Texas Biking News October 22nd 2019

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Two City Council Members To Ride Bikes Down Lower Broadway on Sunday

Iris Dimmick | therivardreport.com

This Sunday, a flock of cyclists – including at least two San Antonio City Council members – is set to ride south on Broadway along the 3-mile route of a street improvement project slated to begin next year. Organizers hope the ride will bring more attention to San Antonio’s need for more and better bike lanes.

“This is meant to be a civic engagement ride to continue the conversation [about bike lanes] on Broadway and …

Houston to Fayetteville to Houston double century ride. from bikehouston

Is Living Car-Free Bad for Your Social Life?

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com

Back in May, I wrote a post about the downsides of a car-free lifestyle. I only touched on the social aspect, and lately I’ve been thinking about it (especially now that I’m back to longer solo bike rides.) So, it depends who you ask. My roommate is sort of car-free, in that he commutes to work, but he shares a car with his wife. For him, it’s not an impediment. Some people in big cities have never known otherwise, so they have nothing to compare it to. So these things are hard to measure objectively. Subjectively, let’s explore.

I last had my own car in January of 2005, when it was smashed into by a guy …

Re…Lig…Ion… What exactly is it?

By RidingAgain | austinmountainbiking.com

I recently posted a couple of comments in response to someone’s comment about "…church…" and riding trails on a Sunday morning. This was on the Brushy Creek thread in the MTB section of this website.

I did this because I have experienced this dilemma myself… Even as far back as when I was racing cross country mtb in the mid-90s. Back in ’97, I was being sponsored by a bike shop and the first of a really big annual mtb race event was being held at Oleta State Park, which was right up the road from it. So of course they wanted me to compete. Not because I could win, as this event was attracting many way stronger riders, even in my Clydesdale class. The owners of the bike shop just …

Video: Woman saved by fiance now has to bury man she planned to marry

By Stefania Okolie | abc13.com

HIGHLANDS, TEXAS (KTRK) — A 27-year-old man was struck and killed by a car just seconds after he pushed his fiancée to safety.

Deven Custer and his fiancée Stephanie Thompson were on their usual bike ride on Barbers Hill Road, when Custer heard a car approaching from behind.

"He reached behind me and pushed me out of the way. He ended up getting it," said Thompson.

"He was my rock, my rock, and …

VCC Tempo- Brandy art in motion

Leo Vela (VCC) | www.strava.com

The Hog Pen

Brett COLE | www.strava.com

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Uncharacteristic Humidity After 48 Degree Night Bike Ride

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When I woke up this morning and checked the weather on my phone the 48 degrees surprised me. I knew the forecast called for cooler temperatures overnight but not quite that low. By the time I started the ride at 11:49 AM it warmed up to 76 degrees but I still wore a long sleeve jersey under the short sleeve jersey. Only after finishing the bike ride did I realize how low the humidity was, 35% falling to 30% at the end. These numbers just don’t happen very often when you are 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico in Houston.

Weather during the bike ride: start 76 (35% humidity, 46.1 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 7 mph. Finish 77 (30% humidity, 43.2 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 8 mph. I waited some to allow the temperature to go up some to avoid over dressing. My cool temperature threshold of 60 degrees can cause me to layer up when waiting solves the problem.

Choosing the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route after Zwifting yesterday I biked 32.94 miles rolling over real asphalt and concrete. October now totals 546.22 miles towards the 700 mile goal; 154 miles to go! Year to date stands at 6,792 miles, 8 miles away from my goal for 2019. When I added Zwift to my activities I adjusted my October goal for road biking miles from 700 to 650 and added a 50 mile goal for “virtual riding”. The 546.22 combines my actual riding for those two goals.

Biking to Huffman in the headwind put my legs to a test. The wind wasn’t that strong as far as mph but it felt much stronger out in the open. The fan blowing on me while Zwift is no comparison.

Relive ‘Atascocita to Huffman Post 48 Degrees’

Wednesday weather repeats most of Tuesday’s weather. Big weather change arrives Friday, maybe.

SportTracks Bike Ride and Intervals Summaries

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Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

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Texas Biking News October 21st 2019

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Sheriff: Cyclist pushes fiancée out of the way of car before he’s hit, killed

By Aaron Barker | www.click2houston.com

HIGHLANDS, Texas – A cyclist saved his fiancee’s life Monday before he was hit and killed by a vehicle near Highlands, according to authorities.

The crash was reported about 7 p.m. on Barbers Hill Road near Madeline Street.

According to a tweet from Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a man and his fiancée were riding their bikes when he heard or saw something that caused him to push his fiancée off her bike. The man was then hit from behind by a vehicle.

The man died at the scene, Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said the driver who hit the cyclist stayed at the scene.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Project to cut vehicle lanes, add space for pedestrians, bikes on Cullen near UH

Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com

Local officials are putting one of the main streets to the University of Houston athletic facilities on a road diet, in the hopes that cutting down room for cars on Cullen Boulevard is better for campus and commuter life.

Harris County, Houston and UH are contributing to the project along Cullen from Interstate 45 to North MacGregor, narrowing the street to one lane in each direction south of Holman with a continual center turn lane. Along …

Bike Safety & Trail Etiquette

Precinct 4 Trails | www.hcp4.net

Big or small, the Spring Creek Greenway Trail is for all! Have you wanted to learn bike safety and etiquette? How about basic bike maintenance? Join Precinct 4 Trails As Parks, Tailwind Bicycles, and Bike Texas to learn how we can all share the trail safely and responsibly. Please bring your bike, helmet, water bottle, and weather-appropriate clothing. We will have a brief bike safety lesson and then go for a leisurely ride on the Spring Creek Greenway Trail. Meet at the pavilion. Saturday, November 23 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Dennis Johnston Park 709 Riley Fuzzel Road, Spring 77373

Upcoming Rides

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Tuesday Night Intervals w/ Pearland Bicycles & South Texas Cycling Tuesday, October 22, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Kemah Tuesday Tuesday, October 22, 2019 @ 7:00 PM

Lite Bike Tuesday, October 22, 2019 @ 7:05 PM

Sugar WNR Wednesday, October 23, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Nite Bike Thursday, October 24, 2019 @ 7:05 PM

Pearland Bicycles Thursday Night Shop Ride Thursday, October 24, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

NWCC Zube ride Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:30 AM

IP/ILC Lite Bicycle World Memorial Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:00 AM

Bike Barn Clear Lake Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:30 AM

Sunday Blendin Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 7:30 AM

Monday AM ride Monday, October 28, 2019 @ 5:30 AM

Stolen Specialized Allez Sport from BikingATX

Rolling By Lake Wichita’s Flying Fish At Low Tide

Durango Texas | durangotexas.blogspot.com

This final Monday afternoon of the October version of 2019 my bike rolled me south on the Circle Trail to Lake Wichita and the loop around Lake Wichita Park, which eventually arrives at the location you see above. Where I took a water consumption break by the lakeside work of art known as The Flying Fish.

I think I remember The Flying Fish correctly being the name for this lakeside work of art. I do know for a fact that Wichita Falls did not pay a …

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Those Zwift ads on TV make it look so simple!! Not for me.

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I am still trying to get a Zwift workout to start up smoothly without any problems. I thought today was going to be the day but not the case.

Opening the Zwift app I selected an event with what I thought was plenty of time before starting. This allowed me to get the Blue Norcross AL setup, water bottle with ice, position the fan, pair the sensors, get dressed, mount my phone on the handlebar, and be ready at the start. I selected a group ride for experience and staying together.

Dressed and ready to go the internet went offline about 5 minutes before the start. This caused all of the sensors to go haywire it seems. It came back after my ride started but not too late so I got on the Blue and pedaled away only to see the cadence sensor wasn’t connected. I knew the battery was around 37% but I thought it was enough for the ride, wrong. I pulled out a new battery, inserted it into the sensor but it wouldn’t connect to Zwift event though the blue LED blinked. I tried several times to get it working and then unplugged the Wahoo Kickr Snap trainer hoping that would work. It fixed it and back on the bike but now I was a lap behind.

Then I remembered I forgot to start the OBS program to record the ride. Off the bike again to start OBS and back on the bike. Those Zwift ads on TV make it look so simple!! Not for me.

The good news, I rode 21.11 miles which put me over my 50 mile goal for the month. 50 miles wasn’t that much but the way the weather has been for road biking I thought it was realistic. Tuesday’s weather forecast looks favorable to return to the outdoors.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

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