Flintridge STS and more

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The moment we’ve all been waiting for! After a few delays for weather the Flintridge STS is ON for Saturday August 4th. The weather is looking good this week to have a trail in prime shape for race day. Registration is online only and current GHORBA membership is required to participate.  To register, click here. To join/renew your membership, click here.  Questions? Contact the Racing Director or Membership.

Help out your trail by joining in on a work party.  Memorial Park and Carl Barton have upcoming work parties on the calendar and other trails post them regularly, watch the calendar for more updates.

Interested in what the GHORBA Board is up to lately? Board meeting minutes for April and May have been posted in the Meeting Minutes section.

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Wrapping Up the Month – July 31st Bike Ride

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I wrapped up July’s biking with a 32.27 mile ride today. I got started at 8:45 AM while the temperature was 82 degrees and by the time I finished at 11:24 it increased to 92 degrees. With this ride July mileage ended at 621.55. Scattered clouds and the 9 mph SW breeze made this a typical summer ride. With the early start I did not expect to see any other riders but while I was cooling off at the Huffman Chevron a woman bicyclist cut through the station but she did not see me.

Riding time was 2:07:44 plus 31:08 time stopped. Average speed was 15.2 mph with 21.0 mph max speed. Average cadence was 76.9 RPM. YTD mileage totals 3934.96. I biked 19 days in July with an overall 15.0 mph average speed. Total riding time for July was 41:23:03.

Link to RideWithGPS.com data and map.
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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 30th

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Kid Trips Event – Powder Horn at Camp Tahuaya
Sunday, September 9, 2012 – 08:00 – 15:00
Austin Ridge Riders
Kid Trips will be conducting a ride with BSA Troop Leaders at  Camp Tahuaya on Sunday September 9th.

It’s that time of year again folks!  The Boy Scouts have invited us to train their Troop Leaders in mountain biking skills at their Powder Horn training event.  This is a yearly event where Troop Leaders are exposed to many outdoor recreational activities.  This…

Flagpole Ride – Saturdays
Brazos Valley Cyclists
NB: Due to construction, we are temporarily meeting at the entrance to the small parking lot at Houston St and Old Main, about 30 meters west of the flagpole!

8:45 a.m. at the center flagpole on the main quad of the Texas A&M campus, about 50 meters west of the statue of Sul Ross. This ride consists of two groups going approximately 55 and 45 miles respectively. Both groups ride together from campus for the first nine miles to “Twister’s”, the minimart/gas station at the corner of highways 60 (a.k.a. University Ave closer to town) and 50. After a very short stop at the minimart, the two groups typically separate. Note: We try very hard to be welcoming toward beginners, but the Flagpole ride is not a beginner ride. New riders should know…

GDB Annual Summer Bash Wrapup
Greater Dallas Bicyclists
The 2012 GDB Summer Bash was a huge success. This year, the event was held at Sunnyvale Town Center.

Special Thanks to Randy Rogers for making the reservation happen. The pavilion was perfect and the riding terrain was excellent! …

R.I.P. Randy Eller
www.txbra.org

A truly unique, one of a kind, friend – father – husband – teammate – boss. Thank you, Randy Eller, for the memories and for being a part of our world. You will be remembered and missed by many.

4,500 miles for cancer: Bicyclists train, raise money for fundraising trip to Alaska
by Victor R. Martinez \ El Paso Times
Whenever Aurora Mayte Salazar-Ordoñez feels like giving up, she looks no further than her mother, Aurora.

“She is one of the strongest people I know,” Salazar-Ordoñez said, then paused to reflect on what she had just said. “Anytime I want to quit and not do anything else, I just think of her.”

Salazar-Ordoñez is going to need every bit of her mother’s inspiration as she and University of Texas at Austin classmate José Gallegos prepare for a 4,500-mile bike ride from…

Bicycle Sports Shop hosts book release party Wednesday
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City
The Olympic track cycling events don’t kick off until Thursday at the velodrome in London. That means you can still make it to Wednesday’s book release party for Austin writer Ian Dille, whose recently released book, “The Price of Gold: The Toll and Triumph of One Man’s Olympic Dream,” tells the story of Olympic track cycling champion Marty Nothstein’s quest for Olympic gold in 2000. …

2012 DORBA Fall Series Race at Oak Cliff Nature Preserve (OCNP)
by Shawn McAfee            Texas Mountain Bike Trails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFXDX3NQkFM
Oak Cliff Nature Preserve, DORBA Fall Series Race 2012 – The 2012 Fall race series is upon us and starts this Sunday August 5th. I took some time over the weekend to check out the trail and grab some trail footage. …

Invigorated to Ride – July 30th Bicycle Ride

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After enjoying a rest day yesterday I felt invigorated during my bike ride today. I wanted to get at least 43 miles today and ended up at 47.08 miles. I did get an early start (for me at least) rolling out of the garage at 8:43 AM. Part of the reason for an early start was to get a jump on the heat which could hit the upper 90’s in the afternoon. It was 81 when I started and 94 when I finished. With a light 10 mph westerly breeze the air was feeling dry with 47% humidity. This didn’t slow down my perspiration too much but I could tell a difference when I rode with the wind. The sky was almost clear except for a few small cloud puffs spread around. I sometimes wonder what people think about a bicyclist riding on a weekday morning. Doesn’t this guy have a job? Well, no, I am retired.

The last time I biked most of this route was last month on June 2nd. I only biked 42.69 miles on that occasion turning onto Old Houston Road rather than going all the way to where FM1314 intersects SR242. I also took a different exit route from Kingwood then going out Mills Branch and Ford Road. Today I went out what I thought would be a longer way but it doesn’t appear to be that much longer comparing the distances. My average speed was 15.6 mph today (15.7 mph on June 2nd) with a max speed of 23.4 mph and average cadence of 79.1 RPM, almost reaching my preferred level of 80+RPM. The long stretches of road without stops helps keep the speed up as this table shows.

68.7% of the distance was at 17.1 mph to 21.4 mph. Many of the 5 mile splits averaged 17.1 mph or more. Riding time totaled 3:00:36 plus 35:13 time stopped. I stopped at the Valero station on FM1314 at Sorters Road for the first time in many weeks. This was about at the 35 mile point. I did not see any other bikers along the route until I was about 1 mile from home going through the residential streets. He did not see me though because I just rounded a curve on a side street as he went by the intersection.

As July nears the end my miles for the month total 589.28. I plan on a 30 mile ride tomorrow so I should go past 600 for the month. YTD totals 3902.7 miles. So I rode 18 days in July. View today’s ride at RideWithGPS.com.
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