Texas Biking Action October 25th 2020

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Column: Cycling interest surges while supplies lag far behind

BY TIM WAITS | www.tdtnews.com

When friends and fellow cyclists Jack Jones, Rod Houston and Frank Jennings realized they were all 66 years old, they saw the Barrow Brewing Volks Ride last weekend as an opportunity to enjoy the Central Texas countryside together and celebrate their age with a circuitous 66-mile biking trek from Salado to Holland. There is nothing especially uncommon about that among dedicated cyclists, who are fit and healthy. For those guys — and most of us — it’s much more doable to cycle your age than it is to shoot your age in golf. “We’re blessed to live where we do,” said Jones, who is the District 146th judge in Bell County. “There’s not a place more appropriate for riding than the venues in this county. You can get out in the country on paved roads that are lightly traveled with different terrains. You have portions of the Hill Country, the Blackland prairie and rolling hills. …

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Texas Biking Action October 24th 2020

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Enjoyed by More Austinites Than Ever, the Hike-and-Bike Trail Plans for Growth

JAMES RAMBIN | austin.towers.net

Austin’s much-loved Hike-and-Bike Trail has likely never been so important as an outdoor recreation facility of choice for downtown dwellers, even with a few pandemic-related challenges — and judging by its heavy use even during this endless crisis, not to mention the continual growth of the local housing market in spite of economic uncertainty elsewhere, it’s important to keep in mind how the trail can best …

Bike ride: 34 miles in 4 minutes. Terry Hershey park, George Bush Park from bikehouston
Houston Bike Tag, Chase Edition – Set #2 from bikehouston

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Determined To Ignore The Chill – Bike Ride to FM 2100

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Determined to go biking today. The temperature went to 53 degrees overnight and seemed like it was going to stay there all day. I watched the temperature go up and down a degree on my home weather station until it got to 59.7. At that point rounding up put it at my threshold and I got dressed. No sun just cloudy which didn’t help it warm up either. Normally on Saturday I want to start riding before 9 AM but today I didn’t ride until 12:33 PM. I stuck to my usual Saturday route, “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden” riding my Canyon Endurace bike. I figured if any cyclists rode today they braved the chilly weather earlier and I wouldn’t see anyone. I did see 2 though.

The reason for my determination: ride 25 miles to make it a 200 mile week. I did that biking 31.13 miles and the week totals 206.32 miles. My month now totals 718 miles, 103 miles over my goal.

  • 10-24-2020-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary-ending-10-25-2020
  • 10-24-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status

Last night after watching a YouTube video about the GoPro Hero 7 Black, mic adapter, a case to hold them I changed the GoPro setup. I used the setup for today’s bike ride but the cheap mic did not pickup the consistently sound but recorded scratchy sound. A few times when my voice recorded the mic placement was good though. I need a better mic. The main change was mounting the mic on the stem rather than attaching it to my helmet strap. The setup.

My kit for the chilly weather: shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, wind jacket, regular gloves. I wore regular gloves to operate the GoPro cameras and I thought my fingers would get cold but after I rode for 15 minutes I didn’t notice them being cold. Weather: start 60 (80% humidity, 53.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind N 12 mph; finish 67 (72% humidity, 58.1 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 10 mph. The first cyclist I saw looked like he was dressed like me but the second one skipped the leg warmers.

According to Golden Cheetah’s analysis of my ride I spent 69% of the time in power zones 2 through 7. 10% in in zones 6 and 7.

  • 10-24-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Data-1
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Texas Biking News October 23rd 2020

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Bicyclist killed in overnight Austin crash

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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit and killed a bicyclist in the late evening hours of Oct. 22.

Police said the crash happened just after 11 p.m. Thursday near VFW Road and the Interstate 35 service road in northeast Austin.

According to the APD, the driver of the vehicle hit the bicyclist, …

Stolen this morning : Scattante Bike – Burnet/North Loop area from BikingATX

Tour das Hugel with Rob D’amico and Ali Sobhani

Drop Bar, Texas: A cycling podcast By Paul | anchor.fm

Ask around if there are any Texas rides in November to do and you just might hear the Tour das Hugel come up. I’m still not sure what year it began. So, let’s just say it’s been around awhile. Rob D’amico and Ali Sobhani came on to discuss this 110 mile iconic Texas ride’s past, and how it’s happening again this year. Is it 10,000 feet or 14,000 feet of climbing? Why do people do it? Why is there SPAM at some rest stops? These are important questions that are answered here. Stick around at the end to see who is named in Feats of Glory.

Bike Barn – Katy, New Location

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Our Katy store is moving to a great new location in Katy Ranch Crossing, located on the south side of I-10 just west of 1-99. Our Katy location will be closed from October 26th through 29th as we move into the new location. But come visit us on Friday October 30th, for the opening of the new location. 24555 Katy Freeway Katy, TX, 77494

AROUND THE WORLD IN 1,770 DAYS (24,901 MILES): 5-YEAR GOAL ACCOMPLISHED !!!

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com

Yes. I did it. I finally finished the equivalent of bicycling one lap of Planet Earth at the equator. Pretty awesome, if you ask me. Or even if you didn’t ask. Let me tell you about it. You’re already here, right? May as well keep reading. It’s a lot easier than biking around the world, I can assure you of that! …

Hike and bike along wild parts of Trinity at remote Dallas-area preserve

By Stacy Breen | fortworth.culturemap.com

Goat Island Preserve is what started my summer 2020 exploration of parks around Dallas-Fort Worth. I was at the Lakewood Farmers Market in Dallas, where I sell bread at the Empire Baking Co. stand, and this woman came up and was apologizing for being sweaty. She said she’d been hiking in Goat Island, which she said was great "because nobody was there." I said, "Tell me more." My friend and I went down the very next week.

Like Post Oak Preserve in Seagoville, Goat Island is part of the system set up by Dallas County to preserve natural wilderness areas. The street address is listed as …

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