Texas Biking Action February 9th 2021

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New O.P. Schnabel Park Expansion Bike Park Complex

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South Texas Off Road Mountain-Bikers (STORM) supports efforts to allocate a portion of District 7 Parks 2022 Bond funds for a ~20 acre bike park complex in the O.P. Schnabel Park Expansion. Fill out this survey to let City Council know that the MTB community wants funding for this bike park complex!

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Cycling Group Ride Breakdown Cycling Tips 2602021 Spring Creek Park

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Prologue: 00:00​ Route Map: 00:50​ Meeting and Warmup from Crust Pizza on Research Forest drive: 02:09​ Riding begins on Honea Egypt Road: 19:17​ Riding in Grand Lake Estates: 30:07​ Keenan Cutoff Road: 51:35 Spring Branch Road: 1:02:10 ​ Spring Creek Park reconnaissance: 1:18:46

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Overdressed As The Weather Warmed on Bike Ride Through Atascocita, Walden And On To FM 2100

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A little warmer today for my bike ride. Fog and mist hung around long enough to dampen the ride for a minute or so as I rode through North Woodland Hills in Kingwood. I started the bike ride at 11:40 AM and finished at 2:24 PM. The route name is new but the roads are the same: “Atascocita South – Walden – FM 2100”. The new part of the route is leaving out Huffman due to road construction at FM 2100 where I made a u-turn to head back to Kingwood. The ride was a little longer than I guessed at the start with 33.89 miles. This improved my February total road miles to 169.5 leaving 230.5 miles to reach my goal.

Weather conditions: start 68 (90% humidity, 65.2 dew point), fog/mist, wind E 3 mph; finish 73 (76% dew point, 65.2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. The wind was much lower today than yesterday. The starting temperature was on the borderline of whether to wear leg warmers and I chose to wear them. As the ride progressed the clouds thinned enough for more sun to come through warming me up. I could’ve taken the leg warmers off but then I would’ve had to stuff them in jersey pockets that had other things in them. I wore shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. I was plenty warm, no wind chill today. I prefer overdressed to underdressed.

The weather forecast still talks about a strong cold front arriving late Thursday and hanging around until Monday or Tuesday. A whole lot of Zwifting those days!

The ride wasn’t as powerful as yesterday’s. I rode my Lynskey R300 bike. 54% of the 2:31:26 moving time was in power zones 1 and 2. This was more than yesterday. I am expecting a new FSA handlebar stem today which will shorten my reach by 10mm. I think I am stretched a little too far on the bars. This hopefully will ease my back muscles and improve my pedaling.

  • 2-9-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary-1
  • 2-9-2021 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary-2

Strava assessed the bike ride as harder than my usual efforts even though my power output was lower.

Texas Biking News February 8th 2021

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City council to discuss possible active transportation plan

By Barbara Campos | www.kgns.tv

The idea is to connect different sites of town by adding more biking trails, lanes, and walkways that would motivate locals to have a healthier lifestyle.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) – Imagine being able to feel safe enough to ride a bike on a city street.

Well, a committee is is proposing solutions so that the city’s roadways can be safer.

Whether you are heading to school, work, going shopping with or without a car, for the Laredo and Webb County Metropolitan Planning Organization, their main goal is to keep the streets safer for drivers as well as pedestrians.

The Laredo and Webb County Metropolitan Planning Organization says the intersection of McPherson and Del Mar, I-35 and Matamoros Street, and Ross Street and Highway 83 are the top three intersections in the city with the most auto accidents.

MPO says one factor for this may have been …

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MCC – Shell to McKeever Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 6:30 AM

Tuesday Bridges Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 7:00 PM

Lite Bike! Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 7:00 PM

Boot Ride Wednesday, February 10, 2021 @ 6:30 PM

Nite Bike! Thursday, February 11, 2021 @ 7:00 PM

Tuesday Morning Sprint with MCC Thursday, February 11, 2021 @ 6:00 AM

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Thursday Night HTX Thursday, February 11, 2021 @ 7:00 PM

Active Passion Sunday Roll Sunday, February 14, 2021 @ 8:00 AM

Active Passion Sunday Short Loop Sunday, February 14, 2021 @ 8:00 AM

Cycling Group Ride Trailer 262021

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Some Temperature Yo-Yoing, 24 mph Gusts on FM 1485 Bike Ride

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The temperature went up and down a couple of degrees this morning as I waited to start the bike ride. It wasn’t enough to keep me from biking but I made a outfit change after it settled at 65 degrees to half finger gloves. The overcast sky didn’t help my hurrying get outside either. I got everything together, mostly me, wheeled my Canyon Endurace out the door and pushed the start button on my Bolt computer at 12:33 PM, about an hour later than I wanted.

I knew I wanted to ride but went back and forth on which route to ride. With the later start I decided on my “Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood” route. I didn’t know the wind conditions when I made the choice but it worked out that the SE wind helped me to FM 1485, mostly. Today’s bike ride covered 31.66 miles, catching me up with a small cushion for my mileage goal for February. I am at 135.6 miles compared to 114.28 miles if I averaged 14.3 miles for 8 days. I am 18 miles ahead of last year on this date. I did twice as much climbing yesterday while Zwifting compared to 75 feet today.

Being a weather wimp I loaded on the clothing: shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. It seemed like it took longer for me to warm up after starting but it was about 15 minutes into the ride which is normal with chilly weather. The weather conditions: start 65 (74% humidity, 56.9 dew point), overcast, wind SE 18 mph gusts 24 mph; finish 66 (77% humidity, 58.6 dew point), overcast, wind SE 12 mph. Thank goodness by the time I made the u-turn under US59 just north of FM 1485 the wind calmed down some. fighting 24 mph gusts for 17 miles is not fun. The next two days should be warmer but not less overcast before a strong cold front moves in sometime Thursday.

Looking at the bike ride summary data from Golden Cheetah, 46% of the 2:16:46 moving time I was in power zones 1 and 2. Zones 3 through 7 comprised the remaining 54%. Average power was 112 watts with a max of 460 watts. Strava’s assessment of the bike ride, “This was consistent with your usual efforts.” Average speed maxed at 14.4 mph while I rode south through Valley Ranch and Oakhurst. This shows up in the video when I show my computer screen.

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