Tour de Gruene Bicycle Tours – New Braunfels, TX

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2010 Tour de Gruene Bicycle Tours
Start: Saturday, October 30, 2010 @ 7:30 AM
Gruene Hall
1281 Gruene Road   New Braunfels, TX
Distances for the scenic routes are 17, 31, 46 and 64 miles. All details pertaining to the Tours can be found on our event website at www.tourdegruene.com. There are also links there so you can join Twitter and/or Facebook to receive updates as they arise.

Fees
Online Entry Fees
Adults: $40;
Kids (17 & under) $20

Brief Description
The history, charm, and ambiance of the unique town of Gruene, between Austin and San Antonio, provides the perfect setting for our bicycle classic events that meander along the tree lined banks of the Guadalupe River. Step back in time as you bask in the warm sunshine while riding through the heart of Texas – then shop, dance, wine and dine in the town that has gently been resisting change since 1872. Please join us for an unforgettable fall weekend adventure.

Online registration closes at midnight on Thursday, October 21, 2010 or earlier if the field limit of 2000 is met. We will post on the website if that happens.

Tour de Gruene

Daily News Roundup September 23rd – Texas Bicycling

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Oak Cliff’s Pedal Pushers
by Josh Hixson
Published 9.22.2010
From D Magazine OCT 2010

A group of bicyclists is trying to change the way Dallas thinks about transportation.
Oak Cliff Pedal Pusher
Our bicycles slowly ascend the southwestern crest of the Commerce Street bridge, where it merges with downtown-bound traffic from Beckley Avenue. The cars roar past at 50 miles per hour, only a few feet from our handlebars. The drivers barely seem to notice…

Bikes Belong Reaches 100,000 Supporters
from Bicycle.net | Attitude is Everything by editor
Peopleforbikes.org Campaign Races to Unite One Million Voices to Advance Bicycling in America Movement gains nearly 100,000 supporters in six months Boulder, Colo. – Bikes Belong’s Peopleforbikes.org campaign is striking…

Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association (DORBA) Swap Meet: Sept. 26, 2010 12 noon until 5 p.m.
from Biking In Dallas by Michael W. Hubbard
These guys are having a bicycle swap meet at the newish Dallas Bike Works location at Lawther Dr. and Northwest Highway right on the White Rock Creek bike trail across from the DART White Rock train …

Junior Equipment Deals
from Mike’s Bike Blog
Mike's Bike Blog
With 3 boys getting them sports equipment and gear can be an expensive undertaking. I’m always scanning craigslist and the txbra forum looking for used bikes as Jack will outgrow his 24″ Felt very soon, I don’t have much more room to raise the seat. I could probably keep him in it till the spring, but Ethan is ready to be riding on it. It’s a better fit for him, but it too will probably get him through till…

H.S. Mountain Bike News Texas High School Cycling League: The …
by League Director
The expansion to mountain bike racing is also a continuation of a partnership between the Texas High School Cycling League and the South Central Collegiate Cycling Conference (SCCCC.) For the past three years the collegiate cycling …

Bike Texas Kids Kup
by durangodevo
Kids mountain bike racing series are popping up all over the country, many with roots in Durango. Rick Wheterald, former FLC cyclist, is promoting a race series in conjunction with the Texas Fall Cup mountain bike series. …

New NICA Leagues are Minnesota, Texas and Washington
from www.cyclingdirt.org
LAS VEGAS—The National Interscholastic Cycling Association is pleased to welcome Minnesota, Washington and Texas as the three newest states in its high …

…Vance McMurry, founding chair of the Texas High School Cycling League, who has worked in two presidential campaigns, said, “I’m super excited. This is the best thing I’ve ever done. It’s certainly the mot exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with. Everybody just wants to help: teachers, parents, engineers, you name it.” The Texas League…

MEECH Custom Bicycles: Texas Handmade Bike Show
by MEECH
…The Texas Handmade Bike Show is happening in Austin, TX on October 16-17.  On Saturday everything is taking place at the Music Hall but come Sunday its gonna be shakin down outside in the middle of a mosh pit, or a cyclocross race for those who may be unfamiliar.  It will be the first show…

Meech

From the Sarnia Observer Sept. 22, 2010 | Sarnia-Lambton Fall Bike …
by sue
Riding 4500 km on a bicycle isn’t your typical trek for a 45- year-old mother of two. But that’s exactly what Sue Blasko will be doing next month, as part of a 12-day tour from Vancouver to Texas, to raise money for cancer research. “I think my family thinks I’m a bit nuts,” said the … For the Give to Live ride, she’ll wear a jersey with 14 names on the back — including names of people who have lost their battle with cancer, those still fighting, and those survivors. …

Sue Blasko

Durango Texas: Wicked Downpour Aborts Autumn Equinox Sunset …
by Durango
Wicked Downpour Aborts Autumn Equinox Sunset Gateway Park Bike Ride. As I drove towards Gateway Park, tonight, I saw a couple somewhat menacing clouds which had wet stuff falling from them, but not making it anywhere near the ground. …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 9/23/10- 9/29/10 | Austin On Two …
by elliott
The Texas Mamma Jamma Ride is a recreational bike ride to raise much needed funds for our central Texas neighbors coping with breast cancer. This festive event saves and improves lives by supporting 10 local nonprofit organizations …

Glen Rose races will test cyclists’ endurance
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
It takes a rare breed of athlete to endure hundreds of miles spent on a bike for hours on end, testing your limits for 48 consecutive hours, only stopping for food and water and maybe to catch a power nap. Some may call it daring. Some call it abnormal and others call it…

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 22nd

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Couple’s bike trek to aid spill victims
by Gulf Breeze News
A Gulf Breeze couple is riding across America in support of the families who are victims of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill.

In recent years, the Gulf Coast has been slammed by hurricanes, recession, and now the largest oil spill our country has ever experienced. The cumulative effect of these disasters has caused extensive pain and suffering.

Feeling an obligation to help their brothers and sisters in need, Roger and Vicki Grooters of Gulf Breeze embarked Friday, Sept. 10 on a cross-country ride. Roger is riding his bicycle from Ocean Beach in San…

Trooper jumpstarts ride with bike trip
by Austin News
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas Highway Patrol Trooper James Colunga of Waxahachie will leave the city on his bicycle Thursday morning as a kickoff to the second …

DPS Memorial Ride

Hotter Than Hell 100 Ride Report « Team Texas
by teamtexasrides
First of all, I want to apologize for taking so long to get this out. Lately, I have been so overwhelmed with hectic schedules that I find myself doing most everything late…which leads us to the beginning of my story.

So, I am on my computer setting up to register for this event on-line. Sure it’s the last day to register on-line, but hey, I made it…FAIL. It just so happens that the registrations closed at 1:15 am. Let’s repeat that. 1:15AM. What an odd time to close a registration. Well, panic begins to set in. I know that I can register in person, but the HHH 100 is held in…

SMU Cycling: Cotton Patch Classic
by Nathan Scot
The city of Greenville Tx is very supportive of the event, sponsored by the PACC cycling club. One of the city Councilmen, Dan Perkins, is an SMU alum and his daughter is a current legacy student. The event started with the road race, where Nicky rolled in with the P1/2 pack, putting in the miles after his fabulous crit victory on Thursday. Frank also had a solid ride in the Cat 3 road race. Jeff’s last weekend as a cat 4 saw him win the slightly uphill drag to the finish …

Durango Texas: Thinking About Biking The Newly Re-Opened River …
by Durango
I knew the River Rats had worked on the trail on Saturday, but the description of the amount of damage and the amount of water remaining, led me to think it’d be a long time before the River Legacy Park Mountain Bike Trail re-opened. …

2010 Safety Products Student Design Challenge winners
by Specialty Fabrics Review magazine
The mountain bike armor is an innovative answer for female mountain bike riders, fulfilling the needs of comfort, support and protection. …

More Zanesville Hills – September 22nd Bike Ride

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Today is the last day in Zanesville. The weather was warmer today than on my Sunday ride but the hills are still here. It was 70.3 degrees, scattered clouds, 81% humidity, breeze from the WSW at 2.0 mph and gusts of 7.0 mph. Because of this I was able to ride without leg warmers but I still used a long sleeve and short sleeve jerseys. After a couple of miles of hills I was warmed up to where the 65 degrees at my start time was not even noticed.

The route overlapped my Sunday route somewhat but I did get an extra mile or two. While I was riding around the Zanesville Municipal Airport a private twin-prop plane took off. When I was growing up Lake Shore Airlines used to fly DC-3’s on a scheduled basis to Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and other cities from this airport. That has long since disappeared.

After all of these hills I think I would have no problem with the hills at the Pineywoods Purgatory in Lufkin. This ride has some large hills on the 65 mile route.

Today’s ride statistics:

  • miles 22.33
  • riding time 1:41:36
  • average pace 4:32 min/mile
  • average speed 13.2 mph
  • max speed 29.4 mph
  • average cadence 63 rpm
  • max cadence 99 rpm
  • Elevation Gain: 1,091 ft.. Elevation Loss: 1,077 ft.
  • Min Elevation: 749 ft., Max Elevation: 996 ft.
  • September miles 224.39
  • YTD miles 3991.27

I did not take pictures on the Sunday ride so I went back today and took some of the points of interest on the route. The first picture is a steel bridge from the National Highway that was the major road west when Ohio was settled. This later became US 40. The steel bridge is at the Zane Grey and National Highway Museum on US 40 and I-70 across from Baker’s Motel. Picture two is a mileage marker from the National Highway also at the Zane Grey Museum. Along the National Highway were a number of “S” bridges. This one is on the west edge of New Concord. Pictures three and four are “S” bridge related. Picture five is a marker at the Zane Grey Museum commemorating Col. Ebenezer Zane who cut Zane’s Trace Trail in 1797 into the Ohio Territory. Picture six is some early road construction equipment at the museum.

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