By: The Woodlands Township | www.woodlandsonline.com
THE WOODLANDS, TX – The Woodlands Township Board of Directors held its regular meeting via videoconference on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 6 p.m.
At the start of the meeting, President/General Manager Don Norrell recognized The Woodlands Township Parks and Recreation Department for their recent award. The League of American Bicyclists renewed The Woodlands Township’s status as a Bicycle Friendly Community at the Bronze level on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. This award is the result of the Township’s commitment to bicycling in the community on Township-owned, operated or managed resources. …
The draft ordinance is a culmination of over a year of deliberation and communication between @HoustonPlanning, @HouParking, @HouPublicWorks and more, driven by the vision and recommendations of Houston's Bicycle Advisory Committee.
— Houston Bike Plan (@HoustonBikePlan) July 17, 2020
We appreciate your feedback! We're actually working on outreach materials volunteers can use to help educate the public. Stay tuned!
— Houston Bike Plan (@HoustonBikePlan) July 17, 2020
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPEN | In our most recent effort to make our city more bike-friendly, the City of #Houston is considering an ordinance prohibiting vehicles from parking in a bike lane. Comment deadline: August 15. Draft ordinance and details at https://t.co/wzqwk79AOKpic.twitter.com/EzWEP5YgQ7
— Houston Bike Plan (@HoustonBikePlan) July 17, 2020
As we continue our work building The LOOP, we are excited to share with you our newly redesigned website: https://t.co/uWCX50nj1x After months of careful design and planning, we have officially launched our new site. Go check it out! pic.twitter.com/FC7A2cNsu1
New Event Wednesday Night Ride (WNR) – El Paso, TX Across from Rio Plaza (Park across from strip center at 6205 Upper Valley Rd (just north of Artcraft), El Paso, TX)El Paso Bicycle Club THIS IS A NON-CLUB RIDE. Wednesday Night Ride – 20 – 24 miles, fla… https://t.co/TDZnDZOQzj
New Event Thursday Morning Cruise – Canutillo, TX El Paso Bicycle Club Meet at 7:15 am at Starbucks at the Outlet Mall in Canutillo. Ride out at 7:30. 20-25 miles at 14-16 mph pace. Mostly flat, a few hills. Maintain physical distance of at least six fe… https://t.co/auFwc4L0sy
New Event Texas Cycle Werks South Austin Trail Rides – Austin, TX The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group Texas Cycle Werks, proud sponsors of the ATX100K endurance race series, hosts weekly shop rides each Tuesday and Thursday leaving from the shop in … https://t.co/N3v8LaQO4J
New Event Wednesday Night Ride (WNR) – El Paso, TX El Paso Bicycle Club THIS IS A NON-CLUB RIDE. Wednesday Night Ride – 18 – 21 miles, flat. Through October (Daylight Savings Time) riders depart from either River Run Plaza or Rio Plaza between 5:30 and … https://t.co/Jom2eNF49e
The Canyon Endurace bike was a tiny bit lighter on today’s bike ride. I received a RMA from GoPro to return the Hero 7 Black camera for warranty replacement due to the freezing up so it went back leaving me with the Hero 7 Silver camera for today’s bike ride.
The weather is changing today and I experienced some of the change during the ride on the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route after starting at 10:13 AM. It is probably good that I started later than usual because I missed the rain falling but not the wet road on FM 1314 before I stopped for an apple fritter break. Weather at the start and 1:22 PM finish: start 88 (78% humidity, 80.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind N 4 mph. Finish 88 (74% humidity, 78.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 13 mph. The same temperature at the start and finish was not the norm for the last week especially when it is 88 degrees.
Today’s 38.18 miles is the most of the 10 times I rode this route in 2020 and positions me to hit 200+ miles for the week on Saturday’s bike ride. The week’s total is 182.1 miles and July is at 563.07 miles, 70% of the way to my 800 mile goal. Of the 10 rides on this route 6 were on the Canyon Endurace and 4 on the Lynskey R300. Year to date road miles is also at 70% of my 7,000 mile goal with 4,905 miles.
I did see another cyclist briefly in Oakhurst when he passed going the opposite direction on a short street between Southwood Oaks Drive and Mills Branch Drive. To quick to get the GoPro out.
The Golden Cheetah program presents the ride data in a different way.
Strava reports today’s ride was harder than my usual efforts.
An apparent disagreement between a driver and a bicyclist at a Tomball-area gas station turned violent early Thursday morning, police said.
The 28-year-old bicyclist was at a service station at Spring Cypress and Hufsmith-Korhville roads where he and a man in a red Honda car started arguing, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy A. Hinojosa. The man pedaled away, but the driver apparently chased him down to a nearby church parking lot, Hinojosa said.
That’s when the driver pulled a gun and shot the …
KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) – Even though it’s hot outside people are still doing it: using the Kilgore Creekside Trail. People say getting out is a great distraction during the COVID-19 pandemic. And a new stretch of trail is in the works to help make that distraction last a little longer.
Haley Young, Bill Woodall and Josh Selleck have something in common besides living during a pandemic: they use the Kilgore Creekside Trail.
“You know every time I come out here I see a good mix of walkers and runners and bikers and older people …
Jacksonville Tomato Festival is the latest event to be canceled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Planners of the East Texas event that usually coincides with the Texas Blueberry Festival in June originally opted to reschedule it for September but on Wednesday announced its cancellation until 2021.
“After meeting with chamber leaders and city officials, due to the uncertainty of our ongoing and daily changes it was determined to wait and celebrate Tomato Fest in June 2021," fest chairperson …
… Those planning October events are still holding out hope, however. As of this week, the Old Stone Fort Bike Ride and Red Dirt Mud Run, both rescheduled from April, are still on the calendar. The Mud …
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Interested in getting around the DFW on a bicycle but aren’t sure where to start? Want to know how to safely and confidently find the best routes and ride with traffic? Join our webinar on Monday 7/20 at 7pm and gain the knowledge AND skills you need! https://t.co/MTvUTm1fVv
****Q9 Last #bikeschool Question for tonight. I was inspired today during my ride to see these young ladies riding on the trail. I let them know and took their pic with their permission. What have you seen along your rides that has inspired you ? pic.twitter.com/e60FIt5WiT
We appreciate our project crews hard at work during the dog days of summer! 🥵 These red hot bike lanes are part of intersection construction at Shoal Creek Blvd/38th St. More info: https://t.co/pd4rrnILkL#2016Bondpic.twitter.com/G6ZOHJm5mX
— ATX Transportation (@austinmobility) July 16, 2020
Donut Ride West
Our bike rides get better when our hiking friends join us. So happy to have Kim and Lucy with us. Made my day! Haven’t seen them in a while.
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) July 16, 2020
Loop west of I-35 for our morning ride. A fortunate stroke of serendipity: @thorharris666 . Alice isn't shifting gears much. Me, huffing up the hill by the UT Aquatics, said, "you could shift to 2nd and it might be easier." She,"I'm not even in 'turbo' thank you!" @BoscheBikeUSpic.twitter.com/F7fJYnoKcW
— Martin Russell 🚲ðŸðŸ¿ï¸ (@russell_dallas) July 16, 2020
Another thread on NextDoor about the bike path crossing at 11th @ Nicholson and I was struck (dismayed) at the number of people whose solution was: 1) stay home 2) don't walk/bike there 3) don't take your kids. Let's prioritize people > cars instead.
— Prioritize people over cars #fatboyonabike (@gratifihouston) July 16, 2020
PBA Rides suspended until further notice [Brian to lead DB1 weekly ride!] (Jul 18, 2020 07:00AM)
New Event Chasing Watts – Fort Bend Kia/Sugar Cycles 30/48 Fort Bend Kia/Sugar Cycles 30/48 – Two distances, similar route, 48 miles or 30 miles, starting from Sugar Cycles at 7:30am sharp. Heading out through Riverstone, Sienna, then stopping at Big Ho… https://t.co/9siU3Dqrxy
New Event Club Spinistry Comet Neowise Viewing Ride – July Night Train – Sanger, TX https://t.co/KinBjajnpu
Free for Club Spinistry Members! Waide road along the 55 and 75 mile routes is probably the best spot for viewing the comet while still close t… https://t.co/FjOf85TWD0
As I looked down the driveway getting ready to leave on today’s bike ride I saw a long streak of damp dirt where a sprinkler head came loose and washed the dirt there. I would fix that when I got back from the bike ride but I stopped long enough to screw the head back in place. I chose the “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman” route for me and my Lynskey R300 bike to travel. I barely got started before 10 AM punching the Bolt start button at 9:59 AM. The finish came at 1:09 PM after riding 37.57 miles. This was the 7th time on this route in 2020, 2 times on my Lynskey R300 and 5 times on my Canyon Endurace. With these miles my week improved to 143.91 miles and July to 524.88 miles, 66% of my 800 mile goal for July.
According to Space City Weather today will be the last 99+ degree day for now with the high temperature dropping to the mid 90’s. I like hot weather but I am looking forward to the temperature to let up a little. Weather at the start and finish of today’s ride: start 90 (72% humidity, 79.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 4 mph. Finish 94 (54% humidity, 75.1 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 5 mph.
After yesterday’s GoPro camera mount failure on my Canyon Endurace bike I worked on a replacement. The revised mount is all metal with fewer parts and hopefully able to stand up to the vibration. I used the T mount, added a flattened lock washer to fill space on one of the tabs, moving it out front more from the Bolt computer. I planned on testing it on tomorrow’s ride but while I was biking GoPro sent me an RMA to return the Hero7 Black camera because of the freezing problem. Fortunately I have the Hero7 Silver camera to use while I wait on the replacement but the mic adapter doesn’t work with it. I will use my hand to hold the Hero7 Silver to take video. The revised mount.
Also while I biked my desktop Windows 10 computer decided to turn off and remove the Bluetooth radio killing my mouse. Using a desktop computer without a mouse is impossible for me. I have an extra wireless mouse but it is too sensitive with the cursor jumping around so I switched to a wired mouse which works a little better. Thank you Microsoft for updating Windows 10 to 2004 version and killing Bluetooth. Checking the internet I am not the only person with this problem. I tried several things but nothing worked. My main computer is a Samsung Galaxy Chromebook but to edit video and download data from my PowerPod a Windows computer is necessary.
Biking in the Texas heat sets the scene for how I envision Texas. It reminds me of Wichita Falls and the HH100 where it usually hot in August. I stopped for a rest break as the video shows and it felt nice sitting in the shade with a light breeze blowing. Where I stopped on Ramsey Road used to not see much traffic but this year the traffic increased for some reason. I used to ride east from FM 2100 to Ramsey Road and see 1 or 2 cars or trucks. Now it may be 10 or more. On Ramsey Road no traffic would pass but today at least 5 vehicles and a motorcycle went by.
Riding the Lynskey R300 feels different from the Canyon Endurace as it should. My legs were up to the ride and the CamelBak delivered cold water the whole ride. I forgot to charge my Niterider taillight so it gave up before the end of the ride.
