Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for February 20th
Bike race promoter offers new ideas for Crazy Kicker event
Mineral Wells Index         By CHRIS AGEE
Andy Hollinger, a bicycle racing promotor and publisher of Racing Post magazine, spoke to the local Kiwanis Club Tuesday afternoon about October’s annual Crazy Kicker bike ride.
Kiwanis is the sponsor of the rally and Hollinger built on his own experiences in the industry to offer ideas to make this year’s…
DeWitt resident Janna Rowan scheduled to bike more than 1,200 miles in September to raise funds for a deaf/blind organization based in Jackson
By Will Forgrave         www.mlive.com
DeWITT, MI – DeWitt resident Janna Rowan, 40, will in September bike more than 1,000 miles for a cause she believes in.
An interpreter for the deaf and deaf/blind, Rowan began cycling in March 2012.
“I fell in love with it,” she said. “Five months and 1,650 miles later, I realized I needed to do something with this love for cycling. Fort Worth, Texas is my favorite vacation spot, so…
What is your recovery position?
by WB admin            The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
Here at Wheelbrothers.com, we aim to bring you the best Texas has to offer in the sport of cycling. Today we have a real treat for you – one of the best bike fitters in the United States is stepping in to bring you some helpful information about sleeping positions and how it impacts your cycling performance. His name is Tad Hughes and he just happens to run the ONLY dedicated bike fitting studio in the State.
Located in Houston, Texas, Tad Hughes Custom is kind enough to share some of his knowledge with us and will be contributing different articles throughout the year.
Take it away, Tad…
Buescher State Park Trail Construction Day
by kerryp         forums.mtbr.com/texas
Mountain bike trails are being added to Buescher state park in Smithville. We started part of the new section last weekend. The next official work day is scheduled (see below). If we are able to get some additional work days scheduled between now and then, i will add a post in this forum. Hope to see some of you guys out there. It is going to be a great start to a new mtb trail system.
I would like to announce a trail workday coming up on 3/23/13 at Buescher State Park from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The work will be a continuation of blazing new trail in the large scale trail upgrade that is going on at the park…
USA Cycling – Mountain Bike/TMBRA “First Time Racers” Clinic
presented by Rick Wetherald & James Webb
When:Â Â Â Â Check the Race Flyer and TMBRA Rider Forum for times as they vary from race to race
Where:Â Â At the Subaru Tent
Who:Â Â Â Â Â Rick Wetherald, James Webb and YOU
Why:     You’ve found yourself at a TMBRA race and you’re not quite sure what you’ve gotten yourself in for.
So, you think you want to try racing but you are not sure of what is involved. What are the rules? What is race etiquette? Why does everyone else look like they know what they’re doing and I don’t? …
Pay Dirt
TMBRA.org
The Bicycle Sport Shop PayDirt? Program is offered in conjunction with the 2013 Texas Mountain Bike Championship Series to encourage mountain biker’s involvement in the maintenance and building of trails, a mountain bikers’ greatest asset. Every participant that completes at least 10 hours (3 hours…
Tweets
Speaking of save the date, May 18! The Real Ale Ride returns! http://t.co/wqBRbB5pCz cc @realaleride @realalebrewing
— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) February 20, 2013
Oh, just another day in the lab. #norain #morepain pic.twitter.com/F6hC2vDd
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) February 20, 2013
NEWS! Fort Worth B-Cycle bike sharing system to launch Earth Day, April 22http://t.co/Fv5kMyv4 @bcycle #bikeshare #earthday #bikefw
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) February 20, 2013
It's time to ride! This time it's w/ the kids! Save the date, April 13. The Pathfinder Pedal–Adventure Awaits! http://t.co/mXL9SP40
— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) February 20, 2013
Two opportunities to help your local trail with work parties at Jack Brooks and Carl Barton this Saturday the… http://t.co/lAOecqzA
— GHORBA (@ghorba_org) February 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/BikeMS_DFW/status/304284500614070272
Riding 25 mi route on my commuter rig, pulling kiddo on trail-a-bike. Should be a good training ride. http://t.co/OfhO5O8U
— Jeff C. (@331miles) February 20, 2013
Feb. 23 Recommended Ride is the Bulldog Bike Ride in Waller. http://t.co/2cGtbw1r
— Bike MS: Texas MS 150 (@TexasMS150) February 20, 2013
How great would it be for #Austin to have a world-class #MTB skills park? Let Austin PARD know you think we need one! http://t.co/o4mm5HUf
— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) February 20, 2013
amazing people doing amazing bike things in Austin: http://t.co/uD1Fycxz @FrankenBikeATX @FrankenBikeUSA @indybrewing @AustinChronicle
— Margaret Shugart (@shugartm) February 19, 2013
It's a great day to pedal under the clouds! It's also a great day to have fenders on your bike!
— Bike Friendly FW (@BikeFriendlyFW) February 20, 2013
Mountain biking to 1890s rock house ruin, Contrabando Canyon, Big Bend Ranch SPhttp://t.co/50nqk2jN pic.twitter.com/Jez1jfLe
— Beth Nobles (@trailgirl) February 20, 2013