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Texas Bicycling News Digest March 15th 2016

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How to lose 90 pounds and turn pro – one man’s story

By Ben Delaney www.bikeradar.com


Three simple tips from Elevate Cycling’s Mitchell Sides
In his senior year of high school in small-town Texas, Mitchell Sides weighed 250 pounds (113kg). Today he is racing as a professional on Elevate Cycling, weighing just over 160 pounds. His main advice for losing weight by riding bikes? Consistency.
With a physiology degree from the University of Texas, Sides is also coaching for Source Endurance, helping other riders improve on the bike.
For Sides, losing weight wasn’t the motivator to get on the bike in the first place. He got into cycling after watching his older brother ride in 2011, and decided it looked like fun.
“I never really noticed that I was big until after the fact,” Sides said. “I never noticed I was …

Houston area Rides

the sci guy www.bikeforums.net

So I saw on FB that the cops were out giving out tons of tickets to riders at the BBX yesterday.

by txags92

Apparently the Magnolia Miles ride didn’t let Waller County know they were coming on Saturday. Waller County has been dealing with closed and flooded roads for several days. People came a bit unglued at riders blocking lanes, all the usual issues. So the Sheriff told NWCC (who had notified the county of the BBX ride the next day) that they would have officers out ticketing riders who didn’t obey the law. NWCC also had several paid Waller County off-duty deputies working intersections. The on-duty officers apparently setup at an intersection and numerous riders rolled through without stopping, thinking the deputies were there to guard the intersection, and instead got tickets. Now the WCSO is saying they won’t allow any of their deputies to work off-duty for any bike ride in Waller or surrounding counties. Going to make it very interesting for that MS150 start in Waller.

by SAGit

I saw the Peace Officers writing citations to 4 riders at fm 529 and fm 3346. At the time I was guessing the tickets are for impeding traffic (riding more than 2 abreast or failing to stay to the right. If the riders were riding 3 abreast, then I would have no objections to the officers for the citations provided they also cited drivers who were speeding over the limit on the route.
This will be interesting since I think there are at least 10 t-shirt rides that go through Waller County.

by txags92

I have no way to confirm this since the Waller County Judge was kind enough to delete his post and all replies that went with it, but was an allegation made that some of the intersections that didn’t have deputies were supposed to be manned, but the deputies assigned called in “on-duty” instead. Then went to those intersections and wrote tickets instead of helping riders through safely. If so, then I would hope BBX and NWCC go scorched earth on the county.

the sci guy

… You know, I’m all for cyclists following the rules and when a car is coming get in a tight two abreast or single file depending on the road- but when the road is wide open, and it’s such a large event – I’m going to ride in a pack of friends and people 4 wide and unorganized because why not? (not crossing the center line, though).
BBX has been going on for like 25 years hasn’t it? All of a sudden? They need to get a grip.
Also, totally agree about the MS150 starting route. That will be interesting. We started there a few years ago.

The Bluebonnet Express Presented by Northwest Cycling Club

Bluebonnet Express www.facebook.com

Official Northwest Cycling Club comment on the Bluebonnet Express:
Waller County residents have been understandably frustrated due to the large number of organized rides, training rides, and individual cyclists that are training for the MS150 in their area. The unfortunate situation on Sunday at the Bluebonnet Express was the culmination of that frustration. Northwest Cycling Club was not specifically targeted, but cyclists were. One of Northwest Cycling Club’s top priorities is cycling safety, as evidenced by …

Self Supported Bluebonnet Express

by James Webster

I rode it but I was self supported.

There were some pacelines with ten plus riders in them. One crash where I arrived just as the ambulance did and waited as two riders stopped behind me. They quickly dismounted and walked past the scene. The ambulance driver tried to get other riders to dismount and walk past but none did they just took the lane. ( broken ribs, collarbone and a hole in his thigh)

Here is my account of my ride
Is it less expensive to register to ride than riding self supported? by James Webster

I decided not to register for the Bluebonnet Express ride as an experiment. I wanted to see if it would be less expensive to ride self supported . The day of the ride registration was $50.00. The benefits of registering that I would not have were rest stops every 12 miles with water and sport drinks and food. sag support, restroom, parking and a shower available.

It was an open start so no time wasted waiting for a mass start. I left at about 6:15 from my starting point south of Hwy 290 and Field Store Road. It was dark but I had lights. No advantage there for not registering. I spent $9.83 for snacks and I had two Cliff bars from a previous ride. Add $2.50 for the Cliff Bars. I had three water bottles. I rode as far as Hwy. 159 for my next stop and a bottle of Power-aid was $2.34.

I should have stopped at the Sonic and rested at Hwy. 290 and FM 1488 but I pressed on to Field Store Road on the 75 mile route. I arrived at the store out of water and spent $4.12 for Power-aid and water. It is now 1 pm and I miss the Joseph Road turn off and continue on FM 1488 to Kickapoo turning into the headwind.

I finished the ride about 4:30. The high school was abandoned as I went past. Spent $10.00 for a shower where I parked.

It adds up to $33.34 for the ride.

Conclusion: It is much better to register for rides than to wing it . . Poor choices, not stopping at the Sonic, could have put me in a real pickle. also the convenience store on Rt 159 was new and doesn’t show up on Google Maps Street View. Besides I didn’t get a tee shirt. Bummer

2016 Texas Team Preview : TILT Racing

texasbikeracing.com


We’ve got some new kids on the block. Please welcome to the Texas peloton… TILT Racing.
We are an entry-level racing development team based in Austin, TX. Our mission is to help develop the unique talents of each rider through teamwork, mutual-respect, and mentoring – with the goal of developing further through racing. In addition to building strong racers, we also strive to positively impact the …

An Englishman in America

By Rob Lee www.crazyguyonabike.com

Mar 15: To Navasota
Tuesday March 15, 2016, 70 miles (113 km) – Total so far: 1,751 miles (2,818 km)
Fortunately no fog this morning, although being deep within the forest the sun took its time to appear.
Leaving the campground, the cycling was easy and fairly pleasant. Being in the National Forest there was a little scenery now and then and the road had some small hills. …

Long Promised Road

By Bob Elias* www.crazyguyonabike.com

It’s DeRidder, it’s de flood, it’s delay: 25 miles to Texas – and holding
Tuesday March 15, 2016
With apologies to Cole Porter, but it was just too easy.
So every bridge over the Sabine River within 75 miles of DeRidder is closed. This morning they did close I 10, which will add about 4 hours to an east/west drive. It appears the earliest the bridge on US 190 will reopen is Friday – just in time for the next round of storms, before it clears on Sunday. Cheryl was going to meet me in Texas tomorrow, and take some off bike time with friends in the Dallas metroplex. She and my brother in law Richard left Tallahassee yesterday morning bound for Houston via Nawlins, and he flies home from …

Why I Ride

By Steven Amen www.wheelbrothers.com

When I get into a conversation with someone about hobbies and interests and such, the conversation invariably leads to me saying: I’m a cyclist. It’s not a shameful admission. Infact, it’s something I love to do and talk about. Although, it does tend to annoy my girlfriend when the conversation takes a turn in that direction. Usually, I’m asked a …

Sheriff Hands Out Tickets At Bluebonnet Express

Cycling Space City cyclingspacecity.blogspot.com


Last Sunday was the Bluebonnet Express ride that starts and stops in Waller, TX. This is one of the most popular BPMS 150 recommended rides and hosts over a thousand riders. Unfortunately the Waller County Sheriff decided to brag on their Facebook page about issuing 25-30 tickets. As a percentage of riders the ticket …

Annual Meeting Q & A

bikehouston.org

Thank you for writing your comments, concerns, and questions about biking in Houston at our Annual Meeting. We received a lot of complimentary notes, but here are the bare-bones questions and suggestions along with our answers and reactions. Did we miss your comment card? If you have a question, please send us an email at info@bikehouston.org. We are not yet done answering all of these questions, but what we have answered is below. If you would like a quick answer to specific bikeway planning questions, please see the map at houstonbikeplan.org.
Q&A
How can you overcome your fear of bike riding in Houston? I can barely drive a car without being scared. The only time I ride a bike is with a group.
Riding a bike in this city, off of the existing trails, for the …

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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