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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup November 12th

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It may not be over 100 when the Hotter’N Hell 100 takes place next August but it could be much drier.

Facing Drought, Wichita Falls Bans Outdoor Watering
by Edgar Walters        The Texas Tribune
These days, residents of Wichita Falls aren’t just witnessing the effects of drought — some say they can actually taste it. As local reservoirs dip to about 30 percent of their capacity, water quality has degraded with a rising concentration of dissolved solids.
Now city officials are poised to tighten existing water use regulations even further as they await a water reuse system they say could reduce demand for lake water by about a third.
On Saturday, the city will enter an unprecedented stage 4 of emergency drought response, which includes a total ban on outdoor watering and an internal audit of water consumption by local businesses. Under the current level, stage 3, residents may water their lawns just once per week.
“It’s a vital resource now,” said Barry Levy, the city’s public information officer. The lakes’ combined capacity has dropped by 25 percent since February. …

Jester King Brewery Ride II
steinerranchcycling.com
We would like to invite you and your club to join us for the JESTER KING BREWERY RIDE II.   Please mark your calendar for November 16th for the second JESTER KING BREWERY RIDE.  This JESTER KING BREWERY RIDE is a FREE ride that originally started as fun ride between Steiner Ranch Cycling Club (www.steinerranchcycling.com) and TRG (www.theridegroup.com).  We ended up inviting some other clubs to join us and what we thought was going to be 20 riders ended up being 145 riders.

The ride is 55 miles and starts and finishes at the Jester King Brewery.  We will have SAG Support.  The ride will begin at 8:30am and it will be an out and back from Jester King Brewery on Fitzhugh Road to Johnson City and back.  There are no turns so there is…

Austin officials host bike path open house
by ASHLEY GOUDEAU / KVUE News and Photojournalist DATHAN HULL


AUSTIN — By day and night Austin streets are full of cyclists.

“I’ve been here about three days. Austin has great bike paths. I’ve lived in Madison, Milwaukee, Northfield, Minnesota, Baltimore and by far [they’re] the best I’ve seen,” said bicyclist John Sharpe.

But there’s one thing stopping more people from trading in their four wheels for two.

“A lot of people would like to be biking out on the streets but just don’t feel…

So You Like Suffering?
by Shawn McAfee        www.texasmountainbiketrails.com

For those fellow nerds out there you may remember the Klingon mantra from Star Trek “Today is a good day to die”. November 23rd, will be an excellent day to suffer.

We have not one, but 2 excruciating 100k mountain bike races happening that day. One at the gorgeous and scenic Reveille Peak Ranch and the other at the ominous Sansom Park. These are both extremely difficult trails with lots of climbing and plenty of rocks. 66 miles on either one is a nearly super human feat.
The Reveille Peak 100k

The Reveille Peak 100k Mountain Bike Race will be held Nov. 23, 2013 at Reveille Peak Ranch near Burnet (one hour from Austin). This 4-lap race can be done solo, or on a relay team of 2 people where each rider takes turns completing a lap. Each lap is…

Race Preview – Cedar Hill ‘Cross – Nov 16, 2013
joeyTWOwheels        texascx.co

Could it really be that the #TXCX season is nearly half over? Say it isn’t so…

Weekend number six of eleven finds us staring at a new course by some familiar faces. Many of you in the Big D know the Texas Cross Syndicate, and still many more of us have raced their courses all over the state.

Jeff Lucido, promoter, gives us his take on the first race at Joe Pool Lake.
All the details for Saturday’s race.

All the details for Saturday’s race.

What a great name for a lake. Tell us about this location and why you chose it:

The credit goes to Andrew Armstrong who runs the Texas High School Cycling League. He promotes an annual race extravaganza at the park in mid-February as a fundraiser for the league. This past year he included a nightime ‘cross race as part of the…

2013 VeloTexas Bicycle Safety Intersection Design Wed, Thur Nov 20, 21
bicycleaustin.info
Welcome to the 2013 VeloTexas Bicycle Safety Intersection Design Workshop
http://velotexas.com/index.htm

Wed, Nov 20th
London’s Public Transit and Cycle Superhighway
6:00-8:00 pm
St. David’s Church; 301 E 8th St

Thurs, Nov 21st
2013 VeloTexas Bicycle Safety Intersection Design Workshop
9am-4pm
Thompson Conference Center
UT Campus
2405 Robert Deadman Dr

The 2013 VeloTexas should be an exciting hands-on design experience about bicycle safety through intersections.

The City of Austin has identified the intersections to be included in the design workshop and we will have guests from the Transport of London cycling program assisting us developing design alternatives for…

New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

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