Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM CST
Bicycle Sport Shop
517 S. Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas 78704
"Team Bicycle Sport Shop" is back for the 2020 Texas MS 150, a two-day fundraising bike ride in support of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Join us to learn more about the team, the mission, and the Texas MS 150 ride. Former pro-cyclist and 6-time Tour de France finisher, …
Only in its second year, the Greater Cleveland Chamber of Commerce’s annual Rock N Ride on Nov. 9 had 80 participants sign up for the 51-mile ride through the beautiful Sam Houston National Forest outside of Cleveland.
“They came from all over. We had cyclists from Austin, Houston, Dallas, Katy, Sugarland, Missouri City and other cities to come to Cleveland for the ride,†said Chamber CEO Jim Carson. “Everyone said the scenery was great. We had one guy, who rides all over Houston, say this was one of the best rides he’s been in.†…
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After riding indoors since Tuesday today I broke out of hibernation and hit the road. Starting later at 12:53 PM after church I chose the “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch” route biking 28.01 miles. The week’s total came in at 166.21 miles including 50.14 miles on the road and the rest virtual riding on Zwift and Rouvy. November stands at 418.71 miles, only 42 miles short of my goal for the month.
The weather wasn’t as warm as I prefer (80+) so I wore a winter combination of shorts, leg warmers, heavy long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and full finger gloves. For the first couple of miles I was a little chilled but once the exercise got my body heating up I was comfortable for the rest of the ride. Weather during the bike ride: start 64 (49% hunidity, 44.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind calm. Finish 67 (58% humidity, 51.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph. Monday should warmup a few degrees and I plan on riding out there.
Last week I lost my NiteRider Sentinel 250 taillight probably due to my not clipping it into the bracket completely. I ordered a replacement and installed it for today’s ride. To help ward off losing another $50+ light I added a Velcro strip around the clip. This is what it looks like.
Where the Velcro strip wraps around the bracket I think will keep it from moving up and disconnecting from the bracket. So far on the first ride it worked plus I tugged on the light to verify the clip engaged.
My indoor riding may be paying off. During today’s ride I improved my overall average speed to 14.0 mph even when the light wind became a headwind briefly.
You need to go. Lots of new stuff, jumps, berms, walls, etc. Yeah, it’s not Spider Mountain, but it was fun and free. Great trail system. Every time I leave there I think "I need to go there more often." Hopefully I will not …
Not that beast. I mean beast mode. I’m not a believer in magical numbers (unless my lottery tickets finally pay off). It was my second longest month ever, after the 731 I did in April 2017 including 202 Miles in 2 Days for the MS 150. Given my lack of a day job at the moment, I made it my bidness (as some people actually pronounce “business†in Texas) to bike my butt off (it’s still there, though). And bidness is goooood! That’s because I averaged 150 miles per …
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Going into Friday night’s fundraiser to help the beloved "Elote Man" of Houston’s East End, organizers said a GoFundMe page’s goal for the 68-year-old had already been shattered.
The goal of $10,000 to help repair Emilio Vargas’ bike after a crash had been surpassed. By the end of Friday, some $16,000 were raised in four days.
… Hear ye, hear ye. Are you among the virtuous weekend warriors who prep for Thanksgiving gluttony with impressive athletic feats? Denton has just the thing for you: the Turkey Roll bike rally at 9 a.m. Nov. 23 and the fifth annual Downtown Denton Turkey Trot — a 5K, as well as the 1K Gobble Wobble for kids — at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28.
The bike rally is organized by the Denton Breakfast Kiwanis Club, and is about to break the 1,000-entrant mark. Register and review the Turkey Roll route here: http://bit.ly/33RMhRO.
Register for the Turkey Trot race here: http://bit.ly/2qUf2hL. …
Phil Gaimon is famous for conquering hills on his bike, but found himself in flat Houston on Saturday reminiscing about Hawaii to fight hunger.
His last day as a professional road racer, Dec. 31, 2016, he powered up the paved highway to the literal fork in the road. Turn right and continue on the asphalt up Mauna Loa. Take a left and face a four-mile dirt road to the peak of Mauna Kea.
At mile five, a rear spoke broke. I was simply rolling and wasn’t exerting any excess power. I was able to continue the ride after I unlocked the rear brake caliper and wrapped the spoke around another. Did most of a very fast ride until mile 52 when a front spoke broke! Obviously I’m headed to Bicycle Heaven right now to figure out what in the heck is going on!
After Zwifting on 18 rides I decided to try Rouvy, another virtual riding app. While Zwift is a game virtual riding app Rouvy replicates the real world. A couple of years ago I uploaded 4 rides’ GPS files but I don’t remember using them and my free trial expired. Recently I looked at Rouvy again and uploaded two GPS files for rides that I rode. Today I subscribed to Rouvy on a monthly level for $8 to see what it is and how it differs from Zwift.
First off I use the term Zwifting when I ride there but I haven’t coined a term for when I use Rouvy; maybe Rouvying?
I chose one of the rides I previously uploaded which showed up in my “Created” ride folder, Atascocita-Walden-Huffman. The ride distance of 32.57 miles is the longest virtual ride I did, eclipsing yesterday’s 90 minute ride in Zwift on the German Social Ride. Today’s ride lasted those miles with a 2:09:36 riding time. One thing I found riding Rouvy: no stop signs or traffic light stops. That can be good or bad since those are mini rest stops.
Another difference in my use: no companion app needed for Rouvy. My desktop PC Bluetooth connected to the Wahoo Kickr Snap, Wahoo Tickr Fit, Wahoo cadence sensor directly. I could probably do this with Zwift but in Zwift I like the companion app map view to show where I am. Setup was easy but the profile options allow a number of things to customize.
Because I chose a route I uploaded I rode alone. I made the route open for other people to ride but so far no one has done that as far as I can tell. That means no virtual partner to accompany me. Maybe the next time I can select my self as the virtual partner?
Being familiar with the route and terrain I know when the inclines and descents take place and the Wahoo Kickr upped the resistance when those arrived. I also found that some of the route that I thought of as flat isn’t with the Kickr upped resistance going uphill or lowered resistance when I went downhill.
Not sure how the ride would look I decided to take screenshots rather than record it.
There were places where the map did not load correctly or off to the side of the ride position a blank spot appeared in the map but since I knew the route it wasn’t a problem and when the route moved the blank spots disappeared. Later when the route returned to the same area the map filled in correctly. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Across the bottom of the screen is the route profile. the blue circle shows my location as I ride the route. In the upper left black box my heart rate, cadence and speed appear in the bottom row with watts and FTP in big numbers above. There is a small number to the right of the heart rate which I do not know what it is.
Next indoor session I may try Rouvy’s Augmented Reality ride. Sunday’s weather should warm up enough to ride outdoors. Today it was in the mid 50’s while I rode on Rouvy.
