SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – Tyler State Park has closed its trails to biking due to the storm that pushed through the area Friday night and early Saturday morning.
On its Facebook page, the park said it experienced "heavy rains" and "ridiculously high winds."
The post said the park expects to open the trails Sunday.
Meet at 9am at Gallegos Park on Bosque Rd in Canutillo. We’ll start shortly after 9 and head north on familiar roads until we get to Berino Rd. Then we’ll go up to the rollers and take them back to Vinton Rd where we’ll drop back into the valley. There will be comfort stops along the way as required. 14-16 mph, 27 miles. Bob Clark (915)[masked]
Small town friendly. Town Square start & finish. 5 routes from 10 miles to 62 miles with red dirt and big trees (this is East Texas scenery). Quiet roads with low traffic levels.… https://t.co/Z5B5DNZFqR
New Event Burleson Honey Tour – Burleson, TX https://t.co/Gf27IwWXSl 7, 20, 30, 46, and 67 mile routes. In May, we look to the west for a different ride experience. Challenging hills and a little more heat will greet you on this course. 5 routes from 7… https://t.co/XQ3Evem0qC
New Event Tour d'Italia – Italy, TX https://t.co/f7v9ZrcEB0 12, 30, 40, 50, and 63 mile routes.
The Tour d'Italia offers great scenic routes of Italy, TX and the surrounding areas. With five routes to choose from there's a route for every rider. Rest … https://t.co/gOxjZWgp47
Upcoming Texas Bicycling Event – New event: Bikefest @ Sat Mar 16 8am – Sun Mar 17, 2019 3pm (CDT) (Dallas Regional MTB Calendar) New event: Bikefest @ Sat Mar 16 8am – Sun Mar 17, 2019 3pm (CDT) (Dallas Regional MTB Calendar)
Hundreds have signed an online petition to help increase safety for cyclists and e-scooters
SAN ANTONIO — Local cyclists are pushing for change to make major city roads safer for riders.
Vision San Antonio reported earlier this week that the number of deadly bicycle crashes doubled in 2018.
Organizers with Bike San Antonio have been going door to door collecting support for a petition requesting to add protected bike lanes on Broadway Street between Hildebrand and Houston.
"We don’t have bike highways or dedicated bike paths like in other cities, so we have to use the streets. So the real question is: Where do the bikes belong on the streets?" asked Bryan Martin, the organization’s …
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top bike shops in San Antonio, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture next time you’re in the market for bike shops. …
Saturday due to the high wind forecast (NOAA 21-26mph), we will not hold sanctioned team rides. The risk of wind gust are unpredictable and within a group ride, could be hazardous. If you do make it out, stay safe.
Sunday is our usual Coffee Shop endurance paced ride to Red Horn from C&C at 7:30 am. It …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Due to the weather tomorrow morning (cold and 25 mph winds), there’s no shop ride.
Exciting update on Hunting Bayou! This week, we began the installation of a brand new bridge on Hunting Bayou in the Kashmere Gardens Neighborhood. Once completed, the bridge will connect Mickey Leland Park to Pickfair Street, and eventually further to Hutcheson Park. Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/hDayVLpvNr
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If you reside or work in SE Houston, make plans to attend the SE Houston Mobility Plan mtg on Feb 6, 6-8pm, at Sunnyside MSC. Your input is needed to improve transportation and mobility challenges within this area! Presentation begins at 6:30pm! https://t.co/brmwistmkC
New Event The Assault on Cameron Park – Trail Bash – Waco, TX Guided trail rides and raffles based on laps. January 19, 2019 at 08:30AM https://t.co/pxk3mQgopC
The fog refused to go away when I started the bike ride at 12:33 pm. I waited an extra half hour to give it time but finally I put the wheels down on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX and headed out on the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route for a total of 36.3 miles. This will probably be the last ride for a few days as the winter weather rolls in and hopefully out. Tuesday looks good for biking if the forecast holds.
Weather during today’s bike ride: start 63 (95% humidity), fog/mist, wind S 9 mph 20 mph gusts. Finish 67 (92% humidity), overcast, wind S 12 mph. I dressed warm with shorts, leg warmers, short sleeve jersey over a long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and full finger gloves. With the gusty wind at the start the first few miles felt chilly until the body heat started up.
No rest stops today with coolness offsetting a need to stop. I read in the newspaper about how marathon runners prefer cool weather and thought this might apply to cyclists though I prefer hot weather. The Houston Marathon is this Sunday and earlier in the week the weather looked like it might be in the 20’s with a wind chill of 16 but now that has improved to the 30’s and a wind chill in the 20’s. This will keep me inside.
No photos today because the overcast sky didn’t inspire me to stop and take any.
Biking to SH 242 with the wind assist was not as strenuous as the ride back into the wind. Glancing at the Elemnt to see the watts on the way north I usually saw around 100 or less. On the ride back to the south it was closer to 200 watts with bursts above that when the wind picked up. Average power: 111, max power: 370 watts. Heart rate average: 126 bpm, max at 150 bpm.
Finishing the ride at 3:20 pm put me riding through school zones in Kings Manor and Bear Branch when the children and parents were massed along the streets. I hoped they would be gone before I got there.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
Strava Year Progressions
Now that I am over half way through January previous years’ miles start to appear.
A riddle: What happens when you cram more bicyclists onto streets without bike lanes?
If there was not enough evidence already to illustrate the disaster of Dallas’ brief experiment with share bikes, let us submit one more point. Below, courtesy of a tweet from Dr. Rob Rasmussen, a resident at UT Southwestern Medical Center, we see a spike in fatal bike crashes last year. …
DURHAM, N.C. (BRAIN) — At a bankruptcy auction Wednesday, Head Sport — a European sports company best known for its skis and tennis rackets — agreed to purchase most of the assets of Advanced Sports Enterprises for about $22 million. The agreement is subject to court approval later this month.
Head is an Amsterdam-registered company that manufactures ski, tennis, swim and other sports products and licenses its name to suppliers in other industries. The corporate name of …
In conjunction with the news that Carson Lange has joined the Pivot Cycles factory team, we are excited to say that he and his brother, Bradyn Lange, have joined the CP staff as well!
Join the #UNTgreen movement! Ride your bike to class and if you get a flat, don't worry! We have repair stations around campus. There are 2 bike repair stations just outside of the @UNTUnion and one right outside of Kerr Hall. 🚲 pic.twitter.com/3PnrD4JM6B
The updated forecast makes it sound like this Saturday will be brutal. Rather than having a tiny ride for just the bravest of souls, we're going to postpone this month's taco ride until next Saturday. Some of us… https://t.co/Y6d1TAbVhv
