FINALLY!
The Cotton belt will be a continous trail from Browning dr, in NRH to John McCain in Colleyville.
The Colleyville Courier has the scoop.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Colleyville's Phase 2 of the Cottonbelt Rail-Trail is under construction!
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Fourth Annual Great Bike Swap
- Do you have a shop full of bike parts? Check!
- Are there spare frames hanging from your back fence? Yepp!
- Have you run out of space for the many bikes you have? Shure!
- Did you get a new carbon fiber seat post and don't know what to do with the old one? No!
Sell it!
or
SWAP IT!
The fourth annual great bike swap is coming soon! This year will also feature a cross race and criterium put on by Holland Racing. Check the website for details http://greatbikeswap.com/
I am Getting Fat and Slow!
Winter has not been kind to me. Or the Holidays have been too kind; Its all in your perspective. I have been working a fair amount so finicially I am well but I have not been eating right or riding near enough. Part of the distractions have been the new Barn and the violin that I was given for Christmas. Regardless the end result has been a heavier me. So to the typical new years resolution...LOOSE WEIGHT!
With weight loss comes speed so: "Lighter Me=Faster Me"
Weight 208--->175lbs = 32lbs
Wish me luck!
With weight loss comes speed so: "Lighter Me=Faster Me"
Weight 208--->175lbs = 32lbs
Wish me luck!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
BigBikeBarn Update
After having the barn built I had to set in to the task of arranging it how I wanted to outfit it. The basic arrangement of organization is separated into three parts, tools, parts, and supplies.
Right now I have parking for four bikes hanging from the roof.
In the loft there is storage for three frames, which will be expanded to five when I get the chance.
I have a beer fridge now and a new roll around toolbox. This helps with the organization of all the tools.
All the parts bins and boxes are in two places: small parts are in the parts bins above the workbench, and large ones are in the loft. after doing a few bike repairs this setup works nicely.
I have even found that being able to sit down when truing a wheel helps to speed things up a bit so one of my work benches has been shortened down to sit down height.
Right now I have parking for four bikes hanging from the roof.
In the loft there is storage for three frames, which will be expanded to five when I get the chance.
I have a beer fridge now and a new roll around toolbox. This helps with the organization of all the tools.All the parts bins and boxes are in two places: small parts are in the parts bins above the workbench, and large ones are in the loft. after doing a few bike repairs this setup works nicely.
I have even found that being able to sit down when truing a wheel helps to speed things up a bit so one of my work benches has been shortened down to sit down height.Saturday, December 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Where I have been and what I've been doing: BigBikeBarn!
After years of working on bikes, in the living room area of my house, my wife has gotten fed up with bicycles being randomly placed in various placees around the living area of our home. So the BigBikeBarn has finally been built. I doubt this will completely cure the odd bicycle taking over her living space but hopefully it will reduce the number of incursions of maintenance sessions into the daily operations of our home.
This Barn has been needed for a really long time and has been a kind of dream of mine to have a "man cave" to call my own. It is a 12x16 Tuff Shed that was built on site. I think it will be big enough for me to work on bikes but not so big as to allow me to collect more stuff than I can work on at any given time. The easy part was getting rid of all the stuff that clogged up my little metal shed and cleaning up the build site. I now have the long and arduous task of outfiting the Barn with all the things needed to organize all my tools, parts and workspaces in the way needed to make it into a working BigBikeBarn.
I have installed laminate flooring and a proper metal door. I need to install the wiring then insulate it and sheetrock or paneling. It must have an air conditioner and heater. I have got my work cut out for me, but that is what winter is for isn't it.
This Barn has been needed for a really long time and has been a kind of dream of mine to have a "man cave" to call my own. It is a 12x16 Tuff Shed that was built on site. I think it will be big enough for me to work on bikes but not so big as to allow me to collect more stuff than I can work on at any given time. The easy part was getting rid of all the stuff that clogged up my little metal shed and cleaning up the build site. I now have the long and arduous task of outfiting the Barn with all the things needed to organize all my tools, parts and workspaces in the way needed to make it into a working BigBikeBarn.
I have installed laminate flooring and a proper metal door. I need to install the wiring then insulate it and sheetrock or paneling. It must have an air conditioner and heater. I have got my work cut out for me, but that is what winter is for isn't it.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Anyone Up For A Hill-Climb?
This Weekend we will be heading out to the ,west Texas, Davis Mountains to ride in the Cyclefest Tour and Hill-climb. We will be leaving on Thursday to "acclimate" ourselves to the elevation (Fort Davis, Texas Elevation — 4,892 ft). The tour on Saturday will be 75 miles long and there will be three good climbs. The max elevation on the tour is about 6300 ft. While not Colorado it is still a great ride to help your training. I have done this tour twice but this will be only my second year riding the hillclimb on Sunday. We will be staying at the Davis Mountains State Park . We will be camping out and enjoying the wonderfully mild weather. This ride is perhaps the most beautiful and challenging in all of Texas.
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