Texas Biking March 6th 2021

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The Bandera Tracklocross Bandits

Alex Maldonado | www.strava.com

This is a story about three cowboys, their trusty steeds, and a whole lotta SHRED.

Houston – Simonton – Brookshire – No Label Brewing

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Late March destinations for southwest Texas and New Mexico from MTB
Had a really rough fall onto some big rocks today. My worst crash yet. Don’t know the extent of the injuries yet but so far I don’t think I’ve broken anything. Probably some bruised maybe fractured ribs. This was at spider mountain bike park in Texas from MTB
Geolocating Austin Bike footage from 1977 from BikingATX

Wife Approved Purchase: 2021 Trek Checkpoint ALR 5

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Not only did the bike shop approve of the purchase, Katie did too! Did you know that these things are back ordered like crazy???

Saturday Century

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Legs were in rebellion the last 20 miles or so. I suspect the climbing may have been the culprit.

BGDB International Women’s Day Ride

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Colombian Asian Couples Ride

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No Gator Ride But Windy Bike Ride to FM 2100 and Back

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Watching the Strade Bianche race in Tuscany as I ate breakfast inspired me for today’s bike ride. Gravel sections over 63 k and the dust kicked up were not on my route today. I would ride on concrete and asphalt. After those races ended and while I waited for the temperature to get above 60 degrees I changed the handlebar stem on my Blue Norcross AL bike that I use for Zwifting. It had a 110mm stem and I replaced that with the 100mm stem I took off on my Lynskey R300 bike. Bike parts can flow just like hand me down clothing.

Normally the first Saturday in March I ride the Baytown YMCA Gator Ride but it is postponed to later in March or April. If that is the case the weather probably will be much warmer than in the past. Some times the weather is windy and chilly, in the 40’s one year.

Once the temperature crossed 60 degrees I got ready to ride. Dressing for cool weather I wore shorts, polyester t-shirt, long sleeve thermal jersey, leg warmers, windbreaker jacket, and full finger gloves. It wasn’t until the last minute when I took a screenshot of the Bush IAH weather that I realized all of that clothing would come in handy to stay warm. Weather conditions during the bike ride: start 62 (48% humidity, 42.4 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 16 mph gusts 25 mph; finish 67 (38% humidity, 40.3 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 13 mph. The wind chill effect made my cheeks cold. More than that the headwind as I rode east over Lake Houston tried to push me to right several times while chilling me keeping my speed around 13 mph. Thankfully the return trip had a tailwind and not as chilling and faster at 18 mph and higher. Wheels down at 11:15 AM and finished at 1:51 PM.

The route was my typical Saturday one biking “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden”. I altered the starting 4 or 5 miles riding through Woodridge Forest and then into North Woodland Hills before heading south. I guessed the ride would be 32 miles but it turned out to be 33.63 miles. My week’s total is up to 183.47 making a 200+ mile week look possible. Month to date is the same number. I reached my Zwift goal for March on yesterday’s ride. I need 494.2 miles to reach my road miles goal. Year to date I am at 1,395 miles (road + Zwift), 45 more than 2020 at this date.

I saw five other cyclists along the route, 1 on Atascocita Shores Drive on the way to FM 1960 and the other 4 east of Lake Houston between FM 1960 and FM 2100. There were several cars parked at the church on Fairlake Lane where some cyclist like to start and finish.

3-6-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
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Texas Biking News March 5th 2021

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BMX racing event kicks off in DeSoto this weekend

By Tyler Carter | www.dallasnews.com

The BMX Super Nationals Series is at the DeSoto BMX track at Grimes Park, beginning Friday afternoon.

The eyes of the BMX racing world will be on DeSoto this weekend for the annual BMX Super Nationals Series.

The three-day event at the DeSoto BMX track at Grimes Park will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon and concludes Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

Track operator Chris Allen said organizers of the event are following COVID-19 safety guidelines set by …

New East Waco business aims to be a success while also helping the community

By: Dennis Turner | www.kxxv.com

WACO, TX — Two bike shop owners, Wilbur and Orville Wright, met success building the first working aircraft.

Now, Shane Howard, a Waco aircraft mechanic, aims to make a success with Waco’s newest bicycle shop.

"Bike shops are really kind of a destination spot. Most people look up, ‘Hey, where are the bike shops at?’ and they go there," he explained.

So, Shane and his wife, Alexandra, worked to make …

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Zwifting in Watopia on the Dust In The Wind Course

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Today I had a smaller time window for a bike ride. I wanted to leave before 11 AM but the temperature wasn’t cooperating. I decided to ride in Zwift but not as part of an event. Looking at the Watopia routes I scrolled through the list. Since I couldn’t ride outside I wanted to try riding the distance I planned. I landed on the Dust In The Wind route. The brief description fit, 32.2 miles with 1909 feet of climbing. Well the climbing part wasn’t in my outside ride but I have done that much climbing in Zwift before but never that many miles.

ZwiftInsider.com provides this route information: One of five routes rolled out with Zwift’s Titans Grove expansion, “Dust In the Wind” covers Titans Grove twice, as well as Fuego Flats, part of Ocean Boulevard, and a Mayan Jungle out and back. Along the way you’ll encounter a fair amount of virtual dirt/gravel road, so you might consider using a gravel bike so you can move to the front of the pack and make everyone else eat your dust! I think I rode the route components but not in this order or distance.

I watched the feet climbed and did some math spreading the 1909 feet over 32.2 miles but it didn’t break out like that. By 16.1 miles I was over 1148 feet which was good because I was tired of climbing. This meant slightly less in the remaining 16.1 miles. At 27.2 miles I had climbed 1872 which meant the last 5 miles was essentially flat, Fuego Flat actually.

Before I switched my sensors from Bluetooth to ANT+ because they disconnected. I noticed the Wahoo Snap trainer was not providing resistance. Going to the pairing menu it was disconnected, pairing to ANT+ got it working though I enjoyed climbing a small hill without resistance. Later during the ride there were 3 or 4 brief disconnects. I spotted those along the bottom of the Zwift screen when the red line dipped to the edge.

Not riding in an event removes pressure but other Zwifters are on the route and sometimes I got in a group for drafting purposes.

This ride puts a 200 mile week in the picture. I am at 149.84 miles (road + Zwift) and 2 potential bike ride days left. Month to date totals the same. My total goal for March, 675 miles.

2 silver medals from Strava, both contain climbing.

3-5-2021 Strava Zwift Bike Ride Summary