Texas Biking Action March 8th 2021

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Ride for Scenic Texas

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Saturday, April 10, 2021 8:00am–1:00pm

This scenic ride will feature Aaron Chamberlain, Texas Monthly freelance writer and co-founder of the Austin Beer Guide, who is the first person to circumnavigate the state of Texas (more than 3,000 miles) on a bike. This is an open ride format from 8 a.m. to noon where riders can take to the course freely to enjoy the scenic ride that begins and ends at Vista Brewing. After catching the sun coming up on this 21-mile ride enjoy a socially distanced brew outside in the Vista Brewing beer garden. Masks are required at all times when not seated or biking. We will have contactless check in at the event or at check in locations TBA prior to the event. Please see Vista Brewing’s policies regarding COVID-19 safety. This ride will take place in conjunction with the Driftwood Historical Conservation Society event that dedicates that stretch of road on FM 150 in front of Vista Brewing as the Travis Heritage Trail. This is directly related to the work we are doing in scenic highway designations and protecting our scenic roads throughout the state.

Hit and run at White Oak Bayou Greenway Trail from bikehouston

Splorin

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Monday Post-vaccine Spin

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Monday Sunset Ride

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Portals.

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New Helmet. Did It Help Cut Through The Wind?

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Started the week with a bike ride to the north on my “Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood” route. Actually I went past FM 1485 crossing over Caney Creek before going under US59 and heading back to Kingwood through Valley Ranch and Oakhurst. The bike ride began at 12:13 PM delayed by about 1/2 hour when I decided to run an errand to Walmart to allow the temperature to get warmer to leave the leg warmers at home. Today’s ride covered 31.28 miles getting me slightly ahead of the miles per day to reach my 600 mile road goal for March; 157.6 miles ridden versus 154.8 miles (600/31*8). This was the third time biking this route in 2021, all on my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike. YTD 2021 is 31 miles ahead of this date in 2020 at 1,446 miles.

With the 30 minute delay the temperature was 69.6 degrees when I walked out the back door to begin the ride. The wind said calm but that didn’t last long. Weather conditions for the bike ride: start 70 (46% humidity, 47.9 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm; finish 71 (42% humidity, 46.9 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 13 mph gusts 22 mph. I left the leg warmers at home with the sun offsetting the wind chill on my legs. I wore shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey (probably a regular long sleeve jersey would’ve been okay with the jacket), and a windbreaker jacket. The ride back to Kingwood was hard since the wind strengthened significantly. I still built my average speed to 14.4 mph and held it there until I returned to the US59 southbound frontage road at Kellington Drive.

I wore my new Lazer Sphere MIPS helmet for the first time. This is my first MIPS helmet. It replaces a Catlike one that has 17,005 miles on my head. It has white deposits around the vent openings making it look old. I tried cleaning it but the white residue returns, not sure what it is. The new Lazer helmet.

  • 3-8-2021 Lazer Sphere MIPS Helmet-1
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Golden Cheetah bike ride summary data. Power zones shows 45% of the 2:14:37 moving time in zones 1 and 2, better than my typical results. Average power hit 115 watts and max power 532 watts. Maybe the max power came from fighting the 22 mph gusts on the ride back to Kingwood.

  • 3-8-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-1
  • 3-8-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-2

Strava listed this bike ride “This was consistent with your usual efforts.“

3-8-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking March 7th 2021

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Top 10 Trails in Texas

by Andrew Dupuy | www.railstotrails.org

With mild temperatures much of the year (those long, hot summers aside) and relatively flat topography across much of the state, Texas can be a great place to ride, walk or roll along trails. Trails and trail networks are blooming around the Lone Star State like bluebonnets in the Spring—from urban ones in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Brownsville-Harlingen metros, to rural ones like the Northeast Texas Trail.

Here are a few of our favorites. …

City’s Guadalupe Street bike, pedestrian improvements underway

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The City of San Marcos Engineering and Capital Improvements department began construction on safety improvements along Guadalupe Street during the week of March 2-5. Work is expected to be complete in August 2021. The project includes adding bike signals for the proposed bike lane from University Drive to Grove Street, constructing …

Family of crash victim aims for permanent bike lane changes to make Heights intersections safer

By Miya Shay | abc13.com

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On a perfect spring morning, a normally bustling corner of the Heights is a little slower.

At 8th Street and Heights Boulevard, traffic cones dot the intersection, as words of love are painted along the bike path in colorful chalk.

It is a memorial to David Loya, Jr., killed by a school bus while cycling here two years ago. It’s also an opportunity to push for change. …

There’s ‘Salado’ dirt path peppered along this wonderful greenway system!

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Sunday Funday w/ Oscar

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Wrapped The Week Up In The Wind and 200+ Miles

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The goal was to ride at least 17 miles to make another 20+ week. I started the bike ride at 2:09 PM and chose “Kingwood Streets” as the route. I mixed up the street order for variety and added a section of greenbelt trails around 18 miles into the bike ride. The wind was almost as feisty as yesterday at 16 mph from the east. By the time I finished at 3:47 PM it settled down to 10 mph from the SE. I rode 20.52 miles setting the week’s total at 203.98 miles from a mixture of Zwift and road biking; 3 Zwift rides and 4 road rides. Two weeks in a row of 200+ miles. That is difficult this time of the year with the weather jumping around. A summary is further down in the post.

I was going to ride a different route but as I drove home from church US59 traffic backed up from Tonwsen Drive to the north and the frontage roads too. A collision between a motorcycle and a stalled car was the cause. The route I was thinking of riding crossed through those roads.

What the weather was like: start 68 (27% humidity, 32.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind E 16 mph; finish 68 (25% humidity, 31.3 dew point), a few clouds, wind SE 10 mph. I skipped leg warmers but wore shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. When I rode into the wind it had a chill to it on my legs but the rest of me felt okay.

3-7-2021 Summary of Week Bike Rides

I noticed my Lynskey R300 bike hit 3,330 miles with this ride.

3-7-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary