Texas Biking News February 3rd 2021

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Wee-Chi-Tah Off Road Trail

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Looking for Some Mountain Bike Fun!

Bring the family, friends, mountain bikes and safety gear and try the Wee-Chi-Tah Trail. You’ll enjoy 13 miles of challenging twists, turns, descents and beautiful scenery Voted the Best in the State

The trail was voted the best urban off-road trail in the State of Texas and is used for the Hotter ‘N Hell’s challenging Wee-Chi-Tah Mountain Bike and Trail Run. Aerial Map …

Kenneth G. Laird

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SANTA FE — Mr. Kenneth G. Laird passed from this life Monday morning, February 1, 2021, in Santa Fe.

Born August 27, 1935 in Goldthwaite, TX, Mr. Laird had been a resident of Santa Fe since 1970. Kenneth graduated from Ball High in Galveston in 1953 and then attended Texas A&M in College Station for 2 years. He worked as a boilermaker for Todd Shipyard before beginning work as an operator for Union Carbide, working there for 28 years. His love for bicycling started as a young boy. He won a bicycle race at 8 years old and delivered newspapers and groceries on his bicycle. Later in his life, he cycled long distances including Austin, College Station and Bay City. He was a lifeguard on Galveston beach for many years. Kenneth had a passion for sports, whether it was watching his grandsons play football or his favorite teams, the Albany Lions and especially Texas A&M, participating in Triathlons, hunting for deer or fishing, he enjoyed them all, and still …

Cyclists in Suits, Texas Bike Lobby Day

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2021 brings us opportunities to make Texas a great place to ride a bike, and a key part of that is meeting with our legislators on our virtual lobby day, March 22. Your voice is crucial to keeping lawmakers focused on bicycle access, education, and safety.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Cyclists in Suits is an online-only event for 2021. Since there is no need to travel to Austin, we anticipate more folks than ever will be able to participate. Everyone who rides a bike in Texas is encouraged to attend, including teens – now is a great time to introduce young Texans to participating in our democracy. Experience in advocacy is …

Cycling Group Ride Breakdown Cycling Tips 1302021 Willis, Texas

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Prologue: 00:00​
Route Map: 00:40​
Meeting and Warmup from Crust Pizza on Kuykendahl to FM1488: 02:13​
Getting across Interstate 45 northbound towards Creighton Road: 21:36​
Approaching Creighton road on the way out of town: 29:00 ​ Starting my Zone 4 15 minute pull on Waukegan Road: 55:30​
Attempted draft on a footbed diesel truck while pulling: 1:02:12​
Heading west out of Willis Texas: 1:14:40

Hotter’n hell 100 — anyone?? from bikehouston
Baytown YMCA Gator Ride 2021 scheduled for March 6th. Skeptical, but the main thing is: Will we cross the Hartman Bridge? from bikehouston
biggest bike shop in texas? (looking for shoes) from BikingATX

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The Wind Wore Me Down Returning To Kingwood From Tavola

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The wind wore me down on today’s bike ride. One thing Zwift doesn’t simulate is wind. I rode great on the way to Tavola but the return to Kingwood featured a 14 mph SE headwind. My legs handled it for awhile but slowly my overall average speed fell from 13.9 mph to 13.2 mph by the time I finished at 2:50 PM.

The bike ride began at 11:54 AM as I rode out the driveway on my Lynskey R300 bike. This is the first outdoor bike ride in February and I wanted to make up the miles I fell behind toward my 400 mile goal for the month. I need to average 14.3 miles per day to hit my goal. Headed north on my “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route this usually is a 34+ mile bike ride. Today I rode 35.14 miles.

I waited for the temperature to go up a degree or two before getting ready. It still felt chilly at the start even though I wore shorts, leg warmers, a long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and half finger gloves. Whenever I was in the shade I felt the coolness and the wind seemed to emphasize it. Weather conditions: start 65 (59% humidity, 50.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph; finish 67 (58% humidity, 51.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE14 mph. The forecast dangled a high of 71 but I don’t think it ever made it. Tomorrow the forecast says 80 is possible. I will be riding much warmer then.

Strava said today’s bike ride was harder than my usual efforts. I think fighting the headwind contributed to that.

The ride summary data in Golden Cheetah looks like this.

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

49% of the riding time was in power zones 1 and 2 leaving 51% for zones 3 through 7. Average power came in at 107 watts with a max of 439 watts.

Texas Biking News February 2nd 2021

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Denison approves grant application for Katy Trail project phase two

By Mike Rogers | www.kxii.com

DENISON, Texas (KXII) – Denison City Council Monday approved a resolution supporting $1.8 million grant application for phase two of the city’s Katy Trail project through the Texas Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program’s 2021 Call for Projects.

It’s grant funding that goes towards bicycle and trail infrastructure projects.

The city of Denison also qualifies for transportation development credits through TX-DOT which qualifies them for 100 percent funding from the state department of transportation for this project. They will not be required to match 20 percent of funding for this phase of the project, however, the city was required to …

1 EVENT TO MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR

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February 6th The Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association will be meeting at Lake Bryan on Saturday to clean up damage from the December snowstorm. Anyone interested in helping is asked to meet in the parking lot near the boat ramp at 8:45 a.m. Work should be done by noon.

BVMBA Events – February

Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association | bvmba.net

4 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Lake Bryan

5 11:30 am BVMBA/Millican Reserve Zoom Meeting

6 9:00 am BVMBA TM – TBD

9 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Millican

11 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Lake Bryan

16 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Millican

18 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Lake Bryan

23 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Millican

25 6:30 pm BVMBA – Weekly Social Ride – Lake Bryan

Hi all MTB rider! About 3 months ago, I released a video on my YT channel that gathers my whole year spent on a bike, the purpose is to motivate and maybe someone from reddit will be interested, if you have time, be sure to check it out! from BikingATX

Contractor chosen for portions of Hike and Bike Trail

by: PJ Green | www.texomashomepage.com

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — City officials have chosen a contractor to work on a portion of the Hike and Bike Trail.

Earth Builders L.P. was awarded the almost one and a half million dollar contract to begin work on the construction of a new concrete trail.

This would be for the west part of the trail that extends from Lake Wichita Park to Larry’s Marine Center. It would be roughly …

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Will I Become A Mountain Goat Biking in Zwift? 2nd Day Over 1,400 Ft. Climbing

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Without doing any research I thought today’s Zwift bike ride was in France. The French ride description and a course name i wasn’t familiar with added to my mistake. It wasn’t until the KOM when I saw Yorkshire that I realized I wasn’t riding in France. According to ZwiftInsider.com (where I should’ve looked before the bike ride), “One of six routes rolled out with Zwift’s UCI 2019 Worlds map, “Royal Pump Room 8” is a “figure of 8” route which covers all roads in both directions. This is the longest Yorkshire route in game.” The ride lasted 60 minutes but I had no idea how much climbing would be in that time. I ended up biking 14.91 miles and climbing 1,490 feet. This is two days in a row with over 1,400 feet of climbing. My legs are getting a workout. Next Zwift bike ride needs to be a flat one. There were 16% climbs where I slowed to 3 or 4 mph. The pace was open with no fence though I did see a sweep who eventually passed me. I stayed with the first group for about 10 minutes before getting dropped and picked up by the following group. Around 40 minutes I lost contact with groups and soloed to the finish.

The profile in Zwiftpower.com and Stava show a hilly course with no many flat or descending stretches. I shift gears a lot which I don’t do much when ride the roads around home where it is flat. Without the full results in Zwiftpower I placed 15th though the bike ride wasn’t a race. The Zwift event information reports 418 people registered. I earned a new personal record on the New Yorkshire KOM according to Zwift. Strava showed 4 medals: 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze. When I finished the bike ride I noticed at the top of the companion app that 44,414 people were using Zwift.

2-2-2021 ZwiftPower Bike Ride Results
  • 2-2-2021 Strava Zwift Bike Ride Summary-1
  • 2-2-2021 Strava Zwift Bike Ride Summary-2