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Thousands of helmets gifted to Brazos Valley second-graders

By Warren Vause | wwwkbtx.com

Hard Hats for Little Heads was back at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena and excitement was not in short supply.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Thousands of second-graders from the Brazos Valley attended Hard Hats for Little Heads on Monday, April 17. The event promotes child safety by wearing a helmet.

It included relay races and presentations by Texas A&M student-athletes to show the importance of preventing head injuries.

“It can cause up to eighty percent of morbidity/mortality in children versus a broken arm, so if we can prevent that or reduce that risk by any chance, then we’ve made a big difference in the community. Not only in the child and for that family, but …

Amanda Hart Participating in Texas MS 150

By Rhoda Gersch | www.fayettecountyrecord.com

W Amanda Hart is representing Team Winchester in the MS150 this year. She is not only training to once again conquer the hills of Bastrop State Park, but also exceed her fundraising goal. Amanda will be riding from the State Capitol to La Grange, cycling through Winchester between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 and then from La Grange to Kyle Field on Sunday, April 30. This …

Upcoming Rides

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Morning SBux Crew (Tues) from Dulles Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

PW – Tuesday Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

Trek Memorial Tues Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 7:00 PM

Justice League Tuesday Night Ride Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 7:00 PM

Tuesday Night EH Ride Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

Tuesday Night Shop Ride | Pearland Bicycles Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

TUE Group Ride | MTHCC Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 5:30 PM

CA Tuesday WLY-TCJ-Clay Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

Trek West U Bridges Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

MCC Tuesday Morning Ride Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:30 AM

The Boot REBOOT Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

The Boot REBOOT Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

UBG 26 mile Wednesday Night Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

The Boot ReBooted Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

Sugar Land Wednesday Worlds Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:15 PM

NWCC Hump Day Ride Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

Trek Wed. Night Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

CCC Gravel Wednesday Nights Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

Thursday Night Shop Ride | Pearland Bicycles Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

Morning SBux Crew (Thurs) Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

Bridgeland Ride Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 6:30 PM

Look Pro Go Slow Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 7:00 PM

Look Pro Go Slow Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 7:00 PM

MCC Thursday Morning Ride Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 6:30 AM

Beginners Ride | Trek West U Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

44 Mile Sat Group Ride | Pearland Bicycles Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

UBG Saturday – 23 miles Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

Volume II – “YOUR A$$ MIGHT BE MEDIUM-RARE, BUT THE RIDE WILL BE WELL DONE” Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 4:00 AM

I Cycle Sat Morning Road Ride Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

EaDo Bike Co – Hair of the Cat Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 7:00 AM

RRR-Saturday Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

NWCC Zube park Rides Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

NWCC Coffee Ride Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

R3 Ride 33! Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

Richmond to Fulshear Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

Sunday Miles 2.0 Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

Life Time Outdoor Recovery Ride Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

CCC Gravel Chappell Hill 55 (with options) Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 7:30 AM

UBG Sunday – 35-50 miles Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

George bush road ride Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 8:00 AM

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Night Ride San Antonio, Texas

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Williams brothers launch new city-based team in Austin, Texas

By Henry Lord | www.cyclingweekly.com

The co-ed Austin Aviators join the domestic racing scene as the third team to come from L39ion of Los Angeles founders

Brothers Justin and Cory Williams have announced the launch of the city-based team, the Austin Aviators, which made its official debut at the Redlands Bicycle Classics this past weekend.

This is the third teams under the Williams Racing Development umbrella, joining the successful L39ion of Los Angeles and the Miami Blazers.

Austin has become a cycling hub in Texas with a prominent cycling community and now a professional team. The team will be racing the largest criteriums in the country including Tulsa Tough and Elite Nationals aboard Vitus bikes.

Vitus’s global marketing manager Alex James expressed his excitement for the new partnership, stating: "We’re stoked to be kicking off our partnership with the Austin Aviators. As a global …

Southern Tier CoMotion

By Keith Misegades | www.crazyguyonabike.com

More steep hills: Rolling-Wood to Johnson City

Monday April 17, 2023, 38 miles (61 km) – Total so far: 1,596 miles (2,569 km) I guess that I still don’t have my climbing legs yet since I only did 38 miles today with about 2500 feet of climbing. I know that I can do more and I’m not going to make any excuses. I just didn’t feel very strong today. I slept and ate well last evening and have been hydrating well. I will admit that I have a minor heart condition and it has flared up in the past few days. The heart condition is not life threatening and I have lived with it for years. The recent string of strenuous exercise has aggravated it, so I may take it a bit easier and do shorter days while in these steep hills. I can still move forward. Health first!

Since I had to go a bit off course in Austin to get to a hotel, that put me in a LOT of traffic and a major construction area for the first 4 miles as I went west. It was a bit hair raising and I used all my skills to get through there as safe as possible. It sure was nice to see the …

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Imagine The Shock Seeing It That Cool. I Thought That Was Done Until Fall

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A new week of bike riding starts today. When I woke up this morning the temperature was 46 degrees. I thought we were done with temperatures in the 40’s until fall. While I waited for it to get warmer I watched stage 1 of tour of the Alps, a couple of YouTube channels and ate breakfast. The weather warmed up a little quicker than expected and I got ready for the bike ride. Deciding where to ride I chose my New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Oakhurst route thinking the railroad crossing into Tavola at Via Principal Parkway would still be closed. It turned out to be open with new concrete replacing the old bumpy asphalt. Wednesday might be a good day to try out that crossing.

The bike for today’s ride was my Cervelo Caledonia. I rolled away at 11:18 AM. I mixed up the streets enough that Strava didn’t match any other rides with today’s choices. I don’t ride this route very often but I do ride the streets on other routes so nothing new. Looking at my past ride history in SportTracks it appears I have two names for the same route: New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Valley Ranch. I may need to combine these two. The distances are similar. Today I rode 33.91 miles putting me at 467.49 miles (67%) of my 700 mile goal for April.

4-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History New Caney-Roman Forest Blvd-Oakhurst
4-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History New Caney-Roman Forest Blvd-Oakhurst
4-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History New Caney - Roman Forest Blvd - Valley Ranch
4-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Valley Ranch

Getting to Roman Forest Blvd. I rode through several Kingwood Villages, Woodridge Forest, Brooklyn Trails, along US59 to Community Drive moving to Loop 494, north to Payne Road and back to US59 and on to Roman Forest Blvd. where I made the u-turn to head back to Kingwood. From the u-turn the roads were the same from several other routes: Valley Ranch Parkway to FM 1314, Old Sorters Road, Briar Berry Lane, into Oakhurst on a couple of streets I don’t use very often. Mills Branch Drive took me to Rock Creek and south over the cobbles before reaching Northpark Drive. Kingwood Place Drive and Kellington got me to US59 and then the u-turn at Kingwood Drive. A short ride on the frontage road to Kingwood Parc to get to Loop 494. At the traffic light I entered Kings Manor and rode back into Kingwood. More side streets and greenbelt belt trail along Kingwood Drive and back to residential streets to finish the ride at 1:50 PM.

With the cooler morning the wind had a chill even though the temperature was in the lower 70’s. I decided to wear a poly short sleeve T-shirt under the long sleeve jersey and wind jacket. I thought the T-shirt might be over doing it but it turned out to be okay. Weather: Start 73 degrees, 37% humidity, dew point 45, partly cloudy, wind E 12 mph; finish 75 degrees, 40% humidity, dew point 42, a few clouds, wind SE 14 mph gusts 20 mph. The stronger wind posed a problem for the ride back to Kingwood but it was not a full headwind. The only places where the wind was hard was when I rode out in the open with nothing blocking or slowing it. Valley Ranch Parkway south of TX 99 was one of those places. Link to my AXS.SRAM.com ride report. I didn’t realize I made 41 Rear Derailleur Shifts. 1:42:41 using the 35×13 gears points to the wind not being much of a problem.

4-17-2023 Strava Ride Summary New Caney-Roman Forest Blvd-Oakhurst
4-17-2023 Strava Ride Summary New Caney-Roman Forest Blvd-Oakhurst
4-17-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary New Caney-Roman Forest Blvd-Oakhurst
4-17-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary New Caney-Roman Forest Blvd-Oakhurst

Texas Bicycle Happenings – April 16, 2023

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Community celebrates upgrades to Noble E. Young Park in Tyler

By Symone Sheppard | tylerpaper.com

The community gathered at Noble E. Young Park in Tyler on Saturday afternoon to celebrate renovations.

The updated park features new restrooms and a new art mural, a new parking lot and location, a 1-mile long, 8-foot-wide walking trail, picnic tables and benches, a pavilion, a children’s bike park, and an outdoor gym.

Leanne Robinette, director of Parks and Recreations for the City of Tyler, introduced the event and also helped participate in the ribbon cutting. She said she was excited to see this work completed.

“I feel so proud that we were able to do this at a park that really needed some love,” said Robinette. “This park hasn’t been touched in a really long time. It was in bad shape when we …

Video: Cyclists participate in L’Étape San Antonio during second annual Fiesta FitFest

Allysa Cole | www.ksat.com

L’Étape San Antonio cyclists travel 25, 60 and 100 miles across Hill Country.

SAN ANTONIO – Sunday marks the last day of San Antonio Sports’ Fiesta FitFest at UTSA.

Fiesta Fitfest is a new traditional twist on celebrating health and wellness the weekend before Fiesta.

Thousands of people participated in the headline event L’Étape San Antonio, an amateur mass cycling event.

One of the bikers, Deb Godoy, cycled 25 miles of L’Étape San Antonio.

“Adrenaline is definitely going while you’re cycling out there. It was windy so you have a lot of headwind and you had some side wind,” she said.

One of the …

Happy Sunday Houston, Texas

Walter Poncio | strava.com

Sunday social Harris County, Texas

Jim Storey | strava.com

Afternoon Ride with my son andrew Fort Worth, Texas

Jorge O-M | strava.com

He’s getting strong on the bike looks like may be a good sprinter

Sooooo goooooood!!! Good ride with Houston Gravel Collective and friends. Houston, Texas

Fudgelump (Fajar) | strava.com

Grand Fondo Texas 2023 Montgomery, Texas

Tracy Krznar?? BennyThunders.com | strava.com

Should have put my road wheels on the bike! The cross wind, the hills and 38mm gravel tires don’t mix! On the bright side I did finish!

Bayou Roubaix aka Aero Gravel with Andrew and Geoff Houston, Texas

Gareth Jones | strava.com

Healthy mix of tarmac, concrete, gravel and dirt…

L’Etape San Antonio

Dolores Becho | strava.com

So today my legs decided they were not gonna cooperate. I couldn’t hang on to any draft and I could barely climb. Rode mostly alone as my anxiety was revved up due to the numerous crashes and the amount of ppl who don’t know how to handle a bike. Nonetheless, my nutrition was on point and I did what I could just to finish. Winds were horrible, pushing me all over the road. I prayed and cussed all in the same breath..

TMCO Gran Fondo 2023 Montgomery, Texas

Noe Espinosa | strava.com

The hills and the wind were relentless. A well organized ride the would put the RBC Whistler Gran Fondo to shame… there I said it

Southern Tier CoMotion

By Keith Misegades | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Steeper hills: Bastrop to west Austin

Sunday April 16, 2023, 55 miles (89 km) – Total so far: 1,558 miles (2,507 km) Oh boy, I hit steeper hills today. The first 35 miles into Austin from Bastrop was a cakewalk compared to the last 18 miles. The terrain was rolling from Bastrop into Austin and I was in the eastern outskirts of Austin by 10:30. I’ve mentioned before that large cities are always a pain due to the volume of traffic and turns.

Today’s ride through the city was no different. Austin held its largest running event this morning with 15,000 runners and it had closed a bunch of roads. Fortunately, it had just completed by the time I made it downtown. Some big motorcycle race or event must have been going on at a raceway on the eastern side of town because I saw hundreds of motorcyclists and cars all streaming into the racetrack. They were all going east while I was on the other side of the road going west. But it did clog the road due to the police directing traffic for miles.

The roads going into the city from Bastrop were for …

Texas Bike Bash – Day Two – 4/28/2023
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Biking Through the Chill: A 21-Mile Journey in 70-Degree Weather

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Under the cover of darkness a front captured the 85 degree weather and substituted 70 degree weather. I was perfectly happy with the 85 degree weather but made due with the low 70’s in its place for today’s bike ride. Even waiting until 2:02 PM to start the ride didn’t make it any warmer. I took advantage of waiting until then by eating leftover pizza and watching the men’s Amstel gold race from the Netherlands. Then I got my Lynskey Helix bike and headed out to ride the Kingwood Streets & Trails. I set a goal to ride 21 miles (3% of my 700 mile goal for April) and by the time I finished at 3:47 PM I rode 21.49 miles. That finished the week with 234.6 miles, the second highest week so far this year only beat by the 237.49 miles from the week of 3/6/2023. April now stands at 433.57 miles, 62% of the way to that goal. Not too bad considering I’ve missed 4 days of biking in April.

4-16-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary
4-16-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary

It’s hard to compare rides like today to other rides on Kingwood streets because I mix them up so much. There aren’t many places to get up to full speed for an extended time so I don’t think much about my average speed. I’m glad I wasn’t out on the roads because the front left some strong winds that I felt even amongst all of the Kingwood trees. Weather: Start 73 degrees, 34% humidity, dew point 43, a few clouds, wind N 18 mph gusts 29 mph; finish 75 degrees, 30% humidity, dew point 41, a few clouds, wind N 15 mph gusts 28 mph.

4-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Kingwood Streets and Trails
4-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Kingwood Streets and Trails