Texas Biking January 23rd 2020

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Why You Should Attend the 2020 North American Handmade Bicycle Show

By Madelyn Tomasi | www.roadbikerider.com

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is the world’s largest and most innovative show for handmade bicycles and was built on the foundation of bringing consumers, creators, and media together on an annual basis.

Arundel Bike described it this way: “It’s the bicycle equivalent of going to an art exhibition and having the chance to chat it up with Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Picasso about their work; and when you went for a lunch hot dog, Monet asked you to pass the mustard.”

NAHBS has kept itself fresh by traveling to a different city each year, recently making appearances in …

Picture This: 10 Photos From My 103-Mile Week Biking

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com

One of the pleasures of being a car-free bicyclist in a bustling city like Austin is that there is never a shortage of cool things to photograph. When you’re stuck in a car, you usually can’t just pull over and take pictures as easily as on a bike. But see something interesting while cycling, pull over safely, and bam! You’re rewarded with plenty of images to share as you like. This is one of those posts where the words can’t

Nite Moves

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Thursday with your Cyclones

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Chasing Nick thru Huntsville

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Shama Camp – day 1

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Who Says No Flat Tires Zwifting?

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Originally I selected the Tour de Zwift Stage 3 Group Ride starting at 12:01 PM CST. I set everything up and got on the Blue Norcross AL bike to warm up but the rear tire squealed as I turned the pedals. Normally the tire groaned a little as I started turning the pedals so I stopped and pedaling and waited for the wheel to come to a stop. Squeezing the rear tire told me no air and a flat. I canceled the ride in Zwift before taking the rear tire off the bike for further inspection.

Moving to the breakfast room I removed the tube, pumped it up and searched for a leak. I found it at a previous patch with air coming out somehow. I tried to remove the old patch to replace it but the glue held firm and I ended up tearing the tube making the hole bigger. I went to the garage to get a replacement tube from my stockpile. The Kenda 700×28/32C tube fit the bill but the shorter valve stem concerned me. I put the stem in the wheel to check the fit and it stuck out just enough to use. Inserting the rest of the tube and mounting the tire got the wheel back in order. I pumped the tire up to 87 psi, inserted back into the bike, adjusted the tension on the Wahoo Kickr Snap. Checking Zwift I found another time for the same ride began at 1:01 PM CST and got ready again.

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I don’t know why they don’t call this a race. The pace is fast with no fence to keep racers together. 326 Group B riders (a total of 737 in all 3 groups) gathered for the start of the 13.9 mile ride. Each group starts a minute apart. The pace picked up not long after the starting bell and strung out in a long line. I found a group I could stay with biking around 2.5 w/kg with bursts up to 4 w/kg to stay with my group. We rode around Watopia through Sand and Sequoias labeled Trip Into The Wilderness. One tall climb peaked at 9.5 miles with a 6% grade but rolling hills preceded and followed. Total elevation came to 594 feet. At the finish I came in 123rd. My new personal record on Fuego Flats of 47.15 seconds beat yesterday’s. It won’t be long until Stage 4 will come long.

Maybe Friday’s weather will be dry and warm enough to bike on the roads.

1-23-2020 Strava Tour de Zwift Stage 3 Group Ride Summary
1-23-2020 SportTracks Tour de Zwift Stage 3 Group Ride Summary

Texas Biking January 22nd 2020

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Bike lane construction delayed a few months as San Marcos pursues more non-car options

by: Chris Davis | www.kxan.com

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A project in the heart of the city will make it easier for cyclists to get around San Marcos safely, but KXAN has learned the final piece of construction won’t start for several months.

Originally, the city planned to begin building physical barriers and bike signals this month to finish the two-way bike lane on Guadalupe Street between University Drive and Grove Street. The new timeline pushes the start of construction to April or May.

Some of the work is already done; the city set out construction cones at the end of last …

Smart mayors are chasing the 50+ in their communities

BY STEVE CLEMONS | thehill.com

… Mayor Betsy Price in Fort Worth, Texas, takes bike rides with her 50+ residents to promote health and community building that spans the age spectrum and pushes age-aware pedestrian safety, new intergenerational affordable housing. And Bryan Barnett, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and mayor of Rochester Hills, Mich., is a leader in anticipating the deployment of autonomous vehicles and how this can be an empowerment transportation platform for the 50+ community. But smartly, Barnett has also reached out to many of the retired engineers and autoworkers who live in his community to become engaged with this generation transportation infrastructure, leveraging their experience and insights for the future. …

Texas Senior Games Opens Registration for 2020 Games, Announces Humana as Top Sponsor

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Registration for the 2020 Texas Senior Games, the multi-sport competition for seniors that will be held March 26 through April 5, 2020, in San Antonio, is now open. For the first time, leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) will be the games’ presenting sponsor.

More than 2,000 athletes from Texas and beyond are expected to participate, ranging in age from 50 to 90+. They will compete within age groups in more than 20 individual and team sports, including archery, badminton, basketball, cycling, golf, pickleball, …

Open House this Thurs.: Bluebonnet Ln, 1/23, 6-7 PM, Zilker Elementary

pjschaub | bicycleaustin.info

Come out and show support for bike and pedestrian improvements in the Zilker neighborhood this Thursday, January 23 from 6 to 7 PM at Zilker Elementary (1900 Bluebonnet Ln). Check out the preliminary design, talk to the people who are working on the project, and give your input in person.

Project website: https://data.austintexas.gov/stories/s/ … /ur3j-mbv2

Proposed Changes:

Bluebonnet Lane/Melridge Place (Rabb Road – Rabb Glen Street): Upgrading the protection in the existing two-way protected bikeway to concrete traffic buttons. Planters are also under consideration, pending a …

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Burning Through Sands and Sequoias Tour de Zwift Stage 3 Group Ride

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Real rain outside today making the choice to go Zwifting easy. I rode the Tour de Zwift stages 1 to 3 races and today I rode my first Tour De Zwift Group Ride. The ride began at 12:30 PM CST with lots of sun in Watopia. The ride went on The Trip Into The Wilderness. I chose Group B, my first time in a group that high; Group C only accepts women. 878 riders signed up across all of the groups, with 374 registered Group B riders. I finished in 134th ranking biking 14.33 miles in 36:43 averaging 188 watts.

Choosing Group B concerned me with the 1.0 – 5.0 w/kg average. I never reached 5.0 w/kg in Zwift but as the group I joined settled in we stayed around 2.3 to 2.6 w/kg except for going up hills. That group of riders were in 158 to 168 positions. I set a new personal record on Fuego Flats of 44.64 seconds. Strava recorded at least three new personal records.

My ride live streamed on Twitch.TV/Texbiker.

Withe rain outside today hanging around until early Thursday outside biking is TBD.

  • 1-22-2020 Strava Tour de Zwift Stage 3 Group Ride Summary
  • 1-22-2020 SportTracks Zwift Stage 3 Group Ride Summary