Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 4th
Sitting In with Super Squadra
by djcurtin               Bicycle Sport Shop’s Offical Cycling Blog
With the buzz surrounding our new Cycling Clubs, it might be easy to overlook one of our biggest assets in terms of folks flying the Bicycle Sport Shop flag: Super Squadra, our elite men’s road team. The guys had another solid season in 2012. While there were plenty of changes for team members this past year, they found new ways to win. We sat down with the guys and looked back at 2012, and forward to the 2013 season a bit.
In general terms, how was the season?
Ian Dille: The 2012 season was a successful year, and a transitional year. Prior to the start of the season, we created the Super JETS (Super Junior Espoir Team Squadra)—who brought a lot of youthful enthusiasm to the team, and a whole lot of speed. We’ve always had developmental riders within the…
Ft Worth Avenue Bike Lanes Happening Now!
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
Those are real bike lanes going down on Ft Worth Avenue from Sylvan to Edgefield! What you see is the pre-striping outline of the bike lanes that will hopefully be painted today if the weather holds. This project is a joint effort of the Ft Worth Avenue Development Group, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and the city of Dallas. A year ago today the project began, see here for a reminder. A big thank you to all the supporters of the project, city leadership from council members…
North Irving 100k
by StephenHÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â www.bikeforums.net
I would like to locate a 100k route generally starting in north Irving that could be ridden on a weeknight. I don’t live there, but it would be convenient to ride from there after work. Anyone got any good ideas? Are there regular bike shop or club rides up in that area? …(1 reply)
January Club Ride
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Colorado Bend State Park, San Saba, Texas
Saturday – January 12      11:00 a.m. Start Time
Kid Trips will be hosting an event for the Girl Scout Winter Jamboree at Colorado Bend State Park and this gives us a great excuse to visit the beautiful trails of this lovely park. We’ll be starting the ride later to allow people to make the drive out. Colorado Bend Sp has a variety of geological features that make this park extremely popular. Throughout the park are sinkholes, caves and springs. Some of the trails have creek crossing and one well known highlight is the large waterfall, Gorman Falls, that is located on…
Corinth Cycling/Harden Dental Team Introductions
Mark Manning is by far our youngest team member. He is lovingly known as La Vaca, which is spanish for cow. If Mark?s coming up behind you, you better mooooooooove out of the way.
Besides riding to combat his ADD, Mark enjoys training his wife. Or rather, training his wife in cycling. Although Mark used to work for the CIA, he now works for a redneck workaholic boss in the…
GHORBA General Meeting
by bobdole
Please join us for our first general meeting of the year! We will discuss the status of trails, events such as the BRC, and what we intend to accomplish this year. In addition, we are privileged to have Dr. Ronald Grabowski with the Houston Sports Rehabilitation and Nutrition Center come and speak. Dr. Grabowski will discuss pre and post workout nutrition along with the importance of nutritional therapy to support the immune system during exercise.
Sachse HS Mountain Bike Team Takes State Title
www.neighborsgo.com
Only three years old, the mountain bike program at Sachse High School has already made a name for itself as the best in Texas. Sachse’s six-member team recently won the Texas High School Cycling League State Championships—its second title in two years.
The SHS program was started by teacher Christine Tucker in the spring of 2010.
“One of my students saw the cycling awards in my classroom and said he was also a mountain biker,†she explained. “A couple of days…
Terry Hershey Park Houston Texas Mountain Bike #1
by lalo ramirez
Lindsey Mountain Bike Trail officially opens Saturday
www.fox51.com
Tyler, Tx — What: Opening ceremony for the new Mountain Bike Trail at Lindsey Park; followed by a four-hour endurance race.
When: Saturday, Jan. 5 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: Lindsey Park at 12557 Spur 364. The event will be held at the south side of the park near the softball fields.
Background: The completion of this trail adds to the already impressive lineup of public biking/hiking trails in the Tyler area including those at Faulkner Park, The University of Texas at Tyler, and Tyler State Park. …
Tweets
RACE: Not going to make it to the Miles of Discomfort? Head to Big Cedar for the Chilly Willy Endurance Race (26 Jan) http://t.co/OLL4z3u3
— MountainBikeTx.com (@MountainBikeTx) January 5, 2013
EVENT: Want to learn more about trail building? Register for teh Lone Star Trail Building School ([15] 16-17 Feb) http://t.co/ZITorZ6q
— MountainBikeTx.com (@MountainBikeTx) January 5, 2013
Sram and Shimano Component Rankings for Mountain Bikers http://t.co/OYFr8Uui http://t.co/orDRFr7d
— Texas MTB Trails (@TexasMTBtrails) January 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/FtWMntBikers/status/287347199426318336
https://twitter.com/JuliaBikes/status/287298874211717121
New kits will be in by mid-Feb. Thanks Primal Wear, Inc. http://t.co/LIszRrvL
— Cross Houston (@crosshouston) January 4, 2013
The 2013 Beauty & the Beast online registration is now active. http://t.co/oxNuAjYg
— Tyler Bicycle Club (@TylerBikeClub) January 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/dallasnews_com/status/287257032602566656
Austin ladies, time to RSVP for our Ladies Night Series for January and February, great events just for you! http://t.co/EriJu4W0
— mellowjohnnys (@mellowjohnnys) January 4, 2013
Sunday Most Awesome Cross Race EVER team results: Brett Kinsey 15th in 3s, Fred Willemsen 7th in 40+, & Joey Machado WON the 50+ race #TXCX!
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) January 4, 2013
Saturday Holiday Hustle team results: Brett Kinsey 11th in 3s, Fred Willemsen 9th in 40+, Christopher Willemsen WON the jr men's race! #TXCX
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) January 4, 2013
The snow will melt by tomorrow out in Frederiscksburg, but we can always hope for more! It will be sloppy for #TXCX States. Yee haw!
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) January 4, 2013
@TexasCX this is at Lower Crabapple and 16N…about 5mi from Cyclehaus. Saving the best for last? -D
http://t.co/V4a8jJIt— Dustin (@dashDustin) January 4, 2013
Team- we're just one week away from training camp- get your climbing legs ready!
— AustinCyclingTeam (@ATXCyclingTeam) January 4, 2013