Can’t Escape Those Orange Barrels But I Did A Dog Sprint

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Today’s bike ride went to the north along US59/I-69 through Porter, New Caney, and a short side loop through Tavola before riding to SH 242 where I crossed over and headed south through Valley Ranch and a sliver of Oakhurst popping back to US59 going through Peppervine. I call this my Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood route. The start time was later than I prefer at 10:31 AM but I wanted the temperature to get to 70. I changed my wardrobe a little wearing shorts, a long sleeve poly T-shirt, and a short sleeve jersey on top. No arm sleeves today. I finished the bike ride at 1:29 PM biking 37.19 miles. This marked the 8th time riding this route. The last 4 rides have been 37+ miles and 1 at 39.42 miles. I’ve used three different bikes over the 8 rides. Today’s average speed was the 2nd fastest at 14.0 mph.

10-4-2022 YTD Bike Rides Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood Route
10-4-2022 YTD Bike Rides Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood Route

I rode by a carnival along the frontage road on the way back to Kingwood. In Briar Tree a big black dog waited to give me “get off my yard” warning barking and chasing me for about 100 feet on Briar Berry Lane. Fortunately he lost interest quickly and I was riding about 18 mph when I spotted him coming from a yard. A slight tailwind helped me. I could hear his claws clicking on the asphalt which might have slowed him a little if he thought he might slide. Lots of orange barrels on Loop 494 just north of FM 1485 at the railroad tracks. Traffic was light allowing me to get past them without any problems.

A Strava top result 3rd fastest time on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route (2:35).

Weather conditions: start 71 (humidity 66%, dew point 59), mostly cloudy, wind NE 7 mph; finish 82 (humidity 43%, dew point 57), mostly cloudy, wind E 5 mph. The clouds didn’t let much sun through to warm me up too much. After I warmed up I wondered if the long sleeve T-short was too much but it turned out to be just right. I’m not ready for fall like temperatures yet.

10-4-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage - Time
10-4-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage – Time
10-4-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage - Distance
10-4-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Gear Usage – Distance
10-4-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Power in Gear Avg Power
10-4-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary Power in Gear Avg Power
10-4-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood
10-4-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood

Texas Bicycling News October 3rd, 2022

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My Southern Tier Bike Dream

By Marese | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 25: Del Rio TX to Knippa TX

Sunday October 2, 2022 Rode with Laura today. Weather was decent in low 80s. So much fun chatting about family, music and of course our love for cycling/bikes. We had some strong crosswinds with even stronger gusts. We didn’t break any speed records except when "out-cycling" a few hungry dogs who chased us!! Leaving Del Rio to Bracketville, the shoulder was perfect for first 12 miles. Then changed to super rough. There were many historical markers on 90 East. Passed Laughlin Air Force Base. In Hondo, I think we …

Day 26: Knippa TX to Live Oak TX

Monday October 3, 2022 Early start as we knew we would continue on on 90 East. We had 83 miles today. Weather in 60s when we started but rose to mid 80s. On this stretch, towns appear more often with available food unlike 90 mile stretches with nothing available but wild grown cacti. Passed through Sabinal and D’Hanis probably in the first 30 miles. Plenty of open stores in both. Honda is a big town with Billy Bob’s burgers. Passed some cattle and corn farms. We saw 3 gigantic buzzards dining roadside. They obviously …

Pineywoods Purgatory pedals cancer awareness through roads of East Texas

By KAYLEY FRAZE | lufkindailynews.com

The return of the Pineywoods Purgatory brought out cyclists from all over East Texas Saturday for a day of exercise while raising cancer awareness.

The event began in 1992 as the Garland L. Parise Pineywoods Purgatory Bike Ride but was canceled in 2018 due to overhead costs, the number of participants and scheduling.

Trek Bicycle Waco coming soon to Lake Air Drive

centraltxreporter.com

Trek Bicycle Waco, according to the shop’s new Facebook page, will be “your destination for the latest products from Trek and Bontrager, service and tune-ups for bikes of any brand, and everything you need for your next two-wheeled adventure.” The new shop will open soon at 1120 Lake Air Boulevard, Suite 200, Waco, TX 76710.

Video: Local group doing their part to help those in need with a 400 mile bike ride

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Mark Noblitt, with "Earn a bike" program in San Antonio, tells us more about what they are doing.

Alex Fairly Involved in Arkansas Bicycle Accident

www.amarillopioneer.com

Local businessman Alex Fairly was involved in a bicycle crash on Thursday in Arkansas.

According to Fairly’s Inspire Amarillo Facebook account, the local business leader was involved in a bicycle crash over the weekend in Bentonville, Arkansas. As a result of the accident, Fairly’s team says he suffered eight fractured ribs and a punctured, partially-collapsed lung. …

Upcoming Rides

Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com

MCC Tuesday – PM Edition. Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:15 PM

MCC Tuesday – Shell to McKeever Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:30 AM

Trek Memorial Tues Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

Trek West U Ride Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Cycling Addicks Tuesday 20 Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Morning SBux Crew (Tues) Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Tuesday / Thursday Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Urban South Tuesday Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

JL Tuesday Power Hour Tuesday, October 4, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

Lasersnakes Wednesday Ride Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

The Boot Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

UBG 26 mile Wednesday Night Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

CCC Gravel Levee Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Trek Wed. Night Group Ride Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

Mountain Bike Playtime with Vintage Cycle! Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

Taco Wednesday Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

Social bike ride with Vintage Cycle! Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 7:30 PM

MCC Thursday – PM Edition Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:15 PM

Race Ready Repair Thursday Night Social Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

Walking Stick Thursday Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Bridgeland Ride Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

MCC Thursday – Shell to McKeever Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:30 AM

Look Pro Go Slow Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

Tuesday / Thursday Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Morning SBux Crew (Thurs) Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Trek West U – Bridges 2.2 Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Dark:30 from L3 Craft Coffee Friday, October 7, 2022 @ 5:30 AM

JL Friday Spice Power Hour Friday, October 7, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

Blue Line Brunch Ride Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 8:00 AM

Race Ready Repair – Beginner/Intermediate Road Ride Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 8:00 AM

Cypress Creek Cycling Club – Social Ride (Adventures w/ Sam) Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 4:00 PM

Bike Medicine Saturday Training Ride Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Bike Medicine Saturday Training Ride Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 8:00 AM

Race Ready Repair Saturday 50 Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 8:00 AM

Trek Sugar Land Sat. 46 mi. Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Bike Barn West U Sunday, October 9, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Active Passion Sunday Roll Sunday, October 9, 2022 @ 7:00 AM

Sunday Morning Ride with Kingwood Bicycles Sunday, October 9, 2022 @ 7:30 AM

Sun and Ski Sunday ride Sunday, October 9, 2022 @ 7:50 AM

JL Monday Power Hour Monday, October 10, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

TNR Returns, Alkek Riders Enjoy Most Successful Masters Worlds Ever!

Stuart Gardner, Program Director Alkek Velodrome | shoutout.wix.com

Last week Alkekians took on the world, a lot of them won! Back in H-Town we TNR Bunch Races are back this week! Spectators are welcome and if you are racing or keen to please check out our racer guide.

Upcoming Events

TNR Bunch Racing & RoY Finals 6:45pm 4th Oct

Hour Record Week 10th-15 Oct

TNR Lapathon Eliminator 6:45pm 11th Oct

Junior Lapathon Fundraiser 15th Oct

TNR Madison Championship & RoY Awards 6:45pm 18th Oct

Black Line Sprinting Training Camp Oct 21st-23rd

CX Under the Lights #1 – 7pm Oct 26th

CX Under the Lights #2 – 7pm Nov 2nd

BellVelo Gravel Race #1 – 8:30am Nov 5th …

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From Faded Red to A New Bright Red

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Usually on Mondays I ride to the north but I changed that up today going south and east on my Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route. Not an early start because it was a little cooler and I had some things to take care of before leaving. I rolled away at 10:29 AM aboard my Cervelo Caledonia, its first ride since the Pineywoods Purgatory on Saturday. I decided to retire my red pair of Pearl Izumi gloves that had faded from the Texas sun and use a new pair of Bellwether Pursuit gloves for the ride. I have not used Bellwether gloves before. They don’t use straps but elastic around the wrist. I finished at 1:09 PM biking 35.71 miles. I have a goal of 651 miles for October, 21 miles per day.

Weather conditions: start 76 (humidity 50%, dew point 56), mostly cloudy, wind NE 7 mph; finish 84 (humidity 33%, dew point 52), mostly cloudy, wind E 7 mph. The arm sleeves felt good in the shade for the early part of the ride until the sun warmed the air. We continued to enjoy low humidity and dew point which contributed to the coolness.

The charts below are from AXS.SRAM.com ride report.

10-3-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary - Time
10-3-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary – Time
10-3-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary - Distance
10-3-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary – Distance
10-3-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary - Power In Gear
10-3-2022 AXS SRAM Component Summary – Power In Gear
10-3-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Atascocita-Walden-Hiuffman
10-3-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Atascocita-Walden-Hiuffman

My Legs Refused, Can They Revolt?

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After romping in the mountains around Lufkin yesterday in the Pineywoods Purgatory my legs refused to do any more than the flat streets in Kingwood. A mini revolt you might say. I rolled out at 1:27 PM after getting home from church and finished at 3:05 PM. I biked 20.79 miles pushing my week total to 227.12 miles to keep my streak of 200+ mile weeks alive. Not biking one day in the week made it hard to get to 200+ miles.

10-2-2022 Week Bike Rides Summary
10-2-2022 Week Bike Rides Summary

During the ride I captured the Strava Local Legend on Old HEB Alley so someone might be calling me the “nasty one” like I did jokingly earlier this week. Only recently it was possible to ride this segment because of the construction work behind the shopping center with a ditch crossing the concrete driveway.

I called this a recovery ride from yesterday’s effort. The weather was warmer than the early morning rollout time in Lufkin. Weather conditions: start 80 (humidity 35%, dew point 50), a few clouds, wind N 6 mph; finish 82 (humidity 31%, dew point 49), partly cloudy, wind N 10 mph.

10-2-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Kingwood Streets
10-2-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Kingwood Streets