Texas Bicycle Happenings – April 16, 2023
Community celebrates upgrades to Noble E. Young Park in Tyler
By Symone Sheppard | tylerpaper.com
The community gathered at Noble E. Young Park in Tyler on Saturday afternoon to celebrate renovations.
The updated park features new restrooms and a new art mural, a new parking lot and location, a 1-mile long, 8-foot-wide walking trail, picnic tables and benches, a pavilion, a children’s bike park, and an outdoor gym.
Leanne Robinette, director of Parks and Recreations for the City of Tyler, introduced the event and also helped participate in the ribbon cutting. She said she was excited to see this work completed.
“I feel so proud that we were able to do this at a park that really needed some love,” said Robinette. “This park hasn’t been touched in a really long time. It was in bad shape when we …
Video: Cyclists participate in L’Étape San Antonio during second annual Fiesta FitFest
Allysa Cole | www.ksat.com
L’Étape San Antonio cyclists travel 25, 60 and 100 miles across Hill Country.
SAN ANTONIO – Sunday marks the last day of San Antonio Sports’ Fiesta FitFest at UTSA.
Fiesta Fitfest is a new traditional twist on celebrating health and wellness the weekend before Fiesta.
Thousands of people participated in the headline event L’Étape San Antonio, an amateur mass cycling event.
One of the bikers, Deb Godoy, cycled 25 miles of L’Étape San Antonio.
“Adrenaline is definitely going while you’re cycling out there. It was windy so you have a lot of headwind and you had some side wind,” she said.
One of the …
Happy Sunday Houston, Texas
Walter Poncio | strava.com
Sunday social Harris County, Texas
Jim Storey | strava.com
Afternoon Ride with my son andrew Fort Worth, Texas
Jorge O-M | strava.com
He’s getting strong on the bike looks like may be a good sprinter
Sooooo goooooood!!! Good ride with Houston Gravel Collective and friends. Houston, Texas
Fudgelump (Fajar) | strava.com
Grand Fondo Texas 2023 Montgomery, Texas
Tracy Krznar?? BennyThunders.com | strava.com
Should have put my road wheels on the bike! The cross wind, the hills and 38mm gravel tires don’t mix! On the bright side I did finish!
Bayou Roubaix aka Aero Gravel with Andrew and Geoff Houston, Texas
Gareth Jones | strava.com
Healthy mix of tarmac, concrete, gravel and dirt…
L’Etape San Antonio
Dolores Becho | strava.com
So today my legs decided they were not gonna cooperate. I couldn’t hang on to any draft and I could barely climb. Rode mostly alone as my anxiety was revved up due to the numerous crashes and the amount of ppl who don’t know how to handle a bike. Nonetheless, my nutrition was on point and I did what I could just to finish. Winds were horrible, pushing me all over the road. I prayed and cussed all in the same breath..
TMCO Gran Fondo 2023 Montgomery, Texas
Noe Espinosa | strava.com
The hills and the wind were relentless. A well organized ride the would put the RBC Whistler Gran Fondo to shame… there I said it
Southern Tier CoMotion
By Keith Misegades | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Steeper hills: Bastrop to west Austin
Sunday April 16, 2023, 55 miles (89 km) – Total so far: 1,558 miles (2,507 km) Oh boy, I hit steeper hills today. The first 35 miles into Austin from Bastrop was a cakewalk compared to the last 18 miles. The terrain was rolling from Bastrop into Austin and I was in the eastern outskirts of Austin by 10:30. I’ve mentioned before that large cities are always a pain due to the volume of traffic and turns.
Today’s ride through the city was no different. Austin held its largest running event this morning with 15,000 runners and it had closed a bunch of roads. Fortunately, it had just completed by the time I made it downtown. Some big motorcycle race or event must have been going on at a raceway on the eastern side of town because I saw hundreds of motorcyclists and cars all streaming into the racetrack. They were all going east while I was on the other side of the road going west. But it did clog the road due to the police directing traffic for miles.
The roads going into the city from Bastrop were for …
Texas Bike Bash – Day Two – 4/28/2023
by u/atx-cyclist in dfwbike
Texas Biking from Twitter
Me today. Lil baby gonna cry in the headwind. Made it home. pic.twitter.com/7N4zHba4Cd
— Aaron N. Chamberlain ? (@elmachuca) April 17, 2023
To celebrate the promotion to full #professor at @CockrellSchool a new mountain bike & a commitment to return to my favorite grad school hobby!
— Michael Pyrcz? (@GeostatsGuy) April 16, 2023
That’s my cycling jersey from during my #PhD! The years melt away as I flow through the trees & challenge the climbs. I’m still here! pic.twitter.com/HG8nnrZuWF
You do know that there's a great mountain bike race on the Wee-Chi-Tah Trail on Friday morning of the HHH weekend.
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) April 16, 2023
Race or watch, it's good times! @WeeChiTahTrail pic.twitter.com/2K6tM6G0rR
Ouch! Bollards are key to keeping cars off of trails — but they need to be visible! cc: @houparksboard @HouPublicWorks https://t.co/IvjH0rUCjq
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) April 16, 2023
The MS150 is just TWO weeks away! No one could ride w/ me today, but I enjoyed a long morning training ride alone, feeling thankful for the gorgeous weather. Hope everyone is having a great Sunday! @mssociety @TexasMS150 #MSWarriors #MS150 #AustinTX pic.twitter.com/V4TenYmfpt
— Lisa Doggett (@lisadoggettmd) April 16, 2023
Great ride with @HarrisCoPct2 Commissioner @AdrianGarciaHTX this weekend! pic.twitter.com/UbHvvEtza8
— Rodney Ellis (@RodneyEllis) April 16, 2023
I spy a brewery that could use a bike rack. ? pic.twitter.com/e4o5g6xAgz
— Joe Cutrufo (@JoeCutrufo) April 16, 2023
Rothe Recovery Ride is back! Monday, April 17 from The Meteor Austin! Meet at 5:45pm, roll sharp @ 6pm. Expect ~1.5hrs of easy, social pedaling on a South/SE Austin route, 15-17mph avg.! Everyone is welcome!
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) April 16, 2023
More info, RSVP & route here on @Strava :https://t.co/Uq9nj7EYe3 pic.twitter.com/iS1bG7G5k2