Texas Biking News April 13th 2021

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New bike lanes offer Tyler cyclists city-wide access

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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – Cycling in portions of Tyler just got a little easier as city officials have announced the addition of brand-new bicycle lanes and routes throughout the city.

The new system of bicycle lanes and routes will span 36 miles with installation expected to be completed by the end of August this year.

The Tyler Bike Stripes project connects 11 bicycle routes via a centralized hub in the downtown area.

However, for drivers, city officials said in a press release that these new …

GritKids Mountain Bike Summer Camp, Tyler, TX | June 14-18

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Grit Kids uses the Sprockids curriculum to teach mountain biking through drills, games, and fun activities, while tracking individual progress. This program encourages an active lifestyle, promotes an appreciation for the outdoors, and develops self-esteem. Grit Kids allows campers to take healthy risks in a safe environment. They have the opportunity to practice facing physical and mental challenges with positive thoughts instead of fear. We invite riders of all abilities. No camper will be sidelined. Personal bike and approved helmet required. …

Spurs legend Manu Ginobili was ‘so tired’ after a 36-mile bike ride through the Texas Hill Country

Madalyn Mendoza | www.mysanantonio.com

After 36 miles of biking the Texas Hill Country retired Spurs player Manu Ginobili was "so tired."

The beloved basketball player is an avid bicyclist, but the nearly two-and-a-half-hour trip left Ginobili and his biking buddy and former teammate Fabricio Oberto exhausted. …

Approximately 40 injured veterans stop at Fort Hood on their bicycle ride in the Texas Challenge

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FORT HOOD, Texas – Fort Hood officials will welcome approximately 40 injured veterans and their supporters as they cycle through the installation at 9 a.m. April 15 on the fourth day of their six-day, 300-mile Texas Challenge 2021 ride, which will be held April 12-17 from Austin to Arlington.

The 2021 Texas Challenge is part of a larger program sponsored by Project Hero.

Founded in 2008, Project Hero is a national non-profit organization dedicated to …

TTI’s Dadashova Leads Safety Evaluation of On-Street Bicycle Facility Designs

Bahar Dadashova | tti.tamu.edu

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Bahar Dadashova is the team lead on a recently contracted project evaluating the safety of on-street bicycle facility design features. Funded primarily by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the effort also includes support from Portland State University, Toole Design Group and Safe Streets Research and Consulting. The Problem

There are over 600 bicyclist fatalities reported annually in the United States and that number continues to grow. And that statistic doesn’t include the thousands of bicyclist-related injuries that occur on the road.

“Whenever you analyze bicyclist crash data, it’s …

Video: 1 year into COVID-19 pandemic, East Texas bicycle stores still seeing increased business

By Arthur Clayborn | www.kltv.com

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) – At this time last year, there was a major buying frenzy on bikes. With the pandemic closing gyms, many people wanted to get outside and be active.

Woolley G’s Bike and Fitness in Longview saw an influx of people buying bikes.

Many of their customers just wanted to get out and enjoy the outdoors with their family by riding around the neighborhood or riding trails.

They found the rush surprising. They also said it continues more …

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Video: Cyclists using paintbrushes to make their voices heard

Anavid Reyes | www.click2houston.com

HOUSTON – Chad Freeman loves to bike around the Heights area but says that sense of peace is quickly disturbed when you have dedicated bike lanes that abruptly end or aren’t complete, forcing cyclists into traffic.

“I have an injury from where I fell a couple weeks ago, so I mean sometimes at a stop sign, you jump off your bike and fall because someone’s not paying attention,” according to Freeman.

Connecting bike lanes and routes is imperative to keep cyclists safe and to this point, advocates have been working with the city to temporarily …

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I Got Misty Biking Kingwood Streets

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Short time window for today’s bike ride so I rode the “Kingwood Streets” route going 15.31 miles. I figured any miles are better than no miles. I also increased the pace with my average speed at 14.2 mpg (according to Strava but SportTracks calculated 14.1 mph). The bike ride started at 9:38 AM and ended at 10:44 AM. I rode the Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike.

A big change in the weather from yesterday: start 70 (97% humidity, 69 dew point), fog/mist, wind E 8 mph; finish 71 (96% humidity, 70.2 dew point), light rain, wind E 9 mph. As you can see in the video the sun went away and I rode in and out of mist or light rain.

Strava registered 2 new personal records on two different segments, ones I had not knew of. Both are on Lake Houston Parkway north of Mills Branch Drive. Apparently I’m not the only biker to ride there.

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Help clean up Houston’s bike lanes this Earth Day

Jay R. Jordan | www.chron.com

It’s spring in Houston, a time for rebirth, rejuvenation and … cleaning.

Like street drains before a storm, Houston’s infrastructure sometimes needs a little TLC. That includes our bike lanes, where cyclists sometimes encounter litter, street debris and overgrowth. …

Dixon: Popular events returning safely to Flower Mound

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… Then on Saturday, May 15, head on over to Lakeside DFW for the Flower Mound Police Department’s inaugural Bike with the Blue fundraiser. The event will feature a 5K run, civilian bike race, youth ride where children can ride a short course with sworn police cyclists across the DFW area, and end with a police bike race. After each race, you can enjoy music, refreshments, awards, and test out your skills in a bike obstacle course, all while benefiting a great cause.

This year, all proceeds will benefit Journey to Dream – Kyle’s Place, a transitional living program for homeless teens in Denton County. Registration for the 5K and all bike races is open online at www.flower-mound.com/bikewiththeblue. …

A man on a bicycle was killed just north of downtown, police say

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San Antonio – San Antonio police are investigating early Monday morning after a man riding a bicycle was shot dead just north of downtown.

Police officers were called at the intersection of East Evergreen Street and East Evergreen Court, not far from North St Mary’s Street, after being informed of the shooting at around 2:20 am.

According to police, the victim was a man between the ages of 35 and 45, probably homeless. SAPD said he was fatally injured when he was shot in the head while riding a bicycle. He was …

San Antonio cycling community suffers another loss after death in Tobin Hill

Katie Friel | www.mysanantonio.com

It’s been a brutal week for San Antonio’s cycling community. In the early morning hours of Monday, April 12, police say a bicyclist was shot and killed, less than one week after another rider was struck down by a suspected drunk driver near Central Catholic High School.

According to the San Antonio Express-News, a man between the ages of 35 and 45 was riding through Tobin Hill around 2:20 am when a vehicle approached him and shot him in the head. Rescue crews found the victim near the …

Family says Abilene man hit and killed while riding bike Sunday night

by: Erica Garner | www.bigcountryhomepage.com

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A fatal bicycle accident happened in north Abilene Sunday night.

Family members of Juan Martinez, 60, say he was riding his motorized bicycle near the intersection of Pine Street and Jamaica Street when he was hit by a car around 9:00 p.m.

Police confirm Martinez was pronounced …

TxDOT wants to add four lanes to I-35, but a citizen work group is pushing ‘BAC’

by Seth Smalley | www.austinmonitor.com

At the April 5 joint meeting of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory councils (BAC and PAC), members reviewed a Google doc detailing their recommendations to the Texas Department of Transportation regarding the I-35 Capital Express Project.

The massive highway project proposes adding two managed lanes, in an attempt to relieve congestion, to each side of Interstate 35, from U.S. Highway 290 East to Ben White Boulevard/State Highway 71. …

… “TxDOT’s Mobility35 plan does not adequately address safety for people on bicycles and on foot as it maintains three-plus high-speed frontage road lanes. It also fails to provide any additional safe crossing points, a key aspect of reconnecting East and West Austin,” Tristan Heinen, a former BAC vice chair who is currently unaffiliated, told the Austin Monitor. “It’s a bad plan – 1950s-era thinking applied to a 2020 problem.” …

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By Mark Otti | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 31 Monday, April 12 ride from La Grange Texas to Hidalgo falls Tx 1600 miles rides: another wonderful day, mostly cloudy with some wind to keep us cool……….Eddie shouts all day long

Monday April 12, 2021, 69 miles (112 km) – Total so far: 1,629 miles (2,621 km) Anyway each morning I’ve been getting up feeling great, can’t wait to go bike riding! I don’t have any pains or stiff muscles or anything that feels old like I did a few months ago so I think I’m getting younger as I ride each day! so for those of you who haven’t gone riding cross-country you need to do it because you’ll get younger every day at least feel younger so it feels awesome.

So today we stopped at 50 miles for a rest up here for lunch and l am still feeling good! I’ve got about 18 more miles to go to the overnight camp excellent!

So last night it was only like 61 overnight so yeah wasn’t wasn’t cold and wasn’t hot didn’t really need a sleeping bag so I slept on top of it. But the humidity level was up so woke up in the outfield kind of sticky from the humidity but not bad. Then slept through most of the night other than getting up to go potty once during the night. And one of the only two bathrooms for the whole RV campsite. I guess the RV folks have their own bathrooms but …

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The Quest Continues, Out and Back to Tavola Bike Ride

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I managed to start today’s bike ride a little earlier than usual. Watching the replay of the Tour of Turkey helped rather than live. Wheels down on the Lynskey R300 bike at 10:53 AM. Today’s bike ride followed the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route though I did change the tail end of the route a little. I rode 36.35 miles to get the week off on a good start towards 200+ miles. April now totals 417.91 miles of my 600 mile goal. Unless the weather craters that goal looks reachable with 18 days left in the month. I biked 957.28 miles last April.

Good riding weather continued though the blue sky added some clouds. When I awoke this morning the temperature was 53 but the forecast called a high in the low to mid 80’s. what it was like during the bike ride: start 77 (62% humidity, 62.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph; finish 84 (46% humidity, 60.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. The humidity is increasing as the wind comes of the gulf. Wind remained light. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey. I probably could’ve left the long sleeve jersey at home but it shielded my arms from the sun.

Flowers are blooming in many places and these Knock Out Roses in red caught my eye.

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My legs felt tired today. I biked every day in April which may be the cause. No Strava records today.

Leaving earlier allowed me to stop at Pat’s Donuts in Porter on the way back to Kingwood. The quest for an apple fritter continues. A lady beat me to the last two several minutes before I arrived.

4-12-2021 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary