Texas Bicycling News Digest March 23rd 2019
Where to see beautiful bluebonnets in the Texas Hill Country in 2019
By Melissa Gaskill | fortworth.culturemap.com
Spring is wildflower season in Texas. While bluebonnets enjoy the most fame — and the title of official state flower — Texas Hill Country landscapes offer a number of other abundant blooms, including Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket, pink evening primrose, Mexican hat, winecups, black-eyed Susan, coreopsis, and more.
Andrea DeLong-Amaya, director of horticulture at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, predicts bluebonnets peaking this year in late …
Texas RAAM 200 Challenge: 1st Place (all categories)
Kenneth Petersen | www.strava.com
This was a really hard one. I used the small chainring more than I have in the last 35 years! Sign of weakness, or bcs some hills were close to 20% incline…..
Tour de Galveston again. Mandatory stop in Texas City for my old fashioned chocolate donut.
Bill Rowe | www.strava.com
First Century: A mix of everything!
Ryan Tiffin | www.strava.com
Houston to Galveston #26
JON BLAZE | www.strava.com
Houston to Galveston #6- The Best one so far…..
Rosa Guerrero | www.strava.com
H2G++ [Extended Edition]
Nate Eguia | www.strava.com
3.30 AM rollout. 7-man deep. Awesome route, stellar group 🤘 small ring Saturday — until we hit Hwy3 and a delicious tailwind brought us home, then
Company Man
Said Assali | www.strava.com
Head 4 the Hills Ride and we had Bluebonnets
Jovito Herrero Emmanuelli | www.strava.com
Siklista Monaville ride
Eddy Moreno | www.strava.com
Science: UTA civil engineer would fuse knowledge strategies to find out extra correct numbers [Report]
by Denis Bedoya | infosurhoy.com
A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering assistant professor is exploring data fusion techniques that will provide planners with better data on potential bicycle volumes for a city. Kate Hyun, assistant professor of civil engineering, is one of the researchers on a $200,000 grant from the National Institute for Transportation and Communities at Portland State University. Hyun is getting about …
Honeoye Riders Reverse the Southern Tier 2019
By jim kersting | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 24: Flatonia -Seguin, Tex.
Saturday March 23, 2019, 60 miles (97 km) – Total so far: 1,356 miles (2,182 km)
Close to San Antonio we are, but still very much in the country. The ride today was quite enjoyable with cloudy skies and pleasant temps. Plenty of cattle, wildflowers, hills and small towns to keep us from staring down at the road all day! …
Two Retired Amigos on Winter Tour
By Douglas Wood | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 26: LaGrange to Lockhart Thursday March 21, 2019, 57 miles (92 km) – Total so far: 1,363 miles (2,194 km) When bicycle touring plans change daily and sometimes hourly. Yesterday we decided after discussion to bypass the City of Austin where the route would have taken us. Jim has a friend in San Marcos and a son in San Antonio. San Marcos is between Austin and San Antonio. The plan is to visit both. Using Google maps since we are off route we planned a route to San Marcos that took us first to Lockhart. The ride started on a major road then after 5 miles were in the country on Old Lockhart Rd. We were in the countryside much of the morning that for 5-6 miles we traveled on hard packed gravel roads. It was peaceful and the scenery was stunning with all of the ranches.
Like the past few days the …
Day 27: Lockhart to San Marcos Friday March 22, 2019, 21 miles (34 km) – Total so far: 1,384 miles (2,227 km) We walked over to McDonalds this morning before sunup for our traditional fare including senior coffees. After breakfast we returned to pack our gear and load the bikes. We opened the door and it was completely foggy out. That happened within 20-30 minutes after returning. Fortunately we took backroads out of town, of course, with our safety front and back flashers on aiming to San Marcos. The ride was on a road with a nice wide shoulder for …
Day 28: Rest Day Saturday March 23, 2019 What do we do on a rest day? The plan is to do laundry, sort out gear and perhaps send some items home and relax to get ready for our return to San Marcos to continue our tour. …
Pace Bend Race Volunteers
By Moc 5 | austinmountainbiking.com
The ARR Pace Bend Race is in two weeks and they still need a lot of volunteers. It’s a fun way to give back to the organization that does so much for our local mountain bike scene. Come out, camp, and be a part of the fun!
https://www.bikereg.com/pbr-volunteers
Dripping Springs Ranch Park
By ATXZJ | austinmountainbiking.com
Found this trail on MTB project and decided to check it out. Overall, it’s your basic hill country flow (ish) trail that is a great place to just get some miles in or could be an awesome practice XC race loop. Lots of hardpack, a few stream crossings, surprisingly few rocks and a bit of horse sh*t thrown in for good measure. Check it out if you’re in the area. …
FrankenBike Austin # 162: SATURDAY, March 30, 2019, 10am-4pm at Austin Bike Farm
333 by Chris | frankenbike.net
