Texas Bicycle News Digest September 15th
Bike-Work Balance
Bike Noob
We finally had a taste of fall here over the weekend. It only lasted a day and a half, but the hint of the new season got me taking stock of some recent developments around here.
I’ve really cut back on my riding. The start of the new school year does that to me every year, but this time around it’s tougher. You see, in addition to being an instructor, this semester I’m also a student. I’m enrolled in a class for faculty that teaches us how to prepare a class for delivery online.
Now, you’d think for a blogger that wouldn’t be too difficult. But this class is far more rigorous than I expected. That’s good — it means we won’t take it lightly. And it’s really opened my eyes to some of the…
Camp Eagle Classic Mountain Bike Festival Results
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Rocksprings, TX
Aug 31, 2014
Discipline: Cross Country
Race Date
08/31/2014…
2014 Tyler SpeedWaves(TM) Results
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Tyler, TX
Sep 14, 2014
XC Men Pro/Cat 1
XC Men SS Open
XC Women 40-49 Cat 1
XC Women 0-99 Pro/Cat 1
XC Men 60-99 Cat 1
XC Men 50-59 Cat 1
XC Men 40-49 Cat 1
XC Women 19-39 Cat 1
XC Men 19-39 Cat 1
XC Men 15-18 Cat 1
XC Women 15-18 Cat 2
XC Men 15-18 Cat 2
XC Men 19-29 Cat 2
XC Women 30-39 Cat 2
XC Men 30-39 Cat 2
XC Men 40-49 Cat 2
XC Men 50-99 Cat 2
XC Women 40-99 Cat 2
XC Men 0-99 SS 2/3
XC Women 40-99 Cat 3
XC Women 15-18 Cat 3
XC Women 13-14 Cat 3
XC Women 11-12 Cat 3
XC Women 1-10 Cat 3
XC Men 40-49 Cat 3
XC Men 30-39 Cat 3
XC Men 19-29 Cat 3
XC Men 15-18 Cat 3
XC Men 13-14 Cat 3
XC Men 11-12 Cat 3
XC Men 1-10 Cat 3
XC Women 30-39 Cat 3
XC Men 50-99 Cat 3
Magical Museum Mystery Tour
Easy Riders Cycling Group
Sunday, September 21, 2014
7:00 AM
Leonard C Merrell Center
6301 S Stadium Ln
Katy, TX
GO for a Mountain Bike Ride
Performance Great Ride Series: North Houston
Sunday, September 21, 2014
8:00 AM
Meyer Park
Cypresswood Dr.
Spring, TX 77379
East End Bicycle Opera, Opens September 27 at Texas Children’s Pediatrics Ripley House
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September 27, 2014 – November 30, 2014
Navigate a sonic experience travelling on two wheels. Nameless Sound and British sound artist Kaffe Matthews collaborate with East End residents, writers, musicians, children, programmers and builders on an East End Bicycle Opera. Matthews’s Sonic Bicycles are equipped with speakers reacting to GPS coordinates. Cyclists create a composition that changes depending on where they go and how they pedal. Hidden sounds will seduce cyclists to…
SW Houston Bike Ride
Ride of the Barrio
Thursday, September 25
at 7:30pm – 10:00pm in CDT
We are a ride at your own pace, fun social bicycle ride. We are just a group of people riding bicycles for fun. Roll out is at 7:30! The ride is 15-20 miles with a stop along the way. For more info 713-777-5333
Registration Available Now: BikeTexas KidsKup at Dave Boyd Huntsville Classic 2014
BikeTexas
Registration: 12 PM
Safety clinic and racing: 2 PM
Visit the main BikeTexas KidsKup page.
Support BikeTexas KidsKup and keep this great program rolling into 2015 and beyond!
Course: All BTKK courses are designed for safety and fun, with beginner kids in mind, and are usually about 1/4 mile in length. At many events, a separate shorter course is set up for kids on…
Sunday October 5th Historic Downtown San Antonio Adventure Ride
Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
Sunday, October 5th Meet at 8 a.m.  Meet inside Brackenridge Park at the Hildebrand entrance. (From 281 and Hildebrand, head east on Hildebrand toward Broadway. Take the first right turn into the park. Follow the road a few hundred feet, across the very old bridge and park near the pavilion. This is the Joske’s Pavilion.) We will ride past the following points of interest and more. 1920’s faux bois sculptures (wood-like concrete) by Dionicio Rodriguez-1990+ faux bois by 3rd generation artist and Rodriguez’s nephew Carlos 1990+ Cortez Riverwalk New Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial San Antonio Theater district (Majestic, Empire, Aztec and the other, San Antonio?) Hay’s Street Bridge Confederate Cemetery Firefighter Cemetary Firefighter museum Work shop of Carlos Cortez (will be closed) King William Blue Star…
Tweets
@CXProject2015 @txbikeracing it's out
Please share. Registration starts at 1:30pm today… Thanks— ATXCXCup (@ATXCXCup) September 15, 2014
I saw this guy biking around the medical center today. http://t.co/qkUBaH0TJT [http://t.co/0t3mwOppB6]
— /r/Houston Subreddit (@HoustonReddit) September 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/txbikeracing/status/511533878876860416
https://twitter.com/txbikeracing/status/511541622346383360
Big day for bicyclist in Austin. I bike I walk I vote begins. http://t.co/7b2Zzq88nE
— Bike Austin (@bikeaustin) September 16, 2014
Check out event member Tour de Gruene, coming Nov 8: http://t.co/OOEHfUp7j3
— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) September 16, 2014
Set out this evening to ride some of the soreness out of my legs but ended up challenging myself to… http://t.co/hgAgplSrVP
— Dave Talley (@rdavidtalley) September 16, 2014
Our boy Derek Cooley delivers a #1 out in Texarxana this past weekend at the Coleman Chevrolet Stage Race. Our… http://t.co/M53RJo4eq3
— Corinth Cycling (@corinthcycling) September 16, 2014
Did I just scold the dimwitted student riding the wrong way in the bike lane while talking on his phone? Oh, I so did.
— Su Wilcox (@cheekysu) September 16, 2014
The kids (and coaches) worked hard at practice tonight! Great job to all! — at Elizabeth Milburn Park http://t.co/ZwU8bAHnDU
— Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) September 16, 2014
Ride Schedule for week of September 15
* Tuesday – Bring ID's & Lights – Bring ID's & Lights
6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm… http://t.co/kCqu18DgeM— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) September 15, 2014
TXDOT removes Ghost Bikes for safety concern: http://t.co/ILKRC2QAOE
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) September 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/bicyclesplus/status/511626776653873152
Event Reminder
2 Day Alert: The Scholastic Weeknight Crit Mini-Ââ€Series – Richardson, TX, Sep 17, 2014 05:15PM – Jack Newell Drive S and Gravel Road, F
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) September 15, 2014