Texas Bicycling News for December 10, 2023

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75 HITS // TEXAS’ NEWEST AND LONGEST MTB JUMP LINE @ STATION MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK

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“75 hits” is Texas’ newest and longest jump line at the brand new Station Mountain Bike Park outside of Austin, TX. Named 75 hits for its literal 75 features – this number of hits is absolutely unheard of for Texas elevation. Doubles, triples, tables, shark fins, rock drops, you name the jump feature, this trail has it.

Tour de Earnabike | 500 Mile Bike Ride in 5 Days for a Non-Profit

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Rudolphs revenge 2023 DFW MTB Race Texas

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CLOSE TO 400 BIKES GIVEN TO CHILDREN DURING SATURDAY’S BLUE ELF EVENT

By Scott Engle | montgomerycountypolicereporter.com

Operation Blue Elf is the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office “Boots on the ground” effort to give back to our community. They have partnered with the Sheriff’s Office Citizen Academy Alumni Association [MCSCAAA], a 501 (c ) (3) nonprofit organization, to help with fundraising and staffing this amazing event. Close to 400 bicycles were purchased thanks to donations and sponsors such as Woodforest Bank, Waste Solutions, and Walmart.

For the past 7 years, Operation Blue Elf has provided a Christmas celebration and toys to …

Maria’s Pacer Group Zoomed By After I Joined On Zwift Watopia’s Waistband

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I wrapped up this week’s biking in Zwift. Outside it was sunny and 57 degrees with wind, cooler than I like. I joined Maria’s Pacer Group on Watopia’s Waistband. At the time I didn’t realize it was a pacer group and they zoomed away. Continuing on the ride it didn’t have the route countdown in the HUD. Fortunately I remembered the distance was 17.3 miles and I recognized the scenery at the finish. I expected 331 feet of elevation gain but I was happy with only 315 feet. Looking at my other rides on Watopia’s Waistband from 2023 today wasn’t the fastest or slowest.

12-10-2023 SportTracks Rides History Zwift Watopia Waistband
12-10-2023 SportTracks Rides History Zwift Watopia Waistband

This week I reached my road mile goal for the month, 200 miles. Biking was a mixture of road and Zwift for a total of 185.85 miles. Three Zwift rides and four road rides. Year to date I passed 2022’s total miles (9493.58 road plus Zwift miles) with 2023 totaling 9674.84 miles.

12-10-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary
12-10-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary

Texas Bicycling News for December 9, 2023

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‘It’s a miracle’: Neal’s Wheels bicycles donated to Salvation Army of Tyler

by: Michael Garcia | www.ketk.com

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Salvation Army of Tyler came by KETK and Fox51 on Friday to pick up bikes that East Texans have donated for the annual Neal’s Wheels campaign.

Bicycles donated to students at SISD elementary school

By Isabel Garcia | kvia.com

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Some students at Hueco Elementary School received bicycles from Old Dominion Freight Line today.

Forty nine bikes were donated to the school.

The bikes will be raffled to students who received perfect attendance.

Six bikes are going to be raffled out to each grade level at the school.

2024 TMBRA XC MTB State Championship Series

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Popular road at Benbrook Lake to stay open to cyclists due to ‘passionate’ community effort

By Harriet Ramos | www.star-telegram.com

Cyclists at Benbrook Lake listen to the announcement from Army Corps of Engineers officials on Saturday that the campground will remain open to bicycles and pedestrians. Harriet Ramos hramos@star-telegram.com

Plans to close a popular 2-and-a-half mile road at Benbrook Lake to bicycle and pedestrian traffic have been suspended, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday. The closure was scheduled for Jan. 1, 2024, and would have prevented day-use cyclists, walkers and joggers from bypassing the barrier between the the North Holiday Park day-use area and the South Holiday Park campgrounds. Stefan Flores, the …

The Nail Stuck My Rear Tire On The Strava Bridge of Death Segment

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During Thursday’s bike ride going west over Lake Houston I commented during the Strava “Bridge of Death” segment about having flat tires. Little did I know that I would get one of those during that segment over Lake Houston on today’s bike ride. Around mile 21.9 I heard a clicking sound from the rear tire and suspected something was stuck in the tire. I stopped but didn’t get off the bike to inspect the tire. My quick look missed the nail sticking out of the tire and I continued on. A man in a white car pulled over in front of me asking if I was okay. At that point I thought I was but not long after he drove off the rear tire went flat. I walked from there to the Chevron station at Atascocita Shores Drive where I fixed the flat with an adhesive patch. I’m becoming a fan of those patches. The rear tire fixed I was back on the Cervelo Caledonia bike to ride the remaining 11 miles back to Kingwood.

12-9-2023 Cervelo Caledonia Rear Tire Nail-1
12-9-2023 Cervelo Caledonia Rear Tire Nail-1

It all began at 9:03 AM, the earliest start in sometime. This meant I had an opportunity to see other cyclists and I did. Most of them are in the video. I missed one on W. Lake Houston Parkway north of Kings River Drive while I rode south. In order to get where I usually see other cyclists on Saturday I skipped some streets in North Woodland Hills and Bear Branch villages but I still labeled the route Atascocita – Huffman – Walden. The ride was a couple of miles shorter because of that plus walking about a mile on the Lake Houston causeway coming in at 32.97 miles. This was just enough to put me at my 200 mile goal for December with 200.38 miles. The week stands at 168.41 miles.