Texas Biking News August 21st 2021

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Woman killed while riding bike across Wurzbach, police say

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Investigators said a father was driving his kids to school when he hit a 39-year-old woman on a bike – then, the person she was with pulled a machete on the father.

SAN ANTONIO — A 39-year-old woman on a bicycle was killed when a vehicle hit her on the northeast side Thursday morning. Police are asking people to avoid the area near Wurzbach Parkway and Weidner Road.

According to the San Antonio Fire Department, the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Thursday. As of 8 a.m., the San Antonio Police Department said the area will be closed for another hour.

Police said two cyclists, a …

Fort Worth Bike Sharing adds new station in Clearfork

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Add a stop at the Shops at Clearfork to your weekend plans and check out one of Fort Worth Bike Sharing’s newest stations. It’s at 5100 Ozona Ave.

To celebrate, a group rode for five miles on the Trinity Trails, which is easily accessible from the Trailhead at Clearfork.

The event also celebrated Jon Wilcox, who has ridden more than 10,000 miles on a Fort Worth Bike Sharing bicycle.

Assembler Trek Bicycle Allen, TX

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Lots of Sunshine, Other Bikers, 200+ Mile Week

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Not as early of a start for a Saturday bike ride with my rolling out at 8:13 AM. I waited a little later because sunrise is later. Riding my Canyon Endurace bike I set out on the “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden” route hoping to see other bikers along the way. By the time I finished at 10:36 AM I saw more than recent bike rides on this route in some time. You can most of them in the video after I make the left turn onto FM 1960 to ride east over Lake Houston. Previous to that I saw two and later in Walden another biker passed me. I needed a little over 10 miles to hit 200 for the week and today’s 31.24 miles did that for a total of 221 mile for the week. Today’s route is one I ride frequently with this being the 18th time in 2021. August rides now total 695.1 miles leaving 105 miles to reach my goal for the month. 2021 YTD miles stand at 6,483 which is 162 miles higher than 2020.

8-21-2021 Bike Rides Summary week ending 8-22-2021
8-21-2021 Bike Rides Summary week ending 8-22-2021

Starting just after 8 AM the humidity was 99% but the wind was calm. Two factors for a muggy bike ride. Fortunately as the ride progressed the humidity went down and some wind arrived, but not too much. Beginning and ending weather: start 76 (99% humidity, 75.9 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm; finish 88 (68% humidity, 75.7 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 9 mph.

The legs felt good today. I held a good pace crossing Lake Houston which can be difficult at times when the wind is high. The Canyon is riding quietly after waxing the chain and applying grease to the thru axles. Not sure if the grease really helped.

8-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
8-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
8-21-2021 RWGPS Bike Ride Route Map
8-21-2021 RWGPS Bike Ride Route Map

Texas Biking Action August 20th 2021

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Chasing! – Pop A – 8/19/2021

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Group split at a red light at mile 12. I was in the group behind, and we chased. Never give up!

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Morning Ride

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Morning Ride

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Bowie underpass project derailed – Austin Monitor from BikingATX

Map of my flats over last 10 months. The amount of broken glass and debris on the paths is getting annoying. from bikehouston

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Bye, Bye Rain, Hello Heat

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A turn in the weather for today’s bike ride. Rain percentage dropped below 10% and the forecasted high is in the mid to upper 90’s. I started at 9:06 AM, about an hour earlier than yesterday. In a bid for some route variety I put together some roads I ride from time to time but not in this combination. This required a new route name, “Community Drive – Valley Ranch – Gene Campbell Blvd”. With a new combination of roads I wasn’t sure how far the ride would be guessing 32 to 33 miles. It turned out to be 34.48 miles. Those miles pushed my week to 189.76 miles. Tomorrow’s bike ride should make a 200+ mile week. My August mileage is at 663.86 miles, 137 miles to my 800 mile goal. I rode my Canyon Endurace bike putting the odometer to 23927.6 miles. 2021 YTD miles expanded the difference to 2020 TD miles to 131 miles. Last year I was in the hospital August 18th through the 21st.

I was ready for the probability of rain fall. Biking with the threat of rain is not my preference. Starting an hour earlier helped me finish the bike ride at 11:49 AM before the temperature got close to the maximum forecasted. Ride conditions: start 85 (82% humidity, 78.8 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 4 mph; finish 91 (62% humidity, 75.9 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph.

The long uninterrupted NW stretch on FM 1314 to Gene Campbell Blvd. allowed me to set a good pace improving my overall average speed to 14.3 mph. I expected a headwind when I made the u-turn at Gene Campbell Blvd. riding to the SE. There was a headwind but whenever the trees were close to the road they blocked most of the wind and I could keep the same pace maintaining my average speed. This screenshot from Golden Cheetah shows the charts for several markers.

8-20-2021 Golden Cheetah Ride Charts
8-20-2021 Golden Cheetah Ride Charts
8-20-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
8-20-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary