Texas Biking News April 5th 2021

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Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas

By Kristi Benedict | bikerumor.com

Photo submitted by Dewey Stace, “Inside Big Bend State Park on the Fresno Canon Trail. Traveled with a bike trailer from Las Vegas NV to ride the trails at the park. A great day to …

This Houston bike plan is every cyclist’s dream

Jay R. Jordan | www.chron.com

Officials unveiled a version of the East End Bike Plan during a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday.

The map shows where community members and data on Houston’s deadly streets dictate there should be more bike lanes, a vision brought together over months of public input and analysis.

Here’s the full vision, which includes bike lanes that already exist, those under construction and those the community hopes to be built with government support: …

City of Tyler begins installing 36 miles of bicycle lanes

By KLTV Digital Media Staff | www.kltv.com

TYLER, Texas – Contractors with Stripe-A-Zone will begin marking streets and roadways on Monday, April 5. By the middle of August, Tyler will have 36 miles of designated bicycle lanes and shared lanes increasing safety for bicyclists and drivers.

The Tyler Bike Stripes project connects 11 bicycle spokes with a centralized hub in the downtown area. The project aligns with the goals of the Tyler Area 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan and the Active Tyler Plan addressing the needs of …

Ken Hoffman’s 5 tips for easy ridin’ at this year’s MS 150 Texas

By Ken Hoffman | houston.culturemap.com

The Bike MS: Texas MS 150 charity bike ride from Houston to College Station is back — and smaller than ever.

After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, MS 150 organizers have arranged a one-day ride on Saturday, May 1 instead of the usual Houston to Austin weekend butt-buster. One day? Piece of cake, which you’ll be eating plenty of when you cross the finish line. Riding a bike all day makes you hungry.

There will be three starting points: Rhodes Stadium (102 miles to …

Here’s How Cars Get On Bike Trails at White Rock Lake

By Alex Macon | www.dmagazine.com

These are confused drivers, not joy-riders, park officials say. A couple photos that made the rounds online last week show two cars whose drivers appear to have gotten a little off-track near White Rock Lake. …

Chill ride w Marian

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Monday LCG Spinning with Alex

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Southern Tier 2021

By Mike L. | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 16: Sierra Blanca to Marfa: Bobby was right about this part of Texas

Monday April 5, 2021, 107 miles (172 km) – Total so far: 1,125 miles (1,810 km) Greetings from Marfa, the Town where the movie Giant was filmed. Today was a slog…tough winds, tough roads, and a sloooow 60 mile incline between Van Horn and Marfa. My neighbor Bobby traveled through here some years ago and warned me that it’s pretty desolate. He was so right. This part of the trip has huge gaps between service stops with today being the first of three days dictated by the gaps in service. I’m glad I made it here, though tomorrow will be another long day to reach Sanderson.

There really isn’t to much to report on today, though a …

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Some Wildflowers Biking to Tavola And Back

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Warmer weather than last week arrived today. After watching stage 1 of Itzulia Basque Country I was ready to get on my bike and ride. I readied myself and rolled my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike to the driveway. A car drove by and I pressed the start button at 11:47 AM. Riding north I began the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route finishing at 2:36 PM biking 35.17 miles in 2:31:15. A good start for the week. I plan on riding 200+ miles this week if the weather will let me. I might ride another charity ride Saturday if I convince myself to get up at 4:30 AM to drive there.

This was the 4th time riding today’s route in 2021; 3 times on my Canyon Endurace and 1 time on my Lynskey R300.

While it wasn’t quite as warm as I liked at the start it was better than last week. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. Weather conditions: start 73 (69% humidity, 62 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph; finish 77 (56% humidity, 60.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph. I thought the wind might be a problem on the way back to Kingwood but it was just enough off a headwind to give me some relief.

Wildflowers along the route nestled low in the grass. I not sure what the pinkish flowers are. Sometimes Indian Paintbrush flowers stand above the grass but not yet. Bluebonnets usually are more north of today’s route near Splendora.

An overview of today’s bike ride from Golden Cheetah.

4-5-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Overview

Texas Biking News April 4th 2021

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Family, friends celebrate Tito Bradshaw’s life 2 years after his death

by Iris Dimmick | sanantonioreport.org

Two years after he was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver, Tito Bradshaw’s ghost bike still hangs from an old utility pole in an empty lot on San Antonio’s near East Side. On Saturday, several children played with memorial balloons while Bradshaw’s friends and family – some who traveled from out of state – greeted each other with fist bumps and reconnected in a way they couldn’t during the first anniversary of his death.

Last year, the …

Bent Back on The Southern Tier

By Andy Lamb | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 11 – Navasota: Intermittent Light Rain During Ride

Saturday April 3, 2021, 29 miles (46 km) – Total so far: 453 miles (729 km) Today’s ride was short to stage for tomorrow’s ride. I waited for a thunderstorm to pass this morning before I left the hotel. I left a little before 10 and rode 1 1/2 mile to a restaurant for breakfast. I didn’t get a chance to stop at the Blue Bell Country Store since it is closed on the weekend.

A few miles after I left Brenham is started to rain lightly. After a few miles it started to rain a little bit more so I stopped and put on my rain jacket and pants. After a few more miles it quit raining so I stopped and took off the …

Fully supported, CA to FL

By Tom Gray | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 23 – Marathon, TX to Sanderson, TX

Saturday April 3, 2021, 56 miles (90 km) – Total so far: 1,170 miles (1,883 km) This was a relatively easy day, all on US 90, and slightly downhill most of the way. The wind was light when we started, but it was becoming a strong headwind as we were finishing in the early afternoon. We’re all …

Southern Tier with a friend in 2021

By Chris Bradshaw | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 32: Navasota – Cold Springs (70 miles)

Thursday April 1, 2021 Day 32 – Navasota to Cold Springs.. an amazing day of riding with fantastic weather. Last night was a quiet night at the firehouse, and the brotherhood made the group of riders super stoked. We rode by Chuck Noris ranch, so we payed our respects. Also, rode …

Day 33: Cold Springs – Silsbee (75 miles)

Friday April 2, 2021 Day 33 – Cold Springs to Silsbee was a 75 mile day in the beautiful sun and mostly flat lands. When we roll into any number of towns it’s either a gas station convenience store or grocery store we overtake. At one of our spots we …

Day 34: Silsbee – De Ridder (75 miles)

Saturday April 3, 2021 Day 34 – Silsbee to De Ridder was a wonderful day for multiple reasons. #1 the “Iron Taint Crew” is back to full power by reuniting with George who left us in Austin to ride a few days ahead with his Dad. #2 we get to ride with the ladies today … and they have …

Southern Tier 2021

By Mike L. | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 15: El Paso to Sierra Blanca: Chapter Three: Happy Easter and Going Solo

Sunday April 4, 2021, 90 miles (144 km) – Total so far: 1,018 miles (1,638 km) OK, so I didn’t clearly identify Chapters 1 and 2 of the trip in the previous titles. However, it came to Jeffrey as an epiphany during dinner that Chapter 1 was planning the trip, Chapter 2 was starting the trip together with him and getting through map sections 1 & 2 of the ACA Southern Tier. Thus, Chapter 3 will be my solo leg of the journey and maps 3-5.

Today’s ride made me think back on undergrad mathematics and Linear Equations. If “r” is my rate of speed, then there must be some equation that can account for the three major variables when riding: wind speed/direction, road surface, and level of incline. For today’s ride, I had one or …

Pop A – 4/01/2021 – 2.7K

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Group ride starting in Richardson, TX, goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Usually involves a certain "King of the Off-Season", but he was absent today, so I posted the video up so he could see what he missed. I wonder if really matters if I post in 1080p vs. 2.7k vs. 4k. I think it doesn’t, because almost no one watches them anyway, much less on a device that would argue for higher resolutions. But it will be nice for digital archaeologists trying to piece together the Richardson cycling scene in a couple hundred years.

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Easter Sunday Bike Ride on Kingwood Streets

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The video thumbnail shows some blue in the sky but my sunglasses covered that up making the sky look gray and threatening. After getting home from church I got ready for today’s biking excursion. Thanks to the miles on yesterday’s Gator Ride I only needed 18 miles to reach 200+ miles for the week. As the blog title says I rode the Kingwood Streets mixing in a few different streets from the last time. I rode my Lynskey R300 bike and started at 2:04 PM and finishing at 3:51 PM.

I rode 22.57 miles, accomplishing my goal, and ending the week with 204.48 miles. I missed one day or the miles would’ve been higher. This is the 5th week out of the last 6 over 200 miles. April now totals 138.89 miles with a goal of 600 miles. Year to date I am at 2,200 miles, only 7 miles behind 2020 on this date. (Years 2011 to 2019 are not close to these 2 years) A recap of the bike rides this week.

4-4-2021 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary

I thought it was warm enough to dress lighter wearing shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey. For several miles I felt chilly but around 15 minutes into the bike ride the body heat kicked in and I wasn’t as chilled. Weather conditions: start 72 (57% humidity, 56.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 10 mph; finish 72 (59% humidity, 56.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 9 mph. According to the forecast the coming week may be warmer, maybe up to 90.