Texas Bicycling News Digest October 3rd 2018

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WNW w Some Xtra

Jeff Contreras | www.strava.com

Wednesday Night Worlds

Virgil Skinner | www.strava.com

Humping it in Hockley.

Rick Rostkowski | www.strava.com

Land donation could be used for tennis center

by Lyn Rejahl Pry | www.crosstimbersgazette.com


… The “mat” came in the form of adopting an amendment for the town’s acceptance of 13.11 acres– adjacent to Rockpointe Church– donated by the developer to be used as dedicated park land for a park development fee credit in the amount of $77,728 for extensions of the town’s eight-foot-wide Hike and Bike Trail System. …

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October on Spring Creek Greenway Bike Ride

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Today’s bike ride took me to the Spring Creek Greenway. Since May I ride the greenway once a month for variety and to see what is going on. Since I started biking the greenway it is not open all of the way with a barrier at the western end and I wanted to check to see if that changed. I left home at 11:00 am, a little later than I planned. I thought about riding on Monday but the weather turned wet.

Weather during today’s bike ride: start 85 (80% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind E 6 mph. Finish 87 (74% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SE 10 mph. I got a few sprinkles around mile 7 but they quickly disappeared.

What didn’t disappear was a fraud alert text message from my bank around mile 7 too. I replied and then spent a few minutes talking with them on the phone to resolve the problem. Not what I planned for during the ride.

Arriving at the I-69/US59 trail entrance I usually see another cyclist or two before getting to Jesse Jones Park but not today. In fact I only saw 7 cyclists during the time I rode on the greenway. I think I saw more joggers and walkers than cyclists.

Around mile 9 on the greenway riding west a crew worked on a culvert and I rode off the trail after they signaled me to come ahead. On the way back they were gone. They used a backhoe and dump truck.

After turning around at the barrier I stopped at Dennis Johnston Park to refill my water bottle for the ride back to Jesse Jones Park. I took these photos at the park.

The pond in the background has a fountain and I saw some boys fishing there on previous rides. I didn’t use the water fountain in the second photo because it wasn’t cold but went to the building by the tool road.

Back on the Greenway riding east I stopped for these photos.

The brown water is from the recent rains in September and this month. The clouds just keep hanging around.

Back at Jesse Jones Park I stopped for about 25 minutes to rest and eat a Clif Bar. After eating I took this photo.

Bike Ride Jesse Jones Park

I went to the restroom to refill my water bottle with cold water from the drinking fountain and then resumed the ride back to the trail entrance at I-69/US59. When I got there looking south some dark clouds hung in the sky but no rain fell on me during the ride. Back home at 3:11 pm I saw evidence that it rained while I was gone but the streets were dry.

Thursday weather forecast looks favorable for biking.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Bicycling News Digest October 2nd 2018

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Festival weekend in Fannin County

By Allen Rich | www.ntxe-news.com

… Also on Saturday, as the 29th annual Autumn in Bonham Bike Rally got underway, waves of bicyclists rode out of Bonham early Saturday morning on a variety of routes that ranged from pedaling to Bonham State Park and back, to a grueling 100-mile ride.

Bike Cave riding under the radar

By Michelle Joseph | star.txstate.edu


Texas State’s Bike Cave is continuing its track record of maintaining students’ bikes and offering a smoother ride around campus as it enters its 11th year.

Bike Cave opened on campus in 2007 to service students’ bikes rolling smooth. The shop is currently located in Room 100 of the Colorado Building, with just under 1,200 square feet of work space and on-site storage. In the beginning, the Bike Cave was a collaboration between Auxiliary Services, the …

FBI searching for missing girl, 15, after bicycle found abandoned on Indian reservation

By Adrian Garcia | www.ksat.com


EAGLE PASS – The FBI and tribal police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenage girl whose bicycle was found abandoned along a road on the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas reservation.

FBI officials said Mia Rodriguez, 15, was last seen Friday at C.C. Winn High School heading to a gym in Eagle Pass. …

Tuesday with Cyclones

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River Road with Summit

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Tuesday evening funsies

Jeremy Brown | www.strava.com

VCC Group Ride. Great ride with Clo/Travis/Tom/Ernesto and a Jesse sighting! Lol!

Leo Vela | www.strava.com

What A Beautiful Morning!!!

Al . | www.strava.com

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No Rain As Wind Whips Across Grass Bike Ride

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No rain during today’s bike ride. In fact it was sunny and warm while I rode the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route for 43.23 miles. I added a couple of extra streets to get the mileage to that level in order to almost reach 10% of my 700 mile goal for October with 69.46 miles so far. I left at 11:32 am after watching a race in Belgium, Binche-Chimay-Binche Mémorial Frank Vandenbroucke. Earlier the temperature dipped below 70 when I first got up. But the forecast said to expect upper 80’s.

Speaking of miles, my Canyon bike now shows 6037 miles since I bought it and started riding February 27th of this year. My year to date mileage is 6670 miles with the difference on other bikes. I am 130 miles away from reaching my goal for the year.

Weather during the bike ride: start 88 (77% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SE 7 mph. Finish 88 (66% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SE 13 mph.

The 13 mph wind made riding to the east and south difficult and the hardest section was on Old Atascocita Road east of FM 2100 where the land is flat with nothing to break the wind. Turning right onto Ramsey Road didn’t help and I fought the wind all the way to Stroker Road. At 23.3 miles into the ride I stopped and took these two photos.

The first photo looks east and you can see nothing to block the wind except the grass. The second photo looks to the south where the road goes with some trees where Stroker Road meets Ramsey Road. On Old Atascocita Road my power readings showed 200 to 300 watts almost all the way with similar numbers on Ramsey Road. The gate enters a grass farm field. To the west it looks the same.

Bicycling on Stroker Road put the wind behind me for most of the rest of the bike ride.

At the 30 mile point I stopped at the Huffman Chevron to rest, eat and refill my water bottle. I stayed about 25 minutes before setting off to the west on FM 1960. Sitting in the shade felt good and the wind that caused me trouble now helped cool me off.

Back in Kingwood my arrival coincided with Kingwood High School traffic so I stayed on the greenbelt along W. Lake Houston Parkway to cross Kingwood Drive and then onto the side streets to finish the bike ride at 3:13 pm. No need to wash the bike today!

Wednesday’s weather looks like a repeat of today. I plan on biking.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary