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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine5/1/22 3:18 PM |
Riding in Austin?
A long shot, but wondering if anyone has ridden in or around Austin TX? I’m actually going to a conference there next week and have rented a bike for 3 days from Mellow Johnny’s! Hotel is on E. 4th, within a mile of the shop. I’ll probably be riding in the am for an hour or 2. Looks like quite a bit of green space nearby. Any ideas welcome. Yes I’m expecting Lance to set me up with the bike. :)
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX5/1/22 4:02 PM |
Hit Austin city limits site see if you can fit in anyone you might think you will like...
Can't help biking, other than to say google map it and use cycling overlay. Quick look seems off road might be better rental?
I've done well with a few CA riding spots via google maps cycling overlay seeking. Redding CA and Sacramento riding from this method worked out very well for me.
We were in SanDiego, and Sacramento last week with a Vegas jaunt. No cycling after much googling for it and rental seeking. Wife filled up the time between airports fully. I'd have got a few short rides maybe. Yada
>>Austin's concrete surface Walnut Creek Trail appears not too short, but I am just posgoogelating... But looks like 10 out 10 back for a short ride. There is another connector that is 11 miles, so you could map together a loop with 40+ miles maybe.
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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3234
Location: Midland, MI5/2/22 9:13 AM |
RWGPS
Check out RideWithGPS. A bunch of locals will have mapped rides. Just search rides within 25 miles of Austin and you will find lots of choices.
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine5/7/22 10:11 AM |
Thanks all
Won’t have to worry about packing tights, long sleeves, etc. - high freakin’ 90s.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX5/7/22 5:43 PM |
Sunscreen? ;)
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine5/15/22 11:21 AM |
Good cycling city
Austin is a good cycling city. Didn’t get out of the city as I was pretty busy at the conference and had very early morning flights. But there was a very nice 10 mile mostly gravel loop around Lady Bird Lake just blocks from the hotel, in the heart of downtown. So I mostly rode there. Plus downtown there are various types of bike paths and lanes (and seemingly public electronic scooters everywhere). It was easy to ride or walk (or scoot) anywhere, encountered no hostility at all.
Rented a 58 Checkpoint at Mellow Johnny's, same bike I have except it was Ultegra. No problem, I have so many different shifting schemes anyway it’s easy to adapt…:). MJ’s is a good shop, rental very smooth.
Highs were mid-90s but I liked the weather. It was not humid. I rode mostly early morning, could ride 1 1/2 hour and barely sweat. Even at mid-day it was hot but not oppressive.
I’d like to go back and add some riding in Hill Country.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH5/15/22 4:16 PM |
The heat and low humidity in the southwest is deceptive, as the reason you don't think you're sweating is that evaporates immediately and you never feel wet. You can get seriously dehydrated in short order without realizing it. Been there, done that.
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine5/16/22 4:55 AM |
Thanks Brian
Important to keep in mind. This trip I was riding mostly early when it wasn’t too hot, but I expect I lost more fluid than was apparent. I’ve also in the past dehydrated without realizing it - not pretty….
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH5/17/22 8:03 AM |
The key thing is to check the humidity daily. When it's down below 20 percent - and particularly when it's below 10% - you can turn into a prune in a hurry! Even if it's not hot, you lose a lot of fluid through respiration.
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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3234
Location: Midland, MI5/18/22 10:08 AM |
Prunes
quote:
you can turn into a prune in a hurry
Looking in the mirror every morning over the past few decades, I would describe the prunification as being a slow but VERY steady process :)
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