Texas Bicycling News October 6th, 2022

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Work begins on Frisco’s Dominion Trail hike and bike project

By Susan McFarland | www.dallasnews.com

Upgrades will add aesthetic and safety features while maintaining the natural view of the creek.

Construction began in Frisco this week on the Dominion Trail. The project will replace the existing trail on the north side of the creek with a 12-foot hike and bike trail, stone walls, handrails and bridge crossings, according to a city news release.

During the project, sidewalks will be closed along Panther Creek between Hillcrest Road and Preston Road/State Highway 289. Temporary traffic control will be set up along Guerin, Villanova and McCommas drives where ramps will be placed on sidewalks.

City officials are asking …

Brews Cruise Monday 10/10. Meet at Austin Tri Cyclist around 6pm, ride over to Hotel Vegas at 7pm, then finish up at The Meteor. No drop ride, bring your lights! from BikingATX

Bike race, food, live music this weekend downtown

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The Texas State Criterium Championship Bike Race is hosting a two-day event Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9 in Downtown Corsicana. This event is sponsored by the Corsicana & Navarro County Chamber of Commerce, Corsicana Visitors Bureau, Corsicana Main Street, Holland Racing, Polyguard, Total Point Urgent Care, Birdcreek Roofing, RTR, Hope to Go Food Pantry, and Brookshires.

The race will begin 3 p.m. Saturday until 7 p.m. that evening. The Sunday races will begin at 8:50 a.m. and run until 3 p.m. that afternoon.

Many of the …

Will going slower make you faster?

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Summary of my head-scratching season, where I had good results but did much less work. Are there lessons here?

Footage from Pop A ride on July 19, 2022, where it was epically hot, something like 109F.

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Google Delayed The Ride, Computer Lost It’s Head But Recovered

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A late start on today’s bike ride but I have excuses. I watched the Google Pixel presentation until 10 AM and then got ready. As I was finished putting on my arm sleeves I notices my Bolt computer had an update to install so I went ahead did that because it usually takes a minute or two. But today it seemed to take much longer until the warmup screen came on. I put the Bolt on the Cervelo Caledonia and noticed the heading field was not working but I thought maybe the update changed how it works and maybe it would wake up when I started the ride. I rode away at 10:47 AM on the Cervelo Caledonia. As I rode I needed to decide which route I was going to ride. I knew it would go south and east to Huffman but not the specific route. As I pedaled I decided to ride the Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman route. It is slightly longer than the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route.

The heading field on the Bolt still wasn’t working so I stopped about .8 of a mile into the ride, shut off the Bolt, and restarted it. This time the heading field came to life and I got started again. The ride GPS started tracking me when I restarted the Bolt so the ride was .8 of a mile longer than the 36.31 indicated on Strava.

Checking SportTracks after I finished at 1:40 PM I saw this was the 6th bike ride on this route in 2022. I thought I rode it several more times than that. All rides were on the same bike.

10-6-2022 YTD Bike Rides Atascocita South-Walden-Huffman
10-6-2022 YTD Bike Rides Atascocita South-Walden-Huffman

Sunshine was back as summer seems to reassert itself. No chance of rain. With that I wore my summer kit: shorts, arm sleeves, short sleeve jersey. I took a water bottle for hydration but probably should’ve used my CamelBak. Weather for the ride: start 80 (humidity 57%, dew point 63), a few clouds, wind N 7 mph; finish 87 (humidity 36%, dew point 57), a few clouds, wind N 7 mph.

Near the end of the ride as I was about to exit the greenbelt onto Golden Leaf Drive a man stood beside his bike looking up in the trees. As I got closer he told me he saw a couple of eagles flying away. That is unusual for this spot but possible with all of the trees. I’ve seen owls around there but no eagles.

10-6-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage - Time
10-6-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage – Time
10-6-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage - Distance
10-6-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage – Distance
10-6-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Avg Power In Gear
10-6-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Avg Power In Gear
10-6-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Atascocita South-Walden-Huffman
10-6-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Atascocita South-Walden-Huffman

Texas Bicycling Action October 5th, 2022

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SWCC EZE ride.

Active Cycling Bike Tech | strava.com

My Southern Tier Bike Dream

By Marese | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 28: Rest Day in Austin

Wednesday October 5, 2022 Aaaaaaah!!! Rest Day (1 of 2). Nope I didn’t set my alarm. Lauren and I "latted" our selves in Houndstooth Coffee on 4th St. We had a fab, fun time chatting and having a laugh. The coffee there has to be sampled tomorrow morning again…just to make sure they are maintaining high "latte" standards!! Austin has blown me away with its bicycle infrastructure. Today I cycled east on the Ann and Roy Butler Gravel bike path. The path runs along the Colorado River which meanders through Austin. I noted lots of …

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Moms Ride

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VCC Humpday EzE Ride

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Downtown Texarkana Bike Tours This Fall Include a Creepy Fun Tour

Lisa Lindsey | kkyr.com

Temperatures are finally starting to cool down. Here’s a great way to enjoy those temperatures and have a creepy good time in downtown Texarkana.

The Texarkana, Texas Parks and Recreation Department and Texarkana Museum System have teamed up again for the bicycle tours downtown this fall.

There will be three different themed bicycle tours in October and early November. …

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Oh, Deer; and The Lynskey Helix Bit Me

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I decided today was the day to ride the Spring Creek Greenway to John Pundt Park for October. I might ride the greenway again this month at least I will have one ride in. I started earlier than yesterday pulling away at 10:04 AM riding my Lynskey Helix bike. To get to the US59/I-69 trailhead I rode through Elm Grove Village, Sherwood Trails Village, Woodridge Forest, North and South Woodland Hills and Forest Cove. On the way back I took a different route along Hamblen Road to Forest Cove Drive where I connected with the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway to woodland Hills Drive back into Kingwood. Mostly on less traveled streets or greenbelt beside busy streets. I had an encounter at Woodland Hills Drive and Kingwood Drive on the way back when a car pulled up beside me in the right turn lane (I was going straight) and the driver told me loudly I should be on the sidewalk and only powered bikes should be in the street. As he drove away I told him to check the Texas laws but I don’t think he was interested. After that I continued on to the finish at 1:49 PM.

I try to bike the greenway at least once a month and today was the 9th time biking to John Pundt Park this year. In September I went farther to Dennis Johnston Park. Today’s ride covered 42.58 miles, slightly above the average of the other rides. I used three different bikes over the 9 rides. The week now totals 115.5 miles and I am 29% of the way to the 651 mile goal for the month.

10-5-2022 YTD Bike Rides Spring Creek Greenway to Pundt Park
10-5-2022 YTD Bike Rides Spring Creek Greenway to Pundt Park

There were some other cyclists on the greenway but not many. I did see something I had not seen before, 3 deer. As I rode from the Jesse Jones Parking lot to the NW up ahead I saw a deer beside the greenway. The deer saw me but didn’t panic but moved into the tall brush to the right. I thought as I got closer she would disappear but as I rode by I saw 3 does eating and they raised their heads but stayed put. The spot was opposite of the gravel parking lot near the small shelter. You can see them in the video.

As I rode to the Carter Park trailhead I came around a bend and saw a county maintenance crew blocking the greenway (its in the video, too). They were putting hot liquid asphalt on cracks. As I approached I saw there wasn’t enough room to ride beside the truck and trailer so I got off the bike as one of the men waved me forward. I thought about riding on the dirt but changed my mind for some reason. Good thing I didn’t ride because there were several big holes in the dirt. But as I walked the Lynskey passed the truck the left pedal bit the back of my right calf. At first I didn’t think it was that bad but when I looked blood ran down my leg to the top of the sock. (the bit is in the video, too) I didn’t have anything to wipe the blood so I rode onto the Carter Park trailhead restroom and got some tissue, dabbed the blood some but it didn’t stop it. After riding some I think the air dried the blood and at John Pundt Park I got more tissue and wiped the blood some more. I made the mistake of wetting some tissue to wipe the dried blood off but I must’ve touched the cut area and a path of blood formed down to the sock. I left it alone after that until I got home where I put some liquid bandage on the area and covered it with a bigger bandage. I didn’t think the Lynskey would bite me because I’m the owner but it did. I should’ve put the pedal in front of my leg where I could’ve seen it.

After a short break at Pundt Park I rode back to the US59/I-69 trailhead. On the way back I passed the work crew again but this time there was enough space to ride by them.

I stopped at the first bridge on the greenway after entering at US59/I-69 and took these photos.

10-5-2022 Lynskey Helix Spring Creek Greenway-1
10-5-2022 Lynskey Helix Spring Creek Greenway-1
10-5-2022 Lynskey Helix Spring Creek Greenway-2
10-5-2022 Lynskey Helix Spring Creek Greenway-2
10-5-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Spring Creek Greenway
10-5-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Spring Creek Greenway