Texas Biking News July 13th 2021

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Corsicana hosts Texas State Criterium Championship Bike Race

By Clarissa Keenan | www.corsicanadailysun.com

Downtown Corsicana proudly hosted the Texas State Criterium Championship Bike Race July 10 and 11.

Local rider Paul Nguyen of Corsicana Rocks Cycling! placed second in the Cat 5 men’s race.

“I was so excited!” Nguyen said. “I didn’t expect to place, I just wanted to participate.”

Cyclists from all over the United States descended on downtown Corsicana and after a large crash at the beginning of the second to last lap, top honors in the Pro 1-2 Men’s race went to Lucas Bourgoyne of Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team.

For the ladies, the top honor went to Jenny Parks of Team Colavita.

The weekend began with …

Arrest Made After Driver Hits Child On Bike And Flees In Fort Worth

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – An arrest has been made after a pickup truck driver hit a kid on a bicycle and drove away from the area without helping, police said.

Police said the driver was going eastbound in the 3200 block of Strong Avenue at around 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, when the pickup hit the child.

According to police, …

Residents weigh in on pros, cons of e-bikes on The Woodlands Township pathways

By Vanessa Holt | communityimpact.com

With more than 220 miles of pathways, trails and sidewalks in its boundaries, The Woodlands has an ample supply of facilities for recreational use for those who want to walk, bike or use other nonmotorized devices to get from one place to another.

As e-bikes, or motorized bicycles, grow in popularity, however, the township is seeking public feedback on whether it should alter that policy to allow the vehicles to be used in their motorized capacity.

The township would need to …

Balfour Beatty Joint Venture Breaks Ground on Oak Hill Parkway Infrastructure Project in Austin

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Balfour Beatty, as part of a joint venture with Fluor Corporation, recently broke ground on the Oak Hill Parkway infrastructure project in Austin, Texas. The design-build project was awarded to Balfour Beatty in April 2020 by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to reconstruct and widen seven miles of the US 290 and State Highway (SH) 71 in Travis County to improve long-term mobility, safety and reduce traffic in one of the most congested roadways in the state of Texas. …

… Additional project components include 15 miles of new bicycle and pedestrian accommodations along the entire corridor, cross-street intersection improvements, U-turn lanes, landscaping and tree plantings, corridor aesthetics, as well as upstream storm water detention and water quality treatment ponds. …

Monday night crash between bicycle and vehicle leaves one seriously injured

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LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office responded late Monday night to the area of 9302 US Highway 87 southbound, for a crash between a vehicle and a bicycle.

One individual was transported to University Medical Center with serious injuries. Officers arrived on scene at approximately 11:28 p.m.

Authorities have not yet released other details.

woom USA and woom Europe Merge for the Love of Cycling

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AUSTIN, Texas and KLOSTERNEUBURG, Austria – July 13, 2021– The children’s bicycle manufacturer woom continues to cycle towards becoming a global brand, with the merger of woom Europe and woom USA. This merger will double woom’s workforce globally, optimize and enhance product innovation and evolve woom’s supply chain and manufacturing capabilities, all working towards the goal of becoming the market leader in children’s bicycles.

woom bikes were brought to the United States by Mathias Ihlenfeld in 2014, one year after the brand had been founded in a tiny garage in Vienna (Austria) by Mathias’s brother Marcus and his business partner Christian Bezdeka. woom USA quickly established itself as a digitally …

Biking across San Antonio stops at a mural aimed at promoting awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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San Antonio – Art and Movement-This is the latest creative way the city of San Antonio is encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Jeff Moore, founder and leader of SATX Social Ride, said:

According to Moore, you need to be vaccinated with COVID-19 to safely return to normal.

“So it makes more sense for all of us to spread the word and get people vaccinated sooner,” Moore said.

That’s why Moore said it’s easy for SATX Social Ride to partner with the city of San Antonio to ride a vaccine mural bike that starts at …

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No Rain On Radar, July Trying To Be Normal

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For a change no rain on the weather radar as I started the bike ride. The ride began at 9:48 AM and finished at 12:20 PM. Riding my Canyon Endurace bike I set out on my “Atascocita – Walden – FM 2100” route for the 10th time in 2021. Today I biked 33.12 miles, the typical distance. I’m off to a good start for the week now totaling 81.44 miles. July is over the halfway point to my 800 mile goal with 422.92 miles. I am ahead of the pace to reach my goal by 87 miles (800/31=25.8 miles per day times 13 days = 335.48 miles).

7-13-2021 YTD bike Rides Summary Today's Route
7-13-2021 YTD bike Rides Summary Today’s Route

The weather summary while i was biking.

I captured a local legend on today’s bike ride according to Strava. I wondered when this segment would show up since I ride it on most of the southerly bike rides. (click the image to go to my Strava activity)

7-13-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary

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Child riding his bike injured in hit-and-run

Author: Eline de Bruijn | www.wfaa.com

FORT WORTH, Texas — A child riding his bicycle Saturday in Fort Worth was struck by a pickup truck and taken to the hospital, police said. A person of interest has been identified, police said.

Officers responded about 7:39 p.m. to the 3200 block of Strong Avenue for a hit-and-run investigation.

Detectives determined a person was driving the pickup eastbound when it hit a child on his bike, police said.

After the driver struck the child, …

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Austin cyclists flag mobility, safety concerns in newly installed bike lanes

by: Kelsey Thompson | www.kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Native Austinite Brian Nunnery has spent the past 10 years as a permanent bike commuter. He says a decade of time spent solely riding a bike to work has revealed evolutions in Austin’s cycling mobility — as well as some personal frustrations with city biking infrastructure.

“I think that cyclists are often second class — you know, we have a transportation system that is designed with cars being the dominant class in the social, almost caste system of transportation types,” he said. “I think if you want to understand what systemic injustice means, ride a bike full time. Because …

Police: Man on bicycle dies after struck by tractor-trailer in Kilgore

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Police are investigating after a man on a bicycle was killed Monday morning after being struck by a tractor-trailer in Kilgore.

Officers responded after 911 calls at around 10:20 a.m. about a wreck on Texas 42 South near the private entrance to Brookshires, Kilgore police said in an afternoon post on the department’s Facebook page. A preliminary investigation shows the bicyclist had entered the roadway as the tractor-trailer was headed south.

“Private citizens and …

Thieves Drive Truck Through Front Door of The Peddler Bike Shop in Austin, Texas

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There’s been a lot of bicycle theft showing up in my Next Door feed over the last year. Global pandemics with their concomitant economic hardships have put all kinds of strain on people. But this brazen act takes the cake. Robbers literally broke through the front door of The Peddler Bike Shop in Hyde Park area of Austin, Texas with a probably stolen truck. I happened to see it on the website for the news station where I get my weather, and I was aghast. It is the closet shop to me, and I’ve been going there longer than any shops here. I also know the owner a bit. (Ironically, my first real bike that I ever bought myself I got from here, was stolen on Xmas Eve maybe 10 years ago.) This …

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Rain Zigged, I Zagged, Searched For Greenway Extension

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Riding west on Hamblen Road I looked to my right above the trees at the dark sky. Not again, another rainy Monday. I was on my way to the Spring Creek Greenway for today’s bike ride. A person commented after I rode the greenway the last time that a new section opened to the west. I wanted to bike there and check it out. I left home at 9:54 AM riding my Canyon Endurace bike. I shortened the beginning of the ride anticipating some extra miles if this new section was there.

As I entered the I-69/US59 trailhead the dark clouds to the west looked threatening. I hoped to ride to Jesse Jones Park before it rained. Arriving at Jesse Jones Park the rain held off and the sky to the west looked less threatening. Maybe I missed the rain. Back home it rain as I found out when I finished at 2:02 PM and my home weather station recorded .18″ of rain. Not stopping on the greenway the dark clouds and wind dropped the temperature a few degrees. Around mile marker 4 to marker 5 light rain fell but with all of the trees not much landed on me.

I kept on biking through the Carter Park trailhead, John Pundt Park, and Dennis Johnston Park on the way to I-45 in search of the new trail. The greenway was dry except for a few low spot where puddles formed. Passing mile marker 15 I started looking for signs of the new section. My expectations drooped when I saw the sign saying the trail ended in one mile. Watch the video to see what I found out.

Not many people on the greenway today. A dozen or so bikers and maybe half that number walking or jogging. I passed two bikers on the way west and said hello. Later on the way back I stopped at John Pundt Park for a rest stop. I planned on staying 15 minutes but it lasted longer. As I was getting ready to leave the same two bikers pulled under the cover and got off their bikes. We chatted for a minute or two before I said goodbye and rode away.

After that I didn’t see many bikers. At the I-69/US59 trailhead I stopped and took this picture.

7-12-2021 Bike Ride Spring Creek Greenway-1
7-12-2021 Bike Ride Spring Creek Greenway

The 6 cars at the trailhead when I entered had diminished to just 2. The last half mile to the trailhead had more puddles than when I started so the rain that missed me fell there.

Normally I bike the greenway once a month but this month I rode it twice. Below is a summary of the rides there this year. The rides less than 48 miles did not go all the way to I-45.

7-12-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary today's Route
7-12-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary today’s Route

Weather condition summary: start 77 (84% humidity, 72.1 dew point), overcast, wind S 5 mph; finish 84 (77% humidity, 75.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 9 mph.

With the cooler weather and maybe the threat of rain I set some personal records and other notable results according to Strava. The image below only shows a partial list of the medals. (Click on the image to got my Strava activity)

7-12-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
7-12-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary