{"id":63032,"date":"2023-08-12T22:51:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T03:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=63032"},"modified":"2023-08-12T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T03:51:07","slug":"texas-bicycling-on-the-road-august-12-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/12\/texas-bicycling-on-the-road-august-12-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling On The Road &#8211; August 12, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9634293072\">Johnny\u2019s Ride &#8211; Bully Pace with Miguel!! Woooooooooo!!! Missouri City, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Frank Cano | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/r9FqTxC-mc54imaDVWfhq1yev0y2bF2_6c-4HbzIcDU-2048x1536.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/highlandscurrent.org\/2023\/08\/12\/brian-stachitus-1955-2023\/\">Brian Stachitus (1955-2023)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>highlandscurrent.org<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/highlandscurrent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/brian-stachitus.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brian Lee Stachitus, 68, of Cold Spring, and most recently of Boerne, Texas, died Aug. 6 with his wife and daughter at his side.<\/p>\n<p>He was born Jan. 24, 1955 in Buffalo, the youngest son of John Walter Stachitus and Elizabeth Ann (Picton) Stachitus. He grew up and attended school in the Depew\/Lancaster area near Buffalo and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in geology from the University at Buffalo. In 1983 he married Christine Pogorzala. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Brian loved to play ice hockey, and during his high school days would rise at 4 a.m. to get some rink time with his buddies. He was a newspaper delivery boy. Brian loved to garden. His pride and joy was his cactus collection; he found joy in planting seeds and acorns and starting new plants. He enjoyed bicycle riding and completed the MS 150 in Texas numerous times. Hiking in nature was a love of his, and a favorite place was Big Bend National Park. \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trekbikes.com\/us\/en_US\/greatrides\/houston\/?utm_source=Iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20Consumer%20Direct%2020230810%20Great%20Rides%20August_7336711\">Houston offers a diverse, eclectic, and spirited cycling scene.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>www.trekbikes.com<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.trekbikes.com\/image\/upload\/w_768,h_938,c_pad,f_auto,fl_progressive:semi,q_auto\/TK22_GreatRides_Region_Houston_2\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With temperatures hovering between 50 and 80 degrees for much of the year \u2014 and terrain that\u2019s pancake flat \u2014 Houston, a recipient of a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community award from the League of American Bicyclists, is on its way to becoming a world-class bicycling city.<\/p>\n<p>For easy spinning and sightseeing, it has a 345-mile interconnected bikeway network, from cool bayou trails to multi-use paths, plus 80 miles of bikeable nature trails. Need more? There\u2019s a velodrome, 18 miles of singletrack, a mountain bike park, and a cyclocross course in town, and decent gravel riding within 90 minutes. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Our most popular road rides \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9634289900\">Reverse Tri &#8211; Ride Fulshear, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Mafer Pinder Caraballo | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/lWctPTFiALt2Md2Sa4uBBJNB9iAwoBBYZWYSkIaedHo-2048x1536.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9634148316\">47th Metric of 2023 Deer Park, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Justin Imel | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/pKJ6_f5VbF5hN2Vu3jUdU8SEfsICvaJAFy_VHRv43S0-2048x1536.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/wHr45gQrW4ZXxE8w5AiaAEh43mxZXa2Rz2Mqd3kLGwY-2048x1536.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9634151424\">HBC Enve Madness Fort Bend County, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Chip Voss | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p>First proper ride on the new rig. Gonna be a good relationship\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/leKpMbG8fQ67du5LsR-DVDVflE-EERypOJ5zuaHIibw-1536x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/Cd_IdbYAcP5qNNBX8adiXS80-QtXrAp4QFm59TSomhU-2048x1536.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Texas Biking from X<\/h1>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pool #32: Springwoods Pool<br>I slid. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poolpeddler?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poolpeddler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3cjTQcnNZ\">pic.twitter.com\/a3cjTQcnNZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aaron N. Chamberlain ? (@elmachuca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmachuca\/status\/1690471622971392001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar<\/h1>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bike ride, UH\/Rice U art\/architecture, birds +\/-13 miles <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DwnSBmulJq\">https:\/\/t.co\/DwnSBmulJq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Meetup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Meetup<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Meetup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Meetup<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1690482791274754048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6VsgQx2PTr\">https:\/\/t.co\/6VsgQx2PTr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1690510707467378689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/12\/texas-bicycling-on-the-road-august-12-2023\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-goE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63033,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63032\/revisions\/63033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}