Texas Bicycling News January 5th 2017

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RIDE SCHEDULE – January 2017

Georgetown Cyclopaths | www.cyclopathsoftexas.com

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Day Date Time Meet at Miles Map Miles Map

Saturday 1/7/2017 9:00 AM Dale’s Essenhaus Restaurant in Walburg 32 miles WA7 46 miles WA8
Sunday 1/8/2017 1:30 PM Berry Springs Park 35 miles B65

Saturday 1/14/2017 9:00 AM Catholic Church in Andice 35 miles A12 48 miles A14
Sunday 1/15/2017 1:30 PM Berry Springs Park 32 miles B39

Saturday 1/21/2017 9:00 AM Bertram Elementary School 43 miles BE1
Sunday 1/22/2017 1:30 PM Berry Springs Park 32 miles B68

Saturday 1/28/2017 9:00 AM Gravel Parking Lot in Weir 27 miles WE2 51 miles WE8
Sunday 1/29/2017 1:30 PM Berry Springs Park 36 miles B34

Athens PD arrests man on bicycle

By Rich Flowers | www.athensreview.com


The Athens Police Department made a felony drug arrest on a 55-year-old man who was riding a bicycle south of the downtown square on Tuesday.
Kerry Wayne Clark was booked into the Henderson County Jail for possession of a controlled substance (1 gram to 4 grams) and possession of less than two ounces of marijuana.
He was also jailed on five existing Athens Municipal Court warrants. Clark remained in custody on …

Bikeway Detour Announcements

City of Houston | www.houstonbikeways.org

The City of Houston is growing and with growth comes development. During construction, roadways may become obstructed due to day-to-day operations. In partnership with the City of Houston’s Department of Public Works and Engineering, the Houston Bikeways Program is working hard to ensure safe passage of bicycle and …

LaMesa

Saturday, Jan 7, 2017, 8:45 AM

River Run Plaza
1071 Country Club Rd El Paso, TX

1 Cyclists Went

Meet at 8:45 am, roll out at 9Ride to LaMesa and return. Pace will be 17-20 mph Distance approx 42 miles. Ride leader: Randy Limbird[masked]

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Southern Tier Winter Tour

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 11 – Richards to Brenham Texas: “I waited too long”
Thursday January 5, 2017
As I was leaving the Blue Bell Ice Cream Parlor, well-stuffed with a scoop of Homemade Vanilla and one of Rocky Road an older gentleman approached me and asked “I saw your map…looks like you are riding the Southern Tier” Obviously, the man knew quite a lot of bike touring, which was immediately confirmed as he continued: “You know I always wanted to go on one (by which he meant a coast-to-coast bike tour). I bought all the maps…I have the Southern Tier set in fact…and bought all the gear. But I waited to long. I kept working…didn’t retire until I was 69. By then I was too old. Now and I’m 79 and I wish I’d gone.”
I can’t tell you how hard that hit me. I realized then and there that regardless of why I started on this …

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Houston’s hit-and-run problem: ghost bikes honour ‘invisible dead’ cyclists

Nick Van Mead | www.theguardian.com

1,700 cyclists have been hit by cars and trucks in four years, with one in four drivers failing to stop. Personalised ghost bikes are an effort to show people noticed when someone was killed – and give their families some closure

“It’s always the same story,” says Steve Sims, who runs Houston’s Ghost Bike scheme with wife Melissa. “We speak to the family who tell us ‘My loved one was struck and killed.’ It’s devastating for them, but when someone gets hit on a bike here, nothing …

Beauty and the Beast Bike Tour

Tyler Bicycle Club | www.kooi.com

Mar25
Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
KE Bushman’s Celebration Center 1565 FM 3493 East Bullard, TX
Produced by the Tyler Bicycle Club, sponsored by Kiepersol Estates. Enjoy the “Beauty” of the East Texas rolling hills and finish with a very challenging climb up “The Beast” on one of the most popular bike tours in the country! This is our 29th year!

Houston Bike Plan Public Hearing at Planning Commission

City of Houston Planning Commission | houstonbikeplan.org

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017 Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Council Chambers at City Hall Annex
900 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002
Format: Members of the public may sign up to speak on any agenda item at the meeting. Speakers are allowed two minutes and may only speak once per item. For further details about the Planning Commission public hearing and agenda, please visit the webpage for the Houston Planning Commission.

This public hearing before the Planning Commission is the next step in the city’s efforts to help make Houston a safer, healthier, and more accessible bicycle-friendly city. Full completion of the bikeway network would put high-comfort bikeways within reach of over 95% of people and jobs in the city. …

Southern Tier Winter Tour

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 10 – Shepherd to Richards TX: Is that you Mr. Twitty?
Wednesday January 4, 2017
Up before dawn, I breakfasted…where else!…at the the Subway conveniently located 50 feet from the door of my hotel room. Then, with the sun just beginning to turn the eastern sky a dim rose color, I was off and pedaling toward Richards, my planned stop. I began with one extra layer of clothes because it was in the low 40s. But then it got COLDER and I had to add, not take off, layers. I think my feet are just now thawing out.
The entire morning I was thinking how uneventful the day looks like it would be. Perhaps even my very first “ride happened” journal day when I found nothing at all interesting to remark upon. Same old same old. Sure, the road was no longer pancake-flat like it used to be, but I’d kind of expected that since Austin…which I’ll reach in about 4 days…is in the heart of Texas Hill Country. Pretty much one short, steep hill followed by an equally short, steep descent for mile after mile after mile. But overall, I felt like I’d settled into a rhythm of …

Farmersville Trick It Up

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Picturesque church at the staging area parking lot. Farmersville is a nice old town above Dallas and becoming a bedroom community of McKinney.
Nice day. Good crowd. And if everyone wasn’t filled with coffee and doughnuts, it was his own fault. Volunteers were out early and greeted riders with a big assortment of doughnuts. …

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BatCity Classic at Apache Pass

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A collection of testimonials from actual riders who had something to say about the new course and venue.

Southern Tier Winter Tour

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 9 – Kountze to Shepherd TX: Fellow Travelers!
Wednesday January 4, 2017
I kicked off the day early (as has become my habit) with a dawn stop at Subway on my way out of town. I considered stopping at one of the local restaurants but, let’s face it, who has ever known me to pass up breakfast at Subway?
It has been a gorgeous day for riding, and this morning was no exception: blue skies, mid-60s and almost no wind at all. Making good time my first stop was at the Honey Island General Store, where I spoke with the proprietor, Chuck Turner. He told me that he sees cyclists come by his store all year long, and from all over the world. He told me of one gentlemen who’d visited this past year who was riding a bamboo recumbent from the very southern tip of South America to Alaska (and, let me tell you, that was a humbling bit of knowledge!). He also proceeded to tell me that JUST YESTERDAY a couple from Vermont had stopped.
I missed fellow travelers?? And they were traveling the opposite way no less (and thus far more likely I’d run into …

George Bush Trail Closure – Suggested Detour Options

BikeHouston | bikehouston.org


George Bush Park, Noble Trail the main north-south trail in the park, is officially closed and may stay closed till 2019. The bridge in the middle is complete. We are working with the City of Houston and Harris County to come up with alternatives and asking if this long closure is necessary. More details on this trail closure can be found on the …

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Fairlake Drive Cyclists Waved Bike Ride

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The weatherman came through again with nice bike ride weather: partly cloudy sky, 75 degrees (at the end of the ride) and a SW wind of 5 to 8 mph. When I finished the ride the wind had shifted to the NW as predicted for the incoming cool weather. I started the bike ride a noon on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for the first time this year. Adding a few side streets I rode 33.18 miles, moving January to 95.24 miles or 32% of my goal for the month. With the temperature set to drop in the 40’s and 50’s for the next few days I will probably not be on the bike.

When I rode past the Church on The Lake on Fairlake Drive there was a group of cyclists standing behind some cars in the parking lot. I waved and they waved back. I don’t know if they were waiting to ride or finished. This is a favorite gathering spot for bikers that don’t want to ride across Lake Houston on FM1960.

No rest stop today. I rode by the Huffman Chevron but I wanted to get back home before the wind shift rolled through with cooler temperatures. My wardrobe today: shorts, thermal long sleeve jersey with a short sleeve jersey over that. I was comfortable and the wind had some chill to it especially in the shade. I finished cycling at 2:23. I thought schools were back in session but the Humble ISD were still out so no traffic when I passed schools.

Link to RideWithGPS.com map and metrics and Strava.

Weather at the start and finish.

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