Cloudy, dreary and 58 degrees outside meant going to the Land of Zwift for today’s bike ride. Looking at some route options I chose Stage 2 Tour of Watopia Group B riding Triple Flat Loops. I didn’t expect to stay with the group not long after the start since most translate ride into a race. That’s what happened but several riders stayed in my vicinity for most of the ride. One lap on the route covering 22.5 miles with 533 feet of climbing. My results: 22.77 miles and 531 feet of elevation gain. No big hills with the climbing spread out over the route. This wasn’t my first ride on Triple Flat Loops, seven previous rides since March 13th, 2022. Two Zwift Sprint PR’s but no Strava PR’s. Only two sprints on the route.
Map from ZwiftInsider.com
11-11-2023 SportTracks Rides History Zwift Triple Flat Loops
The construction temporarily disconnected a trail on the east side of the park. (Courtesy city of McKinney)
The hiking and biking trails at McKinney’s Erwin Park have been re-established after neighboring development resulted in part of the trails becoming disconnected, city staff said at a Nov. 7 meeting.
How we got here
Construction on Ridgeline, a 663-lot residential development just east of Erwin Park, began Oct. 27, city staff said.
City officials received reports from residents Oct. 28 who said part of a trail at the park had been disconnected due to construction on the development.
The Trail Conservancy is turning to a rather unusual solution to its poison ivy problem: goats.
AUSTIN, Texas – The goats are back on the Butler Hike and Bike Trail!
The goats will be munching along the easternmost part of the trail between Longhorn Dam and International Shores at Lady Bird Lake for a little while longer, according to the City of Austin’s Park Rangers.
The city’s Park Rangers shared photos of the goats, as well as before and after shots of the vegetation on social media. …
The project will connect downtown with the Trail de Paris portion of the NE Texas Trail near First Street SW and Hearne Avenue.
Commuting by bicycle between the Northeast Texas Trail and Historic Downtown Paris will soon be more accessible and safer with the addition of dedicated bicycle lanes. The Texas Department of Transportation has awarded the City of Paris funding to aid construction of the bike lanes through the department’s Transportation Alternatives Program.
The project will connect downtown with the Trail de Paris portion of the NE Texas Trail near First Street SW and Hearne Avenue. Five-foot-wide bicycle lanes will be marked on the existing pavement along each side of First Street SW to West Sherman Street. The southbound bicycle …
A slow moving wet cool front arrived during the early morning moving my bike ride indoors to Zwift. The other day in an email from ZwiftInsider.com the route information for the new Watopia Sugar Cookie route got my attention. Today was a good time for my first ride on the Sugar Cookie. The distance, 24.2 miles, was not too long and the climbing , 845 feet, was doable for this flatlander. I didn’t know that about half the climbing was going to be on the Epic KOM with 9% and 10% elevation. Fortunately the route took the Epic KOM Bypass and relaxed the climbing to mostly downhill to flat to the finish at 24.2 miles. I was out of the saddle climbing the Epic KOM when the 9% and 10% grades came. Strava lists the Epic KOM as a Cat 4 climb. Strava showed a PR on Woodland Sprint (45s). Zwift was more generous with PR on the Acropolis Sprint in addition to Strava. I got the Zwift Achievement Award completing the route.
Students at St. Edward’s and residents of Austin alike mount bicycles to traverse the city. Despite Austin’s claims of being a green city, cyclists find the city expressly difficult to ride in. The city attempts to alleviate these hurdles with new policies such as the MetroBike program.
The Texas Department of Transportation announced the list of recipients for the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Programs (TASA) grant on Oct. 26. It included a $11.3 million award for the City of Austin to expand its current MetroBike bike share program.
While this is a landmark step in terms of funding for public transportation, the decision to invest in the bike share program was inherently inequitable. The promotion of this mode of transit excludes those with physical disabilities impeding them from riding such bikes, and does not attempt to improve the infrastructure for those who depend on pedestrian and cycling transportation.
The announcement of the dispersed funds comes after the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced last December that they were searching for …
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Smiles and giggles were seen and heard at Harvey Elementary School on Thursday morning as second graders received free bikes.
1PointFive, a carbon removal technology company partnered with the non-profit Wish for Wheels and the King Ranch to build over 300 bikes for area second graders.
As KRIS 6 previously reported, 1PointFive is bringing the world’s largest direct air capture facility to Kingsville. Their mission is to green, and what better place to start than with the kids?
“A bike at this age signals a lot of independence,” Director of Projects Trey Fournier said. "The kids that …
