Bike Ride In Texas RGV

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I went south to find some warmer weather and while I was gone the temperature at my home dropped to 28 degrees. Fortunately in Harlingen it didn’t get quite that cold. When I started today’s bike ride at 12:47 PM I had waited for it warm up and it did to 62 degrees. The 7 mph wind from the north added to the chill and I was glad I brought some warm biking clothes: shorts, leg warmers, thermal long sleeve jersey, regular long sleeve jersey, wind breaker jacket, and full finger gloves. The humidity during the bike ride was 24% dropping to 20% at the finish, levels I am not used to. That probably added to the chill.

The route I put together with the help of Google Maps went north from where I am staying along US77. The frontage road had spots of chip and seal making for some rough biking but smooth sections broke them up. Traffic wasn’t bad but my choice of turning west at Wilson Road wasn’t the best one. If I had positioned myself in the left turn lane it might have been okay but I didn’t realize the street was ahead putting me in the right most lane. Lots of traffic stopped at the traffic light coming from the east as I rode east to make a u-turn and ride west. I waited fora break and crossed from the east bound side to a truck lot on the north side of Wilson Road. It was my gravel portion of the bike ride. After a few minutes I found a break and got in the west bound lane. Once I made it under US77 and passed the frontage road a shoulder appeared and I took it all the way to my right turn onto Stuart Place Road.

Stuart Place Road did not have a shoulder but I don’t think one car passed me all the way to Primera Road. Up to this point a headwind worked against me but biking east on Primera the wind let up. Under US77 Primera became Loop 499 with a bike lane until I got to US77 Business Route not far from the end of the bike ride.

Friday I will look for another route and the forecast calls for warmer weather. Saturday I will ride in the Jalapeno 100 Bike Ride.

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This story appeared in the March/April 2020 print issue of VeloNews.

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Spring Green Wichita Falls Wee Chi Ta Mountain Bike Trail

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A morning walk on a trail on which I had not previously walked reveals a change is in the air.

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Bike Ride To Huffman With Sun and Blooms

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A nice change from overcast sky to bright sunshine. 68 degrees at the 12:02 PM start usually brings out the leg warmers but with the sun I felt confident the temperature would move up to the forecast of 73 degrees. By the time I finished biking the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route at 2:29 PM it did get there. The bike ride covered 32.47 miles boosting February’s total to 538.3 miles, well passed my goal of 445 miles. My goal broke down to 345 road miles and 100 miles Zwifting. The actual break down: 418.6 road miles and 119.7 miles in Zwift land.

Weather during the bike ride: start 68 (56% humidity, 51.7 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 5 mph. Finish 73 (45% humidity, 50.1 dew point), a few clouds, wind N 8 mph. Since I opted to not wear leg warmers I settled on shorts, long sleeve thermal jersey, and wind breaker jacket. My legs chilled at the beginning but once I got in the sun the chill went away.

I saw other bikers along the route and they all made into the video.