Texas Bicycling News Digest August 1st 2018

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Attack on Lake Mitchell

NotStock Photography | www.strava.com

Nifty Fifty w/ Kenton

Nate Eguia | www.strava.com

Bianchi Commuter Pavement, Grass, Gravel

Ekaterina (Katya) Morzhueva | www.strava.com

Yep, sucked like we thought it would

Jeremy Brown | www.strava.com

Wednesday Fiddy Piece

Brad Didier | www.strava.com

SCCC Paperclip Ride-Welcome back from Colorado Paul

Rosa Guerrero | www.strava.com

Stage 2: Rio Grande Valley Morning Ride

Martha Morin | www.strava.com

VOP

Andrew Callan | www.strava.com

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Cooler Start for August Bike Ride

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Much different for today’s bike ride compared to yesterday. The weather during today’s bike ride: start 83 (73% humidity), fair, wind N 8 mph. Finish 90 (49% humidity), a few clouds, wind N 9 mph. No rain obviously which helped to cool the area down for a day or so.

To start August biking I chose the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route and rode 38.31 miles. My goal for August is 800 miles and this is almost 5% of that. Only 761.7 miles to go.I rolled out at 10:06 am and finished at 12:52 pm.

When I took a side street from Gene Campbell Road to add half a mile to the ride I stopped and took these photos.

Bike Ride Gene Campbell Rd-2 Bike Ride Gene Campbell Rd

My son-in-law is named Christopher so I sent him the photo. He got a laugh from it. Even with the rain the grass is struggling to stay green.

One stop at the Circle K/Valero on FM 1314 at Sorters Road for ice and water. With the cooler temperature that was enough to carry me to the finish.

The light wind wasn’t much a problem during the ride and for a change it was a tailwind on the FM 1314 section from Gene Campbell Road to Old Sorters Road. This helped me build up my overall average speed to 14.6 mph and keep it there until I was back into Kingwood.

After the rain stopped yesterday I washed the Canyon bike and it was nice and clean for today’s ride.

Today’s weather should repeat tomorrow and I plan on taking advantage of it.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

Texas Bicycling News Digest July 31st 2018

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Local state park offers variety of summer activities

By JESUS SANCHEZ | www.brownsvilleherald.com


As a mother and daughter pedaled on a Thursday morning through Resaca De La Palma State Park, the sound of cicadas and rustling leaves provided relaxation while they continued their morning exercise.

Harlingen resident Araceli McCameron said she and her daughter, Christian, visit Resaca De La Palma as often as they can. …

Day 2 with a side of 1.5hr through a thunderstorm

Justin Martin | www.strava.com

At Night

Reynaldo Juarez | www.strava.com

MMM Ride

Kyle Evans | www.strava.com

Someone clearly put EPOs in my J.E.L.L.O.

Jesse Alston | www.strava.com

Monday with Cyclones

Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava.com

Chillin’ with Amanda

Meggin Crawford | www.strava.com

Tuesday with Cyclones

Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava.com

TUESDAY FREE RIDE

MARIA THOMAS | www.strava.com

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Course Correction, Almost Rain Avoidance Bike Ride

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Timing can be very important when biking. Today was a case in point. I started the ride at 9:34 am after checking weather radar. To the north and east of my home maybe 100 miles away a big glob of heavy rain showed. I figured it would come my way but according to my phone it would not get here until 12:45 pm. That was enough time to ride the route I planned with some time to spare. But as I rode south and then east the sky kept getting darker and rain looked close so I changed my route to the “Atascocita South – Walden – E Lake Houston Parkway” shortening it by 3 or 4 miles.

When I reached the turn around at E. Lake Houston Parkway the sky was heavy with dark clouds and I could feel the temperature dropping and the wind picking up. I had to ride into the wind to get to this point but when I made the turn back to the west the tailwind propelled me much faster than the ride to the east. That was good news because from the look of the dark clouds I was going to need all of the speed I could get to race the rain to home and win.

All went well as I biked west and then north on Pinehurst Trail with the temperature dropping a few degrees more. My wet jersey and shorts (from sweating) felt cold now and I pedaled even faster trying to get ahead of the rain and maybe put out more body heat to offset the chilly wind. A few sprinkles hit me on Kings River Drive before I got to W. lake Houston Parkway but stopped. Bicycling north on WLHP the sprinkles stopped but the ride through Kingwood Greens was on damp streets with a light rain. As I made it to Town Center the streets were wet and the light rain continued. It stayed like this until I turned onto Deerbrook and the street was dry. I was only about a mile from home so I thought I would get there not get caught by rain and it was so but after finishing the ride at 11:48 am and walking from the street to the garage I heard rain hitting the patio cover at a faster rate. By the time I put the Canyon away the rain was coming down harder. This is where the timing comes in. A few minutes later and I would have been soaked. I don’t know if it would have made any difference because I was soaked already from sweat and cool wind.

Weather during the bike ride: start 82 (89% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SW 6 mph. Finish 76 (90% humidity), light rain, wind W 6 mph. A rare bike ride in July where the starting temperature is higher than the finishing temperature with a morning start.

Canyon Endurace CF SLX / 4,304.6 miles after today’s bike ride. Not bad since putting the Canyon into service on February 27th of this year.

Recapping July biking I surpassed my 800 mile goal with 909.28 miles, the second highest month total this year following short of the highest by 7 miles. I bicycled 26 days out of 31. Year to date I am at 4,909 miles. This leaves 1,891 miles to reach my 6,800 mile goal. I am ahead of the total of all my monthly goals by 841 miles. If I reach my remaining goals for each month I will ride 7,641 miles for the year, the most I have ever done.

SportTracks Biking July Summary

The rain should be gone by tomorrow (Wednesday) so August riding should begin. My goal is 800 miles.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary