Texas Bicycling News December 19th, 2022

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Emily Newsom narrows focus to find groove at Roxo Racing

By Jackie Tyson | www.cyclingnews.com

New team allows Texan to stay closer to home since ‘ravel booming right in my backyard’

Emily Newsom has a lot on her plate – multi-discipline racing, motherhood, musician and more. However, the 39-year-old admitted recently that “2022 showed me I couldn’t do it all and do it all well,” so she has made a move to Continental-level Roxo Racing for the new year and will focus on a second round of the Life Time Grand Prix off-road series, where she finished fifth overall last year.

The new Roxo Racing squad, based in Fort Worth, Texas, moves from US domestic elite status to Continental level with 10 North American riders, including Grand Prix champion Haley Smith joining Newsom for a focus on gravel racing. It was an …

VN news ticker: Roxo Racing moves up, UAE Tour confirms dates

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Roxo Racing moves up to Continental status in 2023

Texas-based cycling development team Roxo Racing is stepping up to the UCI Continental team ranks, officials confirmed.

The women of Roxo will see an Americas-based schedule for 2023. The calendar includes criteriums like Tulsa Tough, BC Superweek, and the new National Cycle League, as well as road races like Le Tour de Gatineau and Tour de Delta, stage races like Tour of the Gila and Joe Martin. Gravel and mountain bike events like Unbound, SBT, and Gravel Worlds. MTB endurance races Chequamegon and Leadville Trail 100 are on the calendar, too.

The team strengthened its …

Bike Ride Interview with Bike Houston | Cycling Podcast | Bellaire, Texas | Ride Bikes More | Bicycle Awareness

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Ride Bikes More Interview with Emmanuel from Bike Houston. The route midpoint is at Betsy’s at Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire Texas. Roll with us and learn more about Bike Houston and their goals for cyclist.

Roper & White hosts second annual Christmas bicycle giveaway

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Roper & White Attorneys at Law hosted their second annual Christmas children’s bicycle giveaway in 2022.

“We are so excited about this event and it reminds us of how much we enjoyed riding bikes as kids,” the attorneys said.

Roper & White and their team gave out 140 bicycles to area children.

European Tour of Texas

by Fun Bikin’ Enterprises | www.bikereg.com

The European Tour of Texas is a bundle of 4 small community bike rides that share a European Theme. They live up to their European Heritage with challenging routes, a variety of distances and blend it all with Texas Hospitality. We’ve ridden these rides for decades and know that they are all committed to providing an excellent ride experience. Here’s how it works.

When you register for the ETT you are automatically registered for all 4 of our featured rides (unless you pick the 3 ride option). Single registrations are available (no tandem registration rate is available). All registrations include one of our Limited Edition Jerseys. After you register for the ETT Series you will be provided a code and store link to use to order your jersey. We’re even paying the shipping fee so that your jersey is delivered to your home.

Each ride will send you a confirmation so that you can get your packet, t-shirt and other goodies before the ride or on the day of the ride. Here are our featured rides and their scheduled dates:

Germanfest Ride April 29, 2023 Muenster, TX Routes of 22, 40 and 63 miles

Bosque Tour de Norway May 20, 2023 Clifton, TX Routes of 20, 40, 60 and 80 miles

Tour d’Italia June 17, 2023 Italy, TX Routes of 12, 29, 41, 50 and 63 miles

Tour de Paris July 15, 2023 Paris, TX Routes of 20, 24, 35, 57, 68 and 80 miles

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6th Time Riding Zwift Watopia’s Waistband Route

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Today was problem solving day and trips to mail boxes. After I finished those I got ready to ride Zwift because the weather outside was bad, not the weather shown on the Strava ride summary below. Outside it was 45 degrees and raining with a strong 10 mph wind. Inside it was toasty once I got warmed up. After opening Zwift on my computer I looked for a route about 15 miles with not too much climbing. The Watopia’s Waistband fit those criteria with what the description said was 15.8 miles and 312 feet of climbing. I got dressed and everything ready. When I clicked on the start ride the distance came up as 17.2 miles which including the lead-in that the 15.8 miles didn’t. Not a problem as long as the climbing didn’t change too much.

While Zwifting I listened to Pandora’s Contemporary Christian Radio songs.

I started pedaling at 3:14 PM and after riding 57:28 I covered 17.51 virtual miles and climbed 335 feet. This was the 6th ride on this route with last one before today on January 10th, 2022. I was thinking today I would try to set some Strava top results but at the end of the ride I didn’t accomplish that. Below is a summary of all the rides on this route. Some of the previous rides were events like the Tour de Zwift and the Tour of Watopia.

12-19-2022 SportTracks All Rides Summary Watopia Waistband Route
12-19-2022 SportTracks All Rides Summary Watopia Waistband Route

The Zwifters online today were much lower than yesterday. When I started I think it was about 8,000 and when I finished it was around 7,000.

12-19-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route
12-19-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route
12-19-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Route Profile Watopia Waistband Route
12-19-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Route Profile Watopia Waistband Route

Texas Bicycling Action December 18th, 2022

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Christmas Light Ride

Randy Surguy | strava.com

Video: Century-old bike shop raising money to keep business open amid downtown construction

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Construction began during the summer but the owner of Charles A. James Bicycle Shop said December has been the hardest month for business.

Brushy Creek North Fork Trail Project to Expected Start in January or February

By WhoAmI | austinmountainbiking.com

Cedar Park City Council approved an agreement with Fazzone Construction Company for the construction of the Brushy Creek North Fork Trail project at its Dec. 15 meeting.

Stretching from Parmer Lane near Whitestone Boulevard down to the Brushy Creek Regional Trail at Brushy Creek Road, the Brushy Creek North Fork Trail project will consist of roughly 3 miles of shared-use trail, Senior Project Manager Marisa McKnight said at the meeting. Once construction is completed, the trail will be a 10-foot-wide concrete path with associated lighting and fencing.

Funding sources for the project include …

Salvation Army volunteer assembles bikes, gives back to organization that helped him as a child

By KAYLEY FRAZE | lufkindailynews.com

Robert Adams sat on a stool surrounded by bicycles, tricycles and toy cars, looking forward to a Friday of assembling them all.

PKs at Frank’s

Dries B | strava.com

Testing a new route for KWB with Darris. Pretty smooth. Didn’t feel 100% but still glad to be out there today. New Velocio bibs held up great in 35f wind chill.

Eddington at 62 as of today – meaning 62 metric centuries.

Last ride of 2022

Alex Sungho Hong | strava.com

Challenging ride with great group

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WiFi Problems Held Me Back, Zwift Makuri Island Fine and Sandy

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After getting home from church I decided to wrap up this week’s biking on Zwift. Using the companion app I found a group ride for a change that was a good distance (19.9 miles) and allowed me enough time to get everything ready. The route was a new for me, the Fine and Sandy in the Makuri Islands world. 3 laps plus a short lead-in looked good. It went downhill as I waited for the ride to start. My phone (a Pixel 7 Pro) would not stay connected to my WiFi causing the sensors to not register in the desktop program. I tried to get it connected but it would start then fail. When it disconnected I stopped moving in Zwift. The group ride didn’t stop though. I switched to using my computer’s Bluetooth connection and that worked. But by then I was 14 minutes behind everyone else. I didn’t quit though. Riding by myself I made the 3 laps and set some Strava results coming in last for the group. I got the route badge too.

I rode 19.93 miles and climbed 768 feet, 5 feet more than the event said. Outside it was 54 degrees, cloudy and the wind was from the east at 9 mph. Below my weather threshold.

The Sandy and Fine route. From ZwiftInsider.com, “Sort of the little brother to Island Outskirts, Fine and Sandy is a shorter circuit of the Urukazi island complex.” There was a .1 mile lead-in and each lap was 6.6 miles. The climbing mostly came on two small hills on each lap. I probably should’ve switched to a gravel bike because a lot of the roads were not paved but I stuck with the S-Works and Dura Ace wheels.

This week I rode everyday but Friday when I worked on my Jeep installing side steps. I thought I had enough time after installing them but I ran into bad traffic on the trip to the hardware store for some bolts to finish up. 5 days riding Zwift and 1 riding outside totaled 127.75 miles. My year to date mileage is 9,219.

12-18-2022 Week Ended Bike Rides Summary
12-18-2022 Week Ended Bike Rides Summary

Strava medals: PR on Fine and Sandy (27:25), 2nd fastest time on Fine and Sandy (27:55), 2nd fastest time on Mech Isle Climb CW (3:24), 3rd fastest time on Fine and Sandy (28:45). With the connection problems I didn’t expect these results.

12-18-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Data Makuri Islands Fine and Sandy Route
12-18-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Data Makuri Islands Fine and Sandy Route
12-18-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Map Profile Makuri Islands Fine and Sandy Route
12-18-2022 Strava Zwift Ride Map Profile Makuri Islands Fine and Sandy Route