New Asphalt, New Jersey, Lots of Heat

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I decided it had been long enough not biking on my “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route due to road construction. That was the route for today’s bike ride. The video shows the status of the work on Gene Campbell Blvd. around the new Keefer Crossing Middle School. The last time I biked this route was back in March. I will not wait as long for the next ride on this route.

6-9-2021 Overview of Bike Rides on Todays Route YTD

The route followed the streets I used in 2020 to begin the bike ride rather than the streets I use in 2021. That probably accounts for the shorter distance today.

Passed the resurfaced section of Gene Campbell Blvd. going west it appears the road will be 4 lanes. This is in front of the Walmart Distribution Center and where the Lowes distribution center will be. The increase in truck traffic might making riding here a problem but almost every truck that passes me gives plenty of room. There was one truck a couple of years ago that passed me and cut back into the lane too quick but I was able to slow and avoid any problem.

A new bike jersey for today’s bike ride from Primal named Ol’ Texas Jersey. I retired a Bike Nashbar red lightning bolt jersey.

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The Camelbak hydration pack helped me handle the heat. I stopped at the Valero station on FM 1314 at Sorters Road to refill it for the last 12 miles of the ride.

Starting at 11:02 AM meant the temperature had time to move closer to the hot part of the day. I finished at 2:06 PM. What the weather was like: start 87 (71% humidity, 76.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 14 mph; finish 89 (66% humidity, 76.3 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 12 mph. The wind helped a little to cool me. The headwind biking SE on FM 1314 wasn’t as strong as I thought it would be.

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Texas Bicycle News June 8th 2021

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What Texas Cyclists Need to Know to Stay Safe

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Texas has long been a fiercely independent state. They do things their way, and that often involves big trucks, BBQ, and cowboy hats. There’s also a new element, though, that has crept in over the past couple of decades.

Some younger individuals with a more politically liberal ideology have made Texas their home. For instance, these Millennials and Gen Z members might head to Austin, a bastion of art and music. The Texans you meet there are more likely to ride a bicycle than to cruise around in a pickup truck.

Cycling is great exercise anywhere you choose to do it, but if you live in Texas and this is the transportation method you prefer, there are a few things you should understand and acknowledge for your safety. …

El Pasoan honors her father on 70-day bike ride to raise cancer awareness

Robert Moore | elpasomatters.org

As she prepared for her junior year as a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin, Carolina Mendez’s life was forever altered on July 3, 2019, when her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Gilbert Mendez, an industrial engineer in El Paso, got world-class treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. But he succumbed to the aggressive disease less than14 months later at age 62.

As her father battled his cancer in the fall of 2019, Carolina Mendez joined Texas 4000 for Cancer, a program for UT Austin students that aims to raise cancer awareness and funding by a bicycle ride from Austin to Alaska each summer. She has dedicated her ride — which will …

Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run remembered with ghost bike at crime scene in northeast Harris County

By Mycah Hatfield | abc13.com

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Grieving family members of a 37-year-old man, who was struck and killed while riding his bike in a hit-and-run, have put up a ghost bike at the scene where the crime occurred Saturday morning in northeast Harris County.

It happened around 4 a.m. along C.E. King Parkway near Tidwell, and that driver is still on the loose, deputies say. …

College Station City Council Approves Seeking State Grants To Help Pay For A Shared Use Path And New Bicycle Lanes

Bill Oliver | wtaw.com

The College Station city council has approved submitting two grant applications to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

One would narrow traffic lanes on George Bush between Texas and Wellborn by making room for curbed bicycle lanes in each direction. If approved, the city would spend an estimated $515,000 and the state about $1 million dollars. …

Going the Distance: How Texas 4,000 plans to ride cancer off into the sunset

Author: Elisabeth Tharp | www.kagstv.com

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Since summer 2004, Texas 4000 participants bike around the country to spread hope, knowledge and charity to communities. Their overall mission: to bring cancer prevention awareness to the forefront and ask folks to get their own screening.

A recent graduate from the University of Texas and Smokey Mountains route rider, Karen Liu said usually they’d travel all the way to Alaska, but this year, things are different. …

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Atascocita – Walden – Huffman Extended Route Bike Ride

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More summer like weather for today’s bike ride. Biking to the south and east I chose the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman Extended” route traveling 35.18 miles. My Lynskey R300 bike carried me over those miles. I started at 10:48 AM and finished at 1:31 PM just as the heat of the day usually arrives.

Weather conditions: start 85 (71% humidity, 74.9 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph; finish 89 (64% humidity, 75.4 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 14 mph. The wind made for some hard pedaling until I made the turn to the north at FM 2100 and Old Atascocita Road. The humidity level meant plenty of sweat produced. Whenever I stopped sweat dropped on many things.

At Atascocita Shores Drive and FM 1960 the road construction closed one west bound lane. Not much impact biking east after turning right off of Atascocita Shores Drive coming from Walden. West bound on the return from Huffman I rode on the closed lane next to the orange barrels to Atascocita Shores Drive where I turned right.

While I rode Strava sent me a message that I lost the “Local Legend” title on the Kings Crossing North segment to Mark Crosno. Mark rode the segment 31 times to my 30.

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Texas Bicycling June 7th 2021

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Bicycle shortage affecting Austin may continue for another year

by: Tahera Rahman | www.kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The bicycling industry experienced a big boom during the coronavirus pandemic.

The nonprofit, peopleforbikes, says people were riding bikes at unprecedented levels during the pandemic.

“Traffic kind of quadrupled as things really — once people knew that they could come in,” said Timmy Tanner, service liaison at Cycleast on East Cesar Chavez Street. …

College Station leaders discuss action on road improvements

By Megan Rodriguez | theeagle.com

College Station leaders are looking into pursuing road improvements, including separated bike lanes along George Bush Drive and a shared-use path project on Harvey Mitchell Parkway.

At their last meeting in May, council members voted unanimously to authorize grant applications to the Texas Department of Transportation for the projects. If received, the grant will cover 80% of construction costs. The city would be responsible for 20% of construction costs and 100% of design costs. The funds would be for fiscal year 2023 or 2024. The city will be notified if …

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37-Year-Old Alex Cerda Fatally Struck in Hit-and-Run Crash on C. E. King Parkway in Harris County

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Harris County, TX. (June 7, 2021)- Alex Cerda was killed in an auto-pedestrian crash on June 5, 2021 in Harris County, Texas. The accident occurred around 4:00 a.m. in the 8600 block of C. E. King Parkway. Deputies reported that Cerda was picking up his bicycle in the outside lane of the roadway when he was struck by an unknown dark-colored sedan. The driver of the sedan fled the scene of the crash. Cerda was pronounced dead at the scene. No further details have been provided at this time. The crash remains under investigation.

We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of Alex Cerda. Our thoughts are with them at this time.

Waco: State to Fund Two Bike Projects Totaling $4 Million

by Art Benavidez | www.virtualbx.com

Feature Photo: The city’s Cedar Ridge Sidewalks project will involve the construction of on and off road facilities for pedestrians and cyclists along 19th Street, from Park Lake Drive (above) to Lake Shore Drive. Image: Google.

Waco (McLennan County) — City Council passed a resolution to accept state funding for a 2.5-mile bicycle and pedestrian project last week.

The resolution was an agreement with the state for $1.6 million towards the Cedar Ridge Sidewalks Project.

Another project, the $2.3 million MKT East Rails to Trails Connection is also expected to receive state funding. However, the city has yet to pass a resolution on it.

The terms of the proposed agreement establish an …

ATLAS Ride kicks off cycling treks for cancer research

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Cyclists start the 25-mile ATLAS Ride on Saturday at Stoneledge Winery near Nix. The ATLAS Ride kicked off the Texas 4000 cancer-research fundraiser. For many years, Texas 4000 riders have concluded in Alaska. This year, however, the four separate routes of 4,000 miles or more all will stay within the continental United States. CHRIS YBARRA | DISPATCH RECORD

Texas Police Games set to return to San Angelo in Summer 2022

by: Brittany Lawrence | www.conchovalleyhomepage.com

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The San Angelo Police Officers Coalition (SAPOC), the San Angelo Convention and Visitors Bureau (SACVB), and the Texas Police Athletic Federation are proud to announce the selection of San Angelo to be the host city for the 47th Annual Texas Police Games in June 12-18, 2022.

SAPOC and SACVB have been banding together to prepare a bid to entice the Texas Police Games back to San Angelo in 2022. With the help of the City of San Angelo Recreation Department, San Angelo Independent School District, and other local entities, San Angelo was successfully chosen to host this event. …

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