New Kit to Ride In 80% Humidity Kingwood – Splendora – Kingwood

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I read the Space City Weather forecast email this morning and hoped I could get today’s bike ride finished before any rain arrived. A few chores delayed my start until 10:30 AM as I rode away on my Lynskey R300 bike. I chose my “Kingwood – Splendora – Kingwood” route because I only rode it once before in 2021.

6-21-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood-Splendora-Kingwood

Over 2 months ago since the last trip. today’s distance was slight shorter at 42.11 miles and the average speed 1 mph slower, probably because of the headwind from Splendora back to Kingwood. I trail YTD 2020 by 146 miles. Not too bad considering I didn’t ride yesterday, Father’s Day.

It was a new kit bike ride with new shorts and jersey, both from Primal.

  • 6-21-2021 Primal American Flyer Jersey Front
    6-21-2021 Primal American Flyer Jersey Front
  • 6-21-2021 Primal American Flyer Jersey Back
    6-21-2021 Primal American Flyer Jersey Back
  • 6-21-2021 Primal Obsidian Prisma Shorts
    6-21-2021 Primal Obsidian Prisma Shorts

The aforementioned wind was 10 mph from the south on the way to Splendora and back to Kingwood. The humidity was around 80% making for a muggy ride without much benefit from evaporation to help me stay cool. Weather overall: start 86 (74% humidity, 76.3 dew point), overcast, wind S 10 mph; finish 86 (80% humidity, 78.9 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph. As I write this (4 PM) it is raining outside but I got home at 2:15 PM before it arrived.

Strava told me I am now the local legend on 2 segments.

6-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary

Texas Bicycling June 20th 2021

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Lubbock awarded grant to improve mountain bike trails

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The winding mountain bike trails through some of the most scenic areas Lubbock has to offer will get some enhancements in the near future.

Colby Van Gundy, Lubbock’s director of parks and recreation, says the city has been awarded a grant from Texas Parks & Wildlife to make improvements to the Dunbar Lake Mountain Bike Trails.

Improvements will include the construction of a trailhead kiosk, trail markers, water station and bike racks along the already existing trail.

Lubbock’s mountain bike trails are …

Tour de Paris committee seeks volunteers

By Kareyn Hellmann | theparisnews.com

The annual Tour de Paris Bicycle rally will take place July 17 at Love Civic Center. It will start at 8 a.m. and continue until the final rider returns. There are seven total courses, two off-road on the Trail de Paris, and five routes on county roads. With 236 total miles in roads, volunteers are needed to help make sure riders stay safe, hydrated and refreshed.

Volunteers will have a lot of responsibilities, said Becky Semple, tourism director for the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce.

“They donate any time they can give. We start weeks ahead of the …

2021 June Ft Worth Cowtown gravel ride

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Having fun riding some of the gravel in the big TX cities as I also enjoy the locals. Last weekend was Houston & Austin. I do DFW area every week. This weekend rode the Ft Worth Cowtown gravel ride. This was a meetup group ride and we started at the Cowtown brewery and went to the Airfield Falls and back. Nice to cool down enjoy the great craft beers and BBQ at Cowtown after the ride. Will try to post some evidence …

Red Hot Century (#16)

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Gravel ride…… John said as soon as you said- I fixed my own shoes- I was filled with dread

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Texas Biking News June 19th 2021

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TxDOT finishes I-35 project between RM 1431 and FM 3406

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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is celebrating the completion of the I-35 from RM 1431 to FM 3406 (northbound) project. This project reconstructed and widened the northbound I-35 frontage road from two to three lanes, relocated the RM 1431 exit (#256), constructed a new extended entrance and exit lane on the northbound I-35 frontage road, and enhanced bicycle and pedestrian paths throughout the corridor.

“The RM 1431 to FM 3406 corridor is …

Juneteenth Black History Bike Ride, Part 2

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2021 Century #15

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BGDB Juneteenth Ride

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Morning Ride

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Juneteenth ride to Galveston

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Billy Bob’s memorial ride!!

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Amazing route!! 40 new miles for this guy. Gorgeous roads

Saturday Lucy Park Bike Ride Finds Wichita Falls Back Falling Water

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My mechanized motion device took me and my bike back to Lucy Park on this next to last Saturday of the 2021 version of June.

My bike and I had a mighty fine, long ride. There was only one jarring moment.

That being my first snake encounter in quite some time. The encounter happened in the backwoods zone of Lucy Park, where the grass is tall and the trees jungle-like. I did not stop to take a picture, instead I reversed course and rolled away. It was a big snake. I only saw about four feet of its tail end. The head end was in the …

BPD hits streets with bike patrol

By Mark Fleming | baytownsun.com

Officers Kenneth Hockless and Macla Aguilera are two of Baytown’s newly certified bicycle patrol officers. The program is new to Baytown police. (Submitted by Baytown Police Department) People attending Juneteenth and Fourth of July events this year will see an unfamiliar sight: Baytown police officer on bicycle patrol.

“The Crime Prevention Unit invested in a handful of police mountain bikes and we recently attended [training] and became certified to ride them,” Assistant Chief Eric Freed said.

While riding a bike might seem like the kind of skill that comes naturally, the training from the International Police Mountain Bike Association was demanding, Freed said, covering issues from fitness to nutrition to …

Waxahachie bicyclist hospitalized with serious injuries after dump truck crash on SH 34

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CORSICANA – A 61-year-old Waxahachie woman on a bicycle was injured in a crash involving a commercial motor vehicle Saturday morning in Ellis County.

According to a news release, at approximately 8:04 a.m., Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers were called to a bicyclist and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash on State Highway 34, about three miles east of Italy.

A preliminary investigation shows that two bicyclists were traveling east on SH34, one behind the other. A 1993 white and black dump truck was traveling east at …

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Early Start, Bikers Up, 200+ Mile Week, New Smart Watch

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I managed to start today’s bike ride at 8:32 AM. Before it got hotter and hopefully early enough to see some other bikers. Last Saturday I biked in Mesquite. This week I am back to riding my “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden” route on my Canyon Endurace bike. I finished at 11:03 AM. Sometimes I don’t start biking that early.

6-19-2021 Bike Ride Start
6-19-2021 Bike Ride Start

A summary of my bike rides on this route in 2021. 10 times and today was the earliest start time and most distance, but not by much.

6-19-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today's Route
6-19-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today’s Route

I always enjoy seeing other bikers out and today I saw many. I missed some too. either they were hidden by cars or I didn’t spot them early enough to record on my GoPro. I need to improve my quick draw move.

Weather for the bike ride: start 82 (79% humidity, 74.4 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm; finish 89 (63% humidity, 74.7 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 4 mph. The humidity was high enough for my body to produce lots of sweat. Whenever I stopped a steady stream of drops hit my bike or the pavement.

I reached 200+ miles for the week. That’s 4 weeks in a row. June mileage is up to 629.53, getting closer to my 800 mile goal. 2021 versus 2020 YD miles difference stands at 140 behind 2020. Hopefully not biking tomorrow won’t increase that by too much. Last June I rode 902.84 miles. I averaged 30.09 miles per day in 2020. This year I am averaging 33.13 miles per day.

6-19-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary
6-19-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary

Wearing my new Samsung Galaxy Active 2 smart watch during the bike ride. I switched my phone to use Samsung’s Message app and a couple popped up on the watch as well as emails from the Samsung Email app too.

6-19-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary