Lawn Care Workers Under the Truck Bike Ride

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The sky looked threatening to the south but as I rode west and north on the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route the dark clouds tagged along. I felt a few rain drops but nothing to worry about. I altered the route slightly using the new exit from Kingwood through Woodridge Forest and including the Tavola loop from Roman Forest Blvd. The totaled 38.32 miles, a mile or less than usual.

Home construction in a couple communities I rode through continues making me wonder where are the buyers coming from. Some of this may be from the opening of the Grand Parkway last year.

Wheels started rolling at 11:21 AM with a cloudy sky and 83 degrees. I took a 20 minute break at the Stripes station at FM 1314 and Valley Ranch Parkway at 27.1 miles into the bike ride. This was mainly to let the dark clouds to south move to the west. I refilled my water bottle and sat under the pump canopy enjoying the light breeze cool me down and dry my jersey some. Not too far away several workers from LHLC took a break by laying under their truck in the shade.

With the dark clouds to the west I left Stripes riding through Briar Tree and Oakhurst before getting back to US59. All of the schools are out for the summer but it looked like the Humble ISD teachers still were there. I finished the ride at 2:34.

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Texas Bicycling News June 1st 2017

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Custom bike stolen from Cleburne’s favorite cyclist

Todd Unger | www.wfaa.com

CLEBURNE, Texas — It’s a safe bet that one of the more popular employees at the H-E-B grocery store in Cleburne is Alex Wilson.
At age 24, he’s always wearing a smile and ready with a friendly wave. He’s even more well-known around town, where Alex and a custom $3,000 bicycle nicknamed “Sarah” are always on the move.
The bike affords him the …

First Full Psycle Cycling Studio in Texas to open in The Woodlands

By Alicia Whitley | www.woodlandsonline.com


THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Full Psycle, a rhythm-based indoor cycling experience, will be opening its doors at Market Street – The Woodlands near H-E-B this summer.
Full Psycle chose Market Street to debut their first Texas location.
The Full Psycle experience incorporates an exhilarating 45-minute full-body cycling workout from start to finish, where riders can expect to burn between 550-900 calories.
Riders navigate hills, flats and intervals while moving to the beat of the music with weights.
Co-founders PK Harmeling and Shelly Scott created Full Psycle’s proprietary workout to …

2017 Complete Streets Progress Report

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On May 2nd, the Houston Coalition for Complete Streets hosted the City Planning and Public Works & Engineering Department for report on their work in building Complete Streets. 70 people representing Coalition organizations, management districts, and city departments attended the meeting. We learned that the City of Houston is now critically not putting car through-put as the number one priority, but rather evaluating mobility as a whole. New design standards will be put into place to make this routine, along with better community engagement and regulations. One example of this is …

Heights Blvd. – Bayou Connection

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Good news – BikeHouston advocacy supports Tx-DOT in building new high comfort Heights Blvd. to Bayou trail connection in coming months!
Find project details in the below presentation given to the Houston Heights Association by BikeHouston and TxDOT. With any questions or ideas please email Jessica at jwiggins@bikehouston.org.

BikeHouston Comments Submitted on Lower Westheimer Project

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Lower Westheimer, from Shepherd to Main street is under design. The City decided that this special corridor deserves special attention to ensure a design for the street rebuild fulfills the potential of the street. To this end they are doing more public engagement to make sure they get it right. Find all the details on the project here. BikeHouston has been engaged during this process to ensure the needs of people on bicycles are considered. We submitted the following comments to the City on 5-31-17. …

Goodbye-Hello with Mary & Jessica

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Mary Blitzer is handing over the baton to Jessica Wiggins. The leaving and coming BikeHouston Advocacy Director share a passion for cycling and encouraging other people to ride their bikes too.
Mary joined BikeHouston in the fall of 2014 and took the leading role for the passing of the new Houston Bike Plan with determination and stamina for the long haul. Jessica Wiggins first encounter with BikeHouston was a summer job two years ago. After a temporary move to …

A Word From Our Director………. John Long

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Thanks to Mary Blitzer. Bike Houston’s advocacy director is moving on. In Mary’s three years at BikeHouston she’s done so much to impact our city. Her most notable achievement is the Bike Plan — the first comprehensive bike plan adopted by the City of Houston in twenty-four years. Clearly she did not get that done single-handedly. Far from it. But Mary worked like a sheep dog to get it done, first helping to get the plan written and then helping to get it adopted by City Council. To do so, she connected with the planning department, city council members, traffic engineers, BikeHouston supporters, thirty non-profit organizations that belong to the Houston Coalition for Complete Streets, the members of the Bicycle Advisory Committee as well as …

The Racing Post June 2017 Edition

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Roaming Dark Clouds Start June Biking

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The Blue Norcross AL was the ride of choice on today’s bike ride on the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route. I rode 33.91 miles to start June off. My goal is 800 miles. Only 767 more to ride.

Another bicyclist passed me on Kings View Drive as I was on the way back home. At least two of us didn’t let the roaming dark clouds scare us away. The was cloudy with spots of dark gray clouds not too far away. The only time I felt a few rain drops (maybe 10) was while I rode west from Huffman on FM 1960. The humidity was high (71%) which meant my jersey was dripping whenever I stopped. The temperature at the 11:40 AM start was 79 and 83 when I finished at 2:30. The wind was not very friendly from the SE at 15 mph and 21 mph gusts (IAH airport numbers). This made pedaling hard. The Blue Norcross AL is about 7 pounds heavier than my Stradalli RP-14 carbon bike and the wider (700×32) tires with short knobby tread makes for high effort biking.

So far the PowerPod doesn’t accompany when I ride this bike. I have an extra handlebar mount but haven’t decided on using it. Maybe I don’t want to see the extra watts it takes to move the bike.

I took a 15 minute or so break at the Huffman Chevron. I sat under the pump canopy drinking ice water and watching the UPT truck unload gasoline in the station’s tanks. I wondered how the driver kept the right gasoline in the correct filler hole. He was moving hoses all over the ground connecting and unconnecting them.

The weather looks favorable for more bike riding tomorrow. The chance of rain dropped from what was showing earlier in the week.

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Texas Bicycling News May 31st 2017

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Trail advocates cheer bill that brings cities, utilities together

By Dug Begley | www.chron.com


It’s about to be easier for cities in Texas to develop hike and bike trails along utility corridors, though Houston’s experiment also shows it still takes a long time to get something built.
One of the last bills to win approval in the Capitol, HB 931, eases the legal barriers so cities and utilities that own rights of way along major lines can cooperate to develop trails along the routes.
Previously, legal barriers made it difficult for companies to cooperate on public trails. That meant those interested in …

Three cyclists from Mexico lead way at Greenville bike race

David Claybourn | www.heraldbanner.com


Three cyclists originally from Mexico claimed the top three spots in the biggest race on Monday at the Texas State Criterium in Greenville.
Alfredo Rodriguez, Tony Baca and Eder Frayre went one, two, three after a fast sprint to the finish of a 90-minute race in the USA Cycling pro category one division. More than 50 cyclists raced around a .6 mile course in …

ARR Club Camp out at Bluff Creek Ranch

Friday, Jun 9, 2017, 5:00 PM

Bluff Creek Ranch
Owl Creek Road Warda, TX

6 Mountain Bikers Went

With the ARR ride on Saturday June 10th there will be camping on Friday night June 9th.   We have sites 1 and 2 reserved at the Turkey Tank camping area with showers and rest room at the barn or ranch house.Cost is $15 for camping and riding per person (cash or check) at the gates! Visit the website for more information – http://www.bcrwarda.com/ …

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8 AM start: Tour de Southern Walnut Creek Trail

Tuesday, Jun 6, 2017, 8:00 AM

Govalle Park
5200 Bolm Rd. Austin, TX

2 Austin Cyclists Went

We’re riding out at 8 AM for summer coolness.A moderate C-pace ride (roughly 11 to 14 mph) on The Southern Walnut Creek Trail from the trailhead at Govalle Park to the Abrupt End and return. Round trip is about 20 miles. The trail is paved for the entire distance, with a 1/2 mile hill on the outbound. We’ll regroup at the top of the hill on the ou…

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Join Alaska-bound Texas 4000 team for Atlas Ride this Saturday

Pam LeBlanc | fitness.blog.austin360.com


Sixty-nine students from the University of Texas at Austin will log the first miles of their long bicycle ride to Alaska this weekend.
Want to join them for a relatively easy 25, 50 or 70 miles on Saturday?
The public is invited to join members of the Texas 4000 team as they roll out from Cedar Park on the Atlas Ride. Registration fee is $70 and is open through 5 p.m. today here.
The Texas 4000 riders will …

Mountain Biking Team Members Finish Top 10 in State Competition

By Cinnamon Nemec | austinwaldorf.org

Sunday, May 21, 2017 was a beautiful end to a whirlwind season for the Austin Waldorf School mountain biking team. Tenth graders Chili Nemec and Keshav Govind knew when they entered the season that it was going to be a challenging year. This year the team moved up to Category 2, which means longer (18-22 miles), faster paced races against competitors who train at more …

ARR – Slaughter Creek Trail Work Day

Saturday, Jun 10, 2017, 9:00 AM

Slaughter Creek Preserve Trail
9901 RM 1826 Austin, TX

13 Mountain Bikers Went

Austin Water Quality Protection staff has approved the work day!  Check back here before you drive out. We may cancel if the weather looks bad. (Rain date is currently scheduled for 6/17/17.)Please sign up here so we know how many to expectWe will be filling in the trail tread where it has worn away. We started this work in the fall and didn’t ge…

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Lance Armstrong’s WEDU Event ‘Nicest Ride in Texas’

By Daniel Clifton | www.101highlandlakes.com

BURNET — Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong is putting together the “nicest ride in Texas.”
Of course, it’s in the Highland Lakes.
The WEDU Texas Hundred takes off at 7 a.m. Saturday, June 3, from Reveille Peak Ranch, 105 CR 114, along 100-mile and 20-mile routes.
“The 100-mile distance is one of the classic distances in cycling, called a ‘century,’” Armstrong said. “Anyone can do it if they’ve done any training, not just going out on a whim and …

2017 Texas State Criterium Championship Skills Based Results

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Results
Pos Name Born Nation Team Time
01 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria 1997 Mexico Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
02 Gabriel Baca 1991 Mexico Elbowz Racing
03 Eder Frayre 1991 Mexico Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
04 Carson Lange 1994 USA Strike Cycling
05 Tristan Uhl 1988 USA –
06 David Tolley – USA –
07 Francisco Lara Carbajal 1996 Mexico Arenas Tlaxcala
08 Stefan Rothe 1981 Germany Elbowz Racing
09 Nicholas Torraca 1995 USA Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
10 Dylan Postier – USA Tulsa Wheelmen
12 Ricky Randall 1992 USA Arapahoe Resources
13 Grant Koontz 1994 USA Arapahoe Resources
14 Evan Bausbacher – USA Arapahoe Resources
15 Brian Babilonia Figueroa 1994 Puerto Rico …

Ride Like A Girl – Walnut Creek

Monday, Jul 3, 2017, 6:00 PM

Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park
12138 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX

29 Mountain Bikers Went

RLAG is back for 2017!Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated as “for women only”.Riders break into small groups based on ability and then hit the trail. After the ride, we regroup for a raffle of prizes generously donated by our generous 2017 RLAG sponsors!All riders must bring a trail-wo…

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Ride Like A Girl – Barton Creek Greenbelt @ Zilker

Monday, Jul 17, 2017, 6:00 PM

Barton Creek Greenbelt – Zilker Park at Rock Garden Picnic Area
2201 Andrew Zilker Road Austin, TX

22 Mountain Bikers Went

RLAG is back for 2017!Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated as “for women only”.Riders break into small groups based on ability and then hit the trail. After the ride, we regroup for a raffle of prizes generously donated by our generous 2017 RLAG sponsors!All riders must bring a trail-wo…

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Ride Like A Girl – Skills Clinic @ City Park

Monday, Jul 10, 2017, 6:00 PM

City Park – Emma Long Motorcycle Trails
7548 Oak Shores Dr Austin, TX

30 Mountain Bikers Went

RLAG is back for 2017!Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated as “for women only”.Riders break into small groups based on ability and then hit the trail. After the ride, we regroup for a raffle of prizes generously donated by our generous 2017 RLAG sponsors!All riders must bring a trail-wo…

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Ride Like A Girl – Southie Trails and Post ride Hangout @ ATX Bikes

Monday, Jul 24, 2017, 6:00 PM

ATX Bikes
5701 W Slaughter Ln Austin, TX

25 Mountain Bikers Went

RLAG is back for 2017!Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated as “for women only”.Riders break into small groups based on ability and then hit the trail. After the ride, we regroup for a raffle of prizes generously donated by our generous 2017 RLAG sponsors!All riders must bring a trail-wo…

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Ride Like A Girl – Brushy Creek – Deception Trail & Peddler Post Ride Party

Monday, Jul 31, 2017, 6:00 PM

Brushy Creek Sports Park
2310 Brushy Creek Road Cedar Park, TX

20 Mountain Bikers Went

RLAG is back for 2017!Based on the theory that women learn new skills differently from men, these rides are designated as “for women only”.Riders break into small groups based on ability and then hit the trail. After the ride, we regroup for a raffle of prizes generously donated by our generous 2017 RLAG sponsors!All riders must bring a trail-wo…

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Boulder Texas MTB

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Memorial Day weekend ride at Boulder MTB Park in Dallas Texas. A lot of great downhill drops and flows.

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