GHORBA Ride – Sugar Land Memorial – Sugar Land, TX

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GHORBA Ride – Sugar Land Memorial, Sept. 25th
GHORBA will be holding a local ride at our Sugar Land Memrorial (Justin P. Brindley) trail on Saturday, September 25th. We will meet at 9:00 am with wheels down at 9:30 am. This ride is open to all riders and not just GHORBA members so bring your family and invite your friends!

Sugar Land Memorial is a short 1.25 mile long trail located near the Brazos River. It is the perfect trail for riders who are new to the sport but the trail also contains 14 TTF’s (Technical Trail Features) that can be challenging for more experienced riders. The trail does not have any long climbs or downhills and feels more like a pump track with all the small hills and curves. For the more advanced riders there are drop-offs, skinnies, and other fun challenges littered throughout the course. It’s a great trail for all riders regardless of experience. There is no charge to enter the park.

GHORBA Ride – Sugar Land Memorial, Sept. 25th
GHORBA will be holding a local ride at our Sugar Land Memrorial (Justin P. Brindley) trail on Saturday, September 25th. We will meet at 9:00 am with wheels down at 9:30 am. This ride is open to all riders and not just GHORBA members so bring your family and invite your friends!

Sugar Land Memorial is a short 1.25 mile long trail located near the Brazos River. It is the perfect trail for riders who are new to the sport but the trail also contains 14 TTF’s (Technical Trail Features) that can be challenging for more experienced riders. The trail does not have any long climbs or downhills and feels more like a pump track with all the small hills and curves. For the more advanced riders there are drop-offs, skinnies, and other fun challenges littered throughout the course. It’s a great trail for all riders regardless of experience. There is no charge to enter the park.

Daily News Roundup August 25th – Texas Bicycling

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Sante Fe Trail/White Rock Trail Bridge Update? Maybe.
from Biking In Dallas by Michael W. Hubbard
As I drove down Garland Rd. past White Rock Lake this morning in front of the 7-11 there by the Spillway, I saw this sign: In the background, if you look hard, you can see the …

Premier bike study starts in San Antonio
by San Antonio Express
An out-of-state research firm launched a study of the riding habits of bicyclists in San Antonio by inviting them to one of the most dangerous places in the city to ride: Loop 410 near U.S. 281.
Bike study
On Tuesday, ETC Institute started to hand out GPS units to more than 100 local cyclists from a ballroom at the Holiday Inn…

Man pedalled with dress shoes
by San Angelo Standard Times
Oklahoma resident Don Jonason finished the 2009 Hotter’N Hell Hundred in less than five hours in these dress shoes after he accidentally left his cycling shoes at home. Next to the shoes is his Shimano SPD SL pedal, which would have attached to his cycling shoes.

WICHITA FALLS — When Norman, Okla., resident Don Jonason began putting his gear on the morning of last year’s Hotter’N Hell Hundred, he got an unpleasant surprise — his cycling shoes were not in his bag.

“All I had was brown dress shoes with soft soles. I was pretty panicked,” he said. …

Ride for recovery helps wounded heal | Philadelphia Passion …
by admin
LAKE HALLIE — Just 10 months ago, Juan Carlos Hernandez was laying in surgery having his right leg amputated. Tuesday, he biked70 miles and was so energized, he turned back and traveled several more.

Hernandez, of San Antonio, Texas, was one of about 50 bicyclists participating in the second day of Ride to Recovery’s Great Lakes Challenge. The tour, which began Monday in Edina, Minn., stopped at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Lake Hallie Tuesday night. …

Cyclists laud camaraderie, health benefits of sport
by LubbockOnline.com
Members of the West Texas Cycling Association cycle near Buffalo Springs Lake Thursday afternoon. Cyclers meet twice a week and ride from Chisum Truck Stop on the Slaton Highway.Thursday, August 19, 2010 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

The Chisum truck stop is an unlikely hangout for travelers who don’t need gas and aren’t ordering fast food.

Each Tuesday and Thursday, though, a group of spandex-clad cyclists gather there — stocking up on Gatorade, stretching their muscly limbs and discussing the wind and the weather.

To most of us — who haven’t ridden since grade school…

August 25th Bike Ride – The Heat Will Break

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Today is supposed to be the last day for the near 100 degree temperatures until maybe next week. During the afternoon the temperature was 99 degrees but unlike other days the heat index was only 100 instead of the 108 of earlier. What this means is that the temperatures in Wichita Falls will probably not be over 100 degrees for Saturday’s bike ride. If memory serves me correct this could be third year in a row with the temperature below 100 degrees. I am not complaining, just observing.

The skies were clear for this evening’s ride but the wind has picked up some with the change in the weather. 13 mph from the northeast brought some resistance at times. In preparation of the ride this Saturday I have been riding in a 13 x 39 gear combination during the last several rides. Tonight I tried to stay in that gear from the 10 mile mark until the finish. I expected the legs to complain but it was not bad. Rarely do I get in a smaller rear cog unless I am going downhill with a tailwind. As you seen on the elevation chart there is not a big change from beginning to end.

Tomorrow evening I hope to get 22 to 23 miles in to position my weekly mileage at around 150 to 170. Time will tell if I make it.

This evening’s ride statistics:

  • miles 24.31
  • riding time 1:35:51
  • average pace 3:57 min/mile
  • average speed 15.2 mph
  • max speed 21.1 mph
  • average cadence 79.3 rpm
  • max cadence 110 rpm
  • climb 180 ft., descend 181 ft., max elevation 104 ft.
  • August miles 457.55
  • YTD miles 3566.02

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 24th

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UNT Avenue C gets sharrows and signs
from Bike Denton by bikedenton
After UNT announced plans to remove the Avenue C raised bike lanes, concerned citizens contacted UNT and the city, and the demolition was put on hold until recent weeks. Finally, we see that freshly painted sharrows and accompanying “Bicycle May Use Full Lanes” signs are up.  Since the city recently mentioned that Eagle could get bike lanes, this North/South route would tie-in nicely. …

Dad rides 100 miles to raise money for disease his daughter suffers
by The Republic
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – It was a short essay that his 13-year-old daughter wrote earlier this year that led her father, Darren Smith, to train and to travel from Cary, N.C., to ride the Hotter’N Hell Hundred bicycle race in Wichita Falls on Saturday.

Perrie Smith was diagnosed with a disorder called neurofibromatosis, or NF, when she was 2 years old. Despite having more than 50 birthmarks over her body and one tumor, “She has never complained,” her father said. …

Team San Angelo: Fall is (finally) coming!
by Bill Cullins
As an intermediate goal, I’ll race the Texas road championship event in October, where (hopefully) the climbing I did in Colorado will help me handle the hilly state course. Since I haven’t done much road racing for the past several …

Team San Angelo

10 Questions: Cycling America’s Southern Tier
from travellingtwo.com
Stephane and Sheri Marchiori, a French-American couple, have recently finished a 5-year journey around the world by bicycle.

The last leg of their trip, before they settled down to start the bike touring retailer Cyclocamping.com, was across the southern United States, along the well known Southern Tier route. It took them through some of the most beautiful landscapes of their trip, including the stunning Grand Canyon and the Mojave Desert. …

Stephane and Sheri Marchiori

Social Cycling ATX presents: Thursday Night Social Ride – A ride with a reason?!? Wacky…
from www.atxbs.com
Tomorrow night Keith is taking us out on another weekly TNSR ride, but this time around there’s a little bit more to it than usual:

Ok fellow Social Cyclists, this Thursday Night Social Ride is going to be one NOT to miss. Seriously. We are going to ride our bikes, we are going to get wet on a huge inflatable slip and slide, we are going to have a DJ dance party courtesy of the badasses of the Table Manner Crew AND WE ARE COLLECTING MUCH NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR KIDS WHO COME FROM FAMILIES THAT CAN’T AFFORD THEM. All this while enjoying…

How to survive the Hotter than Hell 100 bicycle race and live to …
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Hydrate during the race. I have observed that most riders under hydrate. I plan on stopping at mile 25-30, 50, 70, and 90 miles. Bring 3 bottles with you and make sure they are gone before you get to the rest stop. …