Texas Biking News October 9th 2021

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David on the Southern Tier

By David Jelmini | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 19: Fort Davis to Marathon, 1089’ climbing, 3:53 hrs in the saddle, easiest day so far

Thursday October 7, 2021, 54 miles (87 km) – Total so far: 941 miles (1,514 km) A great ride to Alpine, a lot of downhill. Really nice terrain. A big Mountian goat jump out in front of me in this area. Tried to get a picture but hard to see.

Day 20: Marathon to Sanderson, 600’ climbing, 3:45 hrs in the saddle. Pretty easy, boring day

Friday October 8, 2021, 55 miles (89 km) – Total so far: 996 miles (1,603 km) Last night we were treated to a talk on astronomy by a local who lives at the RV park. He pulled out a giant telescope and we saw Jupiter and Saturn. This area gets very dark with no outside lights so there were several other amateur astronomers there as well. This man’s level of knowledge was mind boggling. Started the day at 5:30 am since I have meal duty today with Romaine. She was very stressed about getting everything set up and we had some “words”; but we hugged it out and all good now. It’s really a lot of work doing all this work in the dark, relaying on headlamps. After tomorrow I’ll be off cooking and cleaning duty for a week. Started out fairly flat and cool. After about mile 20 started a slow downhill even there was headwind. …

How the 2022 bond can connect all San Antonians

by Kari Kuwamura | sanantonioreport.org

On Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the San Antonio City Council B session, the city manager and staff will present their recommended list of projects for consideration on the May 2022 municipal bond. After an extensive, public-led review and vetting process, $1.2 billion will be recommended for these projects, with voter approval in May 2022.

San Antonio’s bond only comes along twice a decade and our city can’t afford to miss it or wait for an extensive planning process. We need one fully connected pedestrian and cycling network that links to destinations both on and off our streets. …

Bike Refuses To Cross Scary Lucy Park Duck Pond Bridge

Durango Texas | durangotexas.blogspot.com

My gas powered mechanized hauling device took me and my bike back to Lucy Park today to do some wheel rolling.

In the photo documentation above, we are stopping to consider if it a good idea to ride across that short bridge you see the handlebars pointing to. That bridge looks innocuous enough. However, I have walked across that bridge on previous visits to the Lucy Park Duck Pond and found this bridge a challenge to walk on. It moves up and down and rocks left and right.

I have seen little kids having themselves a mighty fine time on this bridge. I think …

Bike lanes on 183? from BikingATX

Anthills tour with Russ

Kevin Highfield | www.strava.com

Saturday Miles and Smiles with Jen

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | www.strava.com

C to the power of 4

Nicole Volek | www.strava.com

Country roads, cycling, conversation and coffee. Perfect day to just keep riding and exploring!! Got to see an amazing spider web, train and lazy River

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Helmet Problem, Local Legend Over The Lake, Fellow Cyclists Out

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It was a little cooler than I prefer when I started today’s bike ride at 8:51 AM but my arm sleeves kept me comfortable until the sun got higher and warmed up. The route for today was “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” but with a side trip on the way back. I rode my Canyon Endurace bike covering 34.7 miles by the time I finished at 11:37 AM. Those miles made this a 200+ mile week at 209.26 miles. October improved to 271.6 miles towards my 625 mile goal. That’s 43% of the way to the goal.

10-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today's Route
10-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today’s Route

Nine times biking today’s route so far in 2021 with today being the longest distance. The side trip came after riding through Walden on the way back to Kingwood. I rode west on Farmingham Road to visit Bike Barn. I have a problem with my Lazer Sphere helmet discoloring and Lazer said the quickest warranty track was to go to a Shimano dealer and Bike Barn in Atascocita was handy. I stopped there, they looked at the helmet, told me what was required to submit a warranty claim. After I finished the ride I took the helmet back with the document they needed and they will submit a request on Monday. Much better than what CompetitiveCyclist.com told me. They said it was my fault for excessive UV light which is hard to avoid wearing the helmet outside in sunlight. You can see the discoloring in the video.

Indian Summer weather prevailed once the sun got high enough to move the temperature up from the 60’s. I was surprised how comfortable I felt at the start wearing shorts, short sleeve jersey and arm sleeves. I knew it would get warmer and didn’t want to overdress. Weather summary: start 67 (99% humidity, 67 dew point), partly cloudy, wind calm; finish 82 (68% humidity, 70 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 5 mph. I didn’t experience much headwind thanks to the light breeze. The only time it was challenging was riding west onto the Lake Houston causeway until traffic passing beside me seemed to block it.

I saw numerous cyclists after turning left off of Atascocita Shores Drive heading east on FM 1960. Not as many as last week but it was great seeing fellow cyclists. You can see them in the video.

Various communities were holding neighborhood garage sales making some streets busier than usual for a Saturday morning. Garage sale customers get out early.

Strava alerted me that I gained Local Legend on Lake Houston Bridge – EB status. That surprises me because of the number of cyclists that ride this segment. But I ride it several times a week. I rode this segment 36 times in the last 90 days according to Strava. Nice.

10-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
10-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
10-9-2021 RWGPS Bike Ride Route Map
10-9-2021 RWGPS Bike Ride Route Map

Texas Biking News October 8th 2021

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Video: Waller County bicyclists crash: Special prosecutor considering serious charges

Author: Grace White | www.khou.com

The Waller County District Attorney’s Office is working to reconstruct the scene and asking anyone with video to come forward.

WALLER COUNTY, Texas — The special prosecutor assigned to investigate a cycling crash in Waller County said he’s investigating this as a possible 2nd-degree felony, a step up from simple assault.

“A motor vehicle can be a deadly weapon and if you recklessly cause injury to somebody that’s classified as a 2nd-degree felony," said Warren Diepraam, the special prosecutor who says he’s dedicated his career to traffic safety prosecution. …

neckutter1 Rides #3

neckutter1 | www.youtube.com

Just another bike video from neckutter1. New helmet and also some bike upgrades.

HCSO: Man walking bicycle on Eastex Freeway dies in crash involving three vehicles

Leah Brennan | www.houstonchronicle.com

A man walking his bicycle on the Eastex Freeway died in a crash involving three vehicles late Thursday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and OnScene TV.

Calls came in around 11:37 p.m. Thursday about a crash in the 11800 block of Eastex Freeway’s southbound main lanes, according to Sgt. Beaty of the office’s vehicular crimes division. A man, who was walking his bike from the west to the east across those lanes, got hit by a vehicle in the third lane, Beaty said.

Another vehicle tried to …

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‘Golden Rollers’ reconnecting older adults, revitalizing relationships during pandemic

by: Candy Rodriguez | www.kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Every Wednesday morning, Ana Villalobos shows up at the Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center in east Austin and makes her way to a nearby trail. Villalobos is on a mission; she has a goal.

“I like to go fast,” Villalobos said, sitting on her trike ready to go for a bike ride. “It does feel good. The wind in your hair especially on a hot day.” …

Putting on a Sandbagging CLINIC – Pop A (voiceover) – 10/07/2021

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Circle Trail critics take their protests to the yards

Lynn Walker | www.timesrecordnews.com

The yard signs that popped up along Lake Shore Drive in Wichita Falls Friday have nothing to do with the upcoming city elections. Instead they’re proclaiming the disapproval by some residents of plans to build a portion of the city’s Circle Trail along the shores of Lake Wichita.

Lake Shore Drive resident Randy Ledford said he and a neighbor are footing the bill for the signs, attrubuted to Lake Shore Drive Advocates. Ledford has been one of the most vocal opponents of the trail plan, claiming it would cut too close to the homes of some property owners. The city owns the shoreline around the lake.

Residents of the street and sympathizers have spoken out at recent City Council meetings, most suggesting the trail instead be routed along the street, which they say is already used by runners and cyclists and has been part of the annual Hotter’N Hell bicycle race. …

A 50-Mile Bike Ride, Longest of 2021 (So Far)

A Dude Abikes | adudeabikes.com

I rode my bike for half a century (50 miles) on a recent sunny Sunday, the details of which you can see on Strava. Especially if you’re the sort who needs some proof. Or just don’t believe that guy who’s in the same decade of years as miles, with an extra amount of weight, can do that. Although it was challenging given my condition(s), it wasn’t so brutal that I was wrecked the next three days. It’s no work of art (well, the Strava map kinda is), but this snippet of dialog from Seinfeld sums it up well: …

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Lost Mic Cover, Great Weather, Biking Northwest

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Checking my ride history I found that I almost always ride the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route on Friday. Today was no exception. At 10:17 AM I pushed the start button on my Bolt computer as I rolled away on my Lynskey R300 bike. This marked the 6th time biking this route in 2021. Of these 6 today was the longest at 39.74 miles. The reason it is longer involves my looping back on the northbound US59/I-69 frontage road to search for the microphone cover that came off the GoPro Media Mod. It probably came off as I pulled the GoPro from my jersey pocket. I didn’t find it. I thought losing it the audio in the video would pickup more wind noise. But as I edited the video the wind wasn’t that noticeable. I’ll try to find a replacement.

10-8-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today's Route
10-8-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today’s Route

Beautiful bike ride weather is hanging around. The light breeze keeps the headwind manageable. I built my overall average speed to 14.1 mph and held until I entered Kings Manor. I did not take my CamelBak using the Polar insulated water bottle. I stopped at the Circle K on FM 1314 at Sorters Road to refill it with ice and water. The water was still cold though the ice melted.

Weather overview: start 78 (71% humidity, 68 dew point), a few clouds, wind W 4 mph; finish 86 (50% humidity, 65 dew point), a few clouds, wind variable 5 mph.

On FM 1485 the shoulder was covered with gravel for about 1/2 mile. Not sure what happened. It wasn’t hard to ride on it thankfully. On Gene Campbell Blvd. approaching the new middle school where the road widens a shoulder exists thanks to repaving. Its about 2 feet wide but ends at the second side road. Road construction on what appears to be 2 lanes beside Gene Campbell Blvd. starts around New Caney Custom Cars to the Walmart warehouse truck entrance. The existing lanes are bumpy from all of the truck traffic.

I felt good during the ride until I returned to Kingwood when my legs felt heavy and my pedaling slowed.

10-8-2021 RWGPS Bike Ride Route Map
10-8-2021 RWGPS Bike Ride Route Map