Daily News Roundup October 25th – Texas Bicycling

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Cyclists Support Cure For Cancer 10/24/10
by KOSA
Allen Jansa was diagnosed with cancer a month ago.

The community knows Allen Jansa for his volunteer services as an EMT and his positive outlook on life.
Cure for Cancer
“My dad is hard working driven man he has a great body of cycling,” Allison Jansa said.

After being diagnosed with cancer last month, Jansa knew his days of bicycling would be short, that’s why he wanted to make this ride count. …

Cycling (training and racing) on a Paleo Diet | Texas Tailwind
by Ben
I’ve already talked a little about my “experiment” with a Primal/Paleo Diet. It was easy to do at the time since I was taking a break from the bike.  However, now I’m riding 200+ miles per week again and…

Coach’s creed guides attorney Berg’s life
by Brenham Banner Press
…But Eric Berg’s “road to Brenham” wasn’t closely connected to either of these cycling adventures (though he has enjoyed participating in the MS-150 charity event from Houston to Austin several times) — but rather his interest in returning to “the prosecution side” following the previous five years as a private practice defense attorney there in Conroe, and happily this situation…

This is why I like riding in the Texas heat. I did not know this.

Heat acclimation benefits athletic performance in hot and cool conditions
by Media Newswire (press release)
…Researchers conducted exercise tests on 12 highly trained cyclists — 10 males and two females — before and after a 10-day heat acclimation program. Participants underwent physiological and performance tests under both hot and cool conditions. A separate control group of eight highly trained cyclists underwent testing and followed the same exercise regime in a cool environment.

The data concluded that heat acclimation exposure provided…

Durango Texas: Calling 911 With A Dry View From Miss Puerto Rico’s …
by Durango
As long as no mountain biking is involved. I don’t do mountain bikes anymore. After we win and get our million dollar check we will be holding a party. You, who will be invited, know who you are. Posted by Durango at 4:57 PM …

Cycling – Tour de Longneques – October Edition
by donbynum| 12 Comments
October 23rd dawned with heavy thunderstorms over Burnet County, to the east and south of the Tour de Longneques’ storied route, and more were about 75 miles west of Llano County, but heading northeast.  Since a good percentage of the likely riders come from Marble Falls in southern Burnet County, attendance was less than hoped for, as quite a few riders could not believe that the route of the Tour was…

Tour de Longneques

A Night Time Wind – October 25th Bike Ride

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I am not sure what is causing the wind to pick up today but it is blowing quite a lot. When I left on my evening ride the wind was 17 mph from the south with gusts to 25 mph. When I got back it is was still 15 mph from the south with 22 mph gusts. Usually when I ride my Raleigh M800 I use the 6th gear on the cassette with the middle ring on the crankset. Tonight there were times when I was heading south that I had to go to the 5th gear on the cassette. Some of this is the weight of the M800 over my road bike, Motobecane Le Champion. The temperature was warm with the weatherman saying the record high for this date could be reached. I don’t think that happened though. With the wind the clouds were thicker than usual. This is in contrast to the lower temperatures predicted for later in the week. Lots of dust and leaves blowing around. These are tough to see in the dark.

There was a bumper crop of unlit joggers and walkers out during the ride. So far I have been able to spot them in time. Today’s ride information:

  • October miles 492.46
  • YTD miles 4494.06

10-25-2010 Ride Data

Additional charts, weather and map.

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What’s Turning the Spokes on the Net October 24th

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This how to will only be valuable if it ever starts to rain again in Texas.

Make a Rear Mud Guard for Your Bicycle Out of an Old Wheel [DIY]
from Lifehacker by Whitson Gordon
There’s nothing worse than biking through a puddle of mud, only to find that you have a giant brown line down your back from the mud spraying up behind you. Here’s how to make a cheap mud guard for your bike. …

Rear Mud Guard

This must be for “mudding” with clearance like this.

Full-suspension bicycle
from MAKE Magazine by John Baichtal
Full Suspension bike
Check out the latest work by Make: Online fixture Peter Wagner, who built this excellent frankenstein bike that sports a pretty radical suspension.

My current main ride, with dreamed-of front end made real. The whole machine is bolted together..no welds or cuts at all. The wheel base expands about a foot in a deeep bounce. …

Photos from the Southwest Frameworks Retro Ride
from Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt
Each year Southwest Frameworks hosts a vintage/classic bike meet and ride at White Rock Lake.  Sadly I did not hear about it in time to add it to our announcements for October, we’ll …

Vintage Bikes

Patrick Dempsey cycles through Dripping Springs
by KVUE (video)
Dempsey rode with the Radio Shack cycling team, and Sunday morning the electronics giant handed Lance Armstrong a one million dollar check for the …

Indian Summer Day – October 24th Bike Ride

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We are into day 24 of no significant rain. It did rain at my house late last night but it barely gt the grass damp. So that probably does not count. During the today the temperature is the low 90’s around the area and the scattered clouds do nothing to lower the heat. The wind has moderated some today from yesterday being 9 mph from the SSW. The weather report does not indicate any wind gusts but it sure felt like some when I was heading west on the McKay Causeway over Lake Houston.

No other riders were spotted on my route. This is the fourth ride on the Motobecane bike and the second on the Koobi PRS Century saddle. Both performed as expected.

Today’s ride information:

  • October miles 474.59
  • Miles this week 132.96
  • YTD miles 4476.18

10-24-2010 Ride Information and Map

I am back to using the Garmin Connect data view. The SportTracks was just as good but the image had to be smaller and seemed to not be as readable.

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