Texas Bicycling Action

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PHOTOS: Holiday Bike Ride

Michael Cavazos | www.news-journal.com

TEAMability is making great strides, challenging expectations by seeing ability first

Stephanie Leonard | www.ksat.com

This local nonprofit is improving the lives of all individuals with special needs by focusing on their unique abilities.

SAN ANTONIO – For children and adults living with multiple and severe disabilities, receiving the assistance that is necessary to actively participate in life can sometimes fall short.

Where general assumption is made based on the outward view of the person, TEAMability looks beyond, challenging the assumptions and identifying an individuals’ abilities that are already there.

TEAMability is a nonprofit organization with a mission to address the complex challenges of individuals of all ages with multiple disabilities and their families.

Barbara Goldman, executive director of TEAMability, and …

Beginner Downhill Mountain Bike Lessons

laketravis.com

Jan 7, 2023 9:00 am – 10:30 am Want to learn basic mountain biking skills or refresh your fundamentals?

Join one of our Intro to Spider Mountain Bike Fundamentals Courses offered Saturdays and Sundays.

Lessons are available in the morning beginning at 9 am. These small format lessons, with a maximum of 7 people per class, are 1 hour and 30 minutes long and cover the basic mountain biking skills. Lessons are available for guests age 14 and up.

Price is $69 per person per lesson, not including lift ticket or equipment rentals. Lesson participants receive 20% off of lift tickets and bike rentals at the ticket window, but can save even more on lift tickets by booking in advance.

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Evening Ride Houston, TX

Patrick Shannon | strava.com

Farewell 2022 – it was fun! Harris County, TX

Kevin Highfield | strava.com

FULL JOHNSON BABY

Monica Merced | strava.com

I love this route! Solid ride with the homies to wrap up the year on bike ??. S/O to the gas station pizza I inhaled in JC. You brought me back to life

NYE Bike Party Metric with Two of My Faves

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com

Such a fun day with Jennifer Rodriguez and Sara Moore!!

White Oak Bayou survey Harris County, TX

Kevin Highfield | strava.com

Reynold Racing ride in the New Year Century

Nicole Volek | strava.com

Well maybe the gravel bike wasn’t the best choice 96 miles with the race horses. Last four in my hood At recovery pace But triple digits achieved!!!

Afternoon Ride Harrison County, TX

Jason Herrington | strava.com

Superflying to Fulshear Texas

Superflyspin ? jack snider | strava.com

Texas Biking from Twitter

Not Able To Unclip, Rear Derailleur Grinding Cog #8, 2022 Review

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I was late getting started on today’s bike ride while I waited for the temperature to get closer to 70. I rolled away at 11:36 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia bike to ride my Atascocita – Huffman – Walden route. I installed new Ultegra pedals yesterday and this was the first ride. Around the 1.4 mile point I realized I couldn’t get the cleats to unclip. I found a place to get a foot loose without falling on the ground. I adjusted the tension some and thought that fixed the problem but about 100 feet later I still couldn’t get my shoes out of the pedals. More adjusting and back on the bike. This time I could get the shoes to unclip but it was real hard. I left the tension alone until I found a bench at Town Center park and did more adjusting. I got close to the right tension but not where I wanted it. One more stop on the other side of Town Center Park. This time I got the tension how I wanted and resumed the ride. I was glad I didn’t fall over and not get my shoes loose.

Weather during the ride: start 68 (humidity 64%, dew point 56), mostly clear, wind SW 6 mph; finish 75 (humidity 45%, dew point 52), a few clouds, wind variable 7 mph. I was comfortable with my wardrobe choice: shorts, long sleeve jersey, windbreaker jacket, and new gloves.

Sometimes on Saturday I see other cyclists but not today until I was riding through Walden. A cyclist made a left turn from a side street but didn’t see me.

During the ride I started having a problem with the rear derailleur not shifting from the #9 cog to #8. It shifted from the #8 to #9 without any problem just not back the other way. My solution was to shift from #9 to #7 and back to #8. I will try to fix this. Maybe the rear derailleur needs to be adjusted or that cog is worn out. I have a cassette cluster if it needs to be replaced.

All of these problems slowed my ride below my normal pace but I managed to recover some once I got the FM 1960 and ride over Lake Houston.

12-31-2022 Strava Matched Rides Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
12-31-2022 Strava Matched Rides Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
12-31-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage - Time.jpg
12-31-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage – Time.jpg
12-31-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage - Distance.jpg
12-31-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage – Distance.jpg
12-31-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Power In Gear.jpg
12-31-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Power In Gear.jpg
12-31-2022 Strava Ride Overview Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
12-31-2022 Strava Ride Overview Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
12-31-2022 Strava Ride Route Map Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
12-31-2022 Strava Ride Route Map Atascocita-Huffman-Walden

December Biking

2022 Review

I used 5 different bikes to ride 9,493 miles this year: Canyon Endurace, Lynskey R300, Blue Norcross AL, Cervelo Caledonia, and Lynskey Helix. Comparing 2022 to 2021 I biked 12 miles less than what I rode in 2021’s 9504 miles. 2022 miles include road miles 8267 plus 1227 Zwift miles. I rode more Zwift miles this year compared to 2021 and fewer road miles. The graphs below show YTD progressions of miles rode.

12-31-2022 Stravini Year Progressions YTD Road and Zwift Miles
12-31-2022 Stravini Year Progressions YTD Road and Zwift Miles
12-31-2022 Stravini Year Progressions YTD Road Miles
12-31-2022 Stravini Year Progressions YTD Road Miles
12-31-2022 Stravini Year Progressions YTD Zwift Miles
12-31-2022 Stravini Year Progressions YTD Zwift Miles
12-31-2022 SportTracks 2022 Bike Riding Summary
12-31-2022 SportTracks 2022 Bike Riding Summary

Road Miles Year Goal, Zwift Year Miles Goal, Monthly Road Miles Goals

Texas Bicycling Action December 30th, 2022

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Afternoon Gravel Ride Marshall, TX

David Hollowell | strava.com

RGV to Austin Day 3

Aaron Chamberlain | strava.com

I have arrived #festive500

Guess Who’s Back…

Yvonne Torres | strava.com

Afternoon Ride San Antonio, TX

Simon Garcia Jr | strava.com

Afternoon Ride Gregg County, Texas

Jason Herrington | strava.com

Bethel with Alejandro

Peter Clark | strava.com

One flat, one pump n’ go for Alejandro…damp through to dry with a nice tailwind home

Morning Ride with flats and dirt. Fort Bend County, Texas

Eduardo Carrillo | strava.com

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New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Testing My Legs. Zwift Watopia Big Foot Hills

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After getting caught in the rain yesterday and the dreary weather this morning I decided to ride Zwift. Also I didn’t want to wash my bike again after the ride. None of the events matched my desire so I created a meetup using the Watopia Big Foot Hills route but not the whole route, only 25 miles. The whole route was over 43 miles with 5 climbs. The 25 miles climbed three of them and finished on the downhill, something I don’t get to do in Zwift very often it seems. I started at 11:55 AM and it took 1:34:05 to ride 25.13 miles. There were 18,555 Zwifters online when I started and about 12,600 when I finished.

The roads were familiar but in a different order than other routes. The hardest climb was up the volcano taking around 16 minutes. It was slow and challenged my legs. I got out of the saddle towards the end of the climb which I don’t normally do. Total climbing was 1,368 feet. I might become a mountain goat yet. I didn’t notice any Christmas items today. Several large groups passed me going the opposite direction. I listened to SiriusXM 60’s Gold channel pedaling along the route. I am probably the only person in Zwift that listens to SiriusXM while riding.

I checked ZwiftInsider.com before choosing the route. I saw that “One of five routes rolled out with Zwift’s Titans Grove expansion, “Big Foot Hills” takes you on a meandering journey over the lower peaks of Watopia, including Titans Grove in both directions. This longer route is perfect for a ~2-hour free ride and includes 5 different KOM sections of short to medium length. A nice choice if you want to do some VO2 max hill training!” The full route basics: Length: 67.5 km (41.9 miles) Elevation: 707 m (2,320‘) Lead-In: 2.4 km (1.5 miles).

12-30-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Overview Watopia Big Foot Hills
12-30-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Overview Watopia Big Foot Hills
12-30-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Route Profile Watopia Big Foot Hills
12-30-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Route Profile Watopia Big Foot Hills