{"id":22417,"date":"2013-10-06T22:58:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22417"},"modified":"2013-10-06T22:58:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:58:53","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/06\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-3-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brothers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Bike Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nL3: EL PASO TO UVALDE
\nDay 1 and 2. West Texas El Paso to Van Horn
\nby Tim\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.brothersbikeride.com
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\nWe are staying in an old, historic Hotel in Van Horn, TX called the El Capitan. It was built in 1930 as part of a chain of hotels to help the tourism industry in New Mexico and West Texas, We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see another one tomorrow in Marfa called the Hotel Paisano. Very elegant features and completely restored about 10 years ago. I guess it is the classiest place in Van Horn.
\nYesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride was very peaceful once we got out of El Paso. We were on what is called Farm Roads on the street signs and there was very little traffic since everyone takes I-10. Flat roads, light traffic and a…<\/p>\n

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Day 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Fort Hancock to Van Horn, TX<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Brian\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.brothersbikeride.com
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\nToday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride totaled 76 miles and included 1400 feet of climbing, starting at an elevation of 3400 feet and getting up to about 4800 feet.\u00c2\u00a0 Much of the time we were climbing, we had the wind in our faces.\u00c2\u00a0 We started out on TX 20 and then took TX 192 for a while, and both of these are so-called Texas Farm Roads, where all of the vehicles using them are basically farmers.\u00c2\u00a0 For most of the day, except when we were actually on I-10 East, we saw very few vehicles and the ones we did were U.S. Border Patrol vehicles.
\nWe also had a chance to chat with some Border Patrol officer…<\/p>\n

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River Bend or Brazos Bend<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSugar Land, Texas
\nwww.singletracks.com
\nDifficulty:
\nLength: 4 miles \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Global Rank: #5205
\nTread: Singletrack \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Configuration: Loop
\nDescription
\nTechnical Rating: 1-2 Constructed through a partnership with the Boy Scouts, GHORBA, and the City of Sugar Land Parks Department, this trail features flowing single track along the Brazos River. The trail is new construction so more riders on the trail will help to smooth out the trail surface. Full description coming soon.<\/p>\n

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Spooky Cross Bike Race and Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
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\nOCTOBER 26th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rosemont Elementary School. 1919 Stevens Forest DR. 11am \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3pm
\nOCTOBER 27th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Beautiful Dallas Heritage Village 10am \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2pm
\nSpooky Cross Cyclecross Race and Festival returns to Cyclesomatic for another year of spooktacular good times October 26 & 27th.\u00c2\u00a0 Cross is Boss! Come…<\/p>\n

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Flat Creek Crossing Ride Pics – 10-5-13<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.austinbike.com
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\nWhat a beautiful day.\u00c2\u00a0 The weather was perfect and we had a good chance to ride Flat Creek, which is never a bad thing.\u00c2\u00a0 Overall there were close to 30 riders out there today and the ride, followed up by BBQ was a perfect way to spend a cool afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 Not quite “fall” yet, but definitely closer.
\nThere were some great moments on the trail today, including young…<\/p>\n

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Day 3: Van Horn to Marfa, TX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the long climb!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Brian\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.brothersbikeride.com
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\nBefore we retired for the night last night, we all agreed we would be down at breakfast at the El Capitan Hotel (a great place, by the way) by 6:30 am.\u00c2\u00a0 We all had a great big breakfast (OK, maybe not Beth, but Tim, Mark and I definitely did!), but when we finished, it was still dark outside.\u00c2\u00a0 Being on the western edge of the Central Time Zone, sunrise doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t occur until just before 8 a.m.; however, we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know that when we made our plans the night before.\u00c2\u00a0 So we had about an hour wait before we could get going.\u00c2\u00a0 But by 8 o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122clock, we were on our bikes and riding the 76 miles to Marfa.\u00c2\u00a0 And boy was it ever cold!\u00c2\u00a0 I should have worn my full-fingered biking gloves and tomorrow I will.\u00c2\u00a0 But we warmed up after about an hour, so it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a big deal.<\/p>\n

The 76 miles we did today was the toughest ride of L3 because 1) it was all uphill (we climbed about 1000 feet), 2) the road surface in Presidio County, where we were for most of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride is Texas chip seal, a very rough road surface that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty tough on my…<\/p>\n

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It’s Laura Sato week at the Violet Crown webpage!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Violet Crown Sports Association
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\nLaura Sato has been tearing it up in Central Texas racing the past few months, so we thought we’d post a few pictures of her recent exploits. The photo finish picture tells you how close she came to second at the State Road Race last week. And the…<\/p>\n

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New Events Added to the Texbiker.net Calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Event: Spooky Cross – Dallas, TX: When: Sat Oct 26, 2013 11am to 3:30pm\u00c2\u00a0
CDTWho: Texas Bicycling Events
Wh… http:\/\/t.co\/nfaZ52KzUs<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 6, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n