Turned Around by Some Rain – August 25th Bike Ride

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Today’s weather has a split personality. When I left home the sun was shining and the air felt cool from a rain front that tried to move through during the night. My rain gauge showed a paltry .08″ of rain but I will take whatever we can get. During my ride as I approached FM1960 to the south a light rain started to fall and as I rode east the rain started to fall harder so when I reached the 13.8 mile point I decided to turn around and head back. As I rode back the rain continued until I turned north off of FM1960 and then it gradually came to a stop. By the time I got home the sky was full sun and no rain was around. This is not surprising since I decided to wax my chain and wash the bike before riding.

My goal was to ride 28 miles but I ended up riding 24.47 miles due to the rain. I started late today at 11:09 because the radar showed some rain moving through the area to the south. When I started the temperature was 84 degrees and the breeze felt cool. By the time I got back the temperature was only 89 degrees. We are supposed to get over 100 again today but it may not make it. The reason I wanted to get 28 miles was so that when I ride in Hotter’n Hell 100 on Saturday I would get my year to date miles over 4,000. I can still make it but it will be close. Last year I rode 74.5 miles at the Hotter’n Hell 100.

August miles are now 487.87 and the year to date miles are 3926.52. Average speed was 15.5 mph and the max speed was 22.0 mph. My average cadence was 82.6 RPM, the highest in many rides.

 

8-25-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

 

8-25-2011 Home Weather Finish

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 24th

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Century of the Month or Less – Lone Star Cyclists
Pace: Touring, Long and Easy, Fast-Pace
Date: Saturday, September 3, 2011 – 8:00am
Location: Bicycles, Inc., 5739 SW Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington (817.572.2453)
Let’s join up with other clubs and cycling groups for a fun way to get out in the cycling community while still enjoying your LSC friends. The ride will start promptly at 8:00 am but as a reward for early birds there will be Starbucks coffee, sausage rolls, and other breakfast items. …

11:59 p.m. Start for Ramble Oct. 22
by Darren Sabom        BikeHouston » Blog
Make your plans to ride in BikeHouston’s 39th Moonlight Ramble set for 11:59 p.m. Oct. 22 starting at the George R. Brown Convention Center.  Festivities are planned to kick off at 10 p.m. in front of the Convention Center.  Check back soon for registration and more information about the late-night roll through the streets of Houston.

Tips and tricks to survive the Hotter ‘n Hell bicycle ride!
The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
Here are some tips and tricks that have worked for the Wheelbrothers over the years.

We are recreational riders, so if you have other tips and ideas that work for you, please add them in the comments below!

1. SLEEP!!!! Make sure you get plenty of sleep from Thursday to Friday night.  The night before the ride folks usually have a hard time sleeping.  So make sure you give your body the maximum amount of…

Keeping the Average Speed Above 15 for the Third Day – August 24th Bike Ride

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I was trying to get started today before 9 AM but I guess I move too slow and ended up out the door at 9:12 AM. One thing I did improve slightly was my average speed. I moved it up to 15.3 mph (or 15.4 mph using Garmin Connect’s calculation). My max speed improved to 22.0 mph from 21.3 mph (Garmin Connect has a lower speed of 21.5 mph). Average cadence was almost identical to yesterday at 80.4 RPM.I am beginning to think tire pressure helps with my average speed. I aired my tires up to 110 PSI last Saturday and I think the rolling resistance is lower.

The temperature was not heated up yet being 84 degrees at the start and 92 at the finish. Wind was light at 6 mph and partly cloudy skies did not hide the sun though. In southeast Texas we are set to be above 100 degrees for several more days at least. Has anyone noticed that Fall is less than a month away? The weather man does not let this affect the temperature forecast.

I tried to duplicate yesterday’s route so that I could compare the two days better which I was able to do with the route miles at 29.16 (.o2 miles less than yesterday). There was one other biker that I passed today but I do not expect to see anyone during the day although I did see two bikers yesterday at a church parking lot. I think they were finished and loading their bikes into their cars.

August miles

  • August miles 463.39
  • This week miles 86.30
  • YTD miles 3902.04

8-24-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

 

8-24-2011 Home Weather Finish

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Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup for August 23rd

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Shake Night 2011!
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club
by sooner1
Ok – you have to ride first !!
That’s right!  Every year, for one night, we move the start of the Thursday Night Rider to a new and fun place where we can purchase nice cold and fun beverages after the ride.  This year is a bit different.  We are starting from a place where the beverages are a lot healthier – but just as tasty!  Same start time (6:30pm) for all routes. …

Friends finish cross-country journey
Vic Baker        Posted by: Eli George
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three lifelong friends pedaled into Buffalo on Monday, finishing a cross-country journey they started together a quarter century ago.

Dan Alexander and Dave Cywinski and their friend, Tony Glosek, embarked on a coast-to-coast bicycle ride in 1986. But Cywinski and Glosek were hit by a pickup truck in Texas and Alexander finished the trip alone. They reunited and…

Students injured in two bike wrecks
One happened in Cedar Park; the other in Austin
by Jackie Vega
CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) – A run-in with a car sent a 16-year-old to the hospital with a leg injury Tuesday morning in Cedar Park.

The Cedar Park High School student was riding his bicycle around 8:15 a.m. when police said he entered the roadway at a crossing point on Lakeline Oaks and South Lakeline Boulevard. That’s when he reportedly struck the…