s veteransPublic encouraged to gather along the daily routes to support

SAN ANTONIO — More than 200 injured veterans and their supporters will set off Monday, April 8, on the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge, a seven-day, 385-mile bicycle ride from San Antonio to Fort Worth.

Texas Challenge cyclists will start their journey at Brooke Army Medical Center’s Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio and ride through central Texas with overnight stops in San Marcos, Austin, Ft. Hood, Waco and Cleburne. The ride will…

Wheelmen ride through bicycle history
International bike group headed for LBJ 100 Tour
by Jim Swift
Round Rock (KXAN) – For the sixth straight year, bicycle enthusiasts will gather in the Texas Hill Country this weekend for the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour .

The event, put on by the “ Friends of the LBJ National Historical Park ,” to support the park, boasts rides of 10, 30, 42, 62 and 85 miles. Riders will spread out…

Wheelmen ride through bicycle history

 Long Live Group Rides!
by djcurtin            Bicycle Sport Shop’s Offical Cycling Blog
It’s that time of year.

For many riders the warmer temps mean a return to regular riding. And for those many riders, nothing says Spring has sprung like the weekend group ride.

Personally I’m an all-weather rider. Short of active tornadoes, I’m riding. But it isn’t until we get weather like we’ve had recently that I get friends out on two wheels with me. And the nicer the weather, the more riders you see, whether we’re talking on the road, the trails, or around town. And lately, the weekend group rides have been increasing in size exponentially compared to…

FAST FORTY
Plano Bicycle Association
Distance:        40-45 mile (2.5 hours)
Pace:            18.5 to 19.5mph
Skill:           Advanced, pacelining skills helpful but not required
Drop/No Drop:    Drop
Start Location:  NW corner of Spring Creek and Coit Rd
Start Times:     Follows start times on home page
Twitter Follow:  PBAF40 (to be set up)
Description:     Fast Forty is a short, fast ride for the advanced rider (DB 1/OAS Lite level) who wants to get in a fast ride but wants to be back in 2.5 hours or less. The group will paceline when appropriate but participation in the paceline is not required.  This is an opportunity to learn and/or hone your pacelining skills. This is a drop ride but we will stop for…

2013 Austin Rattler 100, Leadville 100 MTB Qualifier
Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Leadville.

Perhaps the biggest and most well known of all mountain bike races. Pitting competitors not only against each other but against the sheer exhaustion of riding at 10,000+ feet above sea level. This event is for the bravest of riders and so popular that an entry is only granted through a lottery or by earning your place in one of the 5 qualifying races leading up to the main event.

Luckily for those of us in Texas, we host one of the 4 qualifying events. The Austin Rattler 100, which also happens to be the kick off to…

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The Wind Is Back, Baby! – March 20th Bike Ride

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The wind is back, baby!! As I set out on my ride today I told my wife it is was going to be interesting when I rode north into the wind. 23 mph from the northeast with 29 mph gusts awaited my ride up US59 to Community Drive. At times I struggled to reach 12 to 13 mph and when a gust came at me I slowed below that range. During the night a front moved through with some rain (we needed it and more) dropping the temperature down into the 50’s. It slowly moved up to 75 when I started at 2:10 and ended up at 79 by the time I got back home at 4:11. Some areas to the west and north of Houston got hail along with the rain. What an entrance for the first day of spring!

When I finally got to Community Drive and turned to the west and south I picked up my speed with the now tailwind but it wasn’t enough to get my average speed up to 15 mph. I did manage to get it up to 14.4 mph over the 27.44 mile route. Wearing long and short sleeve jerseys offset the wind chill my chest felt when I rode north into the wind and in the shade. My back felt the sun but not quite enough to overcome the chill. I think riding south with the wind was not as helpful as my front side being in the sun. Tomorrow’s high is forecast at 73 degrees. My March miles have reached 420.77 so the 581 mile goal is getting closer. Year to date I hit 1102.36 miles. Link to RideWithGPS.com and Garmin Connect maps and stats.

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 19th

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Buescher State Park Trail Work Day
by kerryp            forums.mtbr.com/texas
Just a reminder, the next work day at Buescher is this Saturday. Come out and help us add some trail to Bastrop’s Lost Pines. Below is the info. Contact Cullen to obtain additional info or ask questions.
Thanks,
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I would like to announce a trail workday coming up on 3/23/13 at Buescher State Park from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The work will be a continuation of blazing new trail in the large scale trail upgrade that is going on at the park to make it a multi-use trail system to include mountain biking. The work is…

Tuesday Night Time Trials
Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association
Details and schedule.
Here is the schedule for the 2013 Spring TNTT Series!!!
March 12
March26
April 9
April 23
May 7
May 21
June 4
June 18
We will alternate locations from Gateway Park to Sansom Park. Event details will be posted here prior to each event.

Women’s Bike Brunch Ride
from Bike Friendly Richardson by jenny rilling

March is Women’s History Month and the beginning of spring, so let’s celebrate by taking a leisurely bike ride and eating some delicious brunch. This is a great opportunity to get to know other women who bike in the Richardson area! …

Bike East Dallas Launches
from Biking In Dallas by Eliot Landrum
The Bike East Dallas discount program is officially launching! Taking inspiration from the Local Discount program by Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, I’m offering free stickers and a website listing to any business that provides a bicycle discount. This is a simple and positive way to encourage folks to choose a bike to visit their local businesses. Our slogan is simple: ride your bike, support local, save money! …

On-Street Bicycle Signs Installed in McKinney
by TownSquareBuzz.com McKinney
Submitted by Anna Clark, City of McKinney
Signs going up in McKinney remind motor vehicle drivers that state laws give bicyclists the right to use a full lane on roads. The aim of the new signs is to help keep the roads safe for both riders and drivers.

The signage is in accordance with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a document issued by the Texas Department of Transportation to specify the standards by which traffic signs, markings and signals are designed, installed and…

Jefferson Bridge Bike Lane Ribbon Cutting!
Event for Bike Friendly Oak Cliff  By Jason Roberts
Saturday, March 23, 2013
[Time]        2:00pm in CDT
Join us on the foot of the Jefferson Bridge (Oak Cliff side) to celebrate the official ribbon cutting for the first buffered two-way bike lane in Dallas! City councilman…

Fayetteville Stage Race Report-Carnage Road
By Kim            bicyclesoutbackracing.net
Submitted by Sheri Rothe and the ladies of Jubilee Subaru
Stage One: Road Race

The race started with temperatures in the high 50s with light winds that picked up as the day progressed. With all the GC positions up for grabs and everyone starting on equal ground, the women’s open field was hungry to race. Attacks started early with a few short breaks and a couple of promising splits that ultimately came back together. The decisive break of the day began with Michelle Gacki from ThinkFinance rolled off the front followed by Sheri Rothe of Jubilee Subaru, and was quickly joined by Nicole Bevers from Shama Cycles. There didn’t seem to be much hope for this break because the girls in it failed to…

Oak Cliff residents launches Kidical Mass Dallas!
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff

Iris and Brennen Bechtol have lived in Oak Cliff for some time now.  They love the neighborhood, how bike friendly it is, and how BFOC always had great group rides for them to participate in.  One thing though, they didn’t always feel comfortable taking their 8 year old daughter with…

Police seek help finding tractor-trailer driver who hit Alice bicyclist
By Erica Quiroz            Corpus Christi Caller
ALICE — A man riding a bicycle was hit by a tractor-trailer Tuesday morning in Alice.

Luis David Wyles, 30, was riding his bicycle eastbound on the shoulder of state highway 44 about 7 a.m. Tuesday. A white Kenworth tractor-trailer towing a tanker pulled out of the Tex Best Travel Center and hit him, according to Texas…

Annual Tour de Braz Bike Race revs up
By Megan Mattingly-Arthur            www.chron.com
The Associated Credit Union of Texas invites the community to join the Tour de Braz Bike Club and the Friends of Alvin Parks Foundation for the annual Tour de Braz Bike Race at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 7, at Alvin Community College, 3110 Mustang Road.

The noncompetitive Tour de Braz bike ride features five scenic routes that wind through Brazoria County. Participants can choose 10-, 30-, 50-, 62- or 100-mile routes, all of which depart from the college. …

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Leaning Into Barbed Wire – March 19th Bike Ride

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A rare event took place while I rode through Huffman: two temperature signs agreed on the temperature of 86 degrees. The signs were about a 1/4 mile apart at Action Sign and Lake Houston Untied Methodist Church. While the temperature dropped a few degrees from yesterday’s record one it still felt warm. Scattered clouds with a southeast 12 mph wind aided the feel. I wore a short sleeve jersey but with the wind I think I could’ve worn a long sleeve one. So sunscreen on the arms was required for the first time this year, I think. The wind could not make up it’s mind since it felt like it came from whatever direction I was riding towards.

No route variation today as I rode a typical route through Atascocita, Walden at Lake Houston and across Lake Houston to Huffman. This took me 32.2 miles at 14.9 mph average speed. Now March miles total 393.33 and year to date moved up to 1074.92 miles. When I was leaving the Huffman Chevron riding west on FM1960 I looked ahead to a pasture along side the road. One cow was leaning heavily into the barbed wire fence trying to that “extra green grass” on the other side. Apparently when a cow leans into barbed wire slowly the barbs don’t get their attention. The cow’s head protruded between two strands of barbed wire, one shiny from a recent installation. If the cow keeps at it the fence will be on the ground.

Links to data and maps at Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com.

Tomorrow the high comes down to 77 degrees with a 20% chance of rain. I plan on riding.

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