Texas Bicycling News May 1st 2022

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Going the distance: Stampede on the Chisholm Trial charity bike ride draws 116 cyclists

BY LARRY CAUSEY | kdhnews.com

BELTON — A record number of 116 cyclists participated Saturday in Stampede on the Chisholm Trail, a bicycle ride benefiting Belton Lions Club charities and programs.

John Corsi, club president, said the entrants showed a lot of enthusiasm for this ride, the 11th year of the event.

Is Houston becoming more bike-friendly? A car-free developer says yes.

Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com

When Lava Sunder left Houston for college in 2012, green paint was for houses and curbs denoting temporary parking. Now, ribbons of it crisscross many Houston neighborhoods, transforming thoroughfares into places where residents can opt for bike pedals over the gas pedal

“It wasn’t like this very long ago,” she said. “You see something has changed.”

Sunder, who worked on car-free development in Arizona and is engaged in reducing vehicle use and e-bike adoption, drew attention when she noted in a Twitter post how different the Houston she left and the one she returned to seemed for cyclists.

“Living (car-free) in my hometown of Houston for a bit and am …

Gran Fondo fun: Riders celebrate completion of 5o miles of Northeast Texas Trail

By Mary Madewell | theparisnews.com

Rain threatened cyclists in the early morning Saturday but by midday more than 100 riders on the Northeast Texas Trail between Roxton and Clarksville enjoyed sunshine and mild temperatures for a celebratory Gran Fondo 50 ride.

The day’s events in Roxton, Paris, Reno, Detroit, Bagwell and Clarksville celebrated the completion of the longest hard surface portion of the 130-mile trail between Farmersville and New Boston, which when completed will be the longest recreational trail in Texas and the fourth longest in the United States.

‘Round the Town with Oscar Bike Rides

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2022 Season of the ‘Round the Town with Oscar Monthly Bike Ride

"Round the Town with Oscar bicycle rides and walks provide a great opportunity for you to get out in Nature Right Here, visit with Mayor Oscar Trevino and other city leaders, meet new people and be active in North Richland Hills! Mayor’s Bike Rides

Rides range from around 9 to nearly 13 miles in length. The route varies with each ride and includes portions of the city’s trail system and our city streets. Be sure and bring your helmet along for safety. They are required on the monthly bike rides. These family-friendly rides are open to all ages.

FrankenBike San Antonio #128: SATURDAY, May 21, 2022 from10am-4pm at The HUB MRKT

by Chris | frankenbike.net

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHmlpFNahUI

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Kingwood Streets With Sprinkles

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Today’s bike ride ended the week and began a new month. I rolled out at 1:52 PM after getting home from church and watching the endings of the Tour de Romandie and the women’s Festival Elsy Jacobs. After the ride I watched the last 50 km of Eschborn-Frankfurt. Lots of racing going on. Tomorrow no racing. Riding my Lynskey R300 bike on Kingwood Streets I covered 21.39 miles by the time I finished at 3:35 PM. My week ended with 235.12 miles the 7th week in a row at 200+ miles. This was the 7 time biking this route this year and the longest.

5-1-2022 YTD Bike Rides Kingwood Streets
5-1-2022 YTD Bike Rides Kingwood Streets

The weather concerned me with some dark clouds and thunder in the distance. Around the 12 mile point it started sprinkling intermittently, never enough to get me wet but splashing on the Bolt computer screen. The temperature cooled a few degrees as I rode and the wind picked though with all of the trees it didn’t feel as strong as the airport station showed. Weather for the bike ride: start 86 (humidity 66%, dew point 74), mostly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph; finish 82 (humidity 74%, dew point 73), mostly cloudy with sprinkles, wind E 13 mph gusts 24 mph. I hoped I wouldn’t ride in the rain like I did last Monday.

I saw a number of people out riding their bikes. Several young boys had fishing gear with them.

During the week I rode the Cervelo Caledonia 5 times and the Lynskey R300 2 times. I rode in the rain on Monday the first rain ride for the Cervelo. I waxed the Cervelo’s chain. The Lynskey went 58.11 miles and the Cervelo 177.01 miles. The Cervelo now has 1587 miles and the Lynskey 6961.

5-1-2022 Week Bike Rides Summary End of Week
5-1-2022 Week Bike Rides Summary End of Week

Texas Bicycling News April 30th 2022

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Texas MS 150 returns, as thousands of cyclists raise millions to fight multiple sclerosis

By Tom Zizka | www.fox26houston.com

HOUSTON – For the first time, since before the COVID-19 pandemic, cyclists are ready to set out for the annual Texas MS 150 fundraising bike tour to raise money in the fight against multiple sclerosis.

After COVID-19 restrictions, and a terrible storm last year, that forced a last-minute cancellation, thousands are ready to go.

Rider Juan Pinzon is among them, as he spent the last hours getting ready to …

River Oaks fitness instructor with Multiple Sclerosis riding in the Texas MS 150

Treyvon Waddy | www.houstonchronicle.com

Danielle Koblinski, a full-time fitness instructor from River Oaks, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the height of her career. It didn’t stop her, though.

She is riding in the Texas MS 150 cycling marathon this weekend in an effort to inspire and create more awareness of the disease across Houston.

The Texas MS 150 takes off from Houston on Saturday, April 30, and continues to College Station on Sunday, May 1. It is estimated more than $7 million has …

Group biking, running 500 miles in one week for children’s hospitals

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A group of people are raising money for local Children’s hospitals by embarking on a 500-mile bike ride/run.

Adriano Viera and his team call it the Texas 500. The group will start out in Dallas on Sunday, May 1 and Bike to Austin. After that, they’ll run back to Dallas. The goal is to complete their journey within one week.

Viera said this cause is very close to his heart.

"Even before our family had kids, I was very moved by the struggles of kids going through medical …

MS150/day 1

Dries Berghman | strava.com

Choose your own adventure… Staying in an Airbnb in Carmine. It’s 90 degrees out and I need AC to sleep. Camping ain’t for me. ???? This was a wonderful ride and I’m looking forward to tomorrow!

Day 1…. MS150

Freddie Randolph | strava.com

TX MS 150 Day 1

Eddie Hernandez | strava.com

Texas MS150 Day 1 (Bonus Miles!)

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com

A little wind, some rain, some heat, some chipseal — you know, just your basic century ride.

Texas MS150 Day 1 with St Arnold’s

Justus Kay | strava.com

Spinning the MS150…..Katy to La Grange Texas

Superflyspin ? jack snider | strava.com

SB 250 coercion/reunion/ TOUR DU ROUGE pregame ride

kelly May Nolan MTHCC | strava.com

Saluting the Houston cyclists riding the MS-150 this weekend! Been a while. from bikehouston

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Early Start, A Few Cyclists, Amazing Month Of Biking

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Today’s bike ride started at 8:34 AM, the earliest start time this week. The weather was warm enough and I wanted to leave early to see other cyclists around Lake Houston. I rode my Cervelo Caledonia bike following my “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. Before the ride I biked 180.44 miles this week and today’s ride would be long enough to get me over the 200 mile mark for the week.

By the time I finished at 11:04 AM (some rides didn’t start that early this week) I rode 33.27 miles putting the week at 213.72 miles and the month at 1014.93 miles. This is the 7th week in a row at 200+ miles. April is the first month since July 2021 at 1000+ miles. July was 1027.67 miles. Year to date I biked 2301.5 road miles and 679.9 Zwift miles for a total of 2981.4 miles. I biked today’s route 5 times this year.

4-30-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
4-30-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita-Huffman-Walden
4-30-2022 April Bike Rides Summary
4-30-2022 April Bike Rides Summary

The MS150 started today and I didn’t expect to see many cyclists during the ride but I saw 7 or so and some are in the video. Also I saw route markers for tomorrow’s Tour de Rouge bike ride that starts in Humble.

No problem riding through the road construction area at Atascocita shores Drive and FM 1960. I went through riding east and west to get to Walden. FM 2100 north of Old Atascocita Road continued the barrels marking the right shoulder which I biked behind. Two places workers were getting ready to pour concrete for driveways onto FM 2100 and I briefly moved to the left of the barrels to get around them.

Wind behaved today staying at 10 mph or below. I felt a few sprinkles on the east side of Lake Houston and some clouds looked like they contained moisture. I wore shorts, a long sleeve t-shirt, and a short sleeve Texbiker.net jersey. Weather: start 75 (humidity 91%, dew point 71), mostly cloudy, wind S 5 mph; finish 80 (humidity 77%, dew point 72), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph.

Some data from the AXS.SRAM.com ride report: total ride time 2:22:50, 35×15 ride time 55:02, 35×13 ride time 1:07:38, 23 RD shifts, 35×15 distance 12.2 miles, 35×13 distance 17 miles, max power 411 watts, and average cadence 57 rpm.

After yesterday’s bike ride I waxed the Cervelo’s chain because it was making sounds during the ride. Today it was quiet.

4-30-2022 Strava Atascocita-Huffman-Walden Data Summary
4-30-2022 Strava Atascocita-Huffman-Walden Data Summary