Texas Bicycling News Digest February 24th 2019
BFO – Ride to the Bridge (a Texas Independence Day Story)
by Bike Friendly Ovilla | www.facebook.com
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8 AM – 5:30 PM Heritage Park Ovilla, Tx This is a Texas Independence Day ride. We’ll set off on our story from Ovilla Heritage Park. Ride the train into Dallas and meet up with others for the Texas Loop Ride (near Mockingbird Station). We’ll then ride back into downtown to Dallas Farmers Market on our way to the much anticipated photo op of the year for Texas Independence. Let’s see how many cyclists we can get on the Bridge and celebrate Texas! …
How Mountain Biking has changed in the last 20 years
Johnny Guzman | bicyclepointofview.blogspot.com
The truth is, mountain biking is barely recognizable from what it was in 1998. Back then, bikes had 3 chainrings up front, bar ends, grip shifters, 26 inch wheels with the widest tire width being 1.95. Most people still did not ride with suspension, elbow or knee pads or any mountain bike specific clothing. People did thankfully wear helmets back then but these were poorly designed and made the wearer look like a bobble head doll. …
Cat 2 PaceBend RR.
Philip Shama | www.strava.com
We missed the winning break. Tried to do work to get it back and blew it. I rolled off the front for the last couple laps with a couple guys. Finished up the hill in the small ring…a broken man. Haha
Pack finish with the Cat 3 Bros
Carlos A. Moreno | www.strava.com
My first Cat 3 race ever. I got 13th/54 riders solo representing Rice U…Awesome!! There was a major crash in another race in front of us for women’s. We got neutralized with 4 miles to go. We literally stopped for like 30 mins then we went crazy for the last 4 miles. Super weird finish but I am really happy we rode safe and didn’t crash. I hope that the women who was taken in an ambulance is okay