Texas Biking News February 15th 2022
MTB San Antonio – Saturday morning OP Schnabel park MTB ride
by #swilson_made | www.meetup.com
Steam-N-Wheels Bike Race at Sea Bee Park 2022
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We’re spinning wheels and chasing heels at the 2022 Steam-N-Wheels Bike Race held at SeaBee Park on Ft. Phantom Lake. Experience the burn on our 48-mile competitive race, pack a punch on our 28-mile course, or break a sweat on our 11-mile ride. Cost is $35 per cyclist and the first 100 riders that register will receive a complimentary t-shirt. Packet pickup will be available on March 25th between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at 633 Walnut Street or the race day at SeaBee Park beginning at 8:00 am. …
Austin, Texas has Spicy Trails, Spicy Food, and is Welcoming to all Riders [Ride Like a Local]
By Richard Shoop | www.singletracks.com
Arts, entertainment, music, and mountain biking?! Austin is well-known for the first three, but it is also a great destination for riders of all abilities. This multicultural city offers riders great trails, great food, and great fun.
To get the lowdown on what makes Austin worth riding, I reached out to the Austin Ridge Riders. Greg Stevens, the Special Events Program Director for the club provided me with some great information on Austin’s riding scene. …
Video: Defective: Pair of websites provides consumers vital product recall and complaint information
By Rachel DePompa and Daniela Molina | www.ktre.com
InvestigateTV – The Consumer Product Safety Commission issues hundreds of safety recalls each year. It’s possible you have a recalled product in your home and don’t even know it.
Our national investigative team exposed that many recalls take years, and the law does not incentivize companies to tell consumers about potential problems.
There are two websites you can use to find out whether something you just bought, or have owned for years, has either been recalled or reported as potentially dangerous.
The first is cpsc.gov/recalls. On this site, you don’t even have to know the brand of the product, you can research for recalls on anything. For example, if you were to search “pacifier”, you would instantly find all the recalls in recent years for that type of product. The site will also run searches for related products. For example, if you search “bicycle”, you get results on every bike that’s recently …
Open House to reveal Flower Mound’s Trails Master Plan draft
By Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com
The town of Flower Mound will hold a public review meeting this week regarding its draft of the Flower Mound Trails & Bikeways Master Plan.
The Trails and Bikeways Master Plan will serve as a roadmap for the future improvement and expansion to trails and bikeways within Flower Mound, according to the town. It will give the town a plan for how existing and new neighborhoods are connected to key destinations such as schools, parks, shopping areas and major employment centers. The master plan is a year-long effort to engage the public about their vision for trails and bikeways in …
Volunteer Sign-Up – 23rd Annual STORM Hill Country MTB Challenge
STORM | www.bikereg.com
Volunteer Information:
Prior to the event, you will be e-mailed a volunteer handbook outlining your assigned tasks. Please review and contact us if you cannot fulflful those responsibilities.
Please arrive on time for your respective duties as they are time-sensitive and critical to the timely and safe operation of our event.
Volunteers will be added to the front gate list and have their land use and camping fees waived.
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Camping – there will be plenty of space to put up a tent in the camping area if you would like to camp out. There is a shower facility that volunteers will have access to.
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Parking – Park at the volunteer shed or in the general parking areas. If you are camping, you can drive in and park next to your campsite.
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Food for volunteers. Saturday Dinner – food for volunteers Saturday evening. Sunday Breakfast – TBD. Sunday Lunch – You will be able to put together a "build your own" brownbag lunch that you can take to your volunteer post for the day. Sunday Post-race meal – food will be provided for volunteers.
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T-shirts are provided for volunteers. Select your size when you sign up for your volunteer spots. …
Modified Southern Tier Winter 2022
By Dean Mitchell | www.crazyguyonabike.com
El Paso, TX: Tailwind
Friday February 11, 2022, 180 km (112 miles) – Total so far: 882 km (548 miles) I left Hachita, NM thinking it was going to be a shorter ride to Columbus, NM. I got a nice tailwind today for the first time in a few days. When I got to Columbus, I decided to go to El Paso instead, that made it become a high milage day. The road was mostly flat with a few hills thrown in. Very little traffic which consisted of mostly Border Patrol and a few trucks. I followed the border all day.
It was another day of barren and remote landscape, sunny and 20c.
I did notice more Border Patrol vehicles as I got near El Paso. About …
El Paso, TX
Saturday February 12, 2022, 41 km (25 miles) – Total so far: 923 km (574 miles) Not much movement today, kind of a rest day. Rode south east through the city to a motel on the outskirts of town. Back to more remoteness in the upcoming days. Being a Saturday, traffic was light. I rode mostly the ACA Southern Tier map route.
Sunny, headwind, 11c …
Sierra Blanca, TX
Sunday February 13, 2022, 125 km (78 miles) – Total so far: 1,048 km (651 miles) Left south El Paso and headed to Sierra Blanca. It was quite cool but warmed up as the morning went on. There was a long climb up heading east. Just outside of Sierra Blanca, I got a flat so that put me behind a bit. The slime in the tube did not stop anything as the goat horn thorns punctured in two places. I pulled them out of the tire and used a new tube. I got food and a hotel, the Super Bowl has just got under way.
Sunny, light wind, 15c. …
Van Horn, TX
Monday February 14, 2022, 55 km (34 miles) – Total so far: 1,103 km (685 miles) Left late as it was a short day. Not much going on, lots of brown scenery with clear blue skies. I don’t think I have seen a cloud in 12 days. Resting up for a bigger ride tomorrow to Marfa, TX with nothing in between here and there.
Sunny, light wind, 21c …
La Primavera Lago Vista 2022
Drop Bar, Texas: A cycling podcast, By Paul Negrete | anchor.fm
La Primavera Lago Vista is back for it’s 30th year in 2022! Don Hutchison gives us some history lessons on the event and what makes this a Texas road race classic. It’s truly a beautiful race. I also give you some ideas on what to do when you’re not a super bowl fan that might come in hand next time, highlight a feat of glory, as well as a look at races around the horizon in March.
Music: Back to the Woods by Jason Shaw
Links: La Primavera Lago Vista Murphy Crit p/b KRG UNT Crit Drop Bar Texas Team Store
Calendar Changes…
This week USAC announced Junior and Elite Nats which has impacted our schedule a little along with a couple of other things…
- Aged Based TT Championship has moved to May 7th to avoid clashing with the Road TT Championships on the 14th May
- Omnium Championships have moved to June 4th to avoid clashing with the MS150
- The track will be closed for est. 3 weeks from July 25th to Aug 12th for much needed concrete repair work and treatment of wet areas. I plan to add a make up race or two.
BellVelo Gravel Series
Race #2 was again insanely windy but a whole lot of fun! Elevate sent a team to light up the 60 mile race, they definitely did that and swept the podium with Luke Pharis taking the win ahead of Jaco Conje and Mark Beard coming in 3rd to move into the lead of the series standings 2 pts ahead of Leonard Gremillion who took 4th for the 2nd time running. Audrey Maness (Shama Cycles) took the win in the womens 60 mile race and secured the series! Congrats! Nicole Jurisch came in 2nd and sits tied with Danielle Bradford (Fort Bend Kia) for 2nd overall.
In the Half Pint event Garrett Pike beat out Travis Dixon (Both Sun & Ski – Southern Elite) with Mike Ereli rounding out the podium. Travis Dixon extends his series lead to to 8pts over Jim Payne (Blue Agarve Racing). Hannah Thombs (Cantu) won the …
… Swap Meet – March 20th @1pm
Alkek Velodrome will have items for sale including ex-rental bikes and several boxes of brand new product kindly donated by Trek Bicycle of Houston!
Please bring your items to sell also! A Vendor fee of $10 payable on arrival, non-vendor admission is free.
Strictly cycling items only
Texas Biking from Twitter
Show #AustinPublicWorks & @austinmobility where you’d like to see new urban trails, on-street bikeways, or improved street crossings through the ATX Walk Bike Roll Public Input Map!https://t.co/pf1iBgNDgl
— Corridor Program Office (@ATXcorridors) February 15, 2022
The input map is available now through March 6, 2022. pic.twitter.com/bPTQMWPYdu
Street Skills is a free, hour-long class for adults and mature teens who want improve their confidence and safety when biking. Class participants also receive a FREE bike helmet and bike light set!
— Alamo Area MPO (@AlamoAreaMPO) February 15, 2022
Register today????https://t.co/y8GKDyO9XH pic.twitter.com/ILV9R75fOo
Don't be looking for these along Dallas2Austin https://t.co/EPeap1NOFB
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) February 15, 2022
More South Austin trails are coming:
— Red Line Parkway Initiative (@RedLineParkway) February 15, 2022
Construction starts on mile-long missing link in Violet Crown Trail https://t.co/zJ5RmIbhiy
STOLEN – Gray Giant Escape 3 in Central Austin https://t.co/fH7PDEVSng pic.twitter.com/KLKQEGWvuH
— BikeIndex Austin (@stolenbikesatx) February 15, 2022
Pull up!! https://t.co/0TjGRYYvcZ
— NorthlineLex (@NorthlineLex) February 15, 2022
#BicyclinginHouston pic.twitter.com/iIFPZWRKgx
— NorthlineLex (@NorthlineLex) February 15, 2022
Bike advocates ????#BikeSummit22 is 6 weeks away and if you didn’t know, members of the League always receive discounted rates to the #NationalBikeSummit! Save $85 on virtual attendance or $95 on in-person attendance. Not a member? Become one today: https://t.co/cHg1YaRBnD pic.twitter.com/UXzjuAicRR
— League of American Bicyclists (@BikeLeague) February 15, 2022
Verifying Dallas2Austin Stage 2 @ West, Texas https://t.co/yNGUjdfmVb
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) February 15, 2022
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Steam-N-Wheels Bike Race – Abilene, TX https://t.co/Fcp9BpCpnl
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 15, 2022
We’re spinning wheels and chasing heels at the 2022 Steam-N-Wheels Bike Race held at SeaBee Park on Ft. Phantom Lake. Experience the burn on our 48-mile competitive race, pack a p… https://t.co/NVFGJB4vf5