Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup April 28th

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Cyclist dies in accident on Hwy 360
www.kvue.com
by ASHLEY GOUDEAU / KVUE News and Photojournalist JUSTIN TERRY
AUSTIN — A cyclist is dead after a deadly crash in Westlake, near the Capitol of Texas Highway and Westbank Drive. The Department of Public Safety is now identifying the victim as 55 year old Verter Ginestra of Austin.

Emergency officials cleared the scene just before 6 p.m., but there are still very few details about what actually happened.

Verter Ginestra and car were traveling northbound. They collided just before 2:30 p.m. EMS crews tried to save the Ginestra, but the 55-year-old…

@BSS_Austin            via Twitter
Super Squadra’s Phil Wikoff for the WIN in the Ft. Davis stage 2 road race! Great job Phil and the team’s young guns!

CyclingATX (@CyclingATX)        via Twitter
Elbowz Racing Elite Cycling Team’s Joe Schmalz “Best Young Rider” news inverview at Joe Martin: fb.me/1jIojryYn

Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin)        via Twitter
Nearly 100 women @ our April Women’s Ride Day! Post-ride mimosas & talk of a monthly event! cc: @specializedwmn

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HOLLAND RACING (@HOLLANDRACERS)        via Twitter
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Hammerfest Hill Climb TT results are up

What a Trail Steward does in his free time….
by leifdove             Austin Ridge Riders

Found some new terrain with Alan at Pace Bend.

2nd Annual Fort Worth Fat Tire Festival
M2RIDER         Austin Ridge Riders
What’s up! I’m sending you all of the info regarding the Fat Tire Festival. Hope to see you all there! The 2nd Annual Fort Worth Fat Tire Festival benefitting the Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association!
Sunday, May 13, 2012 (Mother’s Day!) 10:00am till 4:00pm at Gateway Park in Ft Worth.

Last year, the Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association hosted a huge fundraiser that brought in funding for the construction of a new off-road trail at Gateway Park, in Ft. Worth. This year is going to be even bigger now that we have several miles of new trail to ride! …

Bp ms150
by Underground            www.bikeforums.net
Here are a few pics of me…

I have experienced situation 1 and the traffic behind the stopped car don’t know what is going on.

Danger Ahead
by Steve A        Dallas Point-to-Point
Not all is cheery goodness on my daily commute. On Thursday, I encountered two dangerous motorist behaviors – within a two block distance. In the first case, I would have been a mere witness to a fiery crash my existence caused. In the second case, it could have gotten a little more personal, had I not been able to take matters in hand.
Situation 1: Cyclist (yours truly) is stopped on the side street, signaling his intent to make a right onto an arterial when traffic permits. This occurs pretty much every day for just about any cyclist. However, this time, the oncoming eastbound motorist on the arterial STOPS. Clearly, this motorist has encountered enough scofflaws on…

George W. Bush has a new spokes-man
By CHRIS VAUGHN – McClatchy Newspapers
FORT WORTH, Texas – Retired Marine rifleman and Iraq veteran Eric Elrod had never met a president until this week.

When he shook hands with former President George W. Bush on Thursday, the two took off on a three-day, 100-kilometer mountain bike ride through Palo Duro Canyon State Park outside Amarillo on the Warrior 100K.

“To meet any commander in chief is a big deal, but especially cool to meet your commander…

Retired DFW Marine goes bike riding with George W. Bush
By Chris Vaughn            www.star-telegram.com
Retired Marine rifleman and Iraq veteran Eric Elrod had never met a president until this week.

When he shook hands with former President George W. Bush on Thursday, the two took off on a three-day, 100-kilometer mountain bike ride through Palo Duro Canyon State Park outside Amarillo on the Warrior 100K.

“To meet any commander in chief is a big deal, but especially cool to meet your commander in chief who was in office at the time you served,” Elrod said.

Elrod, 29, who lives in far north Fort Worth, is one of 20 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan selected for Bush’s second annual mountain bike ride, which concludes…

Joe Martin Road Race #1 2012
by Ken            Texas Racing Life
110 miles! The distance seemed almost insurmountable.  But Bill and I saddled up, hoping to move him up in GC.  The course was a giant loop to the south of Fayetteville, with a headwind going out, and a stiff tailwind going in.

The first 50 miles went by really fast, and I was suprised when I looked a my computer to see that we were getting close to halfway done.  This sounds pretty silly, as 50 miles is a pretty good ride in itself!  The second half would be much harder though.  As soon as we hit the southern-most part of the course, we had a right-left crosswind, and a full peloton ready to make selections. The race split up a lot, and people that couldn’t find a…

Bike MS: Sam’s Club Ride in Dallas, TX
by WB admin            The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
The Bike MS: Sam’s Club Ride benefiting people living with MS  invites you to join their ride happening on May 5-6, 2012, 2012 at Union Station* (Downtown Dallas) 400 S. Houston St. Dallas, TX 75202

We were lucky enough to be granted an interview with Frank Timmons of Bike MS: Sam’s Club Ride to ask some questions about their upcoming ride.

Why join the this year’s Bike MS: Sam’s Club Ride?
Best supported ride in North Texas. Family friendly. Raises money to fight MS.

How long has the event been around?
This is our…

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 27th

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Bike-To-Eat Week : Reward yourself for being awesome!
www.ghisallofoundation.org
This is an incentive program for cyclists. The full discount is provided directly to the cyclist by the participating restaurant as a thank you for riding to the restaurant (and in general) rather than a fundraiser for the Ghisallo Foundation.
Rules
The discount is only available to cyclists who arrive at the establishment by bicycle. Each cyclist may be required to show they arrived by bike (helmet, bike lock key, or locked up bike) to receive the discount.

Dine in only. Limit one (1) meal per cyclist, per day. The discount is only valid Sunday May 27th, 2012 through Thursday May 31st, 2012 during…

Colorado Bend State Park Camping Trip, April 20-22, 2012
by msrarkitex            Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
Great weekend. (period)

One truck arrived at CBSP around 4:00 on Friday to check-in and get the lay of the land.  Parked the truck, loaded three bikes and two bob trailers, then headed off for a 1.1 mile ride to find the Windmill primitive camp site.  After a bumpy ride, we located the meadow with big clusters of oak trees and found a spot to call home for…

MoPac lane expansion may get $130M infusion
by Sara Behunek            impactnews.com
Policymakers are in negotiations with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to bankroll more than half of a $200 million two-lane expansion on MoPac between Parmer Lane and Cesar Chavez Street.

But as part of the arrangement—and at the urging of a local bicycle advocacy group—project designers may go back to the drawing board to extend a proposed bicycle and pedestrian path that would run adjacent to the highway—an addition with a $23 million price tag.

As is, the Mobility Authority, an independent government agency formed as a partnership between Travis and Williamson counties, has allocated $5 million to building a 10-foot-wide concrete trail that would run alongside parts of the…

Day 1 of George W. Bush’s Warrior 100K Ride sees fast trails, early triumphs
By Tom Benning / Reporter        trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com
AMARILLO — Former President George W. Bush let the final notes of the “Star-Spangled Banner” hang in the air for just a couple seconds before turning to his mountain bike.

“All right, let’s ride,” he said Thursday afternoon, officially kicking off the Bush Institute’s Warrior 100K Ride in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, near Amarillo.

Bush — whose bike sported his presidential number, 43 — then took off down the trail, leading 19 wounded veterans on a brisk 13-mile ride in the Texas Panhandle’s blazing early summer heat.

The trek, the first of three days of riding, is part of what Bush Institute officials call the former president’s…

SCCCC Conference Championships – LSU
By Mitchell Sides        utexascycling.org

Finally, another college bike race! For this week, Tanner and I moved up to B. After a very successful run of Driveway Series races for Tanner (and one moderately successful race for me), I was confident we had the legs to compete in the higher category. The drive was a little long, but a fun one with my roommates. With Tanner and myself, the B team was larger than ever at 5. Blake, Daniel (Varelamonster), and Mathew made the plans, and we all did a good job with carrying them out until the finish. The plan for the weekend remained the same for the road race and crit. For Daniel and Mathew, following attacks was the name of the…

Former President George W. Bush says ride ‘uplifting’
By JACOB MAYER                 lubbockonline.com
Finishing with his legs cut and scraped, former President George W. Bush led more than 70 riders through a grueling first leg of the Bush Center Warrior 100K bike ride Thursday in a steamy Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

Afterward, the former commander-in-chief who ordered the invasion of Iraq more than nine years ago met with many of the warriors who hit the trails with him.

“Riding with our vets is an uplifting experience,” Bush said. “It is an awesome feeling and…

The SCOOTER Store Supports Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis
www.marketwatch.com
…The event marked the ninth consecutive year that The SCOOTER Store employees, family members and friends have participated in the event. The SCOOTER Store partners with its strategic vendors to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

This year, Team Freedom was represented by 27 riders, including employees of the company, their family members and friends. A team of volunteers provided planning and logistical support for the riders, as well as enthusiastic encouragement throughout the event. …

Bikes and fashion (and me) meet in Blacksburg next week
by Elly            Taking the Lane

The lady in this photo is Sheilanova Molina y Vedia, our host during our brief stay in Austin two weeks ago, looking chic as she headed out to her office, by bike of course. Though we stayed at her house, we only saw her for a few minutes; she was busy organizing a bicycling fashion show. Her philosophy, she told us, is that “Every…

7 Ideas To Have More Fun Mountain Biking
by Shawn            Texas Mountain Bike Trails
When you go riding, are you all about the competition with yourself or are you going to just have fun mountain biking? Some could say I have an overly competitive personality, I am highly driven and I do want to be the best at what I do. Every time I take the bike out I am gauging the time it takes, my average speed and constantly trying to get faster and better.

Sometimes though, I  just need to relax, last week was one of these times. My mind was scattered and disorganized, I was stressing myself out with my riding and constant competition with myself. I started thinking…

Invisibility Cloak Not On – April 27th Bicycle Ride

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During the first 4 miles of today’s ride I thought I wore an invisibility cloak. Two cars pulled up in front of me but I swerved to avoid them. The first “mommy van” pulled out of a side street without even looking my direction. Next a daycare bus drove out of the daycare parking lot again not looking in my direction. The wide street provided some space for me to move to the right curb out of the way. Just when I wondered about the cloak a Jeep Wrangler stopped to let pass by the parking lot entrance they wanted to exit. Whew! I left the cloak at home after all.

The wind from yesterday and today moved the clouds in to cover the blue sky from earlier in the week. Every once in awhile the sun would cut through the clouds to keep it heated up during the ride at 83 to 86 degrees. With the south wind at 13.8 mph and gusts of 21.9 mph the humidity increased to 57% at the start (1:15) dropping to 47% at the finish (4:02). With this strong wind I got behind in my average speed for the first 15 miles and could not recover enough time to get my average speed up to 15.0 mph or more, ending up at 14.7 mph. At one point I was behind over 3 minutes from the pace to hit 15.0+ mph. I did recover a lot of time once I turned out of the wind though. Out of the 7 speed splits only 3 were 15.0 mph or above. I did manage hit a 24.4 mph max speed. Not biking the next 2 or 3 days should let my legs recover some.

I wanted to get over 30 miles today since I will not be able to ride the last 2 days of this week. Today’s 32.23 miles brought the total miles this week to 162.94 and April miles to 656.25. Year to date I stand at 1875.61 miles. Some other numbers from today’s ride:

  • 2:11:50 riding time
  • 34:43 time stopped (Huffman Chevron resting accounts for most of this. I thought going west after this point the wind would be in my face, it did not turn out to be real bad.)
  • 10:54:17 riding time this week
  • 43:26:39 riding time in April (21 biking days so far)
  • 77.3 RPM average cadence (not as slow as I thought it might end up at)
  • RideWithGPS.com data link

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 26th

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Tire choice for Mineral Wells trailway
by cuda2k            www.bikeforums.net
Planning to ride the full length (both ways) Mineral Wells trail way in a few weeks on my Schwinn Crosscut. Wide 700c rims, drop bars, no suspension. It’s currently equipped with semi-slick 38mm city/street tires. I also have a pair of 33mm cyclocross tires with a low pyramid tread in the middle with knobs along the outside. So, for those who have ridden parts of the trailway, which would you take?

Bike shops in Fort Worth?
by pepperbelly            www.bikeforums.net
Are there any bike shops in the Fort Worth area that specializes in or are at least good on vintage bikes? I have an old Olmo and a couple of early ’80s Raleighs that need a little TLC. …

Mountain Biker Down at River Legacy
Bicyclist collapses, dies on trail in Arlington’s River Legacy Parks
By Matt Peterson/Editor                forums.mtbr.com
Here’s an update from Kristin, who spoke to a volunteer who patrols the trails to help bikers:

Members of the North Texas Mountain Bike Patrol tried to save the life of a fellow cyclist Tuesday night.

“He just never came back,” said David Nelke, who provides medical and mechanical assistance to bikers on the trails. “We did everything we could, but it wasn’t enough.” …

Waco Bicycle Club Rides
Thursday Beginning Cyclist Ride
Thursday 06:00 PM
Road/beginner More

Thursday Hewitt Park Road Ride
Thursday 05:30 PM
Road/all levels More

Kid Trips Event – Pace Bend Park
Austin Ridge Riders
Saturday, May 19, 2012 – 10:00 – 12:00
Kid Trips will be conducting a ride with the Boy Scouts of America at Pace Bend Park on Saturday 5/19/12.

We’ll meet at the East trailhead parking lot near the Improved/RV camping site at 9:00 a.m. Volunteers will be reimbursed for entrance fees.  The ride starts at 10:00 a.m.  Adult volunteers are welcome; just bring your mountain bike and helmet!  Please use the…

Leadville Trail 100 qualifiers
by Singletrack.com
Qualifiers from the Austin Rattler 100
Landon Longenecker: Breckenridge, Colorado
Alec Petro: Duxbury, Massachusetts
Morris Denton: Austin, Texas
Robbie Robinette: Austin, Texas
Alex Robinette: Austin, Texas
Fernando Lopez: Houston, Texas
Ryan Randles: Plano, Texas…

You Can Vote For The Face Of Biking In Dallas
by dickdavid            Bike Friendly Richardson
Last weekend Dallas Cycle Style did the 2012 Cyclist Census poll – an around-town photo shoot of local cyclists – and now they’ve posted the finalist of the photos taken.  From those, you can vote on who you think most represents the face of Biking in Dallas. The poll stays open through noon, Saturday, April 28. …

Bush Hosts Bicycle Ride for Wounded Military Members
www.myfoxhouston.com
CANYON, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride in the Panhandle’s Palo Duro Canyon State Park for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The three-day ride begins Thursday. This is the second year for Bush to host the Warrior 100K. Last year, the ride was held in the Big Bend region of West Texas.

In a statement, Bush says the ride is a reminder of the “unbelievable courage, skill and sacrifice of those who…

Going the distance: Plano mom pedaling for a cure
By Kelley Chambers            www.scntx.com
Plano resident Natalie Matthews has a secret weapon for conquering a 150-mile bike tour: a simple bandana.

But the cloth does more than just keep her head and neck cool. Tied to her handle bars, it symbolizes the reason why she and her husband, Chris, take this journey every…

Iraq vet battling PTSD pedals his way to recovery
By Matthew Hansen        WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Marine Sgt. David Wright of Omaha will climb on his mountain bike today in northern Texas, take a couple of deep breaths to calm his nerves, and begin to pedal through the second-largest canyon in the United States.

He’ll be pedaling away from a past of daily roadside bombs in Fallujah and then the daily drinking binges to numb the panic attacks and the flashbacks.

He’ll be pedaling alongside former President George W. Bush, who was Wright’s commander in chief during two tours of duty in Iraq. …

Massaging away miles of pain
Fort Hood Warrior Transition Brigade
Story by Gloria Montgomery
FORT HOOD, Texas — Comfort for America’s Uniformed Services Volunteers held a four-hour massage marathon, April 18, to help Ride 2 Recovery cyclists recover from hours of cycling.

After a four-hour marathon, the four hands and 20 fingers could finally take a break. Together the two volunteer massage therapists from Comfort for America’s Uniformed Services had rejuvenated the battered bodies of 38 weary…

Former President George W. Bush says ride ‘uplifting’

Former President George W. Bush talks to retired U.S. Army First Lt. Melissa Stockwell at the end of a bike ride Thursday at Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
By JACOB MAYER            Amarillo Globe-News
Finishing with his legs cut and scraped, former President George W. Bush led more than 70 riders through a grueling first leg of the Bush Center Warrior 100K bike ride Thursday in a steamy Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

Afterward, the former commander-in-chief who ordered the invasion of Iraq more than nine years ago met with many of the warriors…

Joe Martin Stage Race Hill TT
by Ken            Texas Racing Life
Greeting from Fayetteville, Arkansas!  Bill and I are here representing the Shama Race Team at one of the biggest races in the country.  We are racing the Elite category and having a blast getting our feet wet in big stage racing.

The Joe Martin Stage Race consists of  four days of racing: an uphill TT, a 110 mile road race, and 90 mile road race, and a downtown crit.  We knew the competition would be extremely good, and therefore didn’t know exactly what…

The Matrix Challenge
Matti von Kessing

This past weekend, I reluctantly made the decision to venture outside of my comfort zone to race an extremely technical crit.  JT was able to talk me into making the trip to Dallas to race two days of the Matrix Challenge.  The importance he placed on the race didn’t help ease the apprehension that I felt about the course: eight turns in less than a mile; the antithesis of my race of choice.  But I suppose one can’t improve if he or she don’t practice.  In that line…

@bkindtocyclists        via Twitter
Young man cycling home on Monday night was involved in a hit and run. Tune in to Fox 7 news tonight at 9:30. (Austin)

Driveway Bike Race Series

Week 7, Oatmega Bar Pro 1/2/3 Men podium. Course: Two Brothers Lawn Care Grand Prix Loop counterclockwise. Boundless Nutrition, Pure Austin Fitness, Super Squadra, Team Wooly Mammoth — with John Trujillo, Alan Ting and Phil Wikoff at Driveway Bike Race Series.