Texas Biking January 6th 2020

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NAHBS 2020 = Dallas, March 20

Wildwood | www.bikeforums.net

Never too early to make plans to attend. Dallas is the largest city ever for The Show. Will it draw the largest crowds?

Who is your favorite builder that regularly displays at NAHBS?

Craig Calfee has been a regular with unique bikes and components.

Dallas to take first steps to connect trails from White Rock Lake to South Dallas

By Hayat Norimine | www.dallasnews.com

Designs for the $18 million, 9-mile Trinity Forest Spine Trail are underway, starting with the north phase.

Construction on a long-awaited trail that would connect White Rock Lake to South Dallas could start as early as September.

After the Circuit Trail Conservancy secured $43 million to build The Loop — a beefed up hike-and-bike trail system that would create 10 miles of new paths to connect with 40 existing miles around the city’s urban core — the nonprofit’s next steps are to …

Dr. Inge Ford On Drop Bar Texas Podcast

by Matt Southey | bikehouston.org

Tune into the “Drop Bar Texas” podcast with Paul Negrete and BikeHouston’s very own Inge Ford! In the episode, Inge talks about BikeHouston and her own experience as a cyclist in Houston (among many other topics). Here’s a small selection of interesting points covered in the podcast:

– 11:20 – The social impact of public transportation and biking

– 20:00 – Safety and education for all users

– 25:30 – The different types of cyclist use-cases (recreational, commuter, etc.)

– 33:40 – Less visible campaigns of BikeHouston …

Upcoming Rides

Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com

Track Night [Running] Wednesday, January 8, 2020 @ 6:15 PM

Sunday Blendin Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Sunrise Sunday Service Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:00 AM

Kingwood STBX Sunday Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Sugar Cycle 521 Training Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Sunday BlendIn Coffee Club Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Maximizing bike-share ridership: New research says it’s all about location

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | www.sciencedaily.com

The popularity of bike-share systems has grown in popularity thanks to the younger, more environmentally conscious generation. While they have garnered considerable attention in cities from Paris to Washington, D.C., their promise of urban transformation is far from being fully realized.

New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science found a key reason is that while companies have focused on bike design and technology aspects, there has been minimal research done on …

Laredo is starting a bicycle revolution on the border

American Bicyclist eNews | issuu.com

Mountain Bike race series concluding at State Park

Amanda Duforat | www.bigspringherald.com

Prep the bikes, grab your helmets and get ready for the first race of the year atop Scenic Mountain State Park. The race will take place Jan. 11 at 10 a.m.

“This is the first race on the new trails,” State Park Ranger Ron Alton said. “This is the first mountain bike trail race, but it is just the beginning. Later this year, there will be a foot race on the new trails and more information will be coming on that race.” …

Monday Training Rides

Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava.com

Texas Biking from Twitter

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Bike Ride to SH 242, 75 Degrees Not A Normal January Day

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Choosing the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route I started at 11:49 AM under partly cloudy skies and 73 degrees. I wore shorts, thermal long sleeve jersey, and jacket. This kept me comfortable most of the bike ride except for a few times when I rode in the shade for long time.

The ride to SH 242 enjoyed a 9 mph tailwind but I knew at the SH 242 turn around the ride back to Kingwood required more effort due to the headwind. Sometimes the headwind isn’t that bad but today it seemed stronger than the 9 mph the weather app reported when I finished at 2:46 PM.

I biked 37.24 miles putting January’s total 164.58 miles, 103.9 miles on the road and 60.7 miles in Zwift. I thought it would be reversed but the weather enabled me to ride more miles outdoors in fewer rides than I Zwifted indoors. I am ahead of schedule to reach my January goals but behind on my YTD road miles; 35% of my 300 mile road January goal and 61% of my 100 mile virtual biking January goal.

School did not resume today like I thought it would. This allowed children to be outside and some of them rode bikes, scooters, and electric replica cars.

Due to other commitments and time limits Tuesday will be a Zwifting day no matter what the weather does.

1-6-2020 Strava Bike Ride Summary
1-6-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Biking January 5th 2020

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Riding With Wild Mustangs Looking For Dorothy & Toto

Durango Texas | durangotexas.blogspot.com

No, those are not wild mustangs you are looking at here, frolicking across the Oklahoma prairie, celebrating the arrival of the new iteration of the Roaring 20s.

These are tame mustangs, frolicking slightly south of Oklahoma, in a pond on the MSU (Midwestern State University) campus.

It seems like it was …

Lakeway MTB Trails from MountainBikeATX

After Sponsor Walked, San Antonio Bike Share at a Crossroads

Robert Rivard | therivardreport.com

As San Antonio’s leaders work to find new funding for VIA Metropolitan Transit, reduce carbon emissions, and make city streets safer for non-vehicle traffic, it’s important not to lose the most successful mobility development of the past decade: the arrival of San Antonio Bike Share in 2011.

It would be a tragic and embarrassing setback for San Antonio to lose the program after nearly nine years, even as elected officials focus on the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, SA Connect, and a November ballot initiative seeking to use a one-eighth cent sales tax to …

Hotter’N Hell Hundred shifts into 2020 gear with registration opening Jan. 1

Richard Carter | www.timesrecordnews.com

The 2020 HHH weekend will run from Aug. 27 to 30 and include the traditional HHH Saturday Endurance bicycle ride and the Wichita Falls Streams & Valleys’ mountain bike races and trail runs on the Wee-Chi-Tah Trail along with the Grava Del Fuego gravel grind events. There are also USAC road races and criteriums, through registration for the USAC events do not begin until April.

Longtime HHH enthusiasts and first-timers began registering online for the 2020 HHH at midnight Jan. 1, according to …

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Are we calling this tempo or "chill" or idk.. Good crowd

James Jimenez | www.strava.com

Nobody called out the gravel

Michelle Yoder | www.strava.com

Huntsville Gravel

Alison Carey | www.strava.com

Pine Needle Carpet.

Curt Culliton | www.strava.com

Texas Biking from Twitter

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Skip The Leg Warmers Bike Ride To Huffman and Back

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By the time I got home from church the weather warmed up to the low 70’s. My standard for a warm bike ride is higher than some people for but today was good enough to skip leg warmers and get out on the road.

Starting at 12:49 PM I selected the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route and biked 32.63 miles under a nice blue sky. While the temperature stayed in the low 70’s I chose to wear shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey, and a jacket. This kept me comfortable during the bike ride with the only chilly part coming when I rode west over Lake Houston on FM 1960 with the wind picking up the chill from the lake water. Weather while I biked: start 72 (42% humidity, 47.5 dew point), fair, wind SW 14 mph gusts 20 mph. Finish 73 (36% humidity, 44.2 dew point), fair, wind SW 10 mph. The low dew points and humidity meant very dry air. While I sweated I didn’t really notice it until after the ride and I took off the long sleeve jersey.

Wind required extra effort on the way south to Walden but once I turned to the east the tailwind helped me get to Huffman. From Huffman biking west the headwind challenged me but it was only about 5 miles and then I turned to the north with the wind coming from the left rear quarter, sometimes helping but not hindering so much.

Other people enjoyed the break in the cool winter weather along the route. Town Center Park hosted a number of booths with people walking around. I returned home at 3:23 PM.

Monday looks promising for another outside bike ride with sun and more low 70’s.

1-5-2020 Strava Bike Ride Summary
1-5-2020 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary