{"id":58902,"date":"2022-04-07T22:51:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=58902"},"modified":"2022-04-07T22:51:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T03:51:13","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-april-7th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-april-7th-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News April 7th 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Could Fiesta FitFest help San Antonio become a cycling-friendly city?<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Robert Rivard | sanantonioreport.org<\/h4>\n

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San Antonio is a long way from making the list of bicycle-friendliest cities in the United States, but this Sunday\u2019s inaugural L\u2019\u00c9tape San Antonio, a cycling event affiliated with the Tour de France, could be the start of something big.<\/p>\n

The question is: Will San Antonio build on it going forward?<\/p>\n

The Sunday event features organized cycling rides of 100-, 60- and 25-mile distances starting and ending at UTSA\u2019s Main Campus. Riders on the longer route will head west toward Bandera and Comfort and back through Helotes. An impressive 2,200 riders are registered, proving that if you …<\/p>\n

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Coast to Coast via the Southern Tier – Spring 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Fletch Dobbs | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h4>\n

Day 27 – Marathon to Sanderson: Downhill and downwind!<\/h4>\n

Tuesday April 5, 2022, 56 miles (90 km) – Total so far: 1,127 miles (1,814 km)\nWe left Marathon this morning at the first rideable light. About 7:40 or so. The ride started with a gentle climb of maybe 300 vertical feet spread over about 15 miles. Winds were calm and the temp was in the high forties. A great start to a great ride. Following the climb, we met a few very gentle rollers under the same conditions, except the temperature had risen to somewhere near the seventies. Time to shed a layer. At some point that I don\u2019t recall exactly, the …<\/p>\n

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Day 28 – Sanderson to Seminole Canyon State Park<\/h4>\n

Wednesday April 6, 2022, 82 miles (132 km) – Total so far: 1,209 miles (1,946 km)\nA long ride today. Wind was our biggest worry today. The NWS had issued a wind advisory for today predicting northwest winds with gusts over 40 MPH. While the wind was definitely up, the worst we saw was gusty cross winds and later on in the day we actually got a little tailwind.<\/p>\n

Scenery today was once again unremarkable. Much the same as the past several. The highlights for me were the total mileage of 82 (and I\u2019m still able to stand and walk under my own power), the Judge Roy Bean visitor center in Langtry, and crossing the PECOS River. My childhood memories of Pecos Bill have been rekindled \u2026<\/p>\n

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Spring 2022 Tours<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Doug Yotty | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h4>\n

Day 0: Meet in El Paso<\/h4>\n

Friday April 8, 2022\nAdventure Cycling’s intro into this ride:<\/p>\n

This ten-day, van-supported trip explores the wild and picturesque terrain of the west Texas Big Bend region. A road rider\u2019s dream come true, this tour offers low-traffic byways, an abundance of stunning scenery, and ample opportunities to discover the secrets of Big Bend National Park, the Chihuahuan Desert, the Davis and Chisos mountain ranges, and the Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River<\/p>\n

Our journey through this …<\/p>\n

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Texas Hill Country Loop 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Tom Camp | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h4>\n

Day 9: Leander to Inks Lake State Park: Headwinds again… Will we ever get to Inks Lake?<\/h4>\n

Tuesday April 5, 2022, 49 miles (79 km) – Total so far: 322 miles (518 km)\nWe did check the weather forecast before starting today and saw that it was going to get up to about 97(!) degrees this afternoon. Because of that, we got an earlier start than usual at 7:53AM (approximately). We knew the heat would be a challenge but really did not expect to be riding into a headwind (again) most of the day. This made for some long, ssssllllloooooooowwwwwwww miles.<\/p>\n

We are definitely back in the hill country again. From the start of the ride to the high point, the elevation difference was about 1,400′ but we ended up climbing about 1,800′ because of the rolling hills. The roads continue to be, for the most part, low traffic with a few exceptions around some towns.<\/p>\n

The elevation profile for today’s ride was a bit deceiving. I was thinking that once we got to Burnet, that it would be a nice downhill coast into Inks Lake State Park. Wrong. We headed directly into the wind for a long 9 mile mostly uphill grind. We then hit some nice downhills and thought we were done with the hills. Wrong again. It’s absolutely beautiful countryside, but we were pretty sapped by the time we finally got to …<\/p>\n

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