Before today’s bike ride began I watched the finish of the Giro d’Italia Donne and up to the final 43 km of stage 6 of the Tour de France (I watched the final 43k after the ride). I suppose I could’ve started the bike ride earlier if I had waited to watch the TdF. I ate breakfast while watching and then got ready. Thinking of which route to ride since it was Thursday I decided to go on my “Atascocita – Balmoral – Walden” ride to the south. I can check the railroad overpass construction on Timber Forest and road construction on FM 1960 at Atascocita Shores.
I saw the Balmoral Lagoon for the first time, it’s in the video. Impressive blue water.
I rode my Cervelo Caledonia and started the ride at 9:24 AM, the same as yesterday but I finished a little earlier at 12:18 PM. I took some side streets north of Upper Lake Drive for the first time to add a little more distance and finished after biking 35.38 miles. This bumped my week total to 142.41 miles and July to 228.18 miles on my way to the 800 mile goal for July. Of the 8 times I biked this route in 2022 today was the next to longest distance just missing the longer June 23rd ride.
7-7-2022 YTD Bike Rides Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden Route
When I started my legs didn’t feel that strong and I stayed in the 35×15 gearing most of the way to Balmoral because of a light headwind. On the ride back I shifted to 35×13 a lot changing back to the 35×15 when my legs felt heavy. I was surprised to Strava tell me this ride was harder than my usual efforts. Total moving time was 2:47:43 according to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report. I used the 35×15 gears for 1:26:34 and the 35×13 for 57:23 which is what I expected. I pedaled 7,143 revolutions in 1:47:55 leaving about an hour of coasting. A nice down hill coast was from near the top of the railroad overpass construction with some tailwind assist.
I passed several other cyclists during the ride.
7-7-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden
For some, Texas is the heart of gravel cycling. Pine forests and endless desert roads make the state uniquely good for the style. So when the Netherlands-based Ride Beyond Crew got the chance to compete in the Gravel Locos race in the rural town of Hico, they decided to make a journey out of it.
They’d spend two weeks in Texas, dedicating one week to Hico for the race, and the second week to traveling towards the Mexican border for some more adventurous rides.
This brief edit from Focus Bikes follows the crew on their last few days in the Lone Star state, as they explore Big Bend National Park and the borderlands. …
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Today’s expensive bicycles require a standalone insurance coverage policy to provide you with protection. BikeInsure reimburses you for repairs to your insured bicycle and listed accessories due to accidents when riding. Coverage continues during transit of the scheduled bike and extends to a stolen bike when optional theft protection is selected.
“While cycling is safe, accidents do happen, but I never thought it would happen to me,” said Buzzy Cohn, CEO of BikeInsure. “My bike …
Help us along with WEDU, Ski Dock, Operation Get Out, and Wish for Wheels purchase 750 bikes for the kids at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
There’s nothing better than a bike to help children Get Out, move, breathe, play and release — a great tool for positive mental, physical, and emotional wellness!
The children of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, will join Flores Elementary this fall, creating a total enrollment of 750 students. For Back to School days in August, we’re teaming up with WEDU, Ski Dock, Operation Get Out, and Wish for Wheels to host a Bikes For Kids giveaway with the goal of providing a bike and helmet for EVERY child from Robb AND the children they will be joining at Flores Elementary school. Our friends at GT Bikes are helping make this possible too!
Til today, it has been quite some time since I let my bike roll me anywhere.
Today, an hour before noon, my bike began rolling me north on the Circle Trail, exiting the Circle Trail in Hamilton Park by the Splash Pad, which is what you see my bike’s handlebars pointing towards in the photo documentation.
There was some wind blowing, which made the 99 degrees feel a bit cooler. Combining the wind speed with the bike speed, the wind chill factor makes those 99 degrees feel like only …
“You cannot chalk it up to bad driving or new experience,” he said. “One, because there are new people coming to Austin every single day, so every day, you’ve got a new driver that’s not familiar with this area, and that’s going to happen for years to come. You have to understand there is an inherent problem here.”
Dude, people hit the curb because they’re driving in the bike lane. I might have to chalk it up, at least partially, to bad driving after all.
Though I am surprised that they made the curb so abrupt — they could have angled it to do less damage to the bad drivers who hit it anyways. And do paint it bright yellow or something. …
Hey Austin, come ride with me on Saturday morning! ???? Bikes are freedom and safe biking is critically important to multimodal transportation systems. That's why we're hosting a Bike Safety Ride for everyone. Wheels down at 8:30am. Join us: https://t.co/MG4zzrX7jN#ATX#Austin
I stopped at a bike store on the way to work that was on the way for convenience , look cleats were like $30 at BH in San Antonio ( specialized bikes purchased them ,the rumor is THEY are expanding in America buying up small cyclist shops )making small shop owners RICH ?????????????????????
Saturday 7/9/2022 The Bagel Ride 7:30am ride start Starts behind Little Woodrow's, 12601 Tech Ridge Blvd, Austin 78753 51mi (83km); a longer option may arise. Store stop at 24mi.https://t.co/EjzGSEQ4qN
Wednesday’s bike ride headed north through Porter and New Caney before looping through Tavola. I call this my “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. I rolled away at 9:24 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia bike and finished at 12:35 PM. I rode 38.33 miles and now my Cervelo has 3003 miles. This was the 8th time riding this route in 2022. I modified the route in Kingwood riding on some different streets adding about 1 mile to the typical distance. After the ride I’ll watch stage 5 of the TdF with cobbles and lots of dust.
7-6-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch
Weather conditions: start 86 (humidity 73%, dew point 77), a few clouds, wind S 7 mph; finish 93 (humidity 55%, dew point 75), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. The headwind on the way back to Kingwood was challenging but not too hard. I used the 35×13 gearing mostly except when I rode up an incline on Valley Ranch Parkway from SH 99 Grand Parkway overpass.
Total moving time was 2:56:41 and I used the 35×13 combination 1:55:53 or 26.4 miles. I turned the pedals 7,363 revolutions with an active cadence time of 1:51:24.
I saw streets under construction and homes filling in the open areas in Tavola. A new development called Peppervine has one house under construction. A few casual cyclists were out too.
7-6-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch
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Firecracker Run & Ride
Christoval, Texas
July 2, 2022
I will not be following my usual format of commenting on photos as most are self explanatory. And yes, it has been a while since posting a ride. We did some in October 2021, but on one it started raining just as we began so the lens was wet. On others I had a hard time seeing the environment.
I complained to my eye doctor repeatedly that "I can’t see!" Short story, they discovered I have macular degenerartion in both eyes. Right is dry. Left is wet. I receive injections in my left eye every 6 weeks. Still, eye sight is terrible. …
Narrated group ride cycling with tips for improving your cycling through drafting, pre-ride preparation and post ride recovery.
Prologue: 00:00
Route Map: 00:42
Route Discussion at Crust Pizza: 01:58
Warming up with the group on Research Forest: 06:29
1488 West – The open Road: 20:56
Heading North on Hwy 149: 41:02
Wrapping up on Jackson Road: 45:18
