Texas Bicycling News – February 28, 2023

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Video: Adaptive bike rides for disabled individuals and seniors

Author: Karla Coe-Specker | www.wfaa.com

Lone Star Wheelers is a North Texas non-profit committed to giving the gift of bike riding to everyone regardless of their disabilities

Bryan woman dead after being struck by vehicle

by: Matt McGovern | www.fox44news.com

BRYAN, Texas (FOX 44) – UPDATE: The victim in a fatal vehicle accident in Bryan has been identified.

The Bryan Police Department says 68-year-old Johnnye Mary Walton, of Bryan, was the pedestrian on the bicycle.

The department said that two vehicles crashed in the intersection of E 29th Street and Barak Lane last weekend. After crashing, one of the vehicles struck a pedestrian on her bicycle who was waiting to cross the intersection – identified as Walton.

Walton was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Occupants in both of the vehicles were not injured.

Roads in the area were shut down, and travelers were urged to seek alternate routes. The roadway has since reopened, as of 5:22 p.m. Sunday.

Video: Lakewood Riders Compete in Texas Bike Tour Fundraiser

Yehuda Leizer | lnnnews.com

The Mesivta of Houston has wrapped up its annual bike tour, which took place over the last two days. Riders from many states, including Lakewood, participated in the fundraiser.

Team Madison Title Agency, which raised $48,000 for the yeshiva, included Elliot Zaks, Moshe Dovid Fischman, Mordechai Klein, Yaakov Forchheimer, Steve Lubin, Tzvi Lundner, Jay Lubin, Yonah Astor, Yehuda Benscher, Eli Abramson, Aaron Sonnenschein, Yaakov Soltan, Joe Wasser, Leib Egert, Liav Bar, Paul Gilbert, Yoel Margolese, and Yonoson Tesser.

This year’s Texas Tour 2023 started from the iconic …

New state park to open near Strawn

By Jessica Domel | texasfarmbureau.org

Texans will soon have additional opportunities to hike, bike, fish and enjoy the great outdoors on public land with the opening of the first new state park in North Texas in more than 25 years.

The 4,871-acre Palo Pinto Mountains State Park is being built on former ranchland west of Strawn. That’s north of I-20 halfway between Fort Worth and Abilene.

“Palo Pinto Mountains is full of beautiful vistas from cuestas and hilltops and mesas,” James Adams, superintendent of the new park, said. “The center piece of the park is 90-acre Tucker Lake. A lot of our facilities kind of center around that lake. We’ll have trails that sort of radiate out for that. We’ll have use for hikers, mountain bikers, equestrian users and great angling and paddling opportunities. It’s a really beautiful site with a lot of rich history.”

The park is expected to …

Upcoming Rides

Fort Worth Bicycling Association | www.fwbaclub.org

Burleson and Beyond
Thu, March 02, 2023 9:00 AM
Spokes Parking Lot, 155 W Bufford St., Burleson, TX
Rusty Romp
Thu, March 02, 2023 9:00 AM
Benbrook YMCA, 1899 Winscott Road, Benbrook, TX 76126
Chisholm Rusty Chain Gang Ramble
Tue, March 07, 2023 9:00 AM
4936 McPherson Blvd, Fort Worth, TX
Rusty Romp Tuesday Edition
Tue, March 07, 2023 9:00 AM
Benbrook YMCA, 1899 Winscott Road, Benbrook, TX 76126
Burleson and Beyond
Thu, March 09, 2023 9:00 AM
Spokes Parking Lot, 155 W Bufford St., Burleson, TX
Rusty Romp
Thu, March 09, 2023 9:00 AM
Benbrook YMCA, 1899 Winscott Road, Benbrook, TX 76126
Chisholm Rusty Chain Gang Ramble
Tue, March 14, 2023 9:00 AM
4936 McPherson Blvd, Fort Worth, TX

Smooth Group Cycling Feb 25, 2023

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Prologue: 00:00 Route Map: 00:51 Ride Start at Alden Village Center & Warmup: 02:14 Honea-Egypt Community Road: 19:15 FM 2854 to Rabon Chapel Road: 39:50 South Pine Road to Mail Route: 48:58 FM 2854 to Taco Corner: 57:00 Osborne Road to FM 1375: 1:12:15 FM 1375 to HWY 149: 1:19:03 Hwy 149 to Grissom Trail: 1:27:52 FM 1791 to Taliafero Road: 1:37:09 Cedar Hill to Hoke Road: 1:49:36 Bay Chapel Road to Richard’s, Texas: 1:58:38

Tuesday San Antonio, Texas

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New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Looping Harlingen, Wind, Dog Chase, Chip N Seal Roads

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I got my bike racing fix today watching the LE SAMYN DES DAMES and LE SAMYN from Belgium this morning before setting out on my slower bike ride. The men and women rode several sections of cobbles. My challenge would be wind and chip’n seal roads. Not quite as bad as the cobbles.

Today’s route was a variation of yesterday’s route adding 8 miles to it. Using RideWithGPS.com to plan the route took several tries to get above 20 miles. The route plan came in at 22.3 miles. I rode north along US77/US83 to Loop 499 turning to the east. A nice tailwind helped me get to Loop 499 and hung around for a short time on Loop 499 as I made my way almost to the airport where I turned left onto FM 507. This put the wind at my back biking north to FM 508 or the Combes Rio Hondo Road. The wind was now coming from my right as I rode east. There some trees in places to interfere with the wind but the homes were far enough back from the road to not provide much wind relief. The big right turn onto FM 509 put me square into the wind. The turn-by-turn information on the Bolt computer showed at least 6.8 miles to Business US77 and turning away from the wind.

Wind and road surface on FM 509 punished my legs. My speed slowed to 8 – 10 mph. A couple of times I thought about going to an easier gearing than the 35×15 I was using but I stayed with them. In the video I tell about the road surface changing to asphalt removing half of the difficulty. Around that time a dog sprint happened and I tell about that in the video too. Nothing like a strong headwind and a dog sprint. Only thing worse might be headwind and going uphill with a dog chasing.

FM 509 bent from the south to the southwest giving me some relief from the wind. At Business US77 I turned right for the final miles. Now the right shoulder was chewed up from asphalt removal moving me close to the white lane line but traffic was forgiving allowing me space. Camelot Drive was my turn left leaving the chewed up shoulder but back with the strong side wind. The finish was near and I stopped the Bolt computer at 12:56 PM ending the ride. My legs were glad.

Before the ride I did some research on previous Jalapeno 100 rides. I found my blog post from February 16, 2008 recounting my ride in the Jalapeno 100. The wind was brutal. Riding the Jalapeno 100 Wind Tunnel. I rode the Jalapeno 100 two times I think when it started on South Padre Island. That was before I had a GPS bike computer for it to show up in my computer logs. I’ll have to look in my paper bike logs.

Texas Bicycling News – February 27, 2023

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Tour de Houston 2023 Houston, Texas

Reynaldo Juarez | strava.com

Gorgeous Morning Ride San Antonio, Texas

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com

When Jennifer Rodriguez MTCCSA? says "Ride!" we ride!

Greater Houston Cycling Foundation Newsletter

Stuart Gardner, Program Director | shoutout.wix.com

… Upcoming Events

11am Sat March 18th – Track Intro Class

1pm Sat March 25th – Track Cleanup & Swap Meet

11am Sun April 2nd – Track Intro Class

6:45pm Tues April 4th – TNR Bunch Races

6:45pm Tues April 11th – TNR Track on Speed

9am Sat April 15th – Age Based State TT Championships 8:30am Sun April 16th – Super Sunday #1

6:45pm Tues April 11th – USAC TNR …

… USAC Race Weekends

We have 4 weekends lined up for 2023, each will have racing on Sat, Sun & Tues. Reg opens for these events on March 1st!

April 15th-18th Atomic Age Based TT State Championships, Masters & Junior State Keirin Championships, Elite Points Race State Championships & more! – Reg

May 13th-16th Atomic TT Series #1, Elite Keirin State Championships, Masters & Juniors Scratch Race State Championships & more! – Reg

June 3rd-6th …

2023 40 50+ Pace Bend Day 1 at Driveway

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Video: Racing through the decades on a BMX bike

Author: Alan Kozeluh | www.kens5.com

74-year-old "Miss Kittie" Weston-Knauer spent the weekend in San Antonio encouraging black women to take up BMX racing.

SAN ANTONIO — A trailblazer in the world of BMX racing spent the weekend in San Antonio encouraging young women of color to follow her down the path she continues to ride.

Perched atop a custom built, 26-inch Jayhawk at Lone Star BMX Saturday, Kittie Weston-Knauer yelled out: “All right, I’m good to go!” before the metal platform dropped out and sent her careening down the track.

Weston-Knauer, also known as "Miss Kittie" in BMX circles, has put a lot of track under her wheels over the years, but her focus is still on the road ahead.

“For me, understand that every time I get on my bike, I win,” she said. “Because I started, and I finished."

At 74, she is the oldest female competitive BMX racer in the United States.

"It is fun, it is a very healthy sport." Weston-Knauer said. "And I …

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Wind, Saddle Sores Recovery Bike Ride

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Today was a short bike ride for me. I wasn’t sure how my recovering saddle sores would react to a longer bike ride. I rode north along US77 on the frontage road to Loop 499. The frontage road was chip and seal but Loop 499 was asphalt. I appreciated the less bumpy ride on the loop.

I started riding at 10:07 AM, earlier than my rides last Thursday and Friday. No bike races to watch today and delay my start. I finished at 11:19 AM.

Yesterday I planned a route with RWGPS with about 18 miles but I didn’t use that route today coming in at 14.17 miles. I will ride more miles tomorrow.

Wind blows strong here. I checked the weather conditions on my phone. The ride to the north would be with a tailwind but riding on Loop 499 the wind would turn into a headwind as the road bent to the SW. Weather conditions: start 82 degrees, 63% humidity, dew point 68, wind S 24 mph gusts 32 mph; finish 88 degrees, 50% humidity, dew point 67, wind SW 17 mph gusts 25 mph.

My legs handled the headwind but my speed fell compared to the tailwind ride north. I used the 35×15 gears once I was warmed up. My AXS.SRAM.com ride report shows the gearing and power data.

Strava awarded a silver medal for the only segment on the ride. 2nd fastest time on Breedlove to Harrison on Loop499 (17:45)