Texas Bicycling News Digest August 25th 2018

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Video: Triple threats gear up on their first ride

By Carly Smith | www.newschannel6now.com


WICHITA FALLS, Tx (RNN Texoma) – The first group of riders rolled out of the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center at 10 a.m. this morning for the Hotter’N Hell Off-Road Race.

John Fritzch volunteers on the Wee-Chi-Tah trail making sure it was ready for all of this weekends events.

“I think when people think of Hotter’N Hell a lot of folks still think just of Saturday, just of the big endurance ride and that is still the …

Local safety advocates to host free bike safety event

By GRACE JUAREZ | lufkindailynews.com

Local bike safety advocates will be hosting a free Bike for Life bike rodeo for families in Angelina County from 9-11 a.m. on Sept. 22 at Lufkin High School.

During the event, kids will learn the ABCs of bike safety by rotating through fun stations using different scenarios on a …

Video: The evolution of Hotter’N Hell Hundred over three decades

By: Nicholas Quallich | www.texomashomepage.com

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) – In 1982, Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred looked a lot different than what you will see this weekend. But, it didn’t get that way with just luck.

Known as ‘Father Hotter,’ Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred Chairman Roby Christie has been part of the event since the very beginning. In 1982, Christie said the ride was supposed to be a one-time event.

“That evening, as we were putting …

One dead in bicycle crash on Interstate 20 in Fort Worth. Police investigating

BY MITCH MITCHELL | www.star-telegram.com


FORT WORTH
Police were trying to determine what caused a fatal bicycle wreck Friday night on Interstate 20 and U.S. 287.

Officers were called about 8:20 p.m. to the 5700 block of Interstate 20, near the U.S. 287 interchange, according to police. …

Phase II, Part A, Part B & Part C in Belton

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Chisholm Trail Hike & Bike Facility — Phase II, Part A, Part B & Part C
Bid Date & Time: 09/28/18 10:00 AM Prebid: 09/18/18 10:00 AM
Solicitation Title: Chisholm Trail Hike & Bike Facility — Phase II, Part A, Part B & Part C
Status: bidding Report: 8870740
Country : United States State: TX County: Bell Location: Belton
Scope: 6,386 SY 6″ Reinforced Concrete Trail and Sidewalk ; 8,330 LF of 2″ Electrical Conduit ; 41 Each Hand Hole Boxes ; 41 Each Light Pole Foundations ; 785 LF of Pedestrian Barrier Railings ; 5,110 SY of 10″ Depth HMAC ; 4,900 SY of 12″ Depth Street Pavement Milling.
Notes: A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for the project will be held on September 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Harris Community Center; 401 North Alexander; Belton, Texas 76513. All potential bidders are highly encouraged to attend. …

Video: Houston cyclist raises $280K for cycling track that was damaged during Hurricane Harvey

By Sally Mamdooh | www.click2houston.com

HOUSTON – On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, Houston native and cyclist Lawson Craddock returned home to give back to the place where he learned to ride.

Craddock said he plans to donate over $280,000 that he raised during his Tour De France. …

Chill Riding “Troy” in Austin with friends!! Don’t ask them tho they claim to be dying

Rosa Guerrero | www.strava.com

2018 Hotter than Hell Hundred…Windy as Frick heat wasn’t so bad but it was the hardest ride of the year for me so far!

Troy Serrano | www.strava.com

Hotter’n Hell Hundo [Triple Threat 2/3]

Nate Eguia | www.strava.com

Hotter’n Hell 100

Mayra Mojica |www.strava.com

Kiet’s ride. TSS 1,000,000.

Meggin Crawford | www.strava.com

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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Plans Broken, Other Bikers, Flat Tire Woes Bike Ride

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Sometimes plans don’t work out the way you expect. I didn’t start today’s bike ride quite as early as I want leaving at 8:22 am on the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. I wanted to ride at least 29 miles to get 200+ miles for the week. This part of the plan worked out with 32.58 miles setting the week at 204.5 miles. This is the seventh week in a row of 200+ miles. August now stands at 785.64 miles just 15 miles short of my 800 mile goal.

Weather during the bike ride:start 77 (92% humidity), a few clouds, wind calm. Finish 95 (55% humidity), partly cloudy, wind calm.

Leaving around 8 am on Saturday positions me on the east side of Lake Houston to see the Bike Barn riders returning from their loop. 22 minutes later means some riders have passed where I join their path at FM 1960 and Atascocita Shores Drive. This morning as I was standing at the traffic light at that intersection I saw bikers approaching from the east. Moving over to the grass on the left I took these photos. Everyone didn’t go to the Hotter’n Hell 100 in Wichita Falls.

When the light changed I walked across FM 1960 and waited on an opening in the traffic to ride east. Over the lake I saw a few cyclists and then a big group near the east side of the lake. I wondered if the group was the last ones but arriving on Fairlake Drive it wasn’t long before more bicyclists appeared.

Again I suspected that was all of the bikers but on Old Atascocita Road more came from the east.

Not expecting any more I rode east to FM 2100 but a couple of cyclists were east of FM 2100. I continued about a mile east to add to the ride distance. Almost at FM 2100 another cyclist passed going east and I made the turn north to Huffman. I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for water and ice before riding west. All was going well.

Near the west side of the lake I started think my rear tire was soft. I stopped at the traffic light to wait my turn. Riding south on Atascocita Shores Drive the soft tire seemed to get worse and I pulled into the park to check it out. It was almost flat. Sitting down on the curb in the shade I inspected the tire to see if I could find the cause. All I could find was a tiny piece of glass stuck in the tire that might have been bigger but worn down from riding. Removing the tube I pumped it up and found the leak, right between two patches from previous flats. Concerned that another patch wouldn’t work I got my spare tube out and put it in the tire, mounted the tire and starting pumping. Nothing happened, the tire didn’t inflate. Removing the tube I found a hole where the valve stem attaches to the tube. This can’t be patched so I was back to the original tube. Sanding the area where the hole was I applied glue. It only took a few seconds and the glue was dry because of the heat. I applied the patch, pressed it firmly and aired it up to check my work. Hanging the tube on the handlebars I walked to the pool to throw away the other tube. When I got back I was encouraged by the tube still holding air. Back in the tire and mounted I pumped it up. Thankfully the tire got firm and I put it back on the Canyon bike. This was 22 miles into the bike ride with 10 miles to go. Back on the bike I started riding through Walden across FM 1960 and into Atascocita. The tire felt hard when I went over bumps so I thought I would make it home without further problems.

Back in Kingwood I finished the ride at 11:39 am about 40 minutes later than planned. So much for plans.

With 200+ miles for the week Sunday will be a rest day. Monday I should surpass my August goal.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Bicycling News Digest August 24th 2018

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The Highs and Lows of Cycling the Fort Davis Scenic Loop

By Dan Oko | www.texasmonthly.com


The cottontail was on a suicide mission, hopping onto the pavement just as I tucked into my racer’s crouch on the steep downhill of Bear Mountain, in West Texas. I was the last in a three-man parade stretched along Texas Highway 166, the state’s highest public highway, near the end of our two-day, 76-mile ride on the Fort Davis Scenic Loop. Now either this bunny was going to be roadkill or I was going to skid out on the cattle guards spanning the highway. Somewhere below me, my companions, Dennis and Alan, were speeding ahead. I was trying my best to catch them before they reached the Chihuahuan Desert floor. …

Hotter’N Hell featuring equal prize purses for first time attracting more women to event

Jonathan Hull | www.timesrecordnews.com


This won’t be Leigh Ann Ganzar’s first Hotter’N Hell Hundred ride, but this year’s event feels different than the ones she has attended in the past.

Ganzar comes into one of the oldest and largest cycling events in the nation more confident than ever about her and her team’s (Wolfpack p/b Hyperthreads) chances of getting someone on the …

SRC Weekend Rides – Crystal Falls/Leander & Thunderbird!

Brad Weaver | steinerranchcycling.com

Saturday there will be two group ride levels leaving at different times (from Cups & Cones) – Faster Pace and Endurance Pace. We try to accommodate various levels of rider interest and recently there are folks seeking a more moderate paced and less total miles on Saturdays. We hope that this will attract area riders who want to learn group riding at a …

CX with E-Jet

Jim Storey | www.strava.com

Viernes Social 8/24/18

Rosanna Campos | www.strava.com

Unicorn Friday Fun trot

Nicole Volek | www.strava.com

Casual social ride before HHH…

Michael Wyatt | www.strava.com

Started out as a social ride ended up being a bully ride with now sleep and no food. Survival mode was engaged l!

Bicyclist dead after hit-and-run in southeast Houston

By Jay R. Jordan | www.chron.com


Police are looking for a driver who struck and killed a bicyclist Thursday night in southeast Houston.

A man riding a bicycle was traveling south on Cullen Boulevard near Mallow Street around 9:30 p.m. when the driver of a dark-colored sedan struck him, …

Five Classic Cycling Routes to Try Across Texas

BY DAN OKO | www.texasmonthly.com


No matter their skill level, cyclists have lots of options for routes across Texas. Not all are as grueling as the Fort Davis Scenic Loop, which we feature in the September issue. Here are five other rides that offer beautiful scenery, perhaps a few challenges, and maybe even some historic sites as well. …

Mountain bikes first races of Hotter’N Hell Hundred weekend

Torin Halsey | www.timesrecordnews.com


More than 175 mountain bike racers participated in the Hotter’N Hell Hundred Wee-Chi-Tah trail off-road races Friday morning.

The event is the first of a busy bicycle racing weekend that will also include criterium races, the massive 100-mile endurance race, 10-K and half-marathon runs and more criterium races. …

Video: Cyclist killed in crash near Aldine

By Aaron Barker | www.click2houston.com

ALDINE, Texas – A cyclist was killed Friday in a crash near Aldine.

The crash was reported about 5:40 a.m. on State Road 249 near Ella Boulevard.

Harris County deputies said the cyclist was biking in the eastbound lanes of the highway when he was hit by a vehicle. …

Cedar Park ‘Heads Up’ Campaign Promotes Safety

By Tony Cantu | patch.com


CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — Cedar Park is launching a walking, cycling and driving safety campaign as thousands of the city’s youngest residents head back to school, officials said Friday.

Dubbed “Heads Up,” the awareness campaign aims to remind pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to be on the lookout for one another in …

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The Trees of Woodbranch Village Bike Ride

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While some cyclists are on their way to Wichita Falls for the Hotter’n Hell 100 I stayed home and rode the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route recording 35.26 miles. It was hot here but not yet to the 100 degree mark when I started at 10:01 am and finished at 12:42 pm. During the ride weather: start 88 (66% humidity), a few clouds, wind SW 7 mph. Finish 94 (50% humidity), partly cloudy, wind W 8 mph. In the shade at the start it even felt cooler but that didn’t last long once I was beyond the early miles.

I am closing in on my August goal with 753.1 miles with only 46.9 miles remaining. It will probably be Monday when I surpass the goal with Saturday’s bike ride being 30+ miles. The week’s total stands at 171.92 miles.

To add a couple of miles today I cycled through Tavola and then north on the side road that parallels the railroad tracks in Woodbranch. I took these photos about midway between Roman Forest Blvd. and the Woodbranch City Hall and Police Station.

Bike Ride Woodbranch Village Bike Ride Woodbranch Village-2

The first photo looks north and the second to the south. Traffic is light and homes facing the road are few. You wouldn’t guess the train tracks are 30 feet to the west.

Expecting the wind to extract extra energy on the ride south back to Kingwood I was surprised that it wasn’t so hard. I built my average speed up to 14.7 mph on the way back to Kingwood Drive. Two stops for water and ice: Mobil station in New Caney at FM 1485 and the Circle K/Valero at Northpark Drive. Each stop was just long enough to walk inside, fill the bottle and go back out to the Canyon bike.

PowerPod report: when the ride started I wasn’t sure how the PowerPod was going to work. After yesterday’s ride I connected the PP to the Isaac software to see what the profile looked like. The PP wireless was connected to all of the sensors so I had high hopes for today. But until 1.58 miles into the ride all I saw were two zeros on the Elemnt screen for watts from there on the watts appeared and seemed to be realistic. No more meddling with the PP except to download ride data once a week.

New TickrFit HR monitor continues to work perfectly.

Saturday I plan on biking early to catch the Bike Barn bikers and to get back home in time to watch the start of the Vuelta a Espana at 11 am.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary