Texas Bicycling News – April 11, 2023

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UTSA to serve as hub for Fiesta fitness festival beginning April 14

Tricia Lynn Silva | www.utsa.edu

APRIL 11, 2023 — Roadrunners looking for some healthy options before the myriad of Fiesta celebrations later this month will have an opportunity to stop by the UTSA Main Campus this weekend for some exercise. Admission to the grounds and many activities are free.

The annual Fiesta FitFest will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 14 and conclude at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. Organized by San Antonio Sports and presented by H-E-B, this official Fiesta event will feature an amateur cycling event, a 5K and 10K run/walk, a health and wellness expo and free fitness classes.

The festivities begin on Friday with the Boots & Brews Beer Mile. Participants will run/walk four laps around the festival grounds at UTSA (“a country mile”), stopping at the end of each lap to drink a beer. Before or after the Beer Mile, participants can learn how to …

San Antonio Sports invites the Alamo City to get moving at this weekend’s Fiesta FitFest

By Brandon Rodriguez | www.sacurrent.com

The weekend’s highlight is the L’Étape San Antonio by Tour de France cycling race. ![](https://media2.sacurrent.com/sacurrent/imager/u/blog/31473609/fiestafitfest.jpg?cb=1681238969

Created by San Antonio Sports, the annual Fiesta FitFest celebrates fitness, fun and, obviously, Fiesta.

Held the weekend before the kickoff to San Antonio’s annual citywide party, the event lets participants engage in fitness-related training and activities ranging from line-dancing classes to Orangetheory workouts.

The weekend’s highlight is the L’Étape San Antonio by Tour de France, a cycling race in which Tour de France experts have designed a course enabling amateur cyclists to experience the feel of the famed sporting event. Riders can participate in courses that range from 10 miles to 100 miles. …

Bike safety: What you need to know

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The return of warmer weather and extra daylight gives kids more time to play outside and ride the bike around the neighborhood. But if it’s been a while, they’ll need to do a few things to get their bike ready to ride.

Trail Guide For Collin County and Beyond

by Matilda Preisendorf | localprofile.com

Family-friendly walks, hikes and bikes Spring is the perfect time for families to get active — so why not explore what Collin County has to offer? Trails in the North Texas area can be challenging to navigate, but we are here to help.

From kid-friendly attractions to dog-permitted walks, Local Profile has you covered for the fantastic trails of Collin County. …

8 murders occurred near Dallas trails in 2022, police say. That’s not the whole story.

By Sharon Grigsby | www.dallasnews.com

A little-noticed public safety briefing on the city’s hike-and-bike network turns up many concerns.

A fellow Dallas trails fanatic shared a shocking crime statistic as we recently left a Mountain Creek neighborhood meeting: Eight murders occurred last year on or very near the city’s steadily expanding hike-and-bike network.

That number couldn’t possibly be right. No way would public safety reporters miss a trend like that. It must be the stuff of Nextdoor exaggeration or social media hysteria.

Turns out the eight murders were …

John Lynn McCorkle March 30, 1947 – April 3, 2023

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FORT WORTH – John L. McCorkle, age 76, died of natural causes from Alzheimer’s disease on April 3, 2023 in his residence in Fort Worth, surrounded by his family and friends. John went peacefully and painlessly up to stay in eternal rest with the Lord. …

… Very much into physical fitness and the outdoors, John loved riding his bicycle and was a member of the Fort Worth Bicycle Club. He loved to visit state parks throughout Texas and mountain bike, hike or trail run. John and his wife were their street representatives in the Berkeley Neighborhood Association where they resided for fifty years, and they were enthusiastic members of the Creative Couples class at First United Methodist Church in downtown Fort Worth. …

Central Texas woman making remarkable recovery after brain injury

by Melanie Torre | cbsaustin.com

AUSTIN, Texas — Six months after a traumatic brain injury sent a Central Texas woman to the ICU she’s making a remarkable recovery.

If you passed Amy Holland on the Hamilton Greenbelt trail in Lakeway you’d never know last September she suffered a traumatic brain injury in a cycling crash. The 62-year-old breast cancer survivor was participating in a 50-mile breast cancer charity bike ride on her birthday when things took a turn. …

Alvin’s 30th Tour de Braz to benefit volunteer firefighters with free pizza, beer garden

Pooja Bhakta | www.houstonchronicle.com

The city of Alvin will host the 30th annual Tour de Braz Bike Ride on Saturday, which will send hundreds of cyclists on routes through the Brazoria County countryside.

The ride was originally organized by a group of Alvin cyclists including an Air Force veteran who still participates at age 91. The city took over the event five years ago as participation grew.

The event attracts over 500 cyclists every year and is expected to have record-breaking numbers for its 30th anniversary, said Athlyn Roberts, coordinator …

Seabrook hit-and-run crash injures bicyclist, community lends helping hand to victim

By FOX 26 Digital | www.fox26houston.com

SEABROOK, Texas – Seabrook police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who injured a bicyclist over the weekend.

The crash occurred around 11:20 a.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of NASA Parkway. …

Southern Tier 2023

By Sharon Greenwood | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 38: Sheperd to Silsbee, TX: Logging Trucks

Tuesday April 11, 2023, 61 miles (98 km) – Total so far: 1,950 miles (3,138 km) Awoke at 4:30 with calf cramp. Massaged it then rolled off pad with roller to go into hallway to roll legs. Relief. Probably didn’t drink enough water yesterday for the mileage due to the cool temperature and overcast skies. Lesson learned. Easy breakfast and lunch prep since we were inside. On bikes at 7:30 as a small group to combat mean dogs we experienced yesterday 2 miles from the sanctuary. Dogs were inside. Karen and I take off at a fast pace on nice backroads. I like riding fast in the early morning when the air is cool and the legs are (usually) fresh. At mile 17 we catch up to scouts Rick & Steve and ride in a line taking turns at point to battle the moderate headwind. We are averaging 18 mph – I certainly can’t keep this up! At mile 27 we make a turn and Karen and I need to peel so the guys take off. Phew! This road now is …

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New Saddle, Better Weather, Happy Butt

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Watching stage 1 of the Giro di Sicilia the scenery was gorgeous. Maybe someday I can visit there. They are 7 hours ahead of the time here so the race ended earlier than many races plus they were ahead of the projected time. Great racing to inspire my bike ride today.

No route or clothing decisions today. The temperature was several degrees warmer and sunshine provided some extra warmth. I wore shorts, a long sleeve poly t-shirt under a long sleeve jersey. That was a good choice because the NE wind had a chill when I rode in the shade. The wind at the 11:19 AM start was 12 mph with 16 mph gusts and 73 degrees. By the end of the ride at 2:01 PM the wind let up some to 10 mph and the temperature was 76 but the clouds increased from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy limiting the warm sunshine.

Yesterday I installed a new saddle on my Cervelo Caledonia, the Velo Senso TT+ racing. Today was the first ride on it. Because it is not as tall as the BiSaddle I raised the seatpost about 1.5cm. The seat padded area thickness is less than the BiSaddle so I was concerned about the comfort riding on rough asphalt and uneven concrete but at the end of the ride my butt felt good. I am keeping it on the Cervelo for more rides and at least one with more miles. Tomorrow I plan on riding my Lynskey Helix bike with it’s BiSaddle and refresh my memory on how it feels compares to the Velo Senso TT+.

4-11-2023 Velo Senso TT+ Saddle
4-11-2023 Velo Senso TT+ Saddle
4-8-2022 Replacement BiSaddle New Surface Pads Cervelo
4-8-2022 Replacement BiSaddle New Surface Pads Cervelo

Today’s bike ride was on my Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive route. It has been a week since my last ride to that area. I checked the FM 1960 road construction at Pinehurst Trail Drive and saw a little progress (see the video clips). No change at Atascocita Shores Drive.

According to my AXS.SRAM.com ride report I used the 35×13 gears the most but the 35×15 gears also got more time compared to yesterday.

It’s been awhile since I looked at my cadence data for a ride. Here is today’s cadence breakdown. This is produced by the Chrome browser extension Stravini.

4-11-2023 Strava Cadence Data Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove
4-11-2023 Strava Cadence Data Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove

Strava matched a number of other rides with today’s. I wonder how much a ride can vary and still match.

4-11-2023 Strava Ride Overview Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove
4-11-2023 Strava Ride Overview Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove
4-11-2023 Strava Matched Rides Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove
4-11-2023 Strava Matched Rides Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove

Texas Bicycling News – April 10, 2023

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Hit-and-run crash leaves bicyclist dead in Texas City, police say

Author: John Diaz | wwwkhou.com

FM 1764 was shut down for several hours Sunday morning as police investigated.

TEXAS CITY, Texas — All eastbound lanes of FM 1764 have reopened in Texas City after someone on a bicycle was killed in a hit-and-run crash, according to police.

The crash happened just after 3:30 a.m. Sunday along Emmett F. Lowry Expressway and State Highway 3.

Details are currently limited, but police said an unknown driver hit a cyclist before taking off. FM 1764 was shut down for several hours as police investigated.

Anyone with information on what happened should contact Texas City police at 409-643-5720.

Southern Tier 2023

By Sharon Greenwood | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 36: Somerville to New Waverly, TX: Bags

Sunday April 9, 2023, 72 miles (116 km) – Total so far: 1,835 miles (2,953 km) Awoke to find the Easter bunny had left a bag of treats outside my tent. A really great surprise carried out by Kathy & Karen. Sweet! Today’s long ride was great. The weather was cool with overcast skies and warmed up enough to peel off the second layer top and tights. The first 34 miles was a combination of rolling secondary roads and deserted farm roads. Low traffic and good shoulders; a cyclist’s dream. We passed through the tiny hamlet of Independence and stopped at the general store to sign the log kept for Coast to Coast cyclists. The keeper was engaging and thrilled to have us stop in. He pulled out his initial log, all tattered with yellowing pages, and I noticed dates from the early 2000s. He went right to a 2007 entry to show me an entry from another New Yorker who …

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… Tuesday Night Racing

This weeks TNR is Track on Speed with a crazy combo of back to back Point-a-Lap, Snowball and Elimination so every lap counts! More info is in our RACER GUIDE so please take a look.

Back to TNR #1 and my thoughts of gently easing into things with scratch racing didn’t really pan out as everyone just went all in and it was pretty brutal… and awesome!

Thundercats

The level here is totally unrecognizable compared to the start of 2022. While Le maintained his winning ways taking all three races Allison pushed him so hard earning a great 2nd place. Tai, Ryan and Callan battled for 3rd with the much improved Tai getting the better of the other 2 who were both riding at a great level!

Junior Open

Due to a couple of last minute withdrawals only 4 riders lined up but that didn’t slow …

Southern Tier CoMotion

By Keith Misegades | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Into Texas and tailwinds: Merryville, LA to Silsbee, TX

Monday April 10, 2023, 52 miles (84 km) – Total so far: 1,243 miles (2,000 km) I slept well last night and enjoyed the company of Bob Luze of Houston who is on a solo bike trip from Houston, TX to Quebec. We closed up the cabin at the Merryville Historical Museum that they allow cyclists to stay and were on our way by 7:39 AM. Breakfast was a couple packages of pop-tarts and some water. Bob headed east and I headed west towards the Texas border. Just 5 miles down the road, I crossed the border. The road didn’t change much as I had a nice shoulder pretty much all day. A third of the trip will be in this one state.

It sure is nice to be out of Louisiana and on better roads. You may not realize that rough roads tend to make you go slower, so having smooth roads as well as a gentle tailwind was a …

Southern Tier 2023

By Sharon Greenwood | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 37: New Waverly to Shepherd, TX: Fences

Monday April 10, 2023, 54 miles (87 km) – Total so far: 1,889 miles (3,040 km) Great night’s sleep – must have been yesterday’s stress and the 8pm IPA. On route at 7:30. All but 4 miles will be in the Sam Houston National Forest. Poor or no shoulder so we ride in the road but the few cars that pass us are kind. It’s a very peaceful ride past large cattle ranches. Lots and lots of barking dogs; three or four per house and we are so grateful for fences. The dogs bark and race alongside us as far as the yard permits. Coming into New Waverly (just 4 miles from camp) the dogs were barking but remained in the yard. Not so lucky for James & Alan coming through. They were in the …

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Commitment. No Weather Wimping!

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It took commitment to get on the bike today. I ate breakfast while watching the women race in the chilly and wet Ronde de Mouscron in Belgium. If they can ride in that weather I can’t wimp out when the temperature is above my threshold of 60 degrees like I did last Saturday. I hoped the temperature would improve and the sun peek through the overcast sky for today’s bike ride. The weather forecast contained a little optimism but as the time to ride got closer I began to doubt it. When I went to change into my bike clothes the sun teased a little and I saw a tiny patch of blue sky but by the time I got back to my Cervelo Caledonia to leave the clouds covered the sun and the temperature went down a couple of degrees. I had put on a light weight long sleeve jersey to wear under a jacket but I went back and forth about changing to a heavier jersey. I decided to change into a heavier, but not thermal, long sleeve jersey and went back to leave. As I put my shoes back on the temperature went down a few tenths of a degree and I wondered if I should wear leg warmers. After more decision time I went back for the leg warmers. Now I was finally ready to leave.

Earlier I had thought about riding north to New Caney over Caney Creek but with the rain last week I read the creek was higher than usual and I didn’t want to chance taking a detour. So I switched to the Community Drive – Cumberland – Oakhurst route which doesn’t go that far north. It also is more miles which I need to get back on track to reach my 700 mile goal for April. With the clothing decided and the different route I rolled out on my Cervelo Caledonia bike at 11:44 AM.

I altered the start of the route onto streets I don’t use that often when going north. It doesn’t change the miles much but Strava didn’t find any previous rides to match. Looking SportTracks I see rides from this year and last year with the same name but varying miles. Before rides I go over in my mind the streets and roads that are part of a route. sometimes I forget some and sometimes I add some. But I assign the same route name. The list below is all of the rides with this route name.

4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst
4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst

My clothing choices turned out to be good ones. The weather at the start and finish of the ride: start 66 degrees, 75% humidity, dew point 58, overcast, wind E 6 mph; finish 65 degrees, humidity 79%, dew point 59, overcast, wind N 7 mph. The forecast said it would warm up but it actually went down, nowhere near the 72 degree forecast. I felt warm after getting the body heat moving around 15 minutes into the ride.

The legs were strong and the wind was light so I was able to get my overall average speed up to 14.2 mph on the way back to Kingwood from Cumberland. My AXS.SRAM.com ride report showed pedaling the 35×13 gears for 1:42:37 (25.6 miles) out of total moving time of 2:36:13 (35.51 miles). I finished the ride at 2:24 PM.

4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst
4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst