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2013 Tyler Speedwaves Full Lap – A&B
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A full lap of the 2013 Tyler Speedwaves course which includes most of A & B loops. Recent rains made the course perfect and the corners were high speed rails!

Tyler Speedwaves Mountain Bike Race – 2013 TMBRA
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2013 Tyler Speedwaves Mountain Bike Race
October 13, 2013
Men’s Cat 3 40-49
This is the 14th and final race in the year long TMBRA State Series

Shot 100% on GoPro Hero2 HD

Tyler Speedwaves is held at Tyler State Park in Tyler, Texas. The venue is sweet hardpack dirt with some decent elevation change.

Some recent rains made the whole course pure hero dirt and…

Mountain Bike Tyler State – B Loop downhill
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Video taken from my race at Tyler State Park in October, 2013. The race was the finale in the TMBRA Texas State Series. This downhill segment is a lot of fun and with the rains the prior day, you could really rail the turns without fear of washing out.

Tyler Speedwaves Race Report – 2013
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The state series finale was to be held at Tyler State Park outside of Tyler, Texas. I didn’t know anything about the course but I knew this was my last chance at a podium spot before I ‘cat up’ to Cat2 next year. Once I’m racing in Cat2, my chances of a podium are going to be extremely diminished for a long time to come.

With XC racing, fitness plays a huge role in race outcomes. Fitness is primarily gained through training, and to a lesser extent, genetics. I know I don’t have the natural genetics to give me any advantage, so it all comes down to training for me. And my training time is already maxxed out. I won’t be able to devote any more time to training than I do currently so my chances of being ‘competitive’ in Cat2 will be greatly diminished for the foreseeable future. My only hope is that my…

Brackettville to Del Rio, TX: Tim recovers and rides another day!
Posted by Mark        www.brothersbikeride.com
Friday October 11, 2013, 31 miles (50 km) – Total so far: 464 miles (746 km)

Eight straight days of bike riding are over and while feeling the need for rest, I feel a great sense of accomplishment. It was another great trip and all of our careful planning worked out. Overall, beautiful roads, comfortable hotels, delicious meals, very courteous drivers and friendly people along the way made this third leg of our journey equally as memorable as the first two. Texas has been a pleasant surprise for me. I have never really spent much time in the Lone Star State but discovered that Texans are rightfully proud of their enormous state. Although there was not the spectacular view from the top of Emory pass, or the view of the Pacific Ocean, it possesses its own type of desolate beauty. I look forward to two more weeks in the future to complete the ride all the way across Texas and into Louisiana. We were dropped off by the Sag Wagon in…

Day 5: Down to the Bottom
Posted by Beth        www.brothersbikeride.com
We all had breakfast at Johnny B’s, a cute retro greasy spoon next to the hotel. The TV in the corner had the Today show on, with its dumb stories about how you’re allowed to eat food past the expiration date and how Miley Cyrus had teased Matt Lauer about his sex life. It seemed incongruous to me that this part of Texas would be exposed to the same cultural junk as the rest of America, because it kind of does feel like a different country here. TV in west Texas should only have stations with shows about ranchers and trucks and Mexicans, at least while I’m visiting. And…

Day 8: Biking from Bracketville to Del Rio, followed by driving some of Map 4 and an evening in downtown San Antonio, TX
Posted by Brian            www.brothersbikeride.com
Tim re-joined us on Friday October 11, our final day of riding on L3.  After Beth arranged for us to have a noon check-out time, we left the hotel with our bikes in Silver’s bay and drove to Bracketville, TX so that by biking west to Del Rio, we’d have the winds at our backs again.  We left the hotel around 7:15am when it was still dark, and somehow missed the turn that would have kept us on US 90 and on the right path towards Bracketville.  But we were glad we did get lost for a few minutes, because we came within about 20 feet of the International Fence, the closest we had ever been to the border and the fence.  Beth and Mark took…

Final thoughts and reflections on L3
Posted by Brian            www.brothersbikeride.com
There are many things I want to remember on L3, so I thought I’d write them down and share them.

…Truly Remarkable Things We Experienced During L3

The night sky everywhere outside of El Paso, but we particularly noticed it in Marathon, TX.  You really can’t appreciate how many bright stars and planets there are up there, until you spend some time in a remote place.

The speed limit on the two-lane (one in each direction) on US 90 is West Texas.  It’s a Texas chip seal surface, but in many places along this route the speed limit is 75 mph!

The importance of the railroad to the local economy of towns along the railroad line, which runs parallel to US 90 for much of this road.  Alpine is thriving, in part because the…

ACTION ALERT! Weigh In on “Your Path to Austin” Now!
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We want to let you know about an important initiative underway in Austin. It is called “Your Path to Austin,” which will update the City’s Bicycle Master Plan and create a new Urban Trails Plan. These plans will help us achieve a connected and protected active transportation network and increase opportunities for people to safely bike around town, regardless of age or biking ability. …

Group Riding Skills Clinic
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Our next Group Riding Skills clinic is just around the corner

This League of American Bicyclists course will be held Sunday morning, November 3rd, at 8 am at Mexigo’s resturant.
Space is limited, so register today

Brain Injury Awareness Month: Local Event to Raise Awareness
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UMC and the West Texas Cycling Association are teaming up to make riding safer for children in the South Plains. Two safety education programs are scheduled this month, with kids receiving a free bicycle helmet for attending.

Riding a bike is one of the more dangerous sports for head injuries. One in five sports-related traumatic head injuries occur while riding a bike, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. That’s twice the amount of head injuries stemming from football.

“It takes just a minute to put on a helmet to prevent a permanent and devastating neurologic disease that can…

Barton Creek Greenbelt
by Shawn McAfee        www.texasmountainbiketrails.com

Trail Review from MountainBikeTx.com.

“The Barton Creek Greenbelt is one of the most popular trails in Texas. Many Austinites use it as a hiking, running, biking and pet walking trail. It travels the banks of Barton Creek (hence the name). The creek is usually wet during the fall and spring, but dries up by mid-summer. The trail offers a good mix of singletrack, doubletrack, technical climbs and descents, rock gardens, hucks and long chances to spin. You’ll also have a chance to see plenty of Central Texas wildlife along the trail. Squirrel, skunk, skinks, coral snakes, rabbits and whitetail deer are often seen along the trail. Plus, plenty of natural rock outcroppings which lend themselves to…

Cross Training For Mountain Biking
by Shawn McAfee        www.texasmountainbiketrails.com
Todays post is from another of our local DFW riders, Joe Tegerdine. Joe is mostly a recreational rider but this past summer he got his first taste of racing at the Erwin Park Summer Series. He fell in love with the sport and has also been competing in the DORBA fall series.
Cross Training For Mountain Biking

So if variety is the spice of life, then cross training is the spice of training. Not only does cross training add some variety and break up the monotony of a regular training regime, it can be very beneficial to an athlete’s over-all physical development and performance. This is especially important for tolks like me who love to mountain bike, but can only make it out to the trails one or two times per week. If I sat around on the non-trail days, then I would do a lot of sitting around… and well, we all know what sitting around will get us… fat, heart attacks, laziness and many other unwanted and useless side effects. So instead of waiting for…

Group Ride! Jack Brooks Park
GHORBA
November 9, 2013 – 10:00am
The weather is getting cooler so it’s the perfect time for a group ride at one of the more unique and challenging trails in the Houston area. The trail is lovingly maintained by our own Steve Booker (Board member) and his minions. If you have not been to this trail, this is a great opportunity to try it with the assistance of those who know it. If you have, then this is a great excuse to grab a few friends and come down. Here is more info on this intermediate to expert…

Seen at Aurora 2013
by Eliot Landrum        www.bikingindallas.com

This year, Bike Friendly Cedars led the charge for a group ride to Aurora in the Dallas Arts District. Here’s a few of the folks that we saw Biking in Dallas at this event.

Help the Grove Start a Bike Share Program
by The Announcer Guy        www.bikingindallas.com

The Grove, Dallas is Dallas’ newest coworking community, and the first to be located within the Downtown area, in the Historic West End District. Our community represents a diverse ecosystem that includes startups, change-agents, freelancers, and mentors. We hold the values of Collaborative Consumption, Resource Sharing, and Knowledge Sharing at the core of our activities while challenging the traditional models of work and…

Mayor Parker announces Complete Streets program for City
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Executive Order coming
Jay Blazek Crossley, Houston Tomorrow, Oct 09, 13.

City of Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced today that she will issue an Executive Order making Complete Streets the basis for a new, more urban and inclusive approach to the City’s streets as they are rebuilt over the next 20 years.

UPDATE: The City of Houston Planning and…

New Events Added to the Texbiker.net Calendar

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