Texas Biking March 17th 2020

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Bike MS: Texas MS 150 Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: Is the ride canceled? A: Out of caution, and in cooperation with the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we have made the decision to re-evaluate Bike MS: Texas MS 150 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19). While we will not be able to host Bike MS on May 2-3, we will soon be announcing a very special one-day event to be held this fall—a coming together of our extraordinary Bike MS: Texas MS 150 family to celebrate our progress and yes, there will be cycling involved. Details are on the way – and we can’t wait to tell you more. …

Bent on The Southern Tier – Spring 2020

By Andy Lamb | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 14 – Van Horn, TX: Short ride to stage for long ride tomorrow

Monday March 16, 2020, 32 miles (52 km) – Total so far: 624 miles (1,005 km) Today’s ride was relatively short. The tomorrow’s segment is 89 miles with very limited services. I left the hotel a little before 8 am this morning. It was foggy. I rode about a half of a mile and stopped for breakfast hoping the fog would burn off. It had burned off a little by the time I finished breakfast. It was foggy for almost half the ride today. …

On Resilience: Bicycling Through Life and the Pandemapocalypse

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It’s hard to not write about the elephant in the room when it’s far, Far FAR! bigger than that. It’s like sunlight, or water — except that it’s poisonous for many, and deadly for some. There are I’m sure much more eloquent attempts to explain and interpret what’s going on with the coronavirus. After all, I’m just A Dude who rides a bicycle and blogs about it. It’s one example of things humans think is kinda cool, or interesting, or important, but in reality is not. It’s jus frivolous, distracted, navel-gazing. And yet, we each do what we can to cope, to survive, and maybe again even to thrive. So it seems to me there are …

Arturo Perez-Gallegos charged in Houston hit-and-run death

By KEVIN KENNEDY | www.thelegaladvocate.com

Accident happened on FM 1960 near Willowbrook Mall HOUSTON, TX, (March 15, 2020) – Arturo Perez-Gallegos, 33, will be charged in the hit-and-run death of a man pushing a bicycle across a street of FM 1960 near Willowbrook Mall in Houston on Sunday, March 15.

Perez-Gallegos will be charged with driving while intoxicated with a child passenger and failure to stop and render aid resulting in death. He could face …

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Calibration Successful, Heart Rate Added, Off to Huffman Bike Ride

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After exchanging posts on the Velocomp Forum about how to add my heart rate monitor to the data the PowerPod collects during a ride I started today’s bike ride with a short PowerPod calibration ride. I checked the data from the ride and the heart rate monitor is included now.

The PowerPod collects wind data which other power meters do not. This a significant contributor to effort expended while biking. The wind data shows whether I am riding into a headwind or cruising with a tailwind. In the charts above the blue/white shows the wind. When the blue is below the white I am riding with the wind and when the blue is above the white I am fighting the headwind. The burgundy chart is the heart rate data.

Once the calibration ride completed the “real” bike ride began at 11:44 AM as I set off on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route biking 33.24 miles. I finished the ride at 2:26 PM.

Weather on the way to Huffman and back to Kingwood: start 81 (73% humidity, 71.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph. Finish 83 (70% humidity, 72.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 15 mph gusts 23 mph. No long sleeve jersey needed today. I can probably say that each day until Friday when the weather changes back to cool and maybe wet.

In an effort to prolong the GoPro camera battery I switched the resolution to 1080 at 60 fps for today’s video. It didn’t make any difference. Today the battery quit at 2 hours and 8 minutes riding time. What I decided is to change the battery after 2 hours riding time. I have the camera set to stay on all the time so I can record clips without waiting for the camera to power on and then record. I like the 1080 16:9 format and will stay with that.

Biking alone put a safe distance between me and other people for the COVID-19 precautions. Check my Instagram photos for examples of my social distancing today. I will practice more of that on Wednesday’s bike ride.

Speaking of distancing, I think USPS is keeping my new Fabric Race saddle from getting too close to me. According to their tracking information it has been resting at the Kingwood post office since 3/14/2020. I have no idea why they didn’t deliver it yesterday or today.

3-17-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking March 16th 2020

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Bike Barn Ladies recovery ride

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TV SUCKS – Ride your bike

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Monday Training

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Empty like the freeways

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Bike Ride Kingwood to SH 242 and Back

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The temperature dropped 10 degrees from yesterday changing my wardrobe choice to shorts, long sleeve jersey, and short sleeve jersey. The bike ride began at 11:25 AM and finished at 2:09 PM. During that time I biked 37.26 miles boosting my March total to 411.29 miles leaving 249 miles to reach my 660 mile goal.

Weather during the bike ride: start 74 (78% humidity, 67.2 dew point), overcast, wind SE 15 mph. Finish 75 (78% humidity, 67.4 dew point), overcast, wind S 4 mph. Maybe a long sleeve thermal jersey would have been a better choice with the strong wind during the early part of the ride. By the time I made the back to the south at SH 242 the wind slowed which probably accounted for my ability to increase my overall average speed to 14.7 mph. The overcast sky looked threatening on the horizon but rain came.

In the search for longer GoPro battery life during the ride I changed the resolution from 1440 to 960 but the battery lasted about the same 2 hours 24 minutes riding time. Next ride I have it set at 1080 in the 16:9 ratio. Also I have additional batteries. I don’t shot continuously but in short clips as I see something of interest. This almost eliminates editing, either a clip is good or not.

TXDoT is expanding SH 242 from 2 lanes to 4 lanes as I say in the video. Without a shoulder and a barrier this means no biking on SH 242.

Tuesday’s weather may warm up and the chance of rain increases slightly but biking is on the agenda.

3-16-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary