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Texas Bicycling News Digest March 28th 2016

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Racing And Riding Events Fill Active First April Weekend

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THE WOODLANDS, TX (March 25, 2016) – Residents of The Woodlands and Montgomery County will switch from their Saturday, April 2, Muddy Trails Bash running shoes and shorts and don bicycle gear and helmets for the Gran Fondo bicycle rides on Sunday in Montgomery. The busy weekend of fun and physical feats is all sponsored by one Woodlands-based company – The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) and its president and CEO, Gordy Bunch.
The TWFG Insurance Services Gran Fondo: Texas TMCOâ„¢ is a bicycle ride and race for the whole family to …

HTFU Roubaix Women’s Podium

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Interview with the women’s podium from the HTFU Roubaix gravel grinder in New Waverly, TX

Men’s Podium from the HTFU Roubaix gravel grinder

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How a Competition Facilitated Policy Dialogue and Community Engagement

By Grace Atkins and Madhuri Venkateswar blog.chron.com


MobilityHouston provides an online and in-person platform for citizens of Houston to discuss and develop community-sourced solutions to complex transportation problems. As part of the initiative’s in-person component, MobilityHouston teamed up with Rice University’s Center for Civic Leadership and the Rice student chapter of the Roosevelt Institute to host the MobilityHouston Policy Competition. The event gave Rice students the opportunity to generate new, innovative ways to address the mobility issues facing the Houston community. …

… The winning team’s pitch envisions expanding opportunities for multimodal transit in Houston by streamlining the bike sharing and metro ridership. Among their recommendations was the development of a single card that could be used to pay for both bike sharing and METRO services. This “C” or “connect” card would combine the current payment abilities of …

Kolo Promo’s HTFU Roubaix in New Waverly, Texas – Race Report, Photos and Full Results

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NEW WAVERLY, Texas—This past Saturday saw racers from around Texas take to the start line at the first HTFU Roubaix, a gravel race of either 36, 72 or 108 miles, presented by Kolo Promotions. Texas has seen a growth in gravel events with Bicycle Sport Shop’s Holey Roller in the late winter and next month’s Castell Grind, perhaps the most well known gravel event in the Lone Star state.
For its part, Kolo Promo is a known commodity in the Central Texas cyclocross scene, with equal payouts for men and women, great awards for lower category podiums and good times. Speaking to founder Bryan Voytilla, originally from the “cyclocross capitol of the world Portland, Oregon,” he said that Kolo is “just a group of people that …

Bobcats opt for bicycles

By Sam King star.txstate.edu


It is not often students use outdated technology when there is a newer option, but more and more Bobcats are opting to ride their bicycles to campus instead of taking a car.
David Ross, art history senior, rides his bike to school and work for a variety of reasons, but saving money is high on his list.
“I don’t spend money on gas, I don’t have to pay for a parking pass for campus or spend money parking at (the LBJ Parking Garage), which …

2nd stage on AC

By ron ziols www.crazyguyonabike.com

Van Horn, TX: Last of three
Saturday March 26, 2016, 74 miles (119 km) – Total so far: 631 miles (1,015 km)
I literally fell into Van Horn after 74 miles of riding through desolate western Tx. There was only water at the library in Valentine. Going downhill for maybe 50 miles was a treat however gradual. It’s surprising how the road surface changes with each county. Going west it started rough, turned nice, and ended almost silky smooth. I’m embarrassed to say how much food I ate to get me here! …

The European Tour of Texas Challenge

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This is the European Tour of Texas Challenge registration. Registering for this will automatically register you for all rides included in the challenge as well as making you eligible to receive a custom European Tour of Texas Challenge jersey upon completion of the challenge, jersey design is shown in the event picture. To complete the challenge, all you have to do is show up and check in with the challenge registration table at each ride in the challenge, what this meens is that even if weather forces you to not want to ride or forces the ride to be cancled there will still be …

3/29 Ride is On

by peghenderson www.planobicycle.org

The ladies ride is on for tomorrow night. We may have a some wind but the rain should hold off until late Tuesday night / Wednesday morning. Forecast is 70-72 deg so the weather will be great.
We begin at the Tri Shop, Northwest corner of Windhaven and the Tollway in Plano at 6:15pm. Park on next to the Tri Shop on the west side of the building.
21 miles and …

Fossil 50 Challenge

by wilbloodworth www.bigpigracing.org

Saturday, March 26th, 2016
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Glen Rose, Texas
The FOSSIL 50 Challenge is 34 miles of single track with roughly 16 miles of paved country roads mixed in. The course covers two trails; Dinosaur Valley State Park and Solavaca Ranch.
Below is a snapshot of my Stava of this event. The green dot is the start and the checkered dot is the finish. We had the racers’ meeting at the finish and then rode across the river to the start. From there we went past check point one and up the hill, clockwise through the Dino Valley course which eventually brought us back to check point one again. …
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I was feeling great this first lap. The hills seemed easy but a lot of guys were crashing, falling over, or slipping out. Luckily, I had none of those problems this first lap so I got ahead of the field and even …

2016 Texas Team Preview : Jelly and Jam Racing

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We were starting to wonder if we’d pissed off the whole of San Antonio?! Whew, we finally received a team submission from the Alamo City. It’s a toss-up right now for our favorite team name between Jelly and Jam Racing and …

Southern Tier Biking Adventures

By Nate Beiler www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 33: McDonald Observatory to Van Horn
Tuesday March 22, 2016, 75 miles (121 km) – Total so far: 2,092 miles (3,367 km)
This morning we hung out for a while at our campsite until the visitors center at the observatory opened up. Seeing as we had about 60 miles or so until any services, we decided it’d be a good idea to wait until it opened at 10am and stock up on water there. After setting off on the road, the first half of the day went smoothly. The wind was coming in from the side so it didn’t bother us too much, and we had a lot of slightly downhill stretches that aided in putting quick miles on. The second half of the day, however, was a different story. After biking about 35 miles we turned onto a …

2nd stage on AC

By ron ziols www.crazyguyonabike.com

Sierra Blanca, TX: Small town
Sunday March 27, 2016, 34 miles (55 km) – Total so far: 665 miles (1,070 km)
A side wind from the SW at 9 mph , 70 ish, a slow flat tire and nowhere to go finds me 34 miles down the road in Sierra Blanca. Riding on I-10 was almost better than the frontage road. 50 mph wind gusts for 2 days coming !!!! Wind alert! Decisions!! Night riding?? A short day like today makes me unsatisfied. There is so much joy in fulfilling your passion! Riding…

Tom Goes West 2016

By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 28 Round Top to Bastrop State Park, TX. Day 29 is rest day at the State Park.: Route 153 Rocks
Monday March 28, 2016, 54 miles (87 km) – Total so far: 1,362 miles (2,192 km)
I’m catching up from a day behind on my Day reports because the cellular network was overwhelmed in Round Top from all the antiquers Facebooking their latest finds and waffle cones. We really missed getting to a church on Easter but thought it best to get me on the road before the antiquers totally clogged the roads. My thoughts for the day did center on my blessings and peace in my faith, my creator and grace received.
We thought we might have to just grab fast food being Easter in the town of LaGrange. While we did not see any nods to ZZ Top and all dem nice girls we were totally impressed with …

2016 Rocky Hill Roundup – Full Lap – Rocky Hill Ranch

by TC www.turnincranks.com

2016 Hill Country Challenge Mountain Bike Race – Flat Rock Ranch

by TC www.turnincranks.com

My Cat2 40-49 mountain bike race video from the 2016 Hill Country Mountain Bike Challenge held at Flat Rock Ranch near Comfort, Texas.
The 3rd race of the Texas state 2016 series.
After flatting out at Flat Creek Crossing, I was a little dejected on racing. I kept my head up and kept prepping for the Flat Rock Ranch race.
I was all kinds of spaced out the week of the race due to various life reasons. I made it out to the venue, but not without forgetting SO MANY things! Most of all, I forgot my sleeping …

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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