Texas Bicycling News Digest June 30th 2018

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Critical Mass Pedals into Summer

By Doogie Roux | www.houstonpress.com


With Guadalupe Park as the new starting point, Houston’s largest bike ride kicked off Summer just right. Cyclists from all around the city hit the streets and racked up about 15 solid miles. Critical Mass happens on the last Friday of every month and rolls out around 7:15 p.m. (Photos by Doogie Roux) …

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Pace Bend fun, like father, like son,.. hand in the post ride guac

John Madden | www.strava.com

Donut shop ride

Jim Storey | www.strava.com

Texas State Gravel Championships

Charlie Jenkins | www.strava.com

Kiet’s Backwards Chappell Hill Sweatfest

Mick McCrary | www.strava.com

Bullseye Bike Shop to move to historic district, revamp brand

By Sarah Sarder | www.dentonrc.com


Bullseye Bike Shop on Locust Street in Denton will move to a newly renovated building in the Oak-Hickory Historic District in late July, shop owner Kevin Marshall said.

The shop, currently at 530 S. Locust St., will move to 700 W. Hickory St., at the corner it shares with Denton Street.

“I’ve grown up doing a lot of work with my dad so most of the work we’ve done ourselves,” Marshall, 35, said. “I think when you’re …

Shoal Creek Trail: Vision to Action plan

yosmithy | www.bikemojo.com

Sorry for duplicated threads, if one already exists for this.

Just saw this posted up and was interesting to see the “Big Loop Map” on PDF page 12.

https://shoalcreekconservancy.org/wp…21-digital.pdf …

GNARGASM getting shut down?

el gringo | www.bikemojo.com

Rode Gnar yesterday and they are building a fence where Gnar exits and puts you back on the hike-n-bike. This really sucks, as it’s the only way I’m aware of getting back onto the HNB from Gnar. Looks like the work of the Brit parks and rec guy. Any of the trail stewards think we can reverse this effort? Also, also any insight as to whether this is an effort to block access to the trails? …

Did you ride in Critical Mass on Friday night 06/29/18? Just curious how it went.

ThatGuyinHouston | www.reddit.com

I’m guessing most people who surf this sub are legit cyclists and as such, really detest the Critical Mass ride and and anyone who rides, whether they behave or not.

I’m a bit mixed.

I consider myself a legit cyclist. I’ve done 5 MS rides (3 Houston to Austin, 2 Ride to the River) and Strava shows more than 8,000 miles logged since I started riding in 2014.

I really enjoy cycling, so I have a hard time …

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Earlier Start, Groups of Cyclists, June’s Bike Ride

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Last bike ride for June. I got an early start (by my alarm clock anyway) with wheels rolling at 8:40 am. The intent was to see other cyclists as they returned while I rode the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. I purposely chose this route to put me on FM 1960, Fairlake Drive and Old Atascocita Road earlier than if I rode through Walden first. It paid off with close to 30 cyclists passing me in the opposite direction. The first one came on Atascocita Shores Drive before I got to FM 1960. From there the number picked up.

I missed taking photos of the bikers on the causeway because they came faster than I could get my phone out and were on the other side of the road with traffic between us. There would have been a great spot to take more photos if I had waited a couple of minutes after turning onto Fairlake Drive from FM 1960 but they were too fast for me to get my phone out again.

Weather during the ride: start 82 (86% humidity), a few clouds, wind S 5 mph. Finish 90 (59% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph. Starting earlier kept the temperature down some but the humidity up until the sun got higher in the sky.

Legs felt good during the ride and watts output was not overly high to maintain 15 to 18 mph once I was clear of all of the stops and starts. I got the overall average speed up to 14.1 mph biking west on FM 1960 from Huffman and was able to keep it there up I got back into Kingwood.

PowerPod issues appear to be in the past. I am going to connect it to the iBike Issac software this afternoon to see what the data looks like and maybe tweak the profile some. I like to tinker with things which sometimes get me in trouble.

One stop to refill my water bottle on the return to FM 1960 at Atascocita Shores Drive at the Chevron station. No stop at the Huffman Chevron. One last biker followed me riding west over Lake Houston until we split at the Chevron station, he went north and I went south.

I finished at 11:14 am, earlier than some of my rides begin.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks June Rides Summary

Biked 26 out of 30 days. Next to most miles in a month in 2018, May was higher. Exceeded my goal by 71.6 miles.

SportTracks June Rides Summary

RideWithGPS.com June Rides Summary

RWGPS June Rides Summary

Texas Bicycling News Digest June 29th 2018

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Prepared for 50 miles, not prepared for a flat

Jerry Venable | www.strava.com


My saddlebag with tire irons, tubes and patches is in my truck and my truck is in the shop. I had a bad feeling when I left and told my wife to stay near the phone. Did I predict the flat or did I cause it????? What do you think?

Wanna ride your bike from Fort Worth to Dallas? Here’s how soon it could happen

By Bill Hanna And Sandra Baker | www.star-telegram.com


Arlington – In a tree-filled section of northeast Arlington, two new bridges on the River Legacy Parks hike and bike system were installed this week.

By Sept. 20, the new $1.3 million trail extension, which runs eastward to the Grand Prairie city limits, should be open.

The 7-mile trail is …

College Station council gets look at proposed bike-share rules

By CAITLIN CLARK | www.theeagle.com


The College Station City Council got its first look Thursday at some potential bike-share regulations and directed city staff to bring back an ordinance for consideration.

The regulations, if approved, will come ahead of the arrival of more yellow bikes from Chinese bike-sharing operator Ofo on the Texas A&M University campus this fall. Ofo’s exclusive agreement with …

Bicycle event Saturday benefiting planned skate park

Jimmy Daniell Isaac | www.news-journal.com

Youth fun on wheels is planned Saturday to benefit building a skate park in Longview.

A Bicycle Adventure Day hosted by Skatepark for Longview will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at The Green, on Texas 31 at South Street.

Organizer Brian Dodson said the event will include a bicycle safety discussion, safety checks and an obstacle course for young bicyclists. Riders will be …

This weekend’s rides: MJ Dam Loop! Red Horn! 7am Start!

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com

NOTE: The start time discussion has been rough, and close. For now, we will remain at 7am start time, but this will likely revert back to 7:30 soon.

Saturday lets make our bikes go really, really fast in a lap around Lake Austin. The route is 62 miles and stops briefly at Mellow Johnny’s where that no talent xxx clown sells stuff. The route is here: …

Second brother arrested after cyclist killed in Kyle hit-and-run, police say

By Katie Hall | www.statesman.com


The second of two brothers was arrested Friday after a fatal hit-and-run last month in Kyle, police said.

Gilbert Villegas, 47, was arrested last week after police concluded he hit and killed John Lyon, 53, on May 27 while Lyon was riding his bike along the Interstate 35 service road near Yarrington Road, Kyle police said. …

Video: Newly opened Nuevo Hueco Tanks Road will alleviate traffic for drivers

by Ashley Claster | kfoxtv.com

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — After two years of waiting, Socorro neighbors are finally able to drive on Nuevo Hueco Tanks Road. It creates an important connection from the city of Socorro to Interstate 10, in which drivers can use to easily hop onto the interstate with the new connection. …

… “Thank God, they thought to put in a cycling lane on both sides,” Olivas said. …

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Watts Formula Divergence Bike Ride

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I put together a slightly different bike ride route along familiar streets but not one that I rode before: “Atascocita South – Walden – E Lake Houston Parkway”. Distance came to 29.6 miles. Start time: 10:34 am, finished at 12:47 pm. Weather during the ride: start 89 (66% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 12 mph, gusts 17 mph. Finish 93 (59% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SW 8 mph. good thing I finished then because not long after I was home I got an extreme heat weather alert text message from the City of Houston which could last until 7 pm.

One other cyclist cross my path in Walden, a woman riding her mountain bike. We exchanged hello as we passed riding opposite directions.

PowerPod continues to work as expected though I am disappointed I don’t put out 400+ watts all the time. Oh, maybe being 3 times as old as most pro racers has something to do with it. Interesting how each website calculates the average and max watts from the same data. MY Elemnt computer shows 83 watts avg, 321 watts max, Strava 58 watts average, 319 watts max, and RideWithGPS has 86 watts average and 319 watts max.

One more biking day in June and the weather looks good. Maybe I can start before 8 am?

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary