Texas Bicycling News October 1st, 2022

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Sip ‘N’ Cycle, bike race set for Oct. 8-9 downtown

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Event to feature food trucks, live music, vendor market

The Corsicana and Navarro County Chamber of Commerce and Corsicana Main Street are proud to partner with Holland Racing and USA Cycling to bring the 2022 Texas State Criterium Championship bike race back to Corsicana for a two-day event again this year.

Saturday, Oct. 8, Corsicana Main Street is jam-packed full of events and begins with Mimosas at the Market, appropriately coined “The Sip ‘n’ Cycle,” and will be co-hosted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by Canterbury Court Antiques, 301 N. Beaton, and Liv Chic Boutique, a new retailer downtown, 309 N. Beaton St. Local shops and boutiques will be serving their individual take on the classic mimosa and will have extended store hours for race fans.

Food trucks will be set up from noon to 7:30 p.m. and the …

My Southern Tier Bike Dream

By Marese | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 24: Comstock TX to Del Rio TX

Saturday October 1, 2022 35 miles for those who turned onto 90 East but for those high achievers, me, I had to go 2 miles West to grab 90 East….I learned a valuable lesson….dont try to outsmart my GPS…..so 37 for me. Actually it was a beautiful ride. Weather got too toasty during last 5 miles and headwinds stayed minimal. It’s "murphy’s law" that they start howling as you are about to shout "wheeeee" on a downhill. We passed by a beauty spot know as the Amistad National Recreational Area. Sparkling body of water which flowed under a cool bridge. The bridge engineers weren’t cyclists as they forgot to include a shoulder for us non motorists. We,at the very least, learned that many car horns were in working order!!! Our fearless captain, Duncan, or as I call him …

Highland Village City Update — October 2022

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Sometimes, when planning events, you never know how successful it will be or even if anyone will attend. Last month I held the first Coffee with the Mayor at Sip Stir Coffee House and I was so surprised by how many of you came to talk with me. Thank you! I will continue to have these events on the first Monday of each month and hope you continue to attend. …

… On Oct. 15, the police department and the city are hosting the TXFallenPD Tribute Event to raise funds for the Texas Police Chiefs Association’s Fallen Officer Fund. The event will take place at Doubletree Ranch Park in conjunction with our popular Concert in the Park series. We are excited to have the event at this new location to show off our beautiful Doubletree Ranch Park and have the event in a park setting. The TXFallenPD Tribute Event includes the 5K run/walk, an Honor bike race/ride for civilians and first responders, a Kid Ride with a Cop, a police obstacle course, kids zone, vendors, food trucks and live entertainment concluding with the Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute band, Texas Flood. You can register for the …

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Hilly Pineywoods Purgatory Around Lufkin

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After several years of rest the Pineywoods Purgatory bike ride in Lufkin came back to life today. Because of the 7 AM start time I drove to Lufkin yesterday and spent the night in a hotel in Nacogdoches. Otherwise I would’ve had to leave home around 4:30 AM or earlier. This morning I left the hotel around 6 AM and arrived at the parking lot near the start around 6:25 AM. I picked up my packet yesterday so no need to stand in line.

Weather was a problem. It was 49 degrees and sunrise wasn’t until 15 minutes after the start. I was prepared with shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, a Texbiker short sleeve jersey, and full finger gloves. As I waited for the start I walked around and handed out a few Texbiker business cards. Then I got the Cervelo Caledonia bike out of the Jeep. I tried a different method to hold the Cervelo in the Jeep and it worked better than the bungee cord but was cumbersome. I need to find a better way.

I rode over to the starting area about 5 minutes before the start. I think there were about 300 cyclists around the area. At 7:03 I heard the start your ride yell and we were off. I had loaded the route into my Bolt computer for turn-by-turn directions and it was a good thing, no map in the registration packet. The route was marked by colored arrows on the road. This became a problem later around the 6.3 mile point when 3 arrows pointed to cross TX 103. I didn’t think it was right and the Bolt computer beeped at me several times but I continued. That was a mistake. The arrows were for the gravel routes and when I saw the gravel I turned around and headed back to TX 103. On the way back two large dogs were in a driveway but they barked a couple of times and that was all.

On TX 103 back to the route lots of hills were to be climbed. The shoulder was chip and seal but not overly rough, the rough roads were still to come. At FM 1819 I turned right riding behind two other cyclists I joined on TX 103. Because of the side trip the route miles were different but I was following the route now. At rest stop 1 just over TX 7 there was a table with supplies and a port-a-pottie but no body manning it. I used the port-a-pottie, ate a cereal bar and wiped my nose which was running because of the cold.

After that I rode mostly alone on FM 1819, FM 1247 to the rest stop at FM 1911 which was manned. I didn’t stop but continued on. The hills were mounting up but my legs and gearing on the Cervelo got up them, sometimes at 6 mph but no walking. FM 1911 brought me to US69 and the turn back towards Lufkin. I rode through Wells and Central where I stopped at rest stop 10, ate a couple of bars, drank some Gatorade like blue stuff and some water. Then it was onto FM 843. More hills but I still climbed them, again at 6 mph part of the way. The route moved from FM 843 to FM 2251 which took me to US69. I rode across US69 and onto city streets. Someplace I missed the arrows and my Bolt computer routed me on streets back to the finish line at 11:20 AM and 54.7 miles later.

I was busy changing gears today with 73 RD changes according to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report. I used the 35×15 gears the most for 1:50:46 (27.8 miles), followed by the 35×17 for 1:15:25 (13.9 miles), 35×13 for 27:13 (7.6 miles). 14073 Crank Revolutions to get around those 54.7 miles.

I got a Strava medal on every segment listed. The last time I rode the Pineywoods Purgatory was October 4th, 2014 covering 68.63 miles.

10-1-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Pineywoods Purgatory
10-1-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Pineywoods Purgatory
10-1-2022 Strava Ride Route Profile Pineywoods Purgatory
10-1-2022 Strava Ride Route Profile Pineywoods Purgatory

Texas Bicycling News September 30th 2022

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El Paso Capital Improvement Department wants to bring bike paths to East El Paso

by Ariana Parra | kfoxtv.com

El Paso, TEXAS (KFOX14) — The City of El Paso is looking to improve transportation safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Partial funding for the project would come from the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Program.

TASA provides funding for projects and activities defined as transportation alternatives including: …

Riders brave heat and wind Saturday at Texas Tumbleweed 100

John Key | www.moorenews.com

“It was harder than hell,” said Judy Fleming of Lubbock Saturday, September 17 as she collected her $300 prize money for winning first place in the women’s division of the Moore County YMCA’s Texas Tumbleweed 100 bicycle ride/race. She had left McDade Park at 8 a.m. that morning and had traveled 100 miles in six hours and 30 minutes. She was drenched in sweat, and her face was red. Still, she was smiling, and she was not too surprised by the way the day unfolded. She had been here before.

“It was challenging,” said Fleming. For a mid-September day, the weather was hot (over 90 degrees), and the riders had to contend with a steady crosswind for many miles as they peddled across the Panhandle. But as difficult as the conditions were this year, they were much improved over 2021, when the temperature exceeded 100 degrees and the wind was blowing at over 30 miles per hour. Undeterred, Fleming won then too. In fact, Saturday was her fourth Dumas win in five years.

MISSING: Police searching for teenage boy last seen Wednesday morning riding his bicycle

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SAN ANTONIO – Authorities are looking for a teenage boy who was last seen Wednesday morning riding his bicycle on the West Side.

Aiden Anthony Guevara, 13, also known by the nickname "Tato" was last seen off Bradford Avenue near Culebra Road.

He is 4 foot, 8 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds with brown hair and eyes. Aiden was last seen wearing a grey T-shirt, camouflaged pants and Timberland boots. He was riding a black beach cruiser.

If you have any information Aiden’s whereabouts, call the San Antonio Police Missing Persons Unit at (210) 207-7660.

Merkel Woman trains for first race since being paralyzed from the neck down

by: Noah McKinney | www.bigcountryhomepage.com

MERKEL Texas (KTAB/KRBC)- Heidi Wachtel has been running most of her life. A constant driving force and hobby that kept her always pushing her limits and winning medal after medal.

“I believe grade 5…I started in middle school, ran through high school, ran in college just kinda kept running…I enjoy the solitude, but also, It’s a endurance of almost a higher proportion. You’re pushing your body beyond what it thinks it can do,” said Wachtel. Wachtel in Firefighting dress blues

Whether in her careers as a firefighter and later paramedic, being mother to three sons or her hobbies as a marathon runner and black belt martial artist, no horizon has ever …

Group Ride – Pop A (full) – 9/29/2022

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First cool night since this brutal summer here in Texas.

My Southern Tier Bike Dream

By Marese | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 23: Sanderson TX to Comstock TX

Friday September 30, 2022 91 miles, rolling hills, with temps in low 90s. Last night, we enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs Kelly ( local magistrate) and her husband the Pastor at Sanderson First Baptist. He is an ex border Patrol officer. He is also the local school’s custodian and moonlight as an electrician/plumber. There are no qualified electricians or plumbers in the entire area. Whilst eating their delicious food, he regaled us with stories about the illegal immigrant issues that have dire effects on communities like Sanderson. I came away with the …

Bike shop Society Cycle Works goes under new ownership

By Hunter Marrow | communityimpact.com

Society Cycle Works, a Sugar Land bike shop at 13425 University Blvd., Ste. 100, went under new ownership in mid-September, store officials told Community Impact.

The store was bought out by Trek Bicycle Corp., a bicycle and cycling product manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Electra Bicycle Co., Bontrager and Diamant Bikes. The store posted on social media that despite the new ownership, the staff and gear remains the same. From Sept. 13-20, Society Cycle Works closed for renovation and reopened Sept. 21 as Trek Bicycles.

The store continues to offer mountain, road, city and electric bikes as well as parts, accessories, apparel and repair services. 346-291-1214.

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1000+ Mile Month, Junk Engine On The Road, Helping Hands Get It Off

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The end of September seemed to arrive so quickly. To wrap biking this month I decided to ride to the north on the Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood route. I didn’t start as early as I desired because the temperature was in the low 50’s when I got up and the sunshine took some time to get it warmer. While I waited I ate breakfast, checked emails and watched stage 4 of the Cro Race on GCN+ till there were 28 km left (I finished watching after the ride). By then it warmed to almost 70 and I rolled the Lynskey Helix bike out the back door starting the ride at 9:46 AM. Counting today’s ride I biked this route 9 times this year on 3 different bikes. Today’s 32.28 miles wasn’t the longest ride on the route but it was the highest overall average speed. At one point for a couple of miles my overall average speed was 14.9 mph. I was back home at 12:05 PM.

9-30-2022 YTD Bike Rides Kingwood - FM1485 - Kingwood
9-30-2022 YTD Bike Rides Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood

The wind was light but it seemed stronger as I rode north and over Caney Creek before making the u-turn under US59/I-69 to head back to Kingwood. Into the headwind I built my average speed to 14 mph riding north and increased that with the tailwind riding south back to Kingwood. The 35×13 gears dominated my selection for the ride with 1:23:48 out a total moving time of 2:13:50 according to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report. I made 21 RD changes.

At TX 99 on the northbound frontage road I saw men helping a man who lost an engine from the trailer he was pulling. This was good. A Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff’s cruiser was behind with the lights flashing and the deputy drove the pickup back to get closer to the engine on the road. Then another man stopped and the three of them got the engine on the trailer. I suspect the man was taking the scrap to the recycling place farther along the frontage road.

This was a test of my cool weather riding kit for tomorrow’s Pineywoods Purgatory though it will be colder and earlier than today’s ride. Today I wore shorts, a long sleeve poly T-shirt and a short sleeve jersey over that. Tomorrow I will need leg warmers and a thermal jersey at least with the temperature likely around 50 at the 7 AM start. This is below my threshold of 60 but I want to ride there. Today’s biking weather: start 69 (humidity 53%, dew point 51), fair, wind N 5 mph; finish 76 (humidity 38%, dew point 49), clear, wind E 7 mph.

9-30-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Kingwood - FM1485 - Kingwood
9-30-2022 Strava Ride Data Summary Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood

September totaled 1003.1 miles, the third month this year with 1000+ miles. I have not done that before in a year. I did not ride 2 days or the total miles would’ve been even higher, maybe the highest month ever. The longest ride was September 10th at 51.7 miles. Year to date I biked 7,738 miles, the most YTD miles of any year. Retirement, good health and good weather allow me to do this.

9-30-2022 September Bike Rides Summary
9-30-2022 September Bike Rides Summary