Wienerschnitzel, Grand Texas, 21 MPH Wind Bike Ride

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Biking to SH 242 went easier with the help of a 15 mph tailwind. I chose the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route and rode 38.23 miles, pushing May to 811.62 miles, and the week to 116.78 miles. This is the second month this year of 800+ miles.

The weather during the bike ride that started at 11:16 AM: start 84 (75% humidity), overcast, wind S 15 mph. Finish 87 (62% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SE 15 mph gusts 21 mph. The sun stayed behind the clouds most of the ride but the headwind was out in force for the ride south from SH 242. My clothing: shorts, short sleeve jersey, and arm sleeves. With the temperature approaching 90 degrees the arm sleeves are still comfortable because they breathe. Salt stains show which means wicking is happening producing some cooling effect.

  • Bike Ride Airport Weather Start
  • Bike Ride Airport Weather Finish

After the effort on yesterday’s slightly longer ride I think today was a recovery ride. The energy level was lower and my average speed only got up to 14.0 mph.

When I made the short ride on SH 242 to the west I went far enough to look at the recently opened Grand Texas amusement park. Being a week day I didn’t see many people there but I read that over 10,000 tickets were sold for the Memorial Day weekend. No impact on my biking so far.

Another first occurred in New Caney when I rode by the newly opened Wienerschnitzel restaurant. It is next door to McDonalds and the first of 15 stores supposed to open in Houston. Interesting that they chose New Caney for their first one. This also didn’t impact my ride.

School is out for the New Caney ISD and not much traffic around the four schools I passed. I finished the ride at 2:13 PM.

With my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike at 10,148 miles I looked at my other gear I track and note their miles too:

  • Catlike Mixino helmet 3,118 miles
  • Sidi Road shoes 16,985 miles
  • Powerpod 14,523 miles
  • Wahoo Elemnt computer 22,150 miles
  • Wahoo TickrFit heart rate monitor 5,316 miles

Thursday weather might include rain but it appears to be spread around so I might be able to ride.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

Texas Bicycling News Digest May 28th 2019

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Route 66 West to East

By Keith Misegades and Bill Glass | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 29 – Groom, TX to Erick, TX

Monday May 27, 2019, 75 miles (121 km) – Total so far: 1,345 miles (2,165 km) Bill says it was a great tailwind day and it was out of the southwest. We were headed east all day long, so we got a good push and were able to cover 75 miles. Overall, the route was a slow descent all day from an elevation of 3250 to about 2000 feet. We are still fighting flats and last evening we spent time patching some tubes and thoroughly checking our tires for debris that could cause a flat. More on that later.

Outdoors Calendar Saturday, Jun 1, 2019

Austin’s Calendar | austinscalendar.com

7a – 9a NWAus- Nelo’s Cycles Shop Weekday Ride (Road)
7:30a – 10a SwAus- Gruppo VOP Saturday Ride (Road)
7:30a – 9:45a Gruppo VOP (Adv)
7:30a – 9:30a SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Road Ride
8a – 1p NwAus- Violet Crown Bagel Ride (Road Ride)
8a – 11a NwAus- Bicycle Sport Shop Parmer Store Saturday Ride
8a – 10a SwAus- Circle C Ranch Cycle Club
8:30a – 12p SoAus- Austin Tri-Cyclist Saturday Shop Road Ride
8:30a – 11:30a ATC Training Ride (Int,Adv)
8:30a – 11:30a Austin Flyers Club Ride
8:30a – 11:30a CenAus- Middle of the Road Ride (MOTR)
9a – 1p CenAus- Yellow Bike Project at the Austin Farmer’s Market (Downtown)
9a – 1p Georgetown- Sun City Cyclists Saturday Ride (Road)
9a – 12p CenAus- Mellow Mountain Ride
9a – 12p Kyle- Hill Country Tri Club Saturday Ride (Road)
9a – 12p NAus- Austin Mountain Bike Patrol
9a – 11a CenAus- Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride Shop Road Ride
9a – 11a SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Mountain Bike Ride
9a – 10a NwAus- Saturday Brick Workout hosted by Bicycle Sport Shop
10a – 1p CenAus- Orange Bike Project Shop Hours
10a – 1p Florence- Heart of Texas BMX Weekly Practice Time
12p – 1:30p Farm Tour & Volunteer Orientation
12p – 1p CenAus- Coed Hands-on Flat Fix Clinic

May Critical Mass

by FortWorth CriticalMass | www.facebook.com

May 31 Friday at 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Burnett Plaza 801 Cherry St., Fort Worth, Texas 76102 The usual thing with Critical Mass:

  • some riders begin to congregate around 7:00
  • RIDE BEGINS at 7:30 PM
  • casual, social pace
  • 10-ish miles that will loop back to the start
  • no stops (however many riders go to T&P Tavern afterwards)

We will be riding at an easy pace, but please be prepared. If you need help with something on your bicycle, show up a little early and someone can help ya out. …

King Racing Group Thursday Night Crits • May 16 2019

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Almost Rain, Rain, No Rain Bike Ride

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I set out on the “Kingwood – Hare Cook Road – Kingwood” route at 10:59 AM not knowing that I would encounter what the title says. I chose this route because I haven’t ridden it since July 19th, 2018 and I figured it was time to go there. Also I wanted the miles. I biked 45.59 miles today (it was 45.54 miles on 7/19/2018). This improved May to 773.39 miles. I have a good chance to hit 800+ miles for May.

To explain the title: within the first mile of the ride a few rain drops hit me and the Canyon but because it was a few and the sky was not showing rain I continued on. This repeated many times as the ride progressed. Around the 22 mile point I stopped at Ramsey Road and Old Atascocita Road because the sky looked like rain if I rode south and there is no shelter if it starts. I stopped for 12 minutes and while I waited several cars/pickups came form the south with headlights and wipers on. when a couple of cars came by without wipers running I decided to ride on. Surprisingly the road was dry so I am not sure why those cars had wipers running but I did feel a few drops before I stopped at Peters Road and took these photos. The first one looks to the west without signs of rain while the second looks to the southeast with rain clouds.

  • Bike Ride Ramsey Road Looking West
  • Bike-Ride-Ramsey-Road-Looking-SE

After taking the photos I got on the Canyon and headed towards the threatening clouds. A few more rain drops fell but nothing to be concerned about. Until I was on FM 2100 when around 30.4 miles I looked in my rearview mirror for the first time since exiting from Hare Cook Road. All I could see was a wall of rain gaining on me so I pedaled faster but it still got closer. I started looking for someplace to get out of the rain as the first wave of rain caught me and I spotted a lone picnic table under a shelter on my right at what looked like a closed business. As I approached the driveway to the shelter I hoped there wasn’t a gate or something blocking my path because I was getting wet. There wasn’t but the driveway was loose small gravel which was hard to pedal on. I got within 20 feet of the picnic table, got off the bike and walked under the roof. Sitting on the table edge the rain came down and then stopped. The rain clouds moved north and a few minutes later the sun came out. During this time a pickup truck drove from behind a building about 50 feet east of the shelter. I hoped he wouldn’t tell me to leave since the roads were still wet but instead he asked if needed anything and later as he drove to FM 2100 he rolled down the window and told me if I needed water to go knock on the door he came out of. I told him I was okay, just waiting for the road to dry some and thanked him. I waited several minutes until the spray from passing traffic seemed to disappear and walked to the side of FM 2100 to get ready to ride. An 18 wheeler drove by slowly and I was glad I waited for it to pass because there was a line of vehicles behind him due to his slow speed.

Back on the bike I rode north and the farther I went the drier the road. I stopped at the Fuel Maxx Exxon station for ice and water and ate my Clif Bar I brought. I needed some energy. Somewhat refreshed I mounted the Canyon and rode north. From that point to the finish no more rain drops but the wind was strong. Bellow is the weather at the start and then finish.

Bike Ride Airport Weather Start
Bike Ride Airport Weather Finish

The wind did me no favors until I rode north on FM 2100. Riding west on FM 1960 the wind sapped what little energy I had left as it blew across my path. I stopped on Kings River Drive at the pool to rest for a few minutes before tackling the last 6 miles, the legs were having trouble turning the pedals with any energy. The rest helped some and I managed to finish the ride at 3:03 PM. Before putting the Canyon away I hosed off the dirt from the rain and slowly walked inside the house.

Wednesday’s weather looks favorable for biking and I plan on adding to my May mileage. Hopefully the rain stays away.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

2019 now leads all years on the graph though not by much for 2018 and 2016.

Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

Texas Bicycling News Digest May 27th 2019

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Trail under First Street Bridge to be transformed with major project

By: Kate Winkle, Julie Karam | www.kxan.com

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The underside of the Drake Bridge in downtown Austin is dark, with a wide swath of dirt on the trail between the concrete supports and the water and not much else. The city hopes to change that.

Most people will recognize the Drake Bridge as the one supporting cars headed across the river on South First Street. Underneath is a section of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail that people pass through. …

Honey Tour, Burleson, Texas May 25, 2019

Pedal Pushers | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com

Fourteen hundred riders converged on the relative small town of Burleson (45,000). Burleson is an outstanding ride and being a suburb of Fort Worth, they are able to draw riders from the Fort Worth/Dallas complex. And a few from San Angelo. …

Any suggestions for longish (30+ mile) rides accessible from North Garland? from dfwbike

Long Beach, CA to St. Augustine, FL via the southern tier

By Tony Olague | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Rest Day in Huston: aches and pains turned into an injury

Thursday May 23, 2019 We took a day off in Huston. Carols had some aches and pains in his knee that may have turned into an injury. We’re hoping a day of rest will help.

Huston

Friday May 24, 2019, 37 miles (60 km) – Total so far: 1,307 miles (2,103 km) Carlos’ knee didn’t get any better. He decided not to continue on. He made arrangement to have his bike boxed up and shipped back home. We rode off to the bike shop and later I rode to the hotel close to the airport we stayed for the night.

Huston to Beaumont

Saturday May 25, 2019, 72 miles (116 km) – Total so far: 1,379 miles (2,219 km) I was up early to say good-bye to Carlos and head off for the day. The road was flat with a slight wind coming from the south/east. It was a long easy ride.

Beaumont to Orange TX

Sunday May 26, 2019, 25 miles (40 km) – Total so far: 1,404 miles (2,260 km) I was a little tired so I decided on a shorter ride today. I’m glad it was an easy ride, flat and no wind. It took no time at all to get to Orange, TX.

Almost to Mexico after 350 miles from bicycletouring

Route 66 West to East

By Keith Misegades and Bill Glass | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 28 – Amarillo, TX to Groom, TX

Sunday May 26, 2019, 50 miles (80 km) – Total so far: 1,270 miles (2,044 km) There is not a lot to report today as we were still in the high plains area and the landscape is flattening out even more. The winds were a bit more favorable to us than yesterday and it helped us do the first 33 miles with a normal output of effort. During the last 17 miles, the wind turned to be a bit more directly out of the south so it slowed our progress. …

Long Beach, CA to St. Augustine, FL via the southern tier

By Tony Olague | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Orange,TX to Westlake, LA

Monday May 27, 2019, 59 miles (95 km) – Total so far: 1,463 miles (2,354 km) My last day in Texas. I rolled out on this Memorial Day. I was hoping to shave off a couple of miles today by riding on the I-10. First, while leaving Orange, Texas. I couldn’t do it because there was road construction on the highway and little to no shoulder. I headed north and eventually east. It was an easy ride. Flat, a good clean road and a tail wind most of the way. The second time, I made my way southeast toward Westlake with the hopes of crossing over the …

Beaumont collision kills bike rider

By Ken Stickney | www.panews.com

Beaumont police this weekend are investigating a auto-pedestrian collision that took the life of a man rising a bicycle.

In an issued statement, police said a vehicle was traveling southbound in the left lane of the 3700 block of West Cardinal Lane around 10:30 p.m. Friday when a bicycle ridden by Darrell Henderson, 44, entered the roadway and the vehicle and bicycle collided. Beaumont EMS pronounced Henderson dead at the scene.

The investigation was continuing, police said.

Trail Report: Spider Mountain

Carolyne Whelan | www.dirtragmag.com

In a recent issue of Dirt Rag, we went to some bike parks to check out what new developments are happening in the world of designated bike trails and downhill riding. Windrock in January scared the goggles off me, but I took another stab at downhill bike parks when I visited Spider Mountain outside Austin, Texas last month. The area was bought by …

Upcoming Rides

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Hey there! Here are some upcoming rides this week…

Tuesday Night Intervals w/ South Texas Cycling Club Tuesday, May 28, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

MPPPL Tuesday, May 28, 2019 @ 5:30 AM

Smackdown TNE Tuesday, May 28, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Paperclip Tuesday, May 28, 2019 @ 5:45 PM

Bear Creek Crits: Week 6, Series FINALE Wednesday, May 29, 2019 @ 5:00 PM

Wednesday UBG Wednesday, May 29, 2019 @ 6:30 PM

Sugar Land WNW 2019 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Paperclip Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 5:45 PM

Thursday Night Shop Ride – Short Route (12.5) Miles – Pearland Bicycles Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Smackdown TNE Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Pearland Bicycles Thursday Night Shop Ride 25.8 Miles Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 6:00 PM

Zube NWCC ride – Multiple groups Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 7:30 AM

Safety in Mind event gives away bicycle helmets for children

Author: Kirsten Geddes | www.newswest9.com

MIDLAND, Texas — WesTex Urgent Care and Kent Kwik Convenience Stores are teaming up for the 2nd Annual Safety in Mind event.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 1, you can bring your child to CJ Kelly Park and they will receive a free bicycle helmet to use when riding bicycles, skateboards and more. Adults will also learn how to make sure the helmet fits properly to …

Ring Around San Antonio Century

Mark Noblitt | www.strava.com

Memorial Day Endurance Ride

Martha Morin | www.strava.com

Memorial Day Margarita Ride p/b SWCC featuring The Brit

J Mix | www.strava.com

Hot One! First part was a coffee ride and then…

Katy McCleskey | www.strava.com

State Cat 2 Crit

Will Sharp | www.strava.com

Memorial Day Honor Ride

Jose Gonsalves-Barreiro | www.strava.com

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