Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 25th
Poth Page: Ride to Remember coming Sept. 7
www.wilsoncountynews.com
The City of Poth will host the sixth annual “Ride To Remember†Bicycle Ride and 5K Run/Walk in cooperation with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Poth Economic Development Corp. The event will take place on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 7. There will be four…
Midnight Massacre 2013
By Kim         bicyclesoutbackracing.net
Summers in Texas are HOT, and sometimes we have to be creative in our training regimen. The Spinistry puts on some crazy fun events, and their Midnight Massacre gravel grinder seemed like a good fit to mix up our bike routine.
Michelle and I had attempted the 100K gravel ride last year, but were unsuccessful with a torn sidewall about 5 miles into the route. We tried to butt the tire, but that didn’t hold so after going through all our tubes we had to fill the…
Austin Bicycling Events
Friday, July 26
Meat Week
9:00am   Georgetown- Sun City Cyclists Friday Ride (Road)
10:00am      Farm Stand
2:30pm   CenAus- Truancy Friday Ride
6:00pm   Florence- Heart of Texas BMX Weekly Race
7:00pm   NAus- Nelo’s Cycles Shop Weekday Ride (Road)
7:30pm   CenAus- Fast Fridays Ride (Road)
7:30pm   CenAus- Austin Critical Mass Ride
Saturday, July 27
Meat Week
7:00am   NWAus- Nelo’s Cycles Shop Weekday Ride (Road)
7:30am   SwAus- Gruppo VOP Saturday Ride (Road)
7:30am   Gruppo VOP (Adv)
7:30am   SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Road Ride
8:00am   NwAus- Violet Crown Bagel Ride (Road Ride)
8:00am   NwAus- Bicycle Sport Shop Parmer Store Saturday Ride
8:00am   SwAus- Circle C Ranch Cycle Club
8:30am   SoAus- Austin Tri-Cyclist Saturday Shop Road Ride
8:30am   CenAus- Middle of the Road Ride (MOTR)
8:30am   ATC Training Ride (Int,Adv)
8:30am   Austin Flyers Club Ride
9:00am   CenAus- Yellow Bike Project at the Austin Farmer’s Market (Downtown)
9:00am   Georgetown- Sun City Cyclists Saturday Ride (Road)
9:00am   CenAus- Mellow Mountain Ride
9:00am   Kyle- Hill Country Tri Club Saturday Ride (Road)
Sat, July 27, 9am – 12pm
Where: Lucky Cup Coffee House- 130a Kirkham Cir, Kyle, TX 78640 (map)
DescriptionThis is the weekly road ride of the Hill Country Tri Club. Distances vary depending on the group that shows up. For more info, visit http://hillcountrytri.org
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9:00am   CenAus- Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride Shop Road Ride
9:00am   SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Mountain Bike Ride…
Racing underway at Juniors Track Nationals in Trexlertown
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Trexlertown, Pa. (July 25, 2013) – Over 200 young cyclists have made their way to the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown, Pa. where the 2013 USA Cycling Juniors Track National Championships kicked off on Thursday. …
…The morning session saw Raul Arias J.R. (East Palo Alto, CA/San Jose Bicycle Club) besting Daniel Gay (Temecula, CA/VRC) in the flying lap with a time of 19.936 compared to Gay’s 20.15. In the omnium’s points race, it was Andres Alayon (Miami, FLa.) to take the win with 50 points ahead of Noah Granigan (Cape May Court House, NJ/C.F. Racing) who accumulated 44 points. Day had another strong performance for omnium points when the evening session rolled around. The California rider bested Zachary Carlson (Plano, Texas/Matrix Cycling Club) in the…
Conroe Ride
Woodlands Cycling Club
Thursday, August 01, 2013, 06:15pm
Start location: Carl Barton Jr Park (click for map)
WCC Thursday Evening Conroe Ride
Purpose:
To provide a safe, fast-paced training ride to the members of WCC/WCCRT and guests, while ensuring that all rules of the road are followed; all participating cyclists are to keep safety for the group as a primary focus. Our goal is to get the best training with zero incidents. This ride is for advanced level cyclists and racers.
Ride Description:
The pace is fast (20mph-28mph) and geared toward…
Reimers Ranch Ride, Swim and WATERMELON!! – Austin Ridge Riders
23610 Hamilton Rd., Dripping Springs, TX 78620
https://parks.traviscountytx.gov/find-a-park/reimers-ranch
Trail Stewards Mark Henneke and Brad Sikes have called a ride for saturday morning. In order to beatthe heat the ride will start at 9:00 a.m. and they will be chilling some watermelon for a post ride treat. Bring your swimsuit as in order to make it a perfect day many will take advantage of the cool waters at nearby Hamilton Pool Reserve.
Day Fee: $10.00 per vehicle  Carpooling is strongly encouraged!
Where to find them:Â Â Look for the group at the Mountain Biking Trailhead.
Directions:Â Get on Highway…
CITY OF FORT WORTH TO HONOR FWMBA’s 10,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS
by M2RIDERÂ Â Â Â Â Â Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association
In honor of the Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association milestone of 10,000 volunteer hours being donated to the construction and maintenance of the mountain bike trails at Marion Sansom and Gateway Park’s the Fort Worth city council will dedicate a special presentation and recognition of FWMBA at the Tuesday, August 13, 2013 council meeting.
Parks and Community Services Department director, Richard Zavala states, “This is simply awesome! What a great milestone for the FWMBA. The beneficiaries of your efforts are the citizens of Fort Worth, the Parks and Community Services Department and our park system overall.â€
Everyone is invited to attend the special presentation located at 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 in the council chamber. The presentation will start at 7:00pm and should conclude by 7:30pm. Hope to see you there!
1ST Annual Crit – Downtown
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August 9, 2013- Washington Park, Brownsville, TX
Let’s Ride Travis Country Pumphouse – Mountain Biking Barton Creek Greenbelt
www.turnincranks.com
Riding the Travis Country Pumphouse to Barton Creek trail segment. One of my favorite segments at Barton Creek Greenbelt and probably the segment where you have the longest sustained descent and a solid SuperD like effort.
A lot of fun and a good segment to really open it up on!
Let’s Ride!
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I’m going to try something new. With the racing season at a slow point, I find myself looking for other things to do when it comes to videos and things to write about.
While I was out riding my new (to me) Jet9 yesterday, and doing a little trail videoing, I thought it might be cool to do some “Let’s Ride…†videos that highlight certain…
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The BP MS 150 will be a week earlier in 2014 due to Easter. Mark your calendars for April 12 – 13! #BPMS150
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Weekend rides: Saturday: Bagel Ride, **7:15 AM **, Einstein Bros Bagels (Parmer Ln and I-35) // Sunday: @MellowJohnnys ride, 8:15AM start
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Did you know that we had 6 people from the Erwin Park Summer Series compete at MTB nationals last week? This is where you train for…
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Event added to the http://t.co/qbTDmPlH3h calendar: The Spirit of Texas Ride – Wimberley, TX 10/6/2013
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 25, 2013