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Texbiker.net covers the news, events and resources for those interested in Texas bicycling.

My bicycling passion was rekindled in 1979 with a Huffy bicycle from Woolco. From early rides around my neighborhood my enthusiasm grew to tackle my unsupported first century. From there I discovered organized rides all over Texas, races and mountain bikes. Many bikes and miles later the enthusiasm is still there.

Thanks to my late wife, Hazel Marie, for her support over the many years, miles and rides.

My primary bike is the Cervelo Caledonia Rival AXS below. My titanium bike is the Lynskey Helix titanium. My newest bike is a Canyon Endurace CF 7 Rival eTap.

3-29-2022 Cervelo Caledonia Ramsey Road-1
3-29-2022 Cervelo Caledonia at a Ramsey Road Bridge
Lynksey Helex at a Kingwood Lake
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Fog to Sunshine, Pacelines Up, Comfortable Saddle – Round Trip Bike Ride to FM 2100

Texbiker.net Posted on November 21, 2020 by Rick AnkrumNovember 21, 2020

It’s Saturday which means today’s route is “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden”. Early morning fog starting lifting and around 8:45 AM I could see the sun and blue clouds. Before getting ready I made a batch of fruit salad for after the ride and beyond. I hoped starting the bike ride at 9:32 AM would not be too late to see other cyclists along the route. It turned out to not be late as you can see in the video.

Getting dressed I decided it would warm up enough during the ride to not wear leg warmers which was a good choice. To offset that I wore a long sleeve thermal jersey and a windbreaker jacket. That was fine for the first 15 minutes then a regular long sleeve jersey would’ve been better. At the 11:56 AM finish the jersey was soaked with sweat, the sleeves of the jacket were wet too. But I unzipped the jacket when I started getting warm and it didn’t feel too hot.

Weather conditions: start 68 (90% humidity, 65.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NE 8 mph; finish 79 (62% humidity, 64.5 dew point), partly cloudy, wind NE 6 mph. The wind was light but riding east on Old Atascocita Road it seemed stronger as I pedaled hard to keep my speed up.

I rode my Canyon Endurace bike today with the Koobi saddle. It felt much better than the Fabric saddle on the Lynskey R300 on yesterday’s ride. When my new Bisaddle arrives I will move the Koobi to the Lynskey replacing the Fabric saddle.

10 times I biked today’s route in 2020. It is a recent addition due to the construction on FM 2100. Once that is completed I should return to biking through Huffman.But I will keep this route in my portfolio.

Golden Cheetah creates a colorful overview of today’s bike ride.

11-21-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Overview

Yesterday my zone 6+7 power dropped but today it bounced back to 16% of the ride time. Ride distance of 32.43 miles took 2:20:15 moving time, overall was 2:24:11. The week mileage is now 169.83 miles; I didn’t realize I only needed .17 of a mile to get to 170.

  • 11-21-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-1
  • 11-21-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-2

Link to the SportTracks activity page.

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Texas Biking Action November 20th 2020

Texbiker.net Posted on November 20, 2020 by Rick AnkrumNovember 20, 2020

The Woodlands continues to seek funding for bike and pedestrian path projects

By Vanessa Holt | communityimpact.com

The next call for projects to be submitted for the Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Improvement Program will be in September 2021, but The Woodlands Township board of directors has started to discuss what it might include in that request.

The call for projects takes place every four years. The regional initiative allows entities, such as governments and public transit authorities, to apply for consideration for funding in improving area infrastructure as part of a long-term transportation strategy. The last call for projects was held in 2018 for projects that would be …


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Texas Biking from Twitter

Be sure to ride your bike this weekend. pic.twitter.com/2R65rcirCg

— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) November 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/JarredLikeTacos/status/1330005282416680964

Oliva is very happy with her New #Trek #Precaliber . Have fun Olivia #ridebikeshavefunfeelgood @ Trek Bicycle Mission -Bike Masters https://t.co/JnwCqWZC9o

— Trek Bicycle Mission (Bike Masters) (@thebikemasters) November 21, 2020

Protected bike lanes are actually mentioned by @rgvmpo in their Active Transportation Plan (among other – much worse! – possible road changes). Let protected bike lanes and slow-speed shared space zones be the new norm in the transformation of #RioGrandeValley infrastructure. https://t.co/v6MBtvynfC

— RGV Cycling (@CyclingRGV) November 21, 2020

#midtownHOU has e-bikes now!

The @HoustonBCycle e-bike has a top speed of 12 mph. Check to see if there's a bike near you by opening the app – a lighting bolt will indicate if there's an e-bike nearby. Make sure the bike is turned on and check the battery before taking off! pic.twitter.com/S4Mnnj7jPX

— midtownHOU (@midtownHOU) November 20, 2020

We are excited to 🎉 announce there is now a MetroBike station at the Richard A. Moya Eastside Bus Plaza! This is the first of many new strategically placed stations thanks to our partnership with 🚍 @CapMetroATX and 🚲 @austinmobility. #ATX #Bikeshare #Cycling #Socialdistance pic.twitter.com/nZ3hwhM7uG

— MetroBike (@ATXMetroBike) November 20, 2020

Can’t believe our Gateway Park station is already 1 year old today! Have you ridden to or from the station yet? #bikeshare #fortworth #fortworthparks #trinitytrails pic.twitter.com/3K0NWJIjOR

— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) November 20, 2020

WOW! We're so honored & incredibly proud to be awarded one of "America's Best Bike Shops for 2020"! We're 1 of only 5 shops in Texas & 150 in America who achieved this! We strive, daily, to be the BEST, because that's what our customers deserve.#AmericasBestBikeShops pic.twitter.com/8p86FJEuig

— Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) November 20, 2020

STOLEN – Black Specialized Diverge E5 COMP in Austin, TX https://t.co/NHJa9sggZE

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 20, 2020

New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

New Event 2020 Turkey Burn at Northshore Trail – Flower Mound, TX https://t.co/dWvynYFtcp

The mountain bike racing holiday classic is back for 2020! Each lap is 10ish miles. Club Spinistry members save 25%! Feel free to load up on those carbs Thanksgiv… https://t.co/HAXtqvYUcL

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 20, 2020

New Event Rusty Romp Tuesday Edition – Benbrook, TX https://t.co/Cfcyj1MFAk

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Rides are on, weather permitting. Check the FWBA webpage for time and arrive 30 minutes early. Ride… https://t.co/Eg7eh0D84I

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 20, 2020

New Event Texas Cycle Werks South Austin Trail Rides – Austin, TX
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Texas Cycle Werks, proud sponsors of the ATX100K endurance race series, hosts weekly shop rides each Tuesday and Thursday leaving from the shop in … https://t.co/vCM17GzEqJ

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 20, 2020

New Event Thursday Morning Cruise – Canutillo, TX
El Paso Bicycle Club
Meet at 7:45 am at Starbucks at the Outlet Mall in Canutillo. Ride out at 8:00. 20-25 miles at 14-16 mph pace. Mostly flat, a few hills. Maintain physical distance of at least six fe… https://t.co/Q8nSmVUc2M

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 20, 2020

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80% Humidity, Large Turkey Captured, Fabric Not So Good, Misbehaving GoPro’s

Texbiker.net Posted on November 20, 2020 by Rick AnkrumNovember 20, 2020

Back to a route I ride regularly for today. Starting at 11:31 AM on my Lynskey R300 bike I headed north on my “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route. I finished at 2:25 PM after biking 35.87 miles. My week now totals 137.4 miles and November totals 547.72 miles, well passed my 360 mile goal. Year to date I am at 8,724 miles more than I ever biked in a year. Before I retired in 2011 a good year was 4,500 to 4,800 miles.

The ride video is different: shorter length, no music just me talking, and no gauges. This speeds up the editing. The Hero 7 Black camera failed twice and the Hero 7 Silver camera which is usually reliable failed once too.

That low humidity and dew point weather has left the building. The overnight low was 65 degrees versus 39 degrees on Monday. When I began today’s bike ride it was 77 prompting me to lighten up on my bike kit: shorts, short sleeve jersey, and arm sleeves. I was comfortable for most of the ride until the last few miles when I rode in the shade more and the wind cooled me off. 80% humidity at the beginning made for a muggy ride thankfully that went down to 65% by the end. The dew point didn’t change as much; 70 going down to 67 when I finished.

A few times lately I mentioned seeing a number of large inflated turkeys in front yards. Today I captured one in Woodridge Forest.

11-20-2020 Bike Ride Large Turkey

So far in 2020 I rode today’s route 12 times; 10 on my Canyon Endurace and 2 times on my Lynskey R300. Generally the route remains the same except at the SH 242 US59 overpass where construction barriers eliminated one lane in every direction. Fortunately traffic was light and I maneuvered the lane changes.

Yesterday I wrote about changing the saddle on my Canyon Endurace from the Fabric one to the Koobi. My Lynskey also has a Fabric saddle. ON today’s bike ride I noticed how uncomfortable the Fabric saddle is compared to the Koobi. When my new BiSaddle arrives next week I will remove the Fabric saddle from the Lynskey and add the Koobi.

No big change in the overall average speed on the ride. I rode fast enough to register 14.1 mph from FM 1485 to Kingwood Drive where slowing to go under US59 it fell to 14.0 mph. My zones 6+7 power output dropped big time from yesterday to 8% from 16%. With the headwind back to Kingwood I thought I was needing lots of power but I guess not. The bike ride data summary from Golden Cheetah.

  • 11-20-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-1
  • 11-20-2020 Golden Cheetah Bike Ride Summary Data-2
11-20-2020 SportTracks bike Ride Summary

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Texas Biking News November 19th 2020

Texbiker.net Posted on November 20, 2020 by Rick AnkrumNovember 20, 2020

TxDOT puts down signs to help pedestrians, bicyclists find walkways in construction zones

By: Joel Lopez | www.kxxv.com

WACO, TX — Construction downtown and along I-35 has made it dangerous for pedestrians to get by in Waco. So the Texas Department of Transportation is stepping in to help make the roadways safer.

"If we all obey traffic laws, we can work together to make sure we’re all safer," said Jake Smith with TxDOT Waco District.

The department launched the "Be Seen, Be Safe" campaign after road …


Houston’s Bike Share Begins Rollout Of New Electric Bicycles

GAIL DELAUGHTER | www.houstonpublicmedia.org

Houston BCycle says the e-bikes give riders an added boost. They’re hoping the new bikes will get more people interested in bike share as Houstonians seek recreational opportunities during the pandemic.

The city’s bike sharing nonprofit will begin the rollout of new electric bikes on Houston streets Thursday, ultimately planning to launch 200 e-bikes by March of 2021.

Houston BCycle rolled out several e-bikes during a pilot program last year and riders eagerly sought them out at bikeshare stations. Now the nonprofit is pushing out 100 new e-bikes by the end of the year, 25 of which will be stationed at kiosks starting Thursday.

And Houston BCycle Interim Executive Director Frank Karbarz said if you want to try …

Houston BCycle rolls out new e-bikes in Midtown

By Matt Dulin | communityimpact.com

Houston BCycle will debut its first batch of electric rental bikes for rent in Midtown on Nov. 19, the nonprofit announced.

The battery-powered bikes assist riders up to speeds of 12 miles per hour, though riders can set their own pace beyond that.

E-bike availability will be …


Ep. 60 – Aaron Chamberlain, Tour de Texas

Patrick Farnsworth | bikesordeath.com

I caught up with Aaron 4 days after he finished becoming the *first person to circumnavigate Texas on a bike! In total he rode 3,014 miles in 58 days and he wrote weekly articles about his journey that you can read on Texas Monthly. In 2019 he rode every street in his hometown of Austin, TX, but towards the end of that project he started thinking bigger. Like the whole state of Texas bigger! In the fall he started planning a route, starting first by connecting …


Suspect steals bike worth $9K from Austin Bike Farm

By Amanda Ruiz | www.fox7austin.com

AUSTIN, Texas – Early Wednesday morning, Austin Bike Farm was burglarized with the suspect taking one bike worth $9,000.

Owner Owen Weber says he got a disturbing email telling him someone broke into his business. “We had a good Samaritan live cross street witness someone smashing in the window with a brick,” he said.

The witness told Weber they spotted the suspect in the midst of breaking into …


Cycling in Brownsville helping the community and the economy

by: Brice Helms | www.valleycentral.com

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KVEO) — Getting residents and visitors out and about on the many cycling paths has been a goal of the city of Brownsville for years now, and the cycling community is taking notice.

Cyclists say it’s the best way to get to know an area.

“Cycling you can see something that you don’t really see on the street. and it’s more up close and personal,” said Uma Philbrook, a tourist out for a …


Texas Biking from Twitter

1/4 Anynomous @rgvmpo publishes disappointing plans and asks unknowing #RioGrandeValley public to comment. I responded, but doubt if many others will. My response to the Active Transportation Plan: pic.twitter.com/331CQyapy4

— RGV Cycling (@CyclingRGV) November 20, 2020

2/4 The contours of sham participation are becoming more clear:
– @rgvmpo asks for public participation but hardly anybody seems to know them (FB: 208 followers, Twitter: 18 (!) followers)
– plans are filled with jargon
– plans are not innovative but have big impact on the #RGV

— RGV Cycling (@CyclingRGV) November 20, 2020

3/4 This is not the change that the infrastructure in the #RioGrandeValley so desperately needs. Stop with the clichés about bike helmets, widened shoulders and one more lane (will fix it). The solutions are out there – in other countries! – but you need to be willing to look.

— RGV Cycling (@CyclingRGV) November 20, 2020

4/4 Pedestrian paths, protected bike lanes and traffic-calming are the most obvious solutions that everybody can think of. The conservative bubble of city officials, urban planners and traffic engineers can only be broken with good ideas. Please respond:https://t.co/tITF6zJehD

— RGV Cycling (@CyclingRGV) November 20, 2020

STOLEN – Black Kona Jake the Snake in Austin, TX https://t.co/4UgiWxDdgW pic.twitter.com/ugK1REJkgK

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 20, 2020

Bud Melton organized and led a bike ride from downtown Dallas to @fairpark for members of the @clhsfoundation's board and advisory council. The group toured the freshly restored Hall of State building and learned about the details of the park’s recently adopted master plan. pic.twitter.com/ZnliNGvT9r

— Halff Associates (@HalffAssociates) November 19, 2020

STOLEN – Black Kona Dew in Austin, TX https://t.co/O1xZ4vMdbu pic.twitter.com/PYR6uxhgKz

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 20, 2020

Houston BCycle launched the 1st batch of 25 e-bikes and will continue to deploy 25 each week until they reach 100! Big shout out to Houston BCycle and Harris County Prec. 1 Com. Rodney Ellis for bringing e-bikes to Houston! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ https://t.co/zBTAMb4pSy

— Houston Planning (@HoustonPlanning) November 19, 2020

STOLEN – Black Guerilla Gravity Trail Pistol in Austin, TX https://t.co/94fljtTSD9 pic.twitter.com/ClfFPO5ZM6

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 19, 2020

An extra boost on my way to pick up lunch! @HoustonBCycle is dropping 25 e-bikes this week, next week, the week after, AND the week after thanks to generous support from Commissioner @RodneyEllis! #keephoustonrolling #rideone pic.twitter.com/cRijZyL9lF

— James Llamas (@JamesLLlamas) November 19, 2020

STOLEN – Gray Rad Power Bikes RadCity in Austin, TX https://t.co/rq6BXdzXIM pic.twitter.com/DcgQaZjFkr

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 19, 2020

Cruise around campus with UTSAs bike friendly roads 🤩🤙🚲

Also, don’t forget to check out the Tito Bradshaw Bicycle Repair Shop for all your bike repair needs! 🛠 pic.twitter.com/W2zIdaxfZn

— UTSA Sustainability 🍁🍂🌼🦋 (@UTSASustain) November 19, 2020

E-bikes are here! Boost your ride on one of our pedal-assist bikes – currently located across the city! Use the BCycle app to ride our first batch. Thank you @RodneyEllis for making our dreams come true. #houstonbcycle #bikehouston #htx #htown #downtownhouston #ebikes pic.twitter.com/04XZF7NNze

— Houston BCycle (@HoustonBCycle) November 19, 2020

Fresh Adventures!We started at Govalle Park &rode the Southern Walnut Creek trail a bit then veered onto some Boggy Creek dirt trails. #GrammyAndPopKindergarten #ATX Alice said it was one of her favorites “as long as there aren’t copperheads all Summer” ⁦⁦@woombikesUSA⁩ pic.twitter.com/aQvZfXE4q6

— Martin Russell 🚲🐝🐿️ (@russell_dallas) November 19, 2020

The virtual Denton Turkey Roll 2020 is this weekend! You can still register! https://t.co/AJq6BvxbnA

All proceeds benefit programs of the Denton Breakfast Kiwanas Club, including youth leadership clubs and a Tiny Libraries project. pic.twitter.com/eiM3gddsql

— Bike Denton (@bikedenton) November 19, 2020

STOLEN – Green Tribe Bicycle Co Paradigm in Austin, TX https://t.co/scIgLKkcca pic.twitter.com/L86qgiMiaK

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 19, 2020

See https://t.co/KaztOZwhUS for DB1 ride schedule [BT] (Nov 21, 2020 08:00AM)

— PBA Rides (@pbaDB1) November 19, 2020

STOLEN – Orange Sun Bicycle Rover Sport in Austin, TX https://t.co/b8Z1i6FOrR pic.twitter.com/6wTGbgF75L

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 19, 2020

STOLEN – Gray Trek FUEL EX 8 in Austin, TX https://t.co/rST0Egakuy pic.twitter.com/qyRUN9khxT

— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) November 19, 2020

New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

New Event The 3nd annual Race Down Spider Mountain – Burnet, TX The 3nd annual Race Down Spider Mountain at Burnet, TXhttps://t.co/vthDB28OBchttps://t.co/MthFcSv6uH

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Men Pro $100
Trail Party format including "best of"
Women Pro $100
Trai… https://t.co/CPkgerzEns

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 20, 2020

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