Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 7th

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Art Errywhere is the place to be Saturday
Second annual crawl features students, local artists
By Sarah Nielsen        thedailycougar.com
Houston will be enriched with the second CounterCrawl culture and art bike crawl this Saturday.

UH students, local artists, musicians and creative culture pioneers have put together a biking route that takes people through non-profit urban farms, art car graveyards in a defunct grain silo and a secret bike-only stop that promises intrigue and satisfaction.

The Facebook page for Countercrawl will bring up a black and white ad with a bicycle and the name of the event.

Beyond that, the houstoncountercrawl.tumblr.com link brings the visitor to a…

Texbiker.net Adds the Location Map to Events

Starting with events added to the Texbiker.net calendar today the location map will be included. The event information page will have an interactive map at the top of the event. From that map bikers can find directions and other information. The Bike for Little Heroes ride is an example.

Destination: Leakey by Austin Cycle Camp
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
Dubbed Destination: Leakey, our weekend kicks off Friday, October 21 and covers up to 175 miles of riding over three days on some of Central Texas’s most scenic and peaceful roads. We’re not talking training camp here, so this is a chance to maybe put the racing season behind you, get back to regular riding after a long, hot Summer, or tune-up for the…

Jagoe street reopens with sharrows, wider sidewalk
by bikedenton

The freshly resurfaced Jagoe St block between Oak and Scripture reopened with new sharrows, bike signs, and a widened sidewalk. City engineer Noreen Housewright explained that road was narrowed to fit a 5’ sidewalk while keeping parking on both sides, and sharrows and “Bikes May Use Full Lane” signs were added. Sharrows encourage riding outside of the car door zone, riding the right direction, and they signal to cars that “bikes belong…

Forts Tour bike ride to visit Graham
The Texas Forts Tour, a three-day bicycle ride, will be held over Columbus Day Weekend, Saturday through Monday, Oct. 8-10.
This year, riders will be able to choose from short, medium or long routes each day, making the total distance traveled anywhere from 108 to 276 miles. Three frontier forts, six historic county courthouses and a variety of other notable sites…

200 cyclists stop off in Orcutt on way to Santa Monica
Taking up a golden Challenge
By Brian Bullock/Staff Writer bbullock@santamariatimes.com

Juan Carlos Hernandez of San Antonio, Texas, began cycling to rehabilitate a body that was badly broken while serving in Afghanistan.

Angel Neal is a Cincinnati native currently stationed at the U.S. Army base at Ft. Bliss, Texas, after two tours in Iraq.

Edsel Hopkins, 48, from Bristol, Va., and also stationed at Ft. Bliss after three tours in Iraq, began cycling just three months ago.

Together they are part of the Ride 2 Recovery’s fourth annual Golden State Challenge – a ride from San…

Tour de Goliad offers bike ride through historic county
Event offers four routes in different lengths, from 10 to 85 miles long, crossing ranch land, farming communities
Erin Pradia         www.victoriaadvocate.com

The Goliad Chamber of Commerce will have its 20th annual Missions Tour de Goliad Bicycle Ride on Oct. 15.

The ride offers four routes – 10, 30, 50, and 85 miles.

The routes wind through rich countryside filled with live oak trees and rolling hills. The 10-mile route is more flat and geared toward families. It travels through the Historic City of Goliad, Goliad State Park, the Fannin Monument and Presidio La Bahia. …

Outlaw Trail Cycling Tour to be held Oct. 8
impactnews.com
Saturday, October 08, 2011, 08:00am – 05:00pm

Each year, the Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department hosts the Outlaw Trail 100 bike tour featuring 10-mile, 25-mile, 40-mile, 50-mile, 63-mile, and 100-mile loop courses on county roads through historic Williamson County. The 2011 Outlaw Trail Cycling Tour will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, at Old Settlers Park at The Dell Diamond. 100-mile riders will be taking off at 8 a.m. with a staggered start. No rider will start after…

San Antonio Wheelmen October’s The Pedaler Newsletter
Welcome to fall.  Start searching for your arm warmers!

We’ve got some great rides planned for this weekend.  On Saturday, you can challenge yourself the with rolling hills in the Bullis County Park ride.  Sunday calls for a…

Off-Season Update
by Ken        Texas Racing Life
I figured it would be good to update and keep a log of how the off-season is going for me.  If you follow my blog you know that I will not be racing again until February, which is 18 weeks away.  The off-season.

The last two weeks have been spent doing a lot of nothing.  Letting my body rest. Letting my brain rest.  I did mix in a little bit of running and weight lifting, but at a drastically reduced volume from what I was doing.  It has been great. I have been able to get some things done around the house that I have been meaning to do since we…

Tyler SpeedWavesâ„¢ p/b Richardson Bikemart – Tyler, TX

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2011 Tyler SpeedWavesâ„¢ p/b Richardson Bike Mart
Presented by Matrix Cycle Club and TMBRA
Tyler, TX
Saturday, November 12, 2011 and Sunday, November 13, 2011

USA Cycling Event USA Cycling Permit # 2011-3658
Online Registration Closes Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM ET
For Saturday’s SpeedWavesâ„¢ Races — we’ll seed you in the appropriate wave based on your race results from the past 12 months. Wave distances/times are estimated lap-times for one lap of A/B/C/D loop at Tyler State Park based on last year’s race results. 2010 wave results are here for reference: https://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?permit=2010-1995

$3000 Cash up for grabs on SATURDAY with CASH to the top 3 in every Wave! SATURDAY Fastest Mens and Fastest Womens lap $250 in addition to Wave payout. Fastest lap payout DOUBLES if winner breaks course records established in 2010 event: 42:52/Men ; 54:51/Women.

$3000 in Cash and Prizes on SUNDAY — with $1000 minimum CASH to Cat 1 fields. TMBRA Fall Cup p/b Richardson Bike Mart SERIES FINALE. Series awards presentation at conclusion of Sunday’s racing.

Onsite registration is $45 (first race) $25 (additional races). Save $$$ by registering early online!!! Best discount available before October 15, and before Oct 31 is still a great value.

Do I wear the blue gloves or the red gloves? – October 7th Bike Ride

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Before you step out the door to ride you have to make decisions. Do I wear the blue gloves or the red gloves? The white shoes or the black ones (I don’t own white shoes so this is an easy one)?  For some people they have to decide which bike to ride. I can make that choice but it is between my road bike and my mountain bike, not quite an even exchange. Today I decided to add an extra section to my normal route to Huffman. The clouds are thicker than yesterday but the temperature is a little lower; 77 degrees at the start (71% humidity) and 84 degrees at the end (64% humidity). The wind has picked up some to 8 mph from the southeast. This played apart in my route choice because I find it is better to face the wind at the beginning rather than at the end.

The ride seemed to be going as planned until about the 12.5 mile point when my speed per the Garmin Edge 500 dropped to around 11 or 2 mph but I felt like I was pedaling at a 17 or 18 mph pace. I also noticed that the distance counter was not recording the miles that I knew I should have covered. As I rode on I thought the problem might be the battery in the ANT sensor unit. I have not replaced the battery so far this year so that might have caused this sudden slowdown and mileage error. Not having a battery I stopped to adjust the magnet on my rear wheel to position it to the ANT sensor but this did not help much. I rode on thinking that I will need to replace the battery when I get home. I decided to stop once more to try adjusting the magnet and moved it to align with the mark on the sensor and then rode off. Now the sensor was back to normal showing a realistic speed but the miles were lost so when I uploaded the trip to Garmin Connect it showed an average speed of 13.7 mph while SportTracks shows 15.1 mph. The distance difference is about 3 miles less at GC versus SportTracks as well. For a time I was thinking the wind and legs were against me but now I know the Garmin was the problem, mostly.

Below is the SportTracks data with the correct route mileage of 29.90, average speed 15.1 mph, max speed of 21.0 and average cadence 79.6 RPM (which is probably wrong since it comes from the same sensor). Now my October miles are up to 166.54, this week is 141.31 and year to date is 4407.88. Further down is a new view of my ride from Ridewithgps.com. This confirms my ride data as well. The map at Ridewithgps is interactive and you can play to route. also you can mouse over a give point on the route and it shows the data at that point. Click on the double chevron at the top of the map to move the data tables out of the way.

10-7-2011 Bicycle Ride Data and Route Map

10-7-2011 Home Weather End

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Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup for October 6th

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Lone Star Cyclists Club Meeting
Our next club meeting is Monday, October 17th at the Bob Duncan Center, 2800 South Center Street, Arlington. We hope you can attend this meeting! The Club’s Executive Board meets at 6:30 PM. The Club meets at 7:30 PM.

Lone Star Cyclists October Shifting Times

 

Circle of Life Bike Tour
Tyler Bicycle Club
The Circle Of Life Tour leaves Wills Point on Saturday October 8th at 8:00 am. Please join us on the route. The Route can be found at

There are a number of variables at this point as to where we will be at what time. So I will post up again before Saturday to give you more information. Thank you for supporting this very meaningful event. We are…

Dirt Derby – participant edition
by minorbaker        Austin On Two Wheels

Last week I went to the Peddler Dirt Derby, but as a spectator, because my bike didn’t have all its bits and pieces.  I went to take some pictures, heckle riders, and help out wherever I was needed. Aside from the nasty dust storm, the evening was quite fun.  I need to give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to…

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10/6- 10/12/11
by elliott        Austin On Two Wheels
This weekend will be big with the North American Cycle Courier Championships coming to Austin for the first time with a weekend of world class racing and more. The Dirt Derby series will also continue with more MTB short course and cyclocross fun in the dirt plus our own weekly free beginner cyclocross clinic before the beginner race each week for the cx curious. My favorite part of last week’s Dirt Derby? Watching a cyclocross…

Bike-friendly bike frenzy called Cyclesomatic runs the month of October
by Wendy Settle of The Assignment Desk, DFW     www.pegasusnews.com
The weather has finally started to cool off here in North Texas, making it the perfect time to get out and ride your bike. At least the creators of Cyclesomatic are hoping so.

Cyclesomatic is a bicycle extravaganza featuring a dozen events throughout the month of October. In its third year, the event was started by Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, a group of bicycle enthusiasts that promote the creation of…

Bike Around the Bay this weekend
www.lsonews.com

With more than 930 registered riders, the Galveston Bay Foundation is geared up for Bike Around the Bay this weekend!

Bike Around the Bay is a fully supported two-day, 150-mile bicycle ride around Galveston Bay showcasing the natural beauty of Galveston Bay and benefiting GBF. The proceeds benefit projects that preserve wetlands, protect natural habitat and enhance the water quality…

Selma cyclists ride to fight multiple sclerosis
By Joel Williams           www.mysanantonio.com
Research lab technician Michelle Bendele is getting ready to combine her love for cycling with her first-hand understanding of the importance of funding to fight diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Bendele and her husband, Michael, will join an estimated 2,000 other cyclists Oct. 15-16 on the Bike MS: Valero 2011 Alamo Ride to the River.

This will mark the 22nd year for the ride in which cyclists, volunteers and supporters join forces to raise $1.3 million to help find a…

Austin Children’s Shelter
Skellicyclists present: Dub Ride (and show!) benefiting Austin Children’s Shelter
By Jason
Start: 10/15/2011 – 8:00pm
The Skellies are giving back to our lovely Austin community and it starts here. Saturday, October 15th, 2011, the Skellies presents … the Dub Ride benefitting Austin Children’s Shelter. We’re hosting a very short & sweet leisurely bike ride (around 3 miles), meeting up at The Grackle (1700 E 6th St) at 8pm, ultimately landing at Club De Ville (900 Red River) for a good cause benefit dub-inspired musical…

Tour De BBQ Ride report 2011
by Justin            Seen On The Train (now The Plano Cyclist)
I am returning from a great birthday weekend in Kansas City and an even better ride; though not quite what I expected.

First, I want to give props to the $34.99 Allen Bike Rack. It carried my GT from Dallas to Kansas City at very high speeds and was as solid as a rock the entire way. Kudos to you, cheap bike rack.

I spent the afternoon before the Tour riding around with Dad in his cool little sportscar, trying to pre-ride the route. However, whoever wrote the directions (cough) filled them full of crazy pre-directions – things like “Head straight towards Buena Vista Street” – Buena Vista street would have nothing to do with the next direction, which might…