Texas Bicycling And More – June 25, 2023

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Saturday Evening Ride Sugar Land, Texas

Martha Morin | strava.com

Staying downtown, best routes on Strava?
by u/iAtty in BikingATX

RIDE SCHEDULE

Georgetown Cyclopaths | www.cyclopathsoftexas.com

RIDE SCHEDULE Short Rides Long Rides ex-Long Rides July 2023 Self Guided No Drop Tempo Start Time: 8:05am 8:05am 8:00am Day Date Meet at Miles Map Miles Map Miles Map

Saturday 07/01/2023 Sun City by Tennis Courts 31 miles SS31 45 miles SS45 64 miles SS64

Saturday 07/08/2023 Weir Gravel Parking Lot 32 miles WE32 44 miles WE44 63 miles WE63

Saturday 07/15/2023 Walburg Post Office 34 miles WA8s 45 miles WA8 61 miles WA61

Saturday 07/22/2023 Bertram Elementary School 32 miles Go Long 45 miles BE1 64 miles BE61

Saturday 07/29/2023 Georgetown Rentsch Brewery 33 miles GT36 45 miles W48 62 miles GT63

89-year-old on electric bicycle dies in crash in Arlington, police say

www.wfaa.com

ARLINGTON, Texas — An 89-year-old man who was riding an electric bicycle has died after a crash on Sunday morning, Arlington police said.

Police said they responded around 11:25 a.m. to the 6700 block of New York Avenue, near Lynn Creek Trail, regarding a crash involving a pickup truck and an electric bicycle.

According to police, officers found the 89-year-old victim lying on the road. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.

Police said it appeared that the victim was trying to cross the street when he collided with a pickup truck that was going south on the road.

The pickup driver stopped and called 911, police said. No charges were filed.

Further details were not released as the investigation continues.

Awesome Afternoon Ride San Antonio, Texas

Julian Flores | strava.com

Pas Normal Midsummer Ride Austin, Texas

Ademir Vazquez | strava.com

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Excessive Heat Warning Riding Kingwood Trails

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An excessive heat warning for today and I decided to ride the Kingwood greenbelt trails as much as possible. Starting at 1:35 PM after getting home from church and a quick snack I rode my Lynskey Helix bike away. Some of the trails were the same as last Sunday but I added a few different ones. I rode through River Grove Park at the south end of Woodland Hills Drive and Hamblen Road. The video shows all of the boat trailers there. Passing through the baseball fields and by the horse stables put me out in the open but it wasn’t long to return to the greenbelt trail. I stopped along the lake for video shots. Biking north beside W. Lake Houston Parkway on the greenbelt not traveled very often to Northpark Drive. I crossed over to Elm Grove Village to head to the finish at 2:52 PM after riding 13.32 miles to finish the week at 224.3 miles, the third week in a row of 200+ miles. Month to date I’ve rode 789.22 miles, only 11 miles short of my goal.

6-25-2023 SportTracks Week Rides Summary
6-25-2023 SportTracks Week Rides Summary
6-25-2023 SportTracks Month Rides Summary
6-25-2023 SportTracks Month Rides Summary

Weather: Start 95 degrees, 57% humidity, dew point 77.3, partly cloudy, wind SW 10 mph gusts 17 mph; Finish 97 degrees, 52% humidity, dew point 76.3, partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph gusts 18 mph. With the trees I didn’t notice the wind that much. Heat was another story.

Strava awarded me the Local Legend on Kingwood Drive.

Texas Bicycling Action – June 24, 2023

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Walnut Springs Hike, bike trail officially complete

Felicia Frazar | seguingazette.com

For two years, Seguin residents Jack and Valerie Lanford watched as a portion of their backyard transformed into the last leg of the Walnut Springs Hike and Bike Trail.

“Everything came together,” Valerie said. “It looks beautiful down here.”

The couple joined dozens of residents, outdoor enthusiasts and city officials as they officially opened the extension for public use. Seguin City Council was able to complete the $5.18 million project with assistance from the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and Texas Department of Transportation, Seguin City Manager Steve Parker said.

“This is a great project that had partnerships between TxDOT as well as the Alamo Area MPO that …

Copperas Cove students build and keep bikes thanks to Texas Workforce

By Thaddeus Imerman | kdhnews.com

Twenty Copperas Cove middle school students and adult mentors rushed with excitement Thursday morning as they were given the go-ahead to grab their tools and bicycles the children could put together — and keep.

The Texas Workforce Commission purchased the bikes thanks to a statewide grant called Jobs, Y’all, according to Charley Ayres, director of industry-education partnerships for Central Texas Workforce Solutions.

Students were selected based on certain criteria and turned wrenches and tightened bolts and screws.

“I know that once it’s done, I’m going to feel real proud of myself,” said Kyleigh Weikum, an incoming …

SB250 Day 2 Freer, Texas

Kevin Highfield | strava.com

Ran with the A group which was a reasonable pace. 22.7 average up to the rendevous at mile 102. Siouxsie ran great – perfect rig for the job – comfy ride but not slow

Veloharmony – Bethel – Gruppetto di Berraras back The Woodlands, Texas

Thomas Anselmi | strava.com

Almost…. San Antonio, Texas

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com

Had a hard stop today, so no century….

Listen to the wind blow Kendall County, Texas

Brent Wells | strava.com

This was another amazing ride put together by David Patterson who we are all very thankful to have back riding with us again!? We had a fairly big group this morning, and the pace was fast, but “friendly” in that no one intentionally got dropped. I’m very thankful to chris meldner for doing a few extra miles with me toward the end. As always, I am ultimately thankful to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for saving me both spiritually and physically, and allowing me to not only return to this sport, that I love, but to finish another ride safely with some great friends

A quick pic of our rather large group, as we stopped to regroup at the top of a fairly steep climb.

Keegan’s/Braeswood Bayous Saturday Morning Ride Sugar Land, Texas

Martha Morin | strava.com

Gravel bike ? Road bike Comal County, Texas

Ivan Reid | strava.com

45mm tires trying to hang with a group of 20 people on road bikes is a rough combination… especially with rolling hills ? that was a workout for sure, but an epic ride with the SA crew as always

Cypresswood Morning Ride Harris County, Texas

Michael St.Dizier Sr. | strava.com

Bellville with friends Austin County, Texas

Federica Arkadin | strava.com

I remembered why I used to live riding bikes

Tour de Boerne Kendall County, Texas

Dolores Becho | strava.com

My absolute favorite ride.. Enjoyed the pretty scenery and comradeship with fellow cyclists..

2023 Tour de Boerne Kendall County, Texas

Daniel Cruz | strava.com

Morning Ride Bexar County, Texas

Roger Ramon | strava.com

Saturday Tribe Ride Fort Bend County, Texas

William Mariano | strava.com

Its ? but enjoyed the suffering!! Harris County, Texas

Wayne Terry | strava.com

Major Taylor SA Rolling ~ San Antonio, Texas

Action Jackson | strava.com

SWCC Morning Ride Harris County, Texas

Active Cycling | strava.com

Bike Rodeo lets children wrangle their skills with TAMUSA PD

Xochilt Garcia | mesquite-news.com

Horns honked and bells rang as eight children on bicycles rode in a parade from Patriots’ Casa to the Central Academic Building at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

The University Police Department hosted Bike Rodeo, a safety and handling training program for children ages 6 to 12 June 23.

The participants were children, grandchildren and friends of A&M-San Antonio staff.

“We don’t get to do this kind of event throughout the year,” Officer Karen Tucker said. “We wanted to offer something to the campus community children.”

The young cyclists colored and …

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My Cervelo Caledonia Is Back! 200+ Mile Week. Close To The Goal.

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My Cervelo Caledonia bike returned from Kingwood Bicycles with the disc brakes now working great. I almost had cake and ice cream yesterday when I picked it up but decided today’s bike ride would be the celebration. By the way, Kingwood Bicycles will close the store front and change to mobile bike repair in the next few days.

Being Saturday I started the bike ride early with wheels down at 7:49. I have fewer things to do on Saturday morning and get out the door early. The ride went south and east through Atascocita to Huffman and on the return looped into Walden, what I label the Atascocita – Huffman – Walden route. Some rides are on a similar route, Atascocita – Spanish Cove – Walden. I like the early Saturday start because other cyclists are out riding too. Today I saw numerous cyclists and caught them in the video. My ride made it a 200+ mile week (210.98) and got me to 775.89 miles for the month, 25 miles away from my goal.

6-24-2023 SportTracks 2023 Ride History Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
6-24-2023 SportTracks 2023 Ride History Atascocita-Huffman-Walden

Humidity can be heavy with the early start and today it was 92%. Almost like swimming. When I finished at 10:30 AM shorts and jersey were soaked. I thought my legs were tired but the wind increased to 13 mph and the headwind back across Lake Houston made pedaling hard. Weather: Start 81 degrees, 92% humidity, dew point 78.2, mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph; Finish 90 degrees, 67% humidity, dew point 77.2, partly cloudy, wind SW 13 mph.

Speaking of pedaling, looking at my cadence data from rides can be enlightening.

6-24-2023 Strava Cadence Chart Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
6-24-2023 Strava Cadence Chart Atascocita-Huffman-Walden

6-24-2023 Strava Weekly Relative Effort
6-24-2023 Strava Weekly Relative Effort