Texas Biking News June 29th 2020

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Caught on camera: Thieves grab high-end bikes at Sugar Land, Missouri City shops

By Deborah Wrigley | abc13.com

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) — Thousands of dollars worth of bicycles were taken in a pair of burglaries that were caught on surveillance cameras Saturday in Sugar Land and Missouri City.

The thefts occurred in the early morning at two shops: Society Cycle Works and Sugar Cycles.

Business owners said the thieves used a crow bar to get into the stores.

"They grabbed a …

Bike sales up 300% in WTX, but supply is dwindling

Rachel Ripp | www.newswest9.com

MIDLAND, Texas — "Kind of like the mass panic with toilet paper, there’s a mass panic on attack in the bicycle supply," Jason Haislip, owner of Peyton’s Bikes said.

You heard it.

Bikes are riding right off the racks.

They have been for the last 3 months and there’s no braking.

"The worldwide industry is up 300% and we’re definitely seeing that here," Haislip said. …

Moving to Houston… Possibly Commuting to Work by Bike from bikehouston

Monday with your Cyclones

Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava.com

Specialized tells owners to stop riding certain Sirrus models over safety concern

Michelle Arthurs-Brennan | www.cyclingweekly.com

Specialized has issued a ‘stop ride’ notice, asking owners of certain Sirrus hybrid models to stop riding their bikes over a safety concern.

The notice refers to Sirrus models from 2019 and 2020, and only those that use a two-piece crankset, which the brand says ‘may not have been installed correctly’. …

2020 Bike Around the Bay

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Registration fees increase from $40 to $75 tomorrow night (Tuesday, June 30th) and if you’re looking for a team, Saint Arnold is open for another 30ish days. We’ll safely resume training rides and drinking a lot of beer once Houston/Harris County re-flattens the curve.

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Blown In The Wind, No Latin In The Roman Forest

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While June winds down the week began with a 42.48 mile bike ride on the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route. The Canyon Endurace CF SLX and I began the ride at 9:58 AM. This was the 5th time biking this route in 2020, 3 times on the Canyon Endurace and 2 times on the Lynskey R300. With today’s miles my June total is up to 859.68 miles. I will try to get the total to 900 miles on tomorrow’s bike ride, the last one for June. The summary of the rides on this route.

6-29-2020 YTD Bike Ride Summaries Todays Route

Weather for today’s bike ride: start 85 (81% humidity, 79 dew point), overcast, wind S 13 mph gusts 18 mph. Finish 89 (75% humidity, 80.1 dew point), overcast, wind S 18 mph. The big story for today was the wind. It helped me get to Roman Forest and extracted a toll on the ride back to Kingwood. For June the temperature was mild which was okay. I finished the ride at 1:20 PM, before it reached the usual peak temperature period.

Strava reported that today’s bike ride was harder than my usual effort. I would agree due to the wind. My legs felt good as a result of the shorter easy ride yesterday. My average hear rate was 124 bps with the max at 156 bps. Power averaged 87 watts with the max at 502 watts.

Video clips worked better today with my hand hold the GoPro Hero7 Silver and the bike mount holding the Hero7 Black. Audio from the Silver wasn’t as good as the Black because the Silver doesn’t accept an external mic like the Black does. I thought about using just the Black camera with my hand but the mic adapter would dangle in the air and putting it my pocket would be hard.

6-29-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking June 28th 2020

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MIX-BAG

Paolo Margio | www.strava.com

Checking out new path and future route the the park

Katya @Cool Cat Cycles | www.strava.com

Revisiting an old Bike Tag from bikehouston

SS Recovery

LJ Mtbr | www.strava.com

Lunch Ride

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61-Year-Old Man’s Bike Stolen; Arlington Police Donate a New One

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A 61-year-old man reported the theft of his bicycle to Arlington police Tuesday, upset that he could lose his job at Walmart without his only method of transportation.

But the detective assigned to the case, Shawn Bunster of the Arlington Police Department, worked with Mission Arlington to donate a brand new bicycle to the man Friday, Arlington PD said in a Facebook post. …

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800 In The Book, Selfie Stick Failure, No Sign of Sahara Dust

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Late start on today’s bike ride after church. Rolling out the driveway at 1:40 PM on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike I rode around Kingwood Streets. I needed to bike at least 9 miles to reach my 800 mile goal for June and I accomplished that biking 25.48 miles. My June total stands at 817.20 miles. This was the 9th time biking this route in 2020, 6 times on the Canyon Endurace and 3 times on the Lynskey R300. A summary of those rides.

6-28-2020 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Streets

I missed biking three days this due to the weather which meant my string of 200+ mile weeks came to an end. I will start a new string tomorrow. Though I missed 3 days my total for the week came in at 139.02 miles.

6-28-2020 Week Bike Ride Summary Ending 6-28-2020

Weather during the ride was cooler than you expect for a summer day at 89 degrees. If I rode one of my other routes wind would have been an issue today. Weather conditions: start 89 (68% humidity, 77.2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph. Finish 89 (69% humidity, 77.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph gusts 24 mph. I thought the wind got stronger during the ride and those 24 mph gusts caught my attention when I rode out in the open.

Today’s video includes clips from both GoPro cameras. The clips with me were from the “loose” camera. I tried using a selfie stick but it was difficult to get out of my jersey pocket and put back in due to the GoPro mount. The sound was better on the selfie stick because my fingers didn’t cover the mic like I did when I held it with my fingers. I held the camera with my right hand but I think if I hold it with my left hand my finger will not cover the mic. I will try that tomorrow. A rolling video studio is not easy.

6-28-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary