Riding on chip and seal requires some different tires.

Favorite 700×25’s to battle Texas chip and seal?
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Favorite 700×25’s to battle Texas chip and seal?
I plan on switching over to 25’s on my weekend bike, but want a middle of the road training tire. Low rolling resistance, but decent flat protection. I have 25’s on my commuter, but they are flat protection oriented and feel really, really sluggish. Specifically, I’m looking to battle the awful chip and seal vibrations on those backroads. The 23’s pumped to a high pressure feel really fast, but as soon as I get to a bumpy road, it’s kind of hellish. …

BSS_Austin via Twitter
@HOLLANDRACERS made tough decision to cancel #ReveilleRoubaix RACE. TOUR is still ON! Come ride! Details: tour.reveilleroubaix.com cc @RPRTexas

Great Opening Weekend
by League Director in News        Texas High School Cycling League
Jesuit leads the pack through a turn in the Boy’s B crit.

We just finished a great opening weekend of racing to kick off our 6th annual season of High School road racing in Texas.  We had 16 more student-athletes than this weekend last year and many new faces & teams were added to our group of excited veteran racers.  A fun vibe was in the air throughout the weekend as old friends from different school caught up and got to share the new cycling toys they acquired…

Elizabeth Deden via email
Subject: Gator Ride Baytown, TX
My son rode in the Gator YMCA ride this past weekend in Baytown, TX.  My husband was ahead of my son blocking traffic as he crossed the intersections.  There was a biker hit and our children in the car were concerned about the biker.  Do you have any information?  Thanks!

Time Trial Results 3/4/2012
Team McAllen Cycling
Time Trial Results from March 04, 2012 are now up!! They are the third sheet in the excel file attached

Men’s Open
Place	Race #	First Name	Last Name	Gender	Age Group	Start Time	End Time	Actual Time	Points
1	209	Dirk	Martin	M	open	0:08:00	0:32:09	0:24:09	60
2	216	Casey	Swanson	M	open	0:15:00	0:39:20	0:24:20	55
3	201	Wally	Alaniz	M	open	0:00:00	0:24:59	0:24:59	51
4	225	Oscar	Arambula	M	Open	0:24:00	0:49:23	0:25:23	47
5	222	Billy	Flores	m	open	0:21:00	0:46:26	0:25:26	44
6	212	Jorge	Martinez	m	open	0:11:00	0:36:45	0:25:45	41
7	203	Michael	Gonzales	M	open	0:02:00	0:27:59	0:25:59	38
8	213	Eric	Jimenez	m	open	0:12:00	0:38:24	0:26:24	35
9	202	Andres	Enriquez	M	open	0:01:00	0:28:31	0:27:31	33
10	230	Alex	Spish	M	open	0:29:00	0:57:05	0:28:05	31
11	217	Roger	Nelson	M	open	0:16:00	0:48:04	0:32:04	29

More results in the spreadsheet.

Third Thursday Time Trial Series Race 1
West Texas Cycling Association
Date: March 12, 2012
Location: Lubbock, TX
Contact: Mike Ivins
Details: Chapparal Cycling Club, as a part of the West Texas Cycling Association, will be hosting the 2012 Third Thursday Time Trial series. The first race will be held March 12, 2012. We will be looking for a few volunteers to help at each event as the series can not happen without you. No experience necessary. Meet at the Chisum Travel Center at 6:00pm.

Corinth Cycling/Harden Dental Gains Momentum with Team GC Victory

Roland San Miguel accepts check for team prize
By Luke Slavens -    corinthcycling.wordpress.com
The Corinth Cycling/Harden Dental race team continues to gain momentum after capturing 1st place in the Mineral Wells Stage Race – Team GC 35+ 4/5. “This was a concerted effort by all and everyone did really great” noted The Shield. “Despite the weather, we all had a great time and by the end of the weekend we had turned in some…

Dallas Area Tandem Enthusiasts
The March edition of the DATES-Line Newsletter is published and available for download from the newsletters page. This month’s edition includes…

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Sunday, March 25 8:30AM
Explore old and new Fort Bliss on this 30-mile moderate to fast ride starting at Stout Gym (Enter through Cassidy Gate off U.S. 54, take Cassidy Road to gym, 2930 Cassidy). Option for lunch on post after ride. Need picture ID, proof of car insurance, registration to enter post. Rob Ferrara, (401) 954-1064.

Club Picnic and Ride at McAllister’s Park
Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
Start:     April 14, 2012 9:00 am
End:        April 14, 2012 3:00 pm
Venue:     McAllister Park
Address:   13102 Jones Maltsbergher Rd, San Antonio, TX
This 18 mile ride will start from McAllister Pavilion #1 at 9:00 a.m. and will follow the Salado Creek shaded green-way for most of the way.  There is some construction on intersecting roads so caution is advised.  After the ride, join us at 11:00 for the Club picnic at Pavilion #1.  This is a family event so bring spouses, children and grandchildren.  For more information contact either Roy Munro…

Buyer’s Guide leads Bicycling’s digital foray
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
EMMAUS, PA (BRAIN) Mar 5 2012 MT—Bicycling magazine is making its most ambitious foray yet into digital publishing with the launch of its annual Buyer’s Guide.

The Buyer’s Guide, which is Bicycling’s April issue, is now available both in print and as a digital iPad edition on Apple’s Newsstand and available through the Apple app store.

“This is exciting for us, what we’re doing with this issue, and we’re going to make a big deal of it,” Bicycling publisher Chris…

Changes to the Race Schedule
by League Director        Texas High School Cycling League
Unfortunately several races that were part of our scholastic race series have been canceled.  It was beyond our control as the Texas High School Cycling League and as always we do everything we can do to assist race directors in putting on quality events for our student-athletes.  Sadly, though, the following events have been canceled and thus will not be part of our 2012 road series. …

Pace Bend Road Race 2012-Women’s Cat 1/2/3
Race Report by Kim Ciolli        AUSTIN CYCLING TEAM

Kim Ciolli
Pace Bend Road Race 2012
3rd Place, Women’s Cat 1/2/3
I have raced Pace Bend every year since I was a Cat 4 in 2005, and I have had the opportunity to experience every one of the finishes: the feed zone hill; the less steep, longer hill of the last 2 years; the counter-clockwise finish; and, of course, the finish we just did. Unlike all those nervous about the possible carnage at this year’s finish line, I was ringing my hands in excitement. What could be better than a downhill, hard right and then an…

So many bikes, so little time
by katiejo            Austin on Two Wheels
That has been the motto of my bicycle interactions of late.

Every time I see a stylized bicycle in use that I have never personally tried before, adrenaline starts dripping into my blood stream. I try to imagine what the ride would be like. A few cases for illustrating: I spied a recumbent bicycle rider pedaling against the wind while heading north west in the bike lane on Airport Boulevard. I imagine what it feels like to be reclined, in what looks like a lawn chair, while pedaling. I wonder what his eyes see on the…

City Of Richardson Gets A New Website And Updated Trail Maps
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson

The just launched their newly redesigned website.

“The new design features a variety of enhancements that promote easy access to municipal services and information.

Design enhancements for Richardson’s web pages have been underway since February 2011. Its creation is intended to align with the City Council’s Statement of Goals, which aims to improve citywide communications, transparency in government operations, marketing of community…

Black Tie Ride to West Village was Beautiful
by UrbanPedal        Dallas Cycle Chic
It’s been a crazy busy week (as always!) but we’ve finally got some great photos to share from last week’s Oscar Pre-Party ride with the Bicycle Tsunami folks.

We had such a blast (as always!) even more so this time because the weather was gorgeous and we were all dressed up – had a few new folks even join us in their suits and dresses! …

Memorial ride planned for cyclist struck, killed by truck
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City
Area bicyclists will gather Wednesday to honor Justin Patrick Murphy, who was killed in January while walking his bike along the northbound service road of U.S. Highway 183 near McNeil Drive.

The memorial ride will start at 5 p.m. at Bicycle Sport Shop, 10947 Research Boulevard. Cyclists will meet in the parking lot of the bike shop and pedal north about 2 miles to the site of the crash, where they will put up a ghost bike memorial. …

Bicycle advocate Joyce McAlister, city employee who drew Austin’s first bike maps, dies
Joyce McAlister helped draw maps for Austin bike lanes
By Patrick Beach        AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Joyce McAlister, a longtime City of Austin employee and advocate for bicyclists, died at 85 Wednesday in a Bartlett nursing home where she had lived for the past few years, said her granddaughter, Kimberlee Waters.

McAlister was born in Kansas and earned degrees in business administration and social work from Stanford University. She eventually made her way to Texas and…

Bicycle rider struck, killed
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A 72-year-old Port Arthur man is dead after being hit by a car while riding his bicycle Sunday morning.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says George Gumberger was eastbound on the improved shoulder of Highway 105 about a mile-and-a-half east of Sour…

Canadians Dominate US Mountain Bike Opener
Dean Campbell, CTVOlympics.ca

Canadian mountain bikers dominated the US championship opener, the Mellow Johnny’s Classic, held just outside Austin, Texas. World Champion Catharine Pendrel won the women’s race, while Canadian Champion, Max Plaxton, took victory in the men’s race.

Pendrel was part of the lead group of women off the start, but recognized that she’d need to…

Hundreds participate in La Primavera
Participants came from as far away as Germany
By John Bumgardner             www.kxan.com
LAGO VISTA, Texas (KXAN) – The 21st annual La Primavera Pelton bike race saw hundreds of bicyclists trek the “teardrop loop” along   Highland Lakes Drive in Lago Vista this weekend.

The biking event was a joint effort between Lago Vista and Jonestown Chamber of Commerce, Convention & Visitors Bureau. …

Bike racin’ in Texas
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So I came down to Texas to do a bike race and even though at first I was skeptical of the whole idea of traveling that far for a race, in the end it was worth it. The race was this Sunday and Zach and I drove 26 hours south down from Pennsylvania to Texas to take part in Mellow Johnny’s Classic MTB race just outside of Dripping Springs…

Tour de Houston to Benefit Reforestation Efforts
by MyFox Houston
HOUSTON – Tour de Houston Presented by Apache Corporation, the annual fundraising bike ride, will take place Sunday, March 18, 2012. The severe drought conditions spreading throughout Texas have dramatically increased the need to protect our parks and …

Mellow Johnny’s Classic Report
by Andrew            Neilson Development Team

This weekend the team traveled to the far side of Austin for the Mellow Johnny’s Classic race. This race was part of the TMBRA Spring series, and also played host to round one of the Pro XCT series. Saturday started off with the cat. 3 racers taking the course in the morning, with Richard Carr contesting the 30-39 age group. Being relatively new back to the sport and having ridden mostly in Houston since his return, Richard hasn’t had…