Texas Bicycling Action for November 26, 2023

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SAPD looking for driver who struck bicyclist on West Side

Rebecca Salinas | www.ksat.com

Woman is in stable condition

SAN ANTONIO – A woman was hit by a vehicle while riding her bicycle on Friday night on the West Side, and the driver fled the scene.

San Antonio police said the incident happened just before 10:30 p.m. in the 400 block of Bandera Road.

The woman, 50, was riding in a dimly lit area when a dark-colored vehicle struck her from behind, causing her to be thrown off the bike.

The driver did not stop to render aid. The woman was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

When found, the driver of the vehicle will be charged with failure to stop and render aid – serious bodily injury, police said. There is no description of the suspect vehicle.

RIDE SCHEDULE

Georgetown Cyclopaths | www.cyclopathsoftexas.com

Saturday 12/02/2023 Sun City by Tennis Courts 36 miles SS36 48 miles SS48 67 miles SS67

Saturday 12/09/2023 Bertram Elementary School Go miles Long 49 miles BE1 61 miles BE61

Saturday 12/16/2023 Walburg Post Office 35 miles WA8s 45 miles W45 63 miles W65

Saturday 12/23/2023 Florence Vera Bank 32 miles F32 46 miles F7 64 miles F64

Saturday 12/30/2023 Georgetown Rentsch Brewery 31 miles GT8s 44 miles GT8 62 miles GT62

Ending The Week In France. Zwift Casse-Pattes Route

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The week’s bike rides ended on the Zwift France Casse-Pattes. France wasn’t on the open Zwift worlds so I created a personal meetup. Actually I created two of them. The first started but my avatar wouldn’t move. I think after creating it I marked myself as not attending by mistake. The second was one went as planned. This was the 4th time riding the Casse-Pattes. I checked ZwiftInsider.com to see what the route profile and what I was getting into. Zwiftinsider.com describes the route name, “French cyclists use the term “casse-pattes” (literally “leg-breaking”) to refer to particularly difficult parts of a ride, or roads that awkwardly change gradient and break a cyclist’s rhythm. Released with Zwift’s France map for the first-ever Virtual Tour de France, the Casse-Pattes route covers the large outer loop of the map in a clockwise direction. The first 12km is pan-flat with two timed sprint segments, but then that rhythm is broken up in the back half by two timed KOM climbs.” The second climb had me out of the saddle several times when the gradient got nasty. Two Strava top results: 3rd fastest time on Petit KOM (12:09) and 3rd fastest time on Casse-Pattes (54:06). The Petit KOM was the longer second climb. It appears getting out of the saddle helped. My time doesn’t come near the KOM record by Guy “Rouge” W at 3:30.

11-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Zwift France Casse-Pattes
11-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Zwift France Casse-Pattes

Recapping the Week’s Rides

This week’s 156.59 almost equaled the previous week’s 161.87 miles. Six of the seven rides were virtual with Friday the only outdoors ride. November riding is rolling along with 648.57 road and virtual miles. That exceeds 2022’s 242.2 combined miles and 2021’s 358.07 combined miles.

11-26-2023 SportTracks Week Rides Recap
11-26-2023 SportTracks Week Rides Recap

Texas Bicycling Action for November 25, 2023

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Bicyclist in serious condition after hit-and-run on the Northwest side

by SBG San Antonio Staff Reports | news4sanantonio.com

SAN ANTONIO – A local woman is in serious condition after being struck by a car while riding her bike on the Northwest side.

The incident happened near the 400 block of Bandera Road around 12:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.

According to the San Antonio Police Department, the 50-year-old woman was riding her bicycle when a dark-colored vehicle struck her, causing her to be thrown off.

Police say the driver of the vehicle failed to stop and render aid and fled the scene.

The woman was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Officials at the scene shared that the bicycle did not have the proper lighting on a dimly lit street.

Fall mountain biking in Texas Hill Country

Chenzo’s World | www.youtube.com

Upcoming Rides

Fort Worth Bicycling Association | www.fwbaclub.org

Anna May Daulton Joe Pool Lake – Rusty Chain Gang Sat, December 02, 2023 9:00 AM Grand Prairie, Texas https://www.fwbaclub.org/event-5494549

5 Ways to Springtown 3 Sat, December 02, 2023 9:00 AM E Lake and Mikus Rd, Weatherford Texas https://www.fwbaclub.org/event-5494640

9:00 AM Start Chisholm Rusty Chain Gang Ramble Tue, December 05, 2023 9:00 AM 4936 McPherson Blvd, Fort Worth, TX https://www.fwbaclub.org/event-5494477

Austin Texas Bike Ride along Lady Bird Lake

LOMAS ATX | www.youtube.com

Biking from the east side of Roy and Ann Butler Hike and Bike Trail at MoPac Expressway past Zilker Park, Barton Springs, and Auditorium Shores to I-35 and East Austin.

Chill ride enjoying this weather Houston, Texas

Monica Sosa | strava.com

Multi-Surface Madness Ride Sam Houston National Forest, Texas

David Reynolds | strava.com

Kennys Krazy route with surprises Austin County, Texas

Nicole Volek | strava.com

70% road and rest gravel Beautiful views, twists and turns 48 miles magical became 69 Rest stop was super fancy in Burton Texas – Blue Willow

Strava Top Results on Zwift Watopia Coast Crusher

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Back to Zwift Watopia for today’s bike ride. Second time on the Coast Crusher riding 26.58 miles which moved the week’s total to 141.54 miles. Not a large group of people riding Zwift in Watopia, less than 6000 most of the time I was riding. Elevation gain was 686 feet spread pretty evenly over the route. My legs covered the uphills well.

Top results from Strava: PR on Woodland Sprint (43s), 2nd fastest time on Jungle CCW Descent (4:53), 2nd fastest time on Coast Crusher (1:18:01), and 2nd fastest time on Temple Trek (13:58).

11-25-2023 SportTracks Ride History Zwift Coast Crusher
11-25-2023 SportTracks Ride History Zwift Coast Crusher
Coast Crusher Route Map
Coast Crusher Route Map
11-25-2023 Strava Ride summary Zwift Coast Crusher
11-25-2023 Strava Ride summary Zwift Coast Crusher