Texas Biking News June 9th 2020

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Social media users help 91-year-old veteran’s family find his missing bicycle

Patty Santos, Bill Caldera | www.ksat.com

UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas â€“ A 91-year old veteran in Universal City in search of a stolen bike managed to draw affection and support from thousands of people as far as Ohio and North Carolina.

Herman Gawlik still likes to get his daily exercise in the form of a bike ride. He said it was something he picked up during his military service. …

A Biking Guide for Summer Fun in ATX

HEATHER RIVERA | mix947.radio.com

Austin is known for it’s love for biking. Whether you’re a bicycle enthusiast, career rider or just enjoy biking w/ family and friends in and around the Austin area … There’s something for everyone when it comes to biking. A great way to get away, in a much more eco-friendly enjoyable way. Easy to social distance while enjoying the beauty around you. It’s no wonder Bicycle Magazine ranked Austin as the 7th Best Cycling City in America.  DO512’s ATX Biking Guide showcases many reasons to appreciate ATX’s biking community.  …

Lee Franco Loop

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MTB URBAN RIDE. Feeling better everyday

COTA

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Hot June Weather Biking to Ramsey Road But Ice Survived

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Back on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike for today’s bike ride. After biking to the north yesterday I chose a southerly route that I label “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman”. The ride began at 10:30 AM and I finished at 1:35 PM. during that time I rode 37.83 miles. My week’s total stands at 79.17 miles and 312.03 miles for the month. I am 39% of the way to reaching my 800 mile goal for June. Today was the 6th time to ride this route in 2020; 5 times on the Canyon Endurace and 1 time on the Lynskey R300. A summary of the bike rides.

6-9-2020 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood to Ramsey Rd Huffman

For June the weather was hot. With 90 degrees at the start and 96 at the finish I filled my CamelBak close to capacity with ice and water. After biking 2:45:50 I was surprised when I got home and emptied the CamelBak to see a few ice cubes still remaining. That’s better than my CamelBak water bottles. Weather summary during my time riding: start 90 (70% humidity, 79.2 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 10 mph. Finish 96 (57% humidity, 78 dew point), partly cloudy, wind variable 7 mph. The wind didn’t hinder my biking much nor did it provide much cooling.

After reaching Ramsey Road I took these pictures.

  • 6-9-2020 bike Ride Ramsey Road-3
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  • 6-9-2020 bike Ride Ramsey Road-1

Harris County crews working on the drainage areas is why the debris piles line the road. No idea when they will finish.

Getting to Ramsey Road meant working against an almost headwind. I thought getting back to FM 2100 the wind would be more helpful but it attacked me from the left front quarter until I got to the trees along the south side of Old Atascocita Road. On FM 2100 a tailwind helped me ride to Huffman and FM 1960. From my experience on Old Atascocita Road I figured biking west on FM 1960 the left side wind would try to slow me and I was right. On the west side of Lake Houston the route turned north and the tailwind assisted me all the way to Kingwood.

6-9-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Bicycling June 8th 2020

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31ST ANNUAL COTTON GIN FESTIVAL SAT. JUNE 13, IN BURTON, TEXAS

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It’s festival time in Burton,Texas, time for the 31st annual Burton Cotton Gin Festival, Saturday, June 13th on the grounds of the Texas Cotton Gin Museum. Watch Texas history come alive in celebration of the 1914 Burton Farmers Gin, the oldest operating cotton gin in America, with a day of family fun from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m…and it’s free!

The day kicks off at 10 a.m. with the main street parade which includes the 16th annual children’s bicycle parade, floats, tractors, classic vehicles and more. Tour the …

Stolen bike! Riveroaks/Midtown area from bikehouston

SCHC And Houston BCycle

By Henry Morris | bikehouston.org

Houston BCycle, the city’s nonprofit-run bike share program, is currently embarking on a massive expansion project funded by Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis.

The $850,000 proposal will include 30 stations, 320 bikes, and 100 pedal-assist e-bikes (click here to read more from the Chronicle). The new stations will fundamentally improve accessibility to Houston BCycle for those living in underserved communities, and the pedal-assist bikes will serve to bring new populations into bike sharing––especially those who are unable to pedal the heavier, standard model.

Although the e-bikes will be …

June 2020 Executive Director’s Report

By Nick Hellyar | bikehouston.org

Dear BikeHouston supporters,

It has been a wild first month as Interim ED at BikeHouston. It is not an exaggeration to say that Houston is undergoing a bicycling renaissance! Bike stores are still selling out, Houston bike-share numbers are sky high, and the bayou trails are packed (we need more trails and lanes)! This is the perfect opportunity to turn Houston into a world-class cycling city, and at BikeHouston we’ve been busier than ever. Here are a few things we’ve been up to over the past month.

I’ve met with many government officials and community leaders this month. I had important …

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Lynskey R300 For Two, Bringing Some Heat, Visiting A Past Biking Buddy

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With 8 days into June biking I thought I would’ve ridden today’s route more than just 2 times this year but that is the case. On top of that, both times were on my Lynskey R300 bike. This was the second day in a row that I rode the Lynskey R300 which I don’t normally do. Today’s bike ride started at 10:32 AM and lasted 2:56:19 riding time finishing at 2:10 PM covering 41.34 miles. A good start to the week’s biking. I wanted to start earlier but just couldn’t get out the door.

6-8-2020 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Splendora Kingwood

Part of the reason I wanted to start earlier was the high temperature forecast of mid to upper 90’s. Another reason was I needed to get back in time for a late afternoon appointment. The weather during the bike ride: start 90 (68% humidity, 78 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 9 mph. Finish 95 (55% humidity, 76.7 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NW 9 mph. It was a good idea to use the CamelBak for water with the heat and longer bike ride. I stopped at Buster Brown Propane in New Caney to visit with Mark Peterson and this time he was there. We talked about biking in the past, the present and how the propane business is doing.

After that stop the next one was a short break to eat a Clif Bar to power me back home. Just before that stop I took these pictures of the Lynskey R300 and the Valley Ranch flower.

  • 6-8-2020 Bike Ride Valley Ranch-1
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  • 6-8-2020 Bike Ride Valley Ranch-3

With the Clif Bar and somewhat rested legs I set off to finish the ride. The clouds seemed to increase as I neared Kingwood, probably from Tropical Storm Cristobal in Louisiana. Later driving to my appointment it was raining in a small area; glad I didn’t get caught there.

No GoPro video freezes today and the audio recorded good too. This doesn’t support my heat theory on yesterday’s freezes. It was hotter today and the ride was today was 20 miles longer.

The PowerPod charts show the power and other data but I look closer at the wind, the second graph from the top with blue and white lines. Blue below the white line means tailwind and blue above shows headwind. I enjoyed both today. Biking to Splendora with the tailwind was nice and the headwind coming back had some tall spikes causing me to pedal harder.

6-8-2020 PowerPod Bike Ride Data Graphs
6-8-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary