Texas Biking May 11th 2020

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Video: Tyler bike stripes project virtual meeting scheduled for Monday

By Alex Leroux | www.kltv.com

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – An online virtual public meeting will be held by the city of Tyler on Monday, May 11, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., to present a formal hearing and presentation for proposed bike lane striping on roadways.

“This has been long in development and this is the last step before we finalize design,” said Cameron Williams, the traffic engineer in charge of the project. “The plan is to go out to bid in August, with this project, and hopefully have some bike lanes on the ground by the fall.”

The City of Tyler is reaching the final stages of it’s bike stripes project.

“We’re going to be providing information on …

City of Tyler invites public to meeting on bicycle lane proposal

Author: Tim Wolf | www.cbs19.tv

The Tyler Bike Stripes project plans to begin adding new bike lanes to the city by September, and they want your input.

TYLER, Texas — The City of Tyler will hold a virtual meeting to allow residents to debate plans for new bike lane expansions.

While the city does not have many bike lanes, city leaders hope a new proposal will make travel a little safer for bicyclists.

“It has a combination of bike lanes," Cameron Williams, City of Tyler Traffic Engineer, said. "And also buffered bike lanes and routes."

The city’s current plan includes …

Building The Cheapest Full Suspension Mountain Bike On eBay

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Today we made the cheapest bike on eBay. Unfortunately we can’t buy the the bike cause we don’t have the money but …

MSU cycling team delivers a championship and more in lost season

Andy Newberry, MSU Texas | www.timesrecordnews.com

Cyclists are versatile athletes by definition, combining strength, balance, and endurance with skill and determination. Cycling is both recreational and professional.

Add educational and therapeutic, too, if you’re talking about the 2020 Midwestern State University Cycling team.

Pablo Cesar Cruz saw MSU Texas as his land of opportunity. He wasn’t sure about what he was planning to do before meeting coach Charlie Zamastil and learning what …

Chill ride to Tacos a Go Go and back

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Meandering Around H Town

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HazMat At Railroad Tracks, Blue Sky Above, AC Unit Needed

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Started the week off biking on my “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. This is a route I ride often especially with the bridge repair on my southerly rides. (See the YTD ride summaries below) Wheels down at 11:15 AM and finished at 2:06 PM. I rode 36.06 miles on my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike hopefully setting up a 200+ mile week.

5-11-2020 YTD Rides Summary New Caney Tavola Valley Ranch

Before the ride the AC repairman came to inspect my 22 year old unit. The reason for the visit was find out why it is not putting out cold air and the cause is the Freon is down 2 pounds. This means the system has a leak. Due to the age it is time to replace the system before the summer heat arrives. The furnace is even older with 35 years on it. It will be replaced too.

Weather while I biked to Tavola and back: start 81 (39% humidity, 53.9 dew point), a few clouds, wind E 10 mph. Finish 83 (39% humidity, 55.4 dew point), partly cloudy, wind variable 6 mph. As the sun rose this morning the temperature warmed up from 57. I wore shorts and a short sleeve jersey. At the beginning I felt a slight chill when I rode in the shade but once I warmed up no problem staying warm. With the wind from the east I didn’t fight a headwind or tailwind most of the bike ride. Nice!

Riding north on the frontage road after crossing FM 1314 I heard the train horn to the east but it sounded different. I thought by the time I got to Loop 494 which parallels the tracks the train would be long gone but it was still moving south. When I came to the Roman Forest Blvd. crossing I saw why it took time for the train to travel south. Watch the video to see why.

  • 5-11-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-1
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5-11-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking May 10th 2020

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Lubbock Fire Heavy rescue team assists bicyclist who fell at Mae Simmons Park

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Editor’s Note: It was originally reported that the individual fell into the water, but this was a misunderstanding. The bicyclist fell in a part of the park that was hard to access, so the Heavy Rescue Team was called with a basket.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Emergency crews including the Heavy Rescue Team were called to help an individual who fell while bicycling at Mae Simmons Park.

According to Lubbock Fire Rescue, a call came in to EMS around 10:20 Saturday morning, to assist a bicyclist who fell in a place that was hard to access at Mae Simmons Park, in the area of 2300 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

The Heavy Rescue Team arrived with …

Sundays with Steph

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Mom’s Day Ride!

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Morning Ride

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Sunday Funday with John and Shaun

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Mother’s Day Memories Under A Blue Sky Bicycling Kingwood Streets

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Wrapping up the week’s bike rides I chose to ride the Kingwood streets traveling 22.63 miles. I started at 1:41 PM after getting home from church and a trip to the attic to light the water heater and finished at 3:27 PM. With today’s miles the week’ bike rides came in at 224.02 miles. Since the week ending March 9th except for 1 week I rode 200+ miles or 8 out of the last 9 weeks. I was able to reach the 200+ miles this week with 6 bike rides. A summary of the week’s bike rides are below. I rode the Lynskey R300 bike today.

5-10-2020 Week Bike Rides Summary

For Mother’s Day the weather was picture perfect with a bright blue sky. When I got up this morning the temperature was in the mid 50’s but by ride time it warmed up so that all I needed to wear was shorts and a short sleeve jersey. Weather while I biked around Kingwood: start 78 (49% humidity, 57.2 dew point), a few clouds, wind E 8 mph. Finish 81 (45% humidity, 57.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind E 12 mph.

Several groups of people seemed to be celebrating Mother’s Day. In Woodridge Forest one home had a large BBQ pit trailer cooking away in the driveway. At another home a group of people sat in lawn chairs under a large tree in the front yard. On Cedar Knoll Drive a family of 6 or 7 walked along the side of the street. Driving home from church numerous restaurants’ drive through lanes had cars waiting. In Town Center one restaurant seated people outside, separated safely. For me, Mother’s Day this year is different. My wife passed away in 2019 and my mother passed away in 2013 so the mother’s in my life are no longer around but their memories are.

Year to date biking surpasses all previous years at this point with 3,361 miles. The graph below compares biking miles since 2011.

5-10-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary