Texas Biking News December 27th 2019

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Austin’s oldest hike-and-bike trail offers unique journey for all

By Melissa Gaskill | austin.culturemap.com

Shoal Creek runs 11 miles through the core of Austin, from near State Highway 183 to Lady Bird Lake. And Shoal Creek Trail, the city’s oldest hike-and-bike trail, meanders alongside it for much of that distance.

The trail has multiple access points and a variety of experiences, from almost spooky wooded stretches to wide open meadows, picnic areas, historical markers, and springs. To help acquaint locals to …

Police: One killed in bicycle-car collision

By Hannah Dellinger | www.chron.com

A vehicle collided with a bicycle around 8 p.m. at 7800 Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to initial reports from the Houston Police Department.

A bicyclist is dead, and all northbound lanes of Martin Luther King Boulevard are closed Friday night as police investigate the fatal accident.

A vehicle collided with a bicycle around 8 p.m. at 7800 Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to initial reports from the Houston Police Department. One person died in the crash, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

Friday wattage bash

Corey Ray || Cadence Cyclery | www.strava.com

VCC TGIF-great turnout. 18 centuries year to date.

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More things to do in Austin on Wednesday, Jan. 1

By Arianna Auber | www.austin360.com

New Year’s Day Ride with the Meteor Austin. The South Austin bar, cafe and bike shop hosts an inaugural New Year’s Day bike ride. Featured for this ride will be, among other things, a route that will have a couple roads typically not bike-friendly most days of the year. There will be beer and a brunch menu upon your return and an award given to whoever’s the best dressed. Get creative. Meet up for breakfast and caffeine at 8 a.m.; the ride begins at 9 a.m. Jan. 1. Free. 2110 S. Congress Ave. facebook.com/events/586080135293882

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Houston’s Bike Share Says Ridership Is Breaking Records

GAIL DELAUGHTER | www.houstonpublicmedia.org

BCycle said it had its best year ever in 2019 as it added stations and brought on new riders.

Houston BCycle had a 50% jump in ridership from last year, according to BCycle’s Henry Morris. That adds up to over 233,000 trips in 2019.

In terms of trends, Morris said riders are using the bikes to make short, one-way trips in dense parts of town, including …

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Mountain Bike Races and Events

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MTB Skills Clinics Feb 28 Austin, TX BetterRide w/ Gene Hamilton 3-day, MTB Skills Camp
Mar 6 Burnet, TX BetterRide w/ Gene Hamilton 3-day, Downhill/Enduro Camp
Mar 7 San Antonio, TX Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Fundamentals Clinic
Mar 7 San Antonio, TX Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Women’s Only Fundamentals Clinic
Mar 7 San Antonio, TX Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | 2-Day Camp
Mar 7 San Antonio, TX Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Jumping Mini-Clinic
Mar 8 San Antonio, TX Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Intermediate / Advanced Clinic

Retired biologist pedals to save the bay she loves

By John DeLapp | www.mysanantonio.com

Trying to preserve the bay that she loves while cycling comes naturally to Lythia Metzmeier.

The Shoreacres resident recently retired from the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality after a career as a biologist that saw her taking water samples from the Galveston Bay. And Metzmeier has also spent a large amount of time looking at the body of water from another angle as the owner of a 22-foot sailboat.

“So, I’m either cycling or boating and, even with my work, I was just always involved with the bay,” she said. …

Reverse Lime Creek & Red Horn! +Monday Lake Century

Brad Weaver | steinerranchcycling.com

Saturday training ride leaving from Cups & Cones – rain/storms in the forecast, so watch for updates in the morning.

7:30 am – Possible wet roads at the start, Todack is the prime ride lead and picked this if the weather is okay: https://www.strava.com/routes/4732205 8:00 am group is still active After the ride, we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted breakfast tacos, burgers and beer!

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Bike Ride to Spring Creek Greenway With Some Disappointment

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As I prepared for today’s bike ride I thought of various routes and decided to ride the Spring Creek Greenway but because of the late start not ride all the way to I-45. Leaving home at 11:26 AM I made my way to the Bevell Jarrell Memorial Bridge over the San Jacinto River to the US59 greenway trailhead.

Weather today made for good biking: start 71 (70% humidity, 61.1 dew point), partly cloudy, wind E 8 mph. Finish 75 (62% humidity, 61.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 10 mph. I wore shorts, long sleeve thermal jersey (too much), and a jacket.

When I pulled up to the entrance a locked gated greeted me. I stopped and looked around and saw another biker approaching from his white car. I pointed out the locked gate and Raymond told me he drove some distance wanting to ride the greenway today. I told him about another waay to get to the greenway through Jesse Jones Park. He told me he didn’t know the way so I said I would show him.

We set off biking a short distance to the Townsen Bvld. exit from the US59 frontage road. Townsen Blvd took us to FM 1960 where we road west to Kenswick Drive. Kenswick Drive terminates at the entrance into Jesse Jones Park. I said goodbye to Raymond as I went to the maintenance building to see if anyone could unlock the gate. I found two helpful employees who said they would take care of the problem. I kept an eye out for Raymond to tell him but our paths didn’t cross again.

After reaching the trailhead to Carter Park I decided to turn back here. Earlier in the ride while still in Kingwood the mount holding my GoPro camera broke. I tried remounting it but then I remembered it broke several weeks ago and gluing it failed. I saved it but forgot about the break. I put the GoPro in my jacket pocket which meant I missed most of the good opportunities to record all of the other bikers out on the greenway.

Heading back to US59 I found the gate now unlocked. Raymond’s car still parked where he left it. Raymond told me his home flooded in Kingwood and he moved to another place. I put a Texbiker.net business card above the door handle and continued biking back home finishing the ride at 2:01 PM

Friday’s weather looks like a repeat of today with a couple of degrees cooler. Warm for December.

Surprisingly I set three new 2nd fastest times on the greenway according to Strava.

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