Texas Bicycling News Digest June 8th 2018

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Dallas is curbing its bike-share mess, which means nothing without the bike lanes we were promised

Robert Wilonsky | www.dallasnews.com

No, you’re not imagining it — there are fewer of those lite-brite buck-an-hour bikes littering Dallas’ sidewalks today than there were a few months ago. Where there were some 20,000 yellow and green and orange and gray tumped-over two-wheelers strewn between your Here and There only months ago, city officials say today that number’s more like 13,000. Guess it …

Wounded Warriors Cycling Across America for Empowerment

By Daniel Clifton | www.101highlandlakes.com


A group of Wounded Warriors pedaled along Texas 71 on Friday, June 1, heading west toward Llano. The Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride lets veterans experience a four-day cycling ride during which they learn to push their limits, according to the Wounded Warrior Project website. If a Wounded Warrior doesn’t have a bike, the organization sets them up with a one, even fitting them with a custom bike or hand-pedal trike for their physical needs. Go to woundedwarriorproject.org for more information. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton

LLANO — As the Texas sun beat down on them, the 18 Wounded Warrior cyclists kept pedaling through the Highland Lakes on a 100-mile training ride as they prepared for an even longer ride this September. With all the challenges each of the riders faced on June 1, one thing stuck out. …

Video: Valley Cyclists Set to Ride for Special Cause to San Antonio

by Rick Diaz | www.krgv.com


MISSION – In two weeks, a group of Rio Grande Valley cyclists will be riding their bikes all the way up to San Antonio.

It’s 250 miles, takes to two days and it’s in the middle of the hot Texas summer sun. …

MPD investigating fatal crash involving bicycle

www.yourbasin.com

MIDLAND, Texas (Local 2/Fox 24) – The Midland Police Department is currently investigating a deadly crash involving a bicycle.

Officials say officers were called to the scene around 9:42 a.m. Thursday on Highway 191 near North County Road 1275.

While investigating, officers determined that a bicyclist had been struck from behind, according to a release.

One person was killed in the crash.

The investigation is ongoing.

City: Cyclist is dead after wreck on 191 service road

www.mrt.com



A 39-year-old Midland woman died Thursday morning while riding her bicycle on the State Highway 191 service road, according to a city spokesman.

Brandey Ackerman, a pediatrician at Midland Pediatric Associates, was traveling westbound on the north service road of SH 191 in the outside lane of travel. A Toyota Camry, driven by a 31-year-old man, was behind the bicycle, according to the spokesman. The car ran into …

UT students stop in Lubbock, biking to Alaska for cancer research

By Matt Ernst | www.doublet973.com


LUBBOCK, Texas – A group of UT students cycled through Lubbock, on their way from Austin to Alaska.

It’s 4,000 miles over 70 days, coming out to nearly 60 miles a day. It’s to raise money for cancer research, aiming to raise more than $600,000 for cancer for cancer centers across Texas.

Each rider must raise $4,500, commit to a variety of fund raising events, and more than a year of training. …

Longview Pythians hosting statewide convention once again

By Ken Hedler | www.news-journal.com

A fraternal lodge believed to be the longest continuously operating organization in Longview will host its third statewide convention in the city in four years this weekend.

Pythian Lodge 26, which was founded in 1881, will host the 145th state convention of the Grand Lodge of Texas Knights of Pythias and the 121st annual convention of the Grand Temple of Texas Pythian Sisters from today through Sunday at the Holiday Inn North. …

… Fangman said the main focus of lodge activities is to serve children. He mentioned Pythian Lodge 26’s sponsorship of an annual Read & Ride program that encourages reading in the first and second grades by awarding bicycles to children based on their book reading. The lodge donated 106 bikes to elementary schools this year. …

Video: UNT Wants Students to Use Bike Rentals Instead of Their Own

By Seth Voorhees | www.nbcdfw.com

When students return to the University of North Texas campus in late summer, the school plans to have 250 dockless rental bicycles there for them to use.

UNT has contracted with California-based Spin, a rental bike firm. The school is also pushing for students to use those rental bikes, instead of their own.

Senior Joseph Wardrup uses …

A Year After Bike-Sharing Came To Dallas, The City Is Considering These Regulations

By Molly Evans & Krystina Martinez | keranews.org


Dallas has let private dockless bike-share companies operate freely since they first appeared last summer. Now, city officials have drawn up some regulations.

The plan, which would require bike-share companies to pay for a permit, provide ridership data to the city and limit where bikes can be parked, among other things, was presented to Dallas City Council on Wednesday. A vote is scheduled later this month. …

FrankenBike San Antonio #95

by Chris | frankenbike.net

Morning Ride

Alex Vinot | www.strava.com

To the shell and back

Rob H | www.strava.com

Bike program aims to connect with hobby, community

By TIM MONZINGO | dailysentinel.com

There have always been dedicated cyclists in town for whom The Bike Shop’s brightly painted storefront was a beacon in Nacogdoches — a place where trained and knowledgeable staff could talk about the finer points of the sport.

This weekend’s rides: Round Mountain! Lamppost! 7am start

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com

Saturday we will make our bikes go really fast while we do a Liberty Hill lollipop that includes all of Round Mountain. The ride is about 60 miles and can be found here: [https://www.strava.com/routes/7664897]{https://www.strava.com/routes/7664897). Since Lakeside will be closed Saturday morning, we will instead end our ride at the food trailer park near 2222 and 620. Rock Rose is there with cold AC and refreshments to go along with …

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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Lumber, Concrete, New Homes and Waterpark Bike Ride

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Today’s bike ride was on the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route. I rode 34.35 miles boosting the week to 175.49 miles and the month to 268.76 miles. The bike ride started at 10:53 am, about 10 minutes earlier than yesterday. The weather during while cycling: start 90 (58% humidity), partly cloudy, wind 6 mph. Finish 95 (39% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 5 mph. It was a hot ride and I stopped twice to refill my water bottle.

This route goes through Woodridge Forest a newly developed subdivision. Today while riding there I stopped and took these photos. New home construction is underway and these are a few of them.

Going north the pedaling wasn’t too hard and I made good time to SH 242 without any stops except for traffic lights and stop signs. It has been a couple of week since I checked on the Grand Texas waterpark which is scheduled to open later this month. A couple of photos from SH 242 show some of the buildings and slides.

While I was taking these several trucks and cars moved from the work site to SH 242 on what appeared to a dirt road. Also I don’t see parking lots from this angle. This could make things interesting because they may not be in place by the end of June. The increase in traffic on SH 242 will make biking more difficult although this is on the east end of SH 242 and it is possible to bypass this area.

Biking south I expected the light wind to make it harder than the trip to SH 242 but it wasn’t too hard. I stopped at the Mobil station at FM 1485 and I-69/US59 for ice and water but I didn’t stay long. I was saving the rest stop for the Valero/Circle K station at Northpark Drive. During the ride to the Valero my average speed was 15 to 16 mph which increased my overall average speed to 14.2 mph.

By the time I got to the Valero I really needed a rest break. I brought some strawberry Newton cookies with me expecting them to refill my energy. I got water and ice, sat on the bottle water rack outside and slowly ate and drank. The shade and sometime light breeze helped to revive me. A screenshot of the Elemnt tracking while I was at the Valero.

Wahoo Valero Northpark Break

I think I stayed there for 20 to 25 minutes. This was about 7 miles from the finish. Back on the bike I rode south to Kingwood Drive, made the u-turn and began winding through Kings Manor and then into Kingwood. Around the 31 mile point my legs said they were going to slow down because the energy wasn’t there anymore. Overall average speed was 14.1 mph at that point but it starting dropping and ended up at 13.7 mph when I finished at 2:00 pm. The heat took a toll. I need to start earlier in the day.

Saturday I will try to start earlier and the weather looks to be a repeat of today.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

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Texas Bicycling News Digest June 7th 2018

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Bike Share Regulations Are Coming — Finally

STEPHEN YOUNG | www.dallasobserver.com

It looks like Dallas’ bike-share regulations are going to get in just under the wire before the City Council’s July recess. The council agreed Wednesday to a June 27 vote on the rules the city will impose on the bike companies that have been operating in the city without regulation since last fall.

While the final details of the …

2018 DragonSlayer update

Desert Nomad | www.bikemojo.com

Chasing delinquents

Remi – Blitz Racing | www.strava.com

Evening Ride

Debi Maqueda | www.strava.com

3rd Ward Community Workshop

bikehouston.org


“We want to get it right.” That’s what City of Houston planners said to the fifty Third Ward citizens. They had come together at Trinity East Methodist Church to talk about bike lanes. The planners presented options for bike plan projects for the Greater Third Ward and listened carefully to the responses and questions from community residents. A real sense of collaboration was in the air. Bravo! …

What Does Safe Savvy Cycling Look Like?

bikehouston.org


How many of you have said, “oh ‘H E double hockey sticks’ NO” will I ride a bicycle on Houston roadways? I get it. You feel unsafe. Motorists don’t seem to care or are too busy multi-tasking while driving. It’s too hot. It’s too cold. The streets are bad. The intersections aren’t designed for people that aren’t surrounded by a cloak of steel, fiberglass, and glitz. BikeHouston and other forward thinkers understand your frustration. This is why we …

A College Student and an Alibi

www.wheelbrothers.com


While brainstorming a detailed comparison of online shopping for cycle gear versus visiting your local bike shop (LBS), a perfect example of the pros and cons unfolded right inside our store.

Taylor H. of Keller is preparing to head to college this August. She decided a bike was a smarter investment than paying exorbitant university parking fees, not to mention a great way to avoid the stress of finding a parking spot every time she went to class. …

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Low Watts, Acceptable Heart Rate, Tired Legs Bike Ride

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I think biking 11 days in a row is taking a toll on my power output. Today’s bike ride on the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route was tough on my legs. I couldn’t get my speed above 16 mph for any length of time. Granted the first 10 miles of the ride didn’t have many stretches of riding without stops or near stops for traffic lights and stop signs. Once I got south of FM 1960 the number of stops dropped down and I was able to improve my average speed from 13 mph to 13.5 mph. It took crossing Lake Houston on FM 1960 a long stretch of not stopping to get to 13.9 mph. According to my Elemnt computer my max watts was 378 and average was 106. Heart rate average was 127 and max was 149. Considering my age I think the heart rate is not too bad. In the past I have had my power average in the 120 to 140 range so 106 is not so good. The wind was 9 mph from the SE which caused me to work hard but wind is a fact of bicycling. I am planning on not biking Sunday for a rest day. Maybe that will help some.

The weather during today’s bike ride: start 89 (68% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. Finish 94 (44% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SE 9 mph. Start time was 11:02 am, about 40 minutes earlier than yesterday. With the mostly cloudy sky the heat didn’t feel so intense but by the time I stopped in Huffman at the Chevron station the clouds thinned out some and the heat increased. I took extra time for the rest stop to allow my legs some recovery, drink cold water and eat a couple of granola bars. This was about 22.7 miles into what turned out to be a 34.61 mile long ride. The extra rest time helped my legs and cycling west on FM 1960 to Pinehurst Trail was at a higher pace. This bumped my average speed to 14.0 mph.

Anticipating a tailwind once I turned right onto Pinehurst Trail I was able to maintain a 15 to 16 mph speed with not quite as much effort riding other directions. But once I was on W. Lake Houston Parkway bicycling north the moving traffic helped too. Turning left into Kingwood Greens my speed dropped down because my legs were tired and rode at 13 to 14 mph until the ride finished at 2:13 pm.

As of today: 141.13 miles for the week, 234.42 miles for June, and 3136 miles year to date.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary