Texas Bicycling News March 21st 2017

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SHRED SESSIONS: WALNUT CREEK PARK – AUSTIN, TX (XC MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL FOOTAGE)

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So this is a new series I’ve been wanting to start for awhile now. I started mountain biking about a year ago and it’s since become a pretty significant hobby of mine. Shred Sessions will consist of mostly GoPro chest mounted footage from my rides at different trails and mountain bike parks. These videos also may include other riders in (hopefully) other trails around the …

City bike plan ready for approval but facing old concerns

By Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com


An updated bike master plan to guide development of high-quality trails accessible by all Houstonians is headed toward approval but remains dogged by the same issues that divided neighbors as cyclists claimed space on the roadways.
The comprehensive citywide plan is expected to be approved Wednesday morning by the City Council, cementing Houston’s desire to consider cyclists in future road planning where on-street …

Southern Tier – San Diego to St Augustine March 2017

By Charles Falsetto | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 18 Texas D1: San Elizario to Ft Hancock
Tuesday March 21, 2017, 36 miles (58 km) – Total so far: 967 miles (1,556 km)
196′ V, 3:04:04, AvgMph 11.6
Short day today to give my body some rest and out of the afternoon heat. Mailed some cold weather gear and other non essentials home today. W was a help this morning but the road conditions were heavy chip seal and no shoulder once out of El Paso county. Traffic was pretty heavy leaving San Elizario due to schools in the vicinity. No place open for breakfast until Fabens about 8 miles away.
I don’t know why anyone would …

Southern Tier At The Speed of Bicycle

By Gary Rapp | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 18 Fort Hancock to Van Horn, TX
Tuesday March 21, 2017, 74 miles (119 km) – Total so far: 1,049 miles (1,689 km)

Honeoye Riders Pedal the Southern Tier

By jim kersting | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 21: Van Horn to Marfa
Tuesday March 21, 2017
We managed to pedal 75 miles with a headwind, 1-2% grade uphill, not one service, two shade stops, and 30 miles of the worst road. We piled into a 24 hour Pilot truck stop at 5 AM and didn’t leave for 45 minutes. Sunrise was near 8:00 so we had two hours of dark riding. It is a rush to ride in darkness. We were out in the sun for 10 hours… enough. Border Patrol cars and …

Steam N Wheels

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Abilene, Texas
March 18, 2017
Steam N Wheels is the annual race/tour in Abilene. If you finish either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, it is a race. If you come in 4th or above, it is a very nice ride through the Abilene country side.
Quite a few riders from San Angelo came into town. Marlon (Center) finished first in his age category. …

Tour de Houston Strava Fly By Animation

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Ride marshals don’t wear a badge but deserve a star

By Pete Radowick | www.wheelbrothers.com


The Pedaling the Prairie charity ride was near its conclusion at the Waller Fair Grounds in Hempstead, with only two miles to go, but in the span of five minutes the sometimes unheralded duties of a ride marshal were about to become clearly illustrated.
First, veteran ride marshal Dennis Yanchak stopped to massage the calf muscles of a weary cyclist so she could finish her trek. A …

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What A Tailwind, What A Headwind Bike Ride

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A late start (1:22) on today’s bike ride but the weather was still fantastic like yesterday. The bike ride followed the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route enjoying the nice tailwind all the way to Tavola. The return trip was not so friendly. I thought my legs were just tired from riding four days in a row but when I got home and checked the weather I found out the wind was gusting to 20 mph and steady from the southeast 7 mph. No wonder the legs had trouble turning the cranks! The 33.90 mile long ride was challenging with the wind. I should’ve ate more before leaving to have energy reserves.

I am moving closer to my mileage goal for March with only 200.9 miles to go, 66% of the way there.

No donkeys or free ice cream cones on today’s ride, just the normal stuff.

Links to RideWithGPS.com and Strava.com metrics and maps.

Home weather and the start and airport weather at the end of the bike ride.

SportTracks Ride Summary (click on the image to enlarge it)

ride summary

Texas Bicycling News March 20th 2017

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Task Order Contract for Bicycle Projects

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Bid Date & Time: 04/11/17 2:00 PM Prebid: 03/23/17 10:00 AM
Solicitation Title: Task Order Contract for Bicycle Projects
Owner Solic Number: 23-01538
Status: bidding Report: 7651044
Country : United States State: TX County: Bexar Location: San Antonio
Scope: Task Order Contract for Bicycle Projects.
Notes: A non-mandatory Pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in the 9th floor conference room of the Municipal Plaza Building, 114 W. Commerce, San Antonio, Texas 78205.
This project has a “prevailing wage” requirement.
Plans: From Owner. See attached file.
Owner Type: Public …

Southern Tier – San Diego to St Augustine March 2017

By Charles Falsetto | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 17: Las Cruces NM to San Elizario TX
Monday March 20, 2017, 71 miles (114 km) – Total so far: 931 miles (1,498 km)
640′ V, 5:36:31, AvgMph 12.7
Fairly easy day getting to El Paso Texas and navigating through the city. W was favorable today and I had cool temp this morning warming to 95 this afternoon. The afternoon heat was mitigated by consuming an abundance of ice cold water and an afternoon ice cream, followed by a very large single can of Bud Light upon arrival at my host home. A cold shower also felt great, not that I had a choice of water temperature.
Staying with another Warm Shower host tonight in San Elizario. This is a unique rural property with …

Honeoye Riders Pedal the Southern Tier

By jim kersting | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 20: Fort Hancock to Van Horn TX 75 miles
Monday March 20, 2017
We left Fort Hancock at 5 AM and rode 90 minutes in total darkness and 30 in pre-dawn. We heard all kinds of birds, peppers, and who knows what it was that spooked us. An owl flew across my light. We had little traffic. But the next phase was riding on I 10 and then 40 miles on the frontage road and the last 10 miles back on I 10. Big …

Southern Tier 2017

By Alan Young | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 23: Austin – Johnson City
Monday March 20, 2017, 55 miles (88 km) – Total so far: 1,392 miles (2,241 km)
Eugene did a good job of making us feel at home,we said our farewells and set off on the next phase of our journey.
Picking up the official route at the Colorado river,and into the neighbourhood of Rollingwood,where a guy shouts from his car he,ll buy us coffee at Starbucks. Lucky for us it was easy to find,upon entering ,Jeremy introduced himself whilst we took him up on a breakfast sandwich and coffee on the house.
That was very generous of him which set us up for a day in the …

Southern Tier At The Speed of Bicycle

By Gary Rapp | www.crazyguyonabike.com

DAY 17 El Paso to Fort Hancock TX
Monday March 20, 2017

Captains Blog – 3/20/2017 – Weekday rides

by Sameer Gokhale | cycling.powweb.com

Weekday Rides
Now that we have got our hour of sunshine back, we will be starting our weekday rides this week.
Our new board member, Michael Benedetto will be leading the ride. We will be starting at the Valero Trailhead at I-10 and 1604 on Wednesday March 22, 2017.
Details –
Ride name: Leon Creek Greenway
Address of starting location: Valero Trailhead at I-10 & 1604
Date: Thursday, 3/22/2017
Time (wheels down): 5:40 p.m. (meet at 5:30)
Description of ride: Weekly Trail Ride – we will be starting at the Valero Trailhead and follow the trail to Grissom Road, and possibly continue on until we get to Loop 410.
Length: ~20 miles
Ride leader: Michael Benedetto
Sweep: Peter Ray …

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Free Ice Cream Cone and Donkeys Bike Ride

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First day of spring rolled in with fantastic weather and the offer of a free Dairy Queen ice cream cone. I forgot about the cone offer when I selected the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman Extended” route but as I neared the DQ on E. Lake Houston Parkway (23 mile point in the bike ride) I rode in and got a free ice cream cone. I needed the break and the sugar to help me finish the ride. The ride totaled 33.63 miles, not a real long ride, but the 9 mph SW wind and 18 mph gusts took a toll on my pedaling energy. Standing in the shade at Dairy Queen I cooled down and my legs recovered somewhat. Other people came to the DQ for free cones too while I was eating mine. I believe they do this each year on the first day of spring. Where I grew up the Dairy Queens (2 in my city) closed for the winter and opened around then.

Even with the fantastic weather I decided to wear a long sleeve jersey under my short sleeve jersey. Most of the ride this was not too hot but when I was working hard riding into the wind my body heat produced some sweat that then evaporated when I turned out of the wind cooling me off quickly and leaving a slight chill.

I am up to 60% of my March mileage goal (351.2 miles out of 586 miles). Year to date I am up to 1258.9 miles.

A few other cyclists were out today along the route. School is back from spring break and the school buses are rolling.

As I crossed the railroad tracks on Old Atascocita Road I glanced to my left and saw several cattle and donkeys. Turning around I rolled my bike to the gate and took these pictures.

I thought I might scare them away but the donkey looking at me moved closer to the gate while one of the cows moved away. I have seen these donkeys other times in another pasture closer to FM 2100. Not sure why the gate is painted purple.

More great weather tomorrow (Tuesday) and I plan on bicycling in it.

Links to RideWithGPS.com and Strava.com metrics and maps.

Home weather at the start and finish followed by the airport weather at the end of the ride.

Start
Finish
airport

SportTracks Ride Summary (click on the image to enlarge it)

Ride summary