Texas Bicycling News Digest September 24th 2018

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16-year-old hit by truck while biking from fast-food job overnight in Tomball, police say

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TOMBALL, Texas — A 16-year-old bicyclist is in critical condition after being hit by a truck while leaving his job early Monday in Tomball, according to local police.

The teen was leaving a McDonald’s restaurant on FM 2920 near FM 2978 about midnight.

He had just clocked out and was riding his bike home when a pickup truck hit him on the road. Investigators said the …

Texas Time Trials race was a success despite the weather

By Andi Luna | www.yourglenrosetx.com


The Texas Time Trials race was a success despite last weekend’s wet weather.

The race had 160 cyclists from all over the world. According to Andrew Willis, president of Holland Racing, there were up to 400 visitors in the city for the race.

“It was a great weekend, one of our best events yet. We were impacted with bad weather but there were no injuries and after the trials, everyone pitched in to clean up,” said Willis.

Cyclists were in Glen Rose to qualify for the world’s toughest bicycle race the RAAM or Race Across America and …

Upcoming Rides

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SL Wednesday Night Worlds
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 @ 6:00 PM

Southern Elite Cross Training Series
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 @ 6:00 PM

McIntyre’s Sprint Zone Wednesday
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 @ 6:20 PM

West Bike Scene @ Sun & Ski Memorial Mall
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 @ 7:00 PM

Catalina Ride
Thursday, September 27, 2018 @ 5:30 AM

Nite Bike
Thursday, September 27, 2018 @ 7:05 PM

Sugar Cycles Sat Shop Ride
Saturday, September 29, 2018 @ 7:30 AM

Road Group Ride: Pearland Cycling Club
Saturday, September 29, 2018 @ 7:30 AM

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In Its Entirety.

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FMPD raising funds for Cook Children’s patients

by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com


The Flower Mound Police Department Bike Unit is raising funds for an upcoming event for 50 long-term patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center.

FMPD is collecting donations and selling “Cycle for a Cause” T-shirts for the event through Tuesday, according to a town news release. To …

Fort Davis Cyclefest

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The Prude Ranch is the traditional starting point for the Cyclefest.
At line up time it was a little chilly.

Bike-terialism, N+1 and how many bikes are too many?

Johnny Guzman | bicyclepointofview.blogspot.com

Let me start off by asking the reader “Are you a cyclist or a collector?” If you are a cyclist, chances are you at least own one bike, or a few bikes for the different types of riding you do. If you are a collector on the other hand, you either specialize in a type of bicycle or in a period of time when bicycles were designed in a specific way.

I am both a cyclist and a collector. My collection comes from years of being into cycling. Some bikes I would like to sell, but either can’t procure a buyer for or I am offered way less than my asking price. Some bikes I bought, rode for a …

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Double Digit Miles Left Bike Ride

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With one week left in September the pressure to reach my goal drove my selection of today’s route; “SR242 – Old Houston Rd – FM1314”. I biked 45.31 miles bringing me within 88 miles of the 700 mile goal. This seems to be close but with the unpredictable weather the margin of error remains.

Rolling out at 11:05 am was a little later than I planned. The delay stemmed from a computer problem where a program would not open due to something that Windows 10 did in an update. Tracking down the solution and then getting the problem fixed took too long. By then the weather warmed up some from the 69 degrees I saw when I got up. It feels like fall is not too far away. Weather during the bike ride: start 85 (66% humidity), a few clouds, wind W 5 mph. Finish 87 (61% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph. With the temperature below 90 degrees I was comfortable only stopping once during a ride this long and time of the day. I stopped at the Shell station at FM 1485 and SH 242 long enough to refill my water bottle but the rest stop was later at the Circle K/Valero station on FM 1314 at Sorters Road. The ride summary at the Circle K.

Wahoo Summary Coircle K Sorters Rd

Sitting on a bag of deer corn outside the store I ate a Clif Bar, drank cold water and check emails. This took about 20 minutes and after refilling the water bottle for the 12 miles to the finish I set out.

Wind wasn’t much of an issue on FM 1314 riding SE but when I turned onto Old Sorters Road I pedaled harder to overcome the headwind. A couple of places are out in the open exposing me to the light wind but I maintained my overall average speed at 14.7 mph all the way back into Kingwood until the 41 mile mark when the starting and stopping slowed me down. I finished the bike ride at 2:37 pm in front of the schools dismissal times.

The weather changes on Tuesday with the chance of rain returning but not high enough to interfere with biking, I hope.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Bicycling News Digest September 23rd 2018

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San Marcos, Texas State officially launch VeoRide bike-share program

By Katharine Jose | communityimpact.com/austin


Representatives from the city of San Marcos and Texas State University met Sept. 20 to officially launch a joint VeoRide bike-share program for residents and students.

Mayor John Thomaides spoke at the event and VeoRide employees provided a demonstration of how to rent and ride the bikes. …

Cypress Moctezuma Tree Ride

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Chill Sunday on the bike

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Morning Ride 9/23/18

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Sunshine Finally, Tight Shorts Bike Ride

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The sun beckoned me to ride today after staying inside yesterday due to rain. Other people braved the rain according to their activities on Strava.com but not me. After riding in the rain twice this week I opted for the indoors watching University of Cincinnati play Ohio University in a nail biter until the final 4 seconds.

Today I rode my other bike, Blue Norcross AL, for something different since I decided to ride the “Atascocita – Walden” route going 23.6 miles. This was enough to reach 207.42 miles for the week, the first week over 200 miles after falling short the previous two weeks. For September I am at 566.69 miles, 134 miles short of my goal for September. The bike ride started at 12:38 pm after I got home from church and finished at 2:32 pm.

Weather during the bike ride: start 82 (72% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph. Finish 84 (67% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind w 9 mph. At the start while I rode the greenbelt trail I got a hint of fall weather because a “cool” front moved through the area early this morning. My jersey wasn’t wet from perspiration yet and riding in the shade made me think of needing a long sleeve jersey. I am not ready for that yet.

With the sunshine returning I stopped at Kings Harbor on the way back into Kingwood and took these two photos. Seeing blue in the sky with some clouds was refreshing.

While bicycling through Walden I passed another cyclist twice. He was dressed in bright orange. Later as I rode north on W. Lake Houston Parkway in front of Tailwind Bicycles two other cyclists on mountain bikes circled in their parking lot.

Earlier in the week I removed a pair of Bellwether Endurance Gel shorts from my cycling wardrobe because a seam was rubbing on my skin causing pain. Today I added a new pair to replace that pair. Putting them on made me wonder if I gained weight because they were very tight; they are the same size. It appears the old shorts were not as elastic or stretched and maybe I need to replace the other pairs I am wearing too. I will think about that.

The cool front will keep the rain away for a few days giving me time to ride more on Monday at least to get closer to my September goal.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary