Texas Bicycling News October 13th 2019

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Chacon Creek Hike and Bike Trail

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Chacon Creek Hike and Bike Trail is a 9.4 mile out and back trail located near Laredo, Texas that features a river and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, running, nature trips, and mountain biking.

SPEAK UP, BE HEARD: City of Jacksonville seeking community input on proposed mountain bike trail

by: Sue Necessary | www.easttexasmatters.com

JACKSONVILLE, Texas (KETK) – The City of Jacksonville is looking for community members interested in having their voices heard on a proposed mountain bike trail.

In a Facebook post, the city said it is “seeking to gather feedback and contact information from interested community members in order to organize and coordinate community support, such as advocating for these and future trails and playing a role in the maintenance and upkeep of trails on city property.”

The city stressed that any …

Behrens Ranch Metro Park – open house

By St.Bernardo | austinmountainbiking.com

Join YOUR Parks and Rec team for a public Open House and give us YOUR feedback on preliminary concepts for the first phase of development of the Behrens Ranch Metro Park. The Open House will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Old Town Elementary, 2200 Chaparral Drive.

Need the North Round Rock mtb’ers to represent.

FYI. There is a 4.8-ish lightly ridden loop out there …

Birthday Bike Ride 2019 – 36.64 Mi / 58.97 Km

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com

Birthday. The word strikes joy in a child’s heart but apathy or fear in adults. As we age, it seems more and more people care less and less about celebrating birthdays, either theirs or others’. Presents, gifts and cards dwindle. After just ending a very tiring job earlier in the week, and with rain and wind arriving as part of a cold front the morning of my special day, I had not made many plans.

But I still wanted to set out on my now fourth annual quest to bike my age in miles while collecting freebies. While I didn’t hit my goal, I did manage to …

NETT from Farmersville to Wolfe City and back

Joshua Kersey | www.strava.com

BATB day dos 82M18.2F69F

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BATB Day 2

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Georgetown cx day 2

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter

Real Bike Ride With A Car Show Walk Through

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After two days of virtual rides on Zwift today the ride took place on real concrete and asphalt with actual wind rather than a fan blowing on me . The car show was an added bonus.

After two days of virtual rides on Zwift today the ride took place on real concrete and asphalt. The car show was an added bonus.The ride started later after church which gave the weather time to warm up a few degrees. Wheels down came at 12:41 PM following the “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route for a total of 29.11 miles. Those miles put the week’s total at 211.98 miles, the third week in a row of 200+ miles. October now totals 388.92 miles, 311 miles away from my goal of 700 miles. Year to date I am at 6,656 miles, 144 miles short of my 6,800 mile goal.

The outfit for today’s ride conceded to the cooler weather: shorts, long sleeve jersey with a short sleeve jersey on the top. Weather during the bike ride: start 74 (52% humidity, 55.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NE 7 mph. Finish 78 (59% humidity, 62.8 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 4 mph. Thank goodness the wind was light or it would have felt cooler. If we get more cold nights riding over Lake Houston will be tough with the colder water chilling the wind as it blows across.

Even with the cooler weather it felt great riding, pushing the pedals up what inclines we have around here. Strava labeled the, “This was easier than your usual effort.” I got my average speed up to 13.9 mph which is decent for this route due to the stops and starts, lack of long uninterrupted segments, and less miles than usual. The Relive app produced this animation of the ride.

Relive ‘Real Bike Ride to E Lake Houston Parkway’

This video shows clips from along the ride route including three walks of the car show at Town Center Park in Kingwood.

Monday’s weather forecast includes a 60% chance of morning rain which if it happens puts me back in the virtual riding world.

I found the solution to my tech snafu with Zwift and my second phone. The second phone was on a different wi-fi network so it couldn’t see my computer running the Zwift program. Once I got that fixed it worked. (I have a “Guest” wireless network on my router which the second phone connected to.)

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary and Intervals Summary

10-13-2019 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
10-13-2019 SportTracks Bike Ride Intervals Summary

Strava year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

Strava year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

Texas Bicycling News October 12th 2019

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Video: TxDOT, local doctors urge drivers, pedestrians to be safe on road

By Max Massey | www.ksat.com

SAN ANTONIO – Traffic crashes involving people walking or biking are a serious problem in San Antonio.

The Texas Department of Transportation hopes to combat these wrecks by launching a pedestrian safety campaign.

Shaun Aukland, who walks or rides her bicycle to work often, says she frequently deals with dangerous drivers on her morning commute.

According to TxDOT, there were …

PORT ARTHUR, TX – JAMICA THIBO KILLED IN BICYCLE CRASH ON SAVANNAH AVE

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Port Arthur, TX (October 11, 2019) – At approximately 3:15 a.m. on October 10, emergency crews responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident in the 3000 block of Savannah Ave.

According to reports, 40-year-old Jamica Thibo was traveling on a bicycle along the roadway when he was struck by a white pickup truck. …

WFISD Foundation sponsors newest downtown bike rack

Torin Halsey | www.timesrecordnews.com

The Wichita Falls Independent School District Foundation is the sponsor of the newest sculptural steel bike rack in downtown Wichita Falls.

"We’re so happy to be able to partner with WFISD and the foundation today. We’re in different fields, different areas, but at the end of the day we’re all working on a better Wichita Falls, with better people, and that …

Houston To Fayetteville Ultimate (HTFU) ride

Alison Carey | www.strava.com

Beyond BATB: Part 2

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St. Jude North TX Bike Rally

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter

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New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Zwift Tech Snags Bike Ride

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The outside temperature when I started this ride fell below my 60 degree cutoff. Time constraint also played a part. The beginning shows my fumbling around trying to connect using another phone but failed. This caused me to miss my original event and starting late on this one. Most of the ride my 35 or 36 position out of 45 kept me alone on the course.

Again I learned more about using Zwift. I wanted to use the Zwift Companion app on one phone and play music on another phone. But the music needed to play on the phone I used with Zwift yesterday so I tried to use the app on my second phone but the Wahoo Kickr, cadence sensor, and heart rate monitor wouldn’t connect to that phone. Not sure why. So I switched phones back but in the meantime the event I signed up for began without me and I didn’t know how to join late. Selecting another event I waited for it to start and the sensors didn’t connect yet but I made some changes and got them connected. Then I figured out how to join the event late which put in the position I wrote about above. Now I need to figure out how to use my second phone.

Time to Zwift was limited because of the University of Cincinnati football game at the University of Houston and I had a ticket. Kick off was 2:30 so I ended the ride at 12:15 PM to give me time to clean up and drive to U of H TDECU Stadium south of downtown Houston. The Bearcats won 38 to 23.

Riding the Zwift event was hard. The route had 2 laps but I only made it to almost the end of the first lap at 11.82 miles. A couple of hills slowed me down to 3 to 5 mph going up as the Wahoo Kickr resistance increased. Sweat flowed but quite as much as yesterday because of the shorter time.

Sunday’s weather forecast calls for warmer temperatures so I should be riding outside. I need 18 miles to get to 200+ miles for the week.

The video captures all of the Zwift tech problems as I tried to get going.

10-12-2019 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary