Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup April 25th

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Driveway Crit Series (@DrivewaySeries)        via Twitter

I posted 65 photos on Facebook in the album “Kenny Hill Autowerks PURE Austin Driveway Week 6 Slideshow” http://t.co/WOoKKxiZ

@TexasMTBtrails            via Twitter
Competed in my first ever Road Criterium tonight. What is happening to me… am I turning into a roadie too? o.O

@IBIKEDALLAS        via Twitter
I’m on a #GOOD #IdeasforCities Team to improve Dallas Bike & Hike Trails. Help us create better directions & connections for biking our city

NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!
By Joe Casey         www.baylorcycling.com
Check back soon to see the new and improved BaylorCycling.com! We will have updated information regarding the club, featuring video, photos, race results and more!

Chapparal Cycling Club,
as a part of the West Texas Cycling Association, is hosting the 2012 Third Thursday Time Trial series . The first race had a great turnout with 20 racers. The next race is scheduled for May 17, 2012. Membership is required. These are scheduled training rides on an open course that is just a little bit shy of 8 miles. Meet at the Chisum Travel Center, 2611 East Slaton Rd , at 6:00pm. TT will start at the intersection of HWY 84 & FM 1585. A couple volunteers are needed. Contact Mike Ivins to help out. These events cannot happen without you!

Sponges and Tennis Balls
by Steve A        Dallas Point-to-Point

I’ve been very fortunate lately. I’ve gotten to help teach both a Cycling Savvy Course and a LAB TS101 Course. The CS course was in February and the TS course was last weekend. I expect to help teach another TS course this weekend, and will post about the GREAT DANGER facing cyclists today. But that is not what today’s post…

Bicycle Sport Shop Becomes an Employee Stock Owned Company!
by bicyclesportshop
AUSTIN, Texas.   Bicycle Sport Shop, Austin’s leading bicycle retailer, is pleased to announce the creation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan that will enable the staff of Bicycle Sport Shop to acquire the stock of the privately held company from its current owners, husband and wife partners Hill Abell and Laura Agnew.   The transaction will take place in stages, with the initial sale of 30% of the company’s stock, and subsequent sales…

University Oaks – April 15, 2012 Race Report
by Jason Bentley, Winner of the P123 Race
@ATXCyclingTeam            AUSTIN CYCLING TEAM

The weather was cloudy with a cool breeze blowing through, and although it was dry, the potential for rain was ominous as the P123 race started. James Murff, CJ Hebert, and myself had a general plan of riding aggressively, but modulating our efforts depending on whether riders from teams with a large presence in the race were with us. CJ and myself took turns following the early attacks, but they were all reeled in fairly quickly. Then, about 20 minutes into the race, the rain started to fall. At first, it was light, but then the sky opened up, and the rain fell steadily for about 10 minutes. When the heavier rain started, I knew the corners would get slick, and for no other…

DFW Cycling Savvy – Spring 2012 Workshops
by dickdavid        Bike Freindly Richardson
If you want to be a better road cyclist and commuter, getting some good training is always recommended. Along with the BikeDFW Traffic Skills 101 class this weekend, you have an alternative option for becoming more skilled at riding – through the CyclingSavvy DFW group.

CyclingSavvy DFW is the Dallas/Fort Worth branch of the successful CyclingSavvy traffic cycling education program developed in Orlando, Florida. CyclingSavvy DFW‘s mission is to encourage safe, courteous, and…

Bike and Open Streets Events in Fort Worth
by marc@mcmumby.com         BikeDFW
A list of upcoming events that promote cycling and open streets from Julia McCleeary, Transportation Planner for the city of Fort Worth.
This Sunday, April 29
Open Streets 2 on Magnolia – noon to 4pm – http://www.fortworthsouth.org/community/events/open-streets/
Get a sneak preview of Fort Worth’s future community bike share program! A demo bike will be available to view. The event will involve the closure of segments of streets to car traffic – only human-powered modes will be allowed, from pedestrians to bicycles and everything in between. The closed streets will be transformed into urban playgrounds, with food vendors, live music, kid’s areas, fitness classes, and more. This Spring Open…

Vote for the Face of Biking In Dallas
by Christopher Curnutt            Biking in Dallas

Dallas Cycle Style has posted the photos taken for the 2012 Cyclist Census poll.  You can see and vote here.  I was flattered to see several of the photos I took made the cut.  Susan Reeves (my amazing assistant, logistics captain and art director) and I shot around 35 people or so and everyone we met was very nice and fun to spend time with.   Later that day I shot a few others at the Deep…

OFFICIAL MEETING MAY 1st
by bmba            Borderland Mountain Bike Association
Over the past few years we’ve attempted to hold meetings at restaurants in order to fuel people and provide a socially inviting setting that interested folks may want to join.  This model has not been as effective as we’d like it to be, so we’ve secured a board room to hold our official meetings.

This next meeting will be an official board meeting consisting of myself, Brent Sanders, DJ Singh, Rick Bonart, and Steve Ainsa.  I would like to invite anyone else who may be interested in becoming more involved with the club, whether you’ve paid your membership dues or not.  If you are interested in taking a more active role in the mountain bike community here in El Paso, I invite you to join us to help us revamp our membership…

Social Ride – April 24
by salsaTopp        Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
If you happened to miss this week’s social ride, I hate to say that you are probably better off for it!

Though we had a BLAST, we were also haunted by mechanical issues…

To begin, James pushed back our start time to change a flat. No problem, this is a common happening. Later on James’ bike was making some concerning noises which turned out to be his hub …ready to explode. He walked his bike back out…

Cool weekend fitness events
By Pamela LeBlanc        Fit City
With three major fitness events lurking on this weekend’s horizon (not to mention that awesome Treeathlon at Barton Springs on Saturday, which I blogged about a few days ago), I thought I’d get a jump start.

Hill Country Ride for AIDS
The bike ride with magical pit stops (i.e. popsicles and cupcakes at aid stations and foot rubs at the finish line) is adding a trail run this year. Cyclists can choose from 13, 27, 53, 70 or 100 mile routes that start and end at Reunion Ranch in Georgetown on Saturday, April 28. Participants can start the trail run after they finish pedaling, or ditch the…

This weekend: Musical, bike races, Record Store Day, home tour
by RACHEL STONE            lakewood.advocatemag.com
The Woodrow spring musical opens tonight and runs through Sunday.

The Matrix Challenge, aka the King of Crits, takes place Saturday and Sunday in the Wilson Historic District, near Baylor hospital. The challenge is a series of timed bike races, and it’s the biggest and oldest bike race in Texas. Neighborhood resident David Adams, who has been organizing the race for 10 years, recommends arriving in time for the men’s race that starts at…

Bicyclist who died in Arlington park identified as Fort Worth man
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Marty Sabota ARLINGTON — A bicyclist who died on a bike trail Tuesday evening despite efforts of passersby and emergency rescue personnel to save him has been identified as a 54-year-old Fort Worth man. Edward Guillen was riding in River Legacy …

Panhandle Spirit welcomes wounded warriors
by Lindsey Stiner            www.connectamarillo.com
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Many of our nation’s wounded warriors have been flying into Amarillo throughout the day.

They’re here to ride in a three-day mountain bike event with Former President George W.Bush. The event is gaining national attention and is shining light on the Texas Panhandle and these well-deserving…

Bike Share Program Launching
by Houston Chronicle (blog) Chris Moran
(video at the link)
The idea is that a pedaler could take a bike from kiosk and ride to another part of town. Swipe in a credit card to pay your $5 (a lot more if you don’t return the bike, obviously) and you’re off. The plan is to expand the program to the Texas Medical …

Houston’s green efforts win accolades
By Chris Moran        www.chron.com
Houston City Hall went from using no renewable energy to becoming a bigger buyer of green energy than any other city in the nation in three years.

The city’s downtown motor pool now has 25 Nissan Leafs and 15 hybrids. Next month, the city will start sprinkling bikes across downtown that pedalers can borrow for motorless jaunts. And this summer, wind turbines will be installed atop the city’s new permitting center. …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 4/26- 5/2/12
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up.
Thursday, April 26
Driveway Crit Series
5 PM, The Driveway, 8400 Delwau Lane
Weekly Thursday night road racing through October that takes place on the closed car-free driving course at the Driveway. Races include Cat 3/4 women’s and juniors race at 5:00, Cat 3/4 Race and Women’s Open at 5:30, Kids Fun Lap at 6:20, Cat 4/5 Race at 6:25, and Pro/Cat 1/2/3 at 6:55. Races registration Weekly: Men $25, Women $10, College Students $10, Juniors $10. 5PM Junior race is free. Additional races $10 each. Season…

Call of the Bike – April 25th Bicycle Ride

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You probably know about the call of the wild. Today I heard the call of the bike! Now I’m not talking about getting a phone call while out biking. Or that my bike can call me on my phone. With the gorgeous weather continuing to resist this call would be futile. The temperature ranged from 87 to 90 while I biked. I decided to repeat the route from Monday because I wanted to learn the streets better through Atascocita and Walden at Lake Houston. On Monday I stumbled through the streets and happened to end up where I wanted to go. So today I pulled up Google maps and wrote down a street list cribsheet like you see some of the pro racers checking. I put this in a plastic baggy so it would survive the sweat. As windy as it was I don’t think this was necessary though. Today’s route turned out to be identical with Monday at 32.16 miles.

Since this route generally goes south and east on the outbound portion I would be going into the south wind. At first the wind did not seem too bad but by the time I got to 9.5 miles at FM1960 it seemed to get stronger. When I left home the wind was 11.5 mph from the SSW but when I got home I saw why I battled it so much at times: South at 15 mph with 21.9 mph gusts. As I moved through Atascocita as long as I rode east the wind did not matter so much. Walden did not cause much a problem either since I still biked to the east but when I turned south on Fairlake Drive on the east side of Lake Houston the wind pounded me pretty good even amongst the trees.

Fortunately Fairlake Drive only takes about 8 minutes to ride before I turned east and north on FM2100 back to FM1960 in Huffman. While I biked north to Huffman another biker just crossed over the railroad tracks headed into the wind. We waved and I noticed he was moving slowly even being on his aero bars. When I got to the Chevron station in Huffman and took a short break he came to the station and stopped for a few minutes and headed west on FM1960. Going that direction felt like the wind came straight at you. So I finished my rest stop and started up after him. I did gain on him a little until we both got on the causeway over Lake Houston. Over the lake without any windbreak my speed dropped down to 13 mph or so. His speed must have been similar because the distance between us stayed about the same until we got off of the causeway. He pulled away from me then and soon our routes parted.

From there I biked northerly so the wind helped me. My average speed ended up at 15.1 mph with 20.7 mph as my max speed. Average cadence dropped from yesterday’s ride to 78.7 RPM. For awhile I did not think I would be able to get my average speed up to 15 or more. I would get ahead and then fall back when I hit the headwind. Elevation never comes into play around here with flat Houston. Some other numbers from today’s ride:

  • 2:08:06 riding time
  • 21:46 time stopped (mostly at the Huffman Chevron with a food break before heading into the wind)
  • 6:37:50 riding time this week
  • 100.54 miles this week
  • 593.85 miles in April
  • 1813.21 miles YTD
  • RideWithGPS.com data and map link

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 24th

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Summer Bicycling Event Call for Volunteers
www.southwestern.edu
Summer bicycling race offers opportunity for Southwestern community to visit and explore Georgetown through volunteering
The Georgetown Grand is a two-day bicycling event held in downtown Georgetown from May 19-20. Presented by Holland Racing, the event features a variety of high speed…

@ATXCyclingTeam                 via Twitter
Join us tomorrow for the Wednesday Night at the Nut MTB ride. Wheels down 6:30 pm at Walnut Creek Park.

@Texas4000            via Twitter
Need some mid-week inspiration? A rider talks about this weekend’s century test: bit.ly/tx4k_ohana

Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome)    via Twitter
New stuff on the website: Race Schedule for Friday, Individual ROY standings, and Team ROY standings…. http://t.co/gzB0rmru

Tuesday Waco Bicycle Club Rides
Cameron Park Beginner Mountain Bike Ride
Tuesday 05:30 PM
Mountain/beginner More

Waco Dam
Tuesday 05:30 PM
Road/all levels More

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Sunday, May 6
Ascend Afton
Description:     Meet at Rio Plaza. Ride up NM 28 to Afton Road (the 10-mile road that climbs up the mesa and continues west), then return on same route. 45 miles, moderate to fast. Rick Rivas, 915-867-7199.

Bike ride to the state Capitol… (more pictures)
by In-Yo-Grill            forums.mtbr.com

Just too pretty Sunday so I had to get out. Buddy and I loaded up the bikes and headed north. Got a nice 16mile ride in around Town Lake and ended up visiting the capitol before eating at Stubb’s BBQ. Great day to be alive…

Big Bend Trail system threatened. Make calls.
by Sage_Cat            forums.mtbr.com
This call for action came out from the Wilderness Alliance of Texas and New Mexico.

Use the number to thank the park for including cycling in public lands planning.

…As we mentioned in a previous e-alert to our Texas members, in December 2010, Our Texas Wild submitted comments to Big Bend National Park regarding a proposed ten-mile mountain biking trail starting at Panther Junction. The trail would be the first of its kind in the US–going into back-country through potential wilderness areas. The trail is a pilot project of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Park Service and the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) to increase biking opportunities.”

Sounds great, right? So, Please support IMBA and MTB trails by supporting the park’s decision to build this trail.

Bp ms150
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wkndwarrior
Quote Originally Posted by grandpiper View Post
This was my fourth year, all with Team BP. I cannot recall struggling as much as I did on Day 1 during any of the prior years. Day 2 was easy. I put my bike in the line in Lagrange on Sunday morning around 530AM, got in line just after 6AM, and was out around 715, which was not bad at all.
Those headwinds on day 1 were brutal.

Did anyone see that one-legged woman who was FLYING past everybody despite the hills and wind on Day 1??? That was beyond amazing.

Day 2 was great, left at 7:30 and rolled into Austin at 12:45, with over an hour total spent at the rest stops. 17.5 mph moving average, mostly cruising at 19 mph, so I am quite pleased with that. …

2012 Texas Custom Bicycle Show scheduled for Dallas Oct 27-28
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4O5e1hGtc
After a 3 year run in Austin, the Texas Custom Bicycle Show will be returning to its Dallas origins this fall for another exhibition of locally built bicycle frames, components, and accessories.

The showcase will be in the Deep Ellum district right off of downtown Dallas the weekend of October 27-28, 2012. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details soon. …

New cycle track opens on Rio Grande Street
By Pam LeBlanc        Fit City
If you’ve ever pedaled along a busy urban street, you know the unwelcome feeling of traveling on a road built with motorists – and not necessarily cyclists – in mind.

That feeling is gone from a four-block stretch of Rio Grande Street, where officials on Monday unveiled the city’s first “cycle track.”

The heavily-marked, two-way bike lane along the west side of Rio Grande Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 24th Street buffers cyclists from motorists, giving them a more protected route through West…

Biking or walking for short trips makes good cents
By Moe Johnson Columnist        San Marcos Daily Record
San Marcos — One of the more talked about topics recently is the price of gasoline.

For the local area the price is high, but in comparison to other parts of the country, we are doing okay. Even if our area has somewhat lower gas prices it is still high for most of us.

There are a few individuals, or companies, that like these high gas prices. The economy car salespeople who try to make sure you know that their car gets 37+ miles per gallon, and the people that own stock in gas companies and oil are glad to see high prices. After that, there are…

28th annual BP MS 150 bicycle ride photo gallery
Statesman.com

The 28th annual BP MS 150 bicycle ride ended in Austin on Sunday at the Bob Bullock Museum near the state capitol.

Police Bicycle Relay Team Bound for San Diego (video)
by KRISTINE GALVAN, Reporter    www.myfoxhouston.com
HOUSTON – Thirty members of the Houston Police Department are gearing up to pedal their bicycles 1,900 miles to San Diego, Calif. The relay-style ride is an effort to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Houston police have taken part in this event for 31 years, but this year is extra special for the riders.

They are riding in memory of Sgt. Jason Leal, who served with the Houston Police Department for 20 years. He lost his battle with leukemia on Jan. 6, 2012. Leal’s…

Bike tour to come through city
www.burlesonstar.net
There will be more two-wheelers on the road Friday in Burleson. A group of 25 amateur cyclists from across the state will stop over in the city on a ride from San Antonio to Dallas taking place through Saturday. The effort is aimed at raising awareness about…

Susman Godfrey’s Cycling Team “Swift Justice” Raises $180,000 to Fight Multiple Sclerosis
www.marketwatch.com
HOUSTON, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — This past weekend on April 21-22, 2012, 34 partners, associates, staff, family and friends of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. rode 170 miles from Houston to Austin as part of the BP MS150. As part of that ride, the team’s members have raised almost $180,000 to support research to find a cure and treatment for multiple sclerosis. For the first…

Division West Soldiers ride for wounded warriors
By    Staff Sgt. Tony Foster, Division West Public Affairs     www.army.mil
KILLEEN, Texas (April 23, 2012) — First Army Division West Soldiers participated in the annual Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge, riding their bicycles from here to Waco, Texas, April 19 to aid in the effort to raise funds for wounded service members and veterans.

“I was just hoping to see the Soldiers from my unit and to have them there cheering me,” said Sgt. 1st Class Michael Nash, 479th Field Artillery Brigade. “It was inspirational and motivational to see them out there.” …

Aero Road Bikes Square Off: Specialized Venge vs. Cervelo S5
by djcurtin            It’s Time To Ride!
Let me start by saying that my personal road bike is decidedly un-aero. It is metal, has round tubes, box-section aluminum rims, and 32 spokes per wheel. It’s a very nice bike by any measure. But it is not a carbon “wonder bike,” and it is basically the polar opposite of the Cervelo S5 and Specialized Venge. So I jumped at the chance to ride these two bikes to see what the deal is with aero bikes.

The aero road bike market, as I mentioned a few weeks back, is growing quickly. And with good reason. There is a real benefit to decreasing aerodynamic drag when riding—less energy required to maintain a given…

GHORBA Greatness

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The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) recently published an online article on GHORBA’s recent successes ranging from our Double Lake project to our in progress Huntsville expansion. Follow the link below to IMBA to read more about GHORBA’s continuing efforts to improve mountain biking in and around Houston.

Click here to read more at IMBA.com

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