Texas Bicycling News June 11th 2016

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Fuzzy Peach

Fort Worth Bicycling Association

www.fwbaclub.org

Club Ride
Saturday, June 18, 2016 8:00 am
Only weeks away…
Come along for a fuzzy variation pre-ride of the very popular-#1-must-do-can’t-miss-drop-everything-back-flippin-love-love-love-favorite charity ride of the year – Peach Pedal. The Fuzzy routes are largely influenced by Peach Pedal charity ride and distances are virtually maintained with either slight edits to avoid heavy chip seal or include store stops. Although Old Brock construction is complete, the Fuzzy version will keep the popular and unique finish.
64m – edited to remove heavy chip sealed FM113 (at 32m to 34m). The go-around removes a couple of miles but the mileage is later regained.
47m – a mid-distance route which for some is a perfect Sunday distance. (Fair Warning: sorry, but chip seal on frontage road unavoidable.) The fuzzy deviation occurs at miles 32 – 39.
33m – the famed ride but with less miles. The fuzzy deviation occurs at miles 21 – 30m.
78m – the everything and anything you need/want in a long ride, besides miles.
All routes should expect interspersed challenging hills, moderate terrain, and …

Route 66 at Age 66!

By Joseph Culpepper

www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 19 – Elk City, OK to Shamrock, TX: Weeds Among the Wheat
Saturday June 11, 2016, 59 miles (95 km) – Total so far: 1,171 miles (1,884 km)
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We were up early, enjoyed a filling breakfast of oatmeal, toast & coffee at EconoLodge, & were on the road at 7:45. On these hot days – today got to 94f – it helps to get in as many miles as possible before the heat of the afternoon! Soon after we started on this clear wonderful morning, we passed a golden field of wheat tinged with streaks of purple from a weed that had tiny foxglove-like flowers. It was beautiful, but undoubtedly problematic for the wheat crop, & made me think of Jesus’ parable of the weeds among the wheat. He says that the Kingdom of God is like that, where the farmer allows both to …

Bicycling the Texas Hill Country around Fredericksburg

Velo Fanatico Cycling

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Road cycling in the Texas Hill Country around Fredericksburg. Routes to Willow City Loop and Comfort, Texas. See us climb Willow City Ledge 1:49 and Bat Cave Summit 2:57

Biking on a flooded Town Lake Trail in Austin, Texas

curtis griffin

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We have got a lot of rain recently and a lot of Town Lake Trail (LBJ) has been flooded. Here I go in by the Austin Rowing Center up to the edge of Zilker Park. Audio by Sango feat. Elhae & Esta.

Preparing for the desert crossing in Del Rio, Texas, USA

Boundless Biking

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We have already crossed plenty of deserts and still have few to come. Have you ever wondered how do we prepare for that? This is how!

Dallas Mountain Bike Trail

Nicolai Jacobsz

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I went ahead and made a sample of The Oak Cliff Bike Trail in Dallas Texas. More to come.

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Rain Avoided – Eagle Springs – Walden – Huffman Bike Ride

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I skipped biking in the rain today if you don’t count the drizzle and wet roads from rain before I got to there. I rode the “Eagle Springs – Walden – Huffman” route for some variety and for enough miles to reach 200 for the week. I rode 35.36 miles today putting the week’s miles at 202. The ride started at 11:52 rolling out of the driveway. Before leaving home I checked the weather radar for rain but it was to the west and far east. It did rain early this morning at my home but only .09″ and I had to look close to see the evidence. The weather before I left home.

6-11-2016 Home Weather Start 1145AM

It looks like summer is not too far away. The mostly cloudy sky let some sun through and the 70% humidity made for a muggy ride. At each stop sweat appeared within seconds on my arms. The time to start wearing wrist bands has arrived.

Today’s route takes me on some streets I don’t ride very often and is generally light traffic. I turned on Aerobic Drive rather than go to W. Lake Houston Parkway and turn left. The mile or so on W. Lake Houston to enter Walden has much more traffic. On Aerobic Drive I went passed the neighborhood pool will many children enjoying the water.

Riding through Walden on the way to FM1960 I looked in my mirror and saw some dark clouds to the west. They were moving slowly in my direction. Lake Houston seems to be a rain cloud magnet and I was biking near it. I wanted to get to the Huffman Chevron before the rain caught me. I upped the pace and on FM1960 riding east I kept an eye on the approaching dark clouds. On Fairlake Drive and Old Atascocita Road I could look in my mirror to watch how I was doing. So far no rain. On FM2100 looking toward Huffman the dark clouds appeared to be overhead but the closer I got I saw they were north of Huffman. I got to the Chevron station about 1:32 and took a picture of my Edge 520 and later while I was resting the weather.

As I sat under the pump canopy I watched the traffic coming from the west. A few cars had their windshield wipers on but most didn’t. A lady pulled up in a car and her windshield was covered in rain drops. When she came back out we chatted and she said she lives west of the station and it was raining off and on there. I waited a few more minutes, finished my drink and went inside to refill my water bottle. Then it was time to leave. I moved to FM1960 and in a short distance the road was wet which explained why some cars had their wipers on. I felt a couple of rain drops but nothing more. The road was wet until I got to E. Lake Houston Parkway. From there to Atascocita Shores Drive the shoulder was dry but from there to Pinehurst Trails it was damp and I rode around the puddles. I turned right onto Pinehurst Trail Drive to ride home. Once in awhile I felt a few drizzles but not enough to make me any wetter than the sweat had.

Navigating side streets and W. Lake Houston Parkway I avoided the rain but some dark clouds were visible to the west, south and east. I crossed Kingwood Drive and finished the ride home at 3:02. Ride completed without getting soaked. I will wipe off the road spray on my bike from the damp and wet roads. I checked the mailbox and my new Wahoo Elemnt was in side but the postal jammed it in so tight I worked for a couple of minutes trying to get it out. Finally I wiggled it out. Later I will set it up.

I am up to 271 miles for June. Only 704 miles to go!!!

The Wahoo Elemnt initial ride should happen tomorrow.

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Texas Bicycling News June 10th 2016

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Robert E. Lee graduate to fundraise in Tyler on Sunday for charity bike ride to fight cancer

by EMILY GUEVARA

www.tylerpaper.com


Catherine Butschi, a 2012 Robert E. Lee High School graduate, will be fundraising on Sunday in Tyler for the Texas 4000, a cross-country bicycle ride that raises money for cancer research and support services.
Ms. Butschi, 22, will be collecting donations and selling Texas 4000 lip balm from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Wal-Mart on South Broadway Avenue. Her goal is to …

Bike Rodeo at Buda City Park Pavilion

budalibrary.org

Saturday, June 11
Bring your bike to the City Park Pavilion for a fun course on bicycle safety! All children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Thank you to the Texas Medical Association, Bike Austin, Tri-County Medical Society, and Arrowhead Bicycles for partnering with the library for this event!

Texas man bicycling to Washington, D.C., to honor lost shipmates

www.muskogeephoenix.com


Del Francis, 74, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, is riding to make a difference. He wants the names of his 74 shipmates who died in a Naval exercise in 1969 in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War listed on the Vietnam War Memorial. There were 47 ships from seven nations participating in the exercise when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans made a …

Houston isn’t only Texas city thinking about freeway teardown

By Dug Begley

www.houstonchronicle.com


Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner might be the one talking about a “paradigm shift” in Texas transportation, but it’s Dallas lawmakers and planners who drove it home on Friday.
North Texas officials unveiled a “master assessment process,” called CityMAP, on Friday morning, compiled after conversations with various interests. Led by the Dallas district of the Texas Department of Transportation and engineering firm Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, the plan is a big concession to traffic congestion relief through more options and not more asphalt.

… In addition to wholesale freeway changes and a change in perspective, CityMAP also makes a case for using some underutilized streets in Dallas differently, such as expanding bicycle lanes on them or dedicating some of the street to bus-only use. The plan also details and describes desirable locations for elevated parks and public spaces. …

Bicyclists riding from Texas to Alaska to raise cancer awareness

By Juan Rodriguez

www.12newsnow.com

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BEAUMONT – A group of University of Texas students are making their way to Alaska on bicycles.
Their mission is to raise money in the fight against cancer.
The “Texas 4000” organization peddled their way to Beaumont Thursday afternoon.
For the riders the month’s long journey is …

Thursday Morning Cruise

Thursday, Jun 16, 2016, 8:15 AM

Starbucks
7049 S Desert (Outlet Mall) Canutillo, TX

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Meet at 8:15 am at Starbucks at the Outlet Mall in Canutillo. Ride out at 8:30. 20-25 miles at 14-16 mph avg pace. Mostly flat, a few hills. Breakfast someplace after the ride. Bob Clark,[masked]

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Texas 4000 charity bike riders roll into Gainesville

By Delania Trigg

www.gainesvilleregister.com


Alexandria Lawrence and her cohorts barely broke a sweat despite the heat as they pedaled into the Gainesville High School parking lot Wednesday evening.
Lawrence is a member of the 2016 Texas 4000 charity bike ride team which is making its way from the University of Texas to Anchorage, Alaska.
The team — made up of UT graduates and undergraduates — raises money for cancer research and …

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Rain and More Rain on Splendora – FM2090 – FM1314 Bike Ride

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I was optimistic when I left home at noon that the rain clouds would stay away but if they didn’t it was warm enough that I wouldn’t mind riding in the rain. I selected the “Splendora – FM2090 – FM1314” route to ride more than 50 miles; I ended up riding 51.46 miles. Those pesky rain clouds were just barely southwest of Kingwood. As I exited Adams Road lately I went south on Loop 494 to Memorial Drive to ride to US59. Today I stayed on Knox Drive all the way to US59. That was a good thing because when I came to the north bound service road and looked left the road was wet and it was raining. A pickup truck driving onto Adams Drive from the service road had their windshield wipers flapping. Turning right the pavement was just barely damp and after a couple hundred feet it was dry.

The sun was out over top of me but the dark clouds were moving north as I was. All was well until I went up the incline at Community Drive and through the first traffic light. By the time I reached the second traffic light it was starting to rain. Not heavy rain but enough to get me soaked. The rain lasted for a mile or so and by the time zi came to FM1485 the road was dry again. From there to Splendora the road was dry and the rain stayed away. In Splendora I stopped at the Chevron station (I have a thing for this brand, I guess) for water and ice. As I was looking south the dark sky was coming northwest. I waited a few minutes to see if it would move my way but it didn’t seem to. I was riding west on FM2090 to Grangerland and I decided to ride hoping to ride around it or after it. That didn’t happen. Around 24 miles into the ride I crossed a bridge over a creek and turned slight right and the rain drops started. The rain wasn’t heavy at that point but I could see what looked like heavy rain a mile or in front of me. There wasn’t any place to get out of the rain until FM1485 crossed FM2090 about 3 miles away. Around 25 miles I caught up with the rain and it was coming down briskly. A couple of big trucks drove by me with lots of spray which did not help my vision. My glasses tried to fog and the water was running down the lenses. The rain was stinging my arms making me thing there was some sleet too. Thankfully the cars had their lights on to help me see them through my wet glasses. Finally I crossed FM1485, moved to the left turn lane and entered the Caney Creek High School parking lot to find a dry place. There were construction workers under the bus cover and I found the ramp and rode under too. Now thunder clapped a couple of times to the northwest. Earlier before getting to FM1485 there was some thunder too. That is why I decided to stop at the school in case lightning would arrive.

I waited and watched the sky for a sign the rain was moving on. It slowed some and over the top of the school I could see blue sky to the south. After 15 minutes or so I got back on the bike and rode to FM1485 to ride to the sun. It was till raining but not near as hard. I rode south not stopping at the Valero station like I usually do continuing south on Old Houston Road to SH 242. Just before SH 242 the road turned dry and that was the end of the rain.

Arriving at FM1314 I went left on the way to the Shell station at Cumberland.The sun was out now and the water in my jersey and shorts was slowly drying out. By the time I got to the Shell station my jersey was about normal but my shorts and shoes were still very wet. I went inside and got a Gatorade and a banana and went back outside to sit under the pump canopy on the Greensheet newspaper I picked up. My Edge 520 screen when I arrive and the weather while I was eating and resting.

The warm breeze dried up some of the water. I hung my gloves on the top tube to let the wind dry them some. The Greensheet adsorbed as much water from my shorts as it could and the paper towels stuck in the end of the shorts on my legs started to fall apart form the moisture. I finished eating, wiped my shoes clean from the road spray and got ready to leave. The food refreshed me for the 14+ miles home.

When I made the turn onto Old Sorters Road I looked at the sky to the south and west. It was getting dark. I wanted to get home without getting soaked again so I picked up the speed slightly riding through Briar Tree and Oakhurst. I rode the rest of the way home without rain and got home at 4:28. After putting the bike in the garage and going inside I went back out to wash the bike. Other than getting wet twice it was a good ride. I continue to make progress to my June mileage goal.

Tomorrow’s forecast has a 36% chance of rain. Maybe I will stay dry when I bike.

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