Texas Biking News October 1st 2021

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neckutter1 rides #6 Dual Cams!

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Just another bicycle video from neckutter1. 1993 Trek Multi-Track 700 Hybrid Bicycle. 2 Osmo Action Cams. Taking you on a tour around one of the spots that I ride. The Gator Pond! Mostly checking out my dual cam set up.

Finding Hotpepper Stats Picking Wigs Biking To Neon Green Sikes Lake

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Well, this first day of the 2021 version of October is going well.

It began with an urgent text message from Elsie Hotpepper who was in a panic because she could not see her visitor statistics. I can’t imagine getting so many visitors that I felt compelled to keep track of them. I may not be sufficiently concerned about monitoring who visits me. I was able to fix the Hotpepper’s visitor statistics problem.

Then an hour or so later I found myself being consulted by a young lady as to …

All time fastest ride on legendary Murphy Road – Pop A (subtitles/4K) – 9/30/2021

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A storm front came though and provided very strong wind which spiced up the Pop ride today.

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Texas Biking News September 30th 2021

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Child on bike escapes serious injury after being struck by car near elementary school

By Rusty Surette | www.kbtx.com

The police department said the child was riding the bike off a sidewalk and cut in front of a turning vehicle when the accident occurred. COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – College Station police say a child who was struck by a car while riding a bicycle Thursday morning wasn’t seriously injured.

The accident happened around 7:20 a.m. at the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Rock Prairie Road near Rock Prairie Elementary School.

The police department said the child was riding the bike off a sidewalk and cut in front of a turning vehicle.

“The collision happened as the car was beginning to make a right turn from Victoria onto Rock Prairie. The child was heading …

Raining, Riding, Ruminating

A Dude Abikes | adudeabikes.com

The rain, absent for weeks, began slowly. Forecasts seemed unreal; the wishful thinking of bored meteorologists. Heat can be somewhat managed on a bicycle, but the rain is much trickier. I thought I could beat it before it began, but I couldn’t, so I joined it. With shoe covers, bib shorts, white t-shirt, dayglo orange safety vest I found under a cheap yellow poncho, my cell phone in a plastic bag ensconced in my hip pouch, and the willingness to get wet, I set out on my trusty Fairdale Weekender Archer. Just a short bike ride in the rain, not my first rodeo, y’all. …

Video: Hometown Pride Tour: Boomtown Blowout returns to Burkburnett

By Ebonee Coleman and KAUZ Digital Media Team | www.newschannel6now.com

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – Our Hometown Pride Tour made its third stop in Burkburnett on Thursday, this time with an oldie but a goodie.

The Boomtown Blowout is a bike ride that will take place for the first time in 25 years.

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“We are bringing it back,” said Deanna Erskine, Burkburnett Chamber vice president. “We used to do the Glow Run every year in conjunction with the Friendship Festival and we decided to freshen things up and kind of bring back something old that seems to be the popular thing to do now, so we brought it back and we have high hopes that it’s going to be a great event.”

The Burkburnett Chamber of Commerce said they hope to see over …

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Fiasco, A Thing That Is A Complete Failure. Today’s Bike Ride

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When I left home on today’s bike ride “fiasco” was the last thing on my mind. But that is what happened. According to the internet, fiasco is a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way. The ride began at 10:54 AM with my route to be what I call “Stroker Road – Huffman”. That didn’t happen. I wanted to make up some of the miles I missed yesterday when I stayed home after the morning rain. That didn’t happen. Instead I changed the route to “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” when I rode into light rain on Old Atascoita Road east of FM 2100 and made a u-turn. Looking to the south when I got back to FM 2100 I saw rain and it looked like it was coming my way. I rode north on FM 2100 to FM 1960 staying dry but wondering if I would get across Lake Houston without getting rained on.

Biking west on FM 1960 the trees on my left blocked the approaching clouds but when I got onto the Lake Houston Causeway I saw rain around the railroad bridge to the south. I sped up trying to avoid a repeat of Tuesday when the rain caught me in the middle of the lake. Around mile 25.7 I ran over something with my rear tire and it went flat. Over a mile from the west end of the causeway I started walking after a quick check of the tire to see if the cause was evident. I kept my eyes on the rain to the south and when it looked like it would reach me I decided to ride the Canyon, rear flat tire and all, to speed up getting to the west side of the lake and a place to fix the rear flat.

I made it to the closed Chevron station on the SW corner and started working on the rear flat. I didn’t find anything sticking in the tire. I pulled the tube out, pumped it up, ran my hand over it to feel escaping air. Nothing because the air escaped too fast. I folded the tube in places trying to isolate the hole. I finally found two tiny holes, snake bite ones, probably indicating I ran over something and got a pinch flat. I prepared the tube, applied the patch, and pumped air into the tube. It didn’t inflate. I checked the patch and it seemed good. Must be another hole. Folding the tube I search for another hole and found another pinch flat pair of “snake eyes”. I was getting low on patches so I put a smaller one on the second set of holes, put the tube back in the tire and pumped air in. It inflated a little but then went flat. My small patch wasn’t holding. I decided to use the spare tube rather than attempt another patch. The spare tube went in the tire, seated the tire and pumped air in. The tire inflated and held air until I removed the pump hose when all the air went out. The Presta valve had some kind of a problem. I messed with it but gave up without success. I returned to the original tube, removed the tiny patch and put on a larger one. Optimistic that this would work I put the tube in the tire, the tire on the rim and pumped it. The tube did not hold air. I exhausted all of my resources. A fellow church member lives in the apartments across the street so I sent him a text message to see if he could give me a ride home but he didn’t respond. Later I learned he was in a conference and didn’t see my text until later. I called another church member who lived nearby and he came, picked me up and rove me home. In years past my wife would’ve been my rescuer but she can’t do that anymore.

While I worked on the rear tire I heard thunder to the north where I would’ve been riding. One good thing: not riding into rain. I managed to get home without getting rained on.

Continuing the fiasco after I got home, I was preparing to edit the video I shot with my new GoPro Hero10 Black and the video format is not recognized by the Premier Elements program. I download the Handbrake program to convert the video and as I watch the result I see the resolution the GoPro was set on makes me look super wide. I edited the video and that is what you see on YouTube. I changed the GoPro video to a format that Premier Elements can process for the next bike ride.

Being the last day of September this abbreviated 25.71 mile bike ride wraps it up with 835.8 miles, exceeding my 700 mile goal but not on a happy note. The second image shows how 2021 compares to previous years miles to date. 2021 leads all of them.

  • 9-30-2021 RWGPS September Bike Rides Summary
    9-30-2021 RWGPS September Bike Rides Summary
  • 9-30-2021 Strava Year Progressions YTD Miles
    9-30-2021 Strava Year Progressions YTD Miles
9-30-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary
9-30-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking News September 29th 2021

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Vocal Thomas Springs residents oppose expanding street for bike lane

by Seth Smalley | www.austinmonitor.com

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Travis County Commissioners Court, local community members expressed their outrage over the Thomas Springs Road development – specifically, a plan to significantly widen the road to make room for bike lanes. The majority of local commenters, quoting everything from Thomas Paine to the neighborhood association to justify their positions, called on commissioners to vote “no” on the approval of $6.7 million in funds for the redesign of the project.

“I want to make sure that, if we vote for this project, that you’re still going to come back or someone’s going to come back to court, so that we can address the concerns of the …

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League City working to create mountain bike trails

By Jake Magee | communityimpact.com

With League City City Council’s unanimous vote Sept. 28, the city is taking another step toward appeasing mountain bikers citywide.

City Council approved a $39,500 contract with Halff Associates to provide mountain bike trail planning and design and maintenance recommendations for the city. Additionally, the group will help the city develop a biking chapter in the city’s parks master plan to serve as the citywide guide for the design, implementation and maintenance of mountain bike trails in the city, according to League City documents.

This effort became public in July when …

Waller DA calls ‘rolling coal’ an assault as investigation into bike crash continues

Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com

Regardless of more severe charges potentially facing a 16-year-old who struck six bicyclists in Waller County last weekend, the local prosecutor said Wednesday morning the act of “rolling coal” on walkers or bikers “is at a minimum an assault.”

“They are causing their vehicle to ‘spit’ on a living, breathing, human being that is worthy of dignity and not having his or her person violated,” Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis wrote in a Facebook post. “That simple assault is easily elevated to a jail eligible offense if bodily injury occurs, which can be caused by entry of toxic particles into mouth, nose and eyes.”

Witnesses said the teenager, who officials have not identified because he is a …

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