Texas Biking News March 4th 2020
Cross Country Spring 2020
By Paul Mattison | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Arrey NM to ElPaso TX: Flaaaaaaat Monday March 2, 2020, 108 miles (174 km) – Total so far: 816 miles (1,313 km) Not a whole lot to say about the ride into ElPaso today. Very, very flat riding with a pretty strong crosswind that wanted to blow me into traffic all day. Stopped a few times to take pictures of the Rio Grande but there wasn’t much water to see anywhere… The only other obvious scenery was …
ElPaso to Esperanza Tx: A little bit of everything Tuesday March 3, 2020, 68 miles (109 km) – Total so far: 884 miles (1,423 km) Wind, rain (lots and lots), urban, suburban, and a few dogs too. A little bit of everything today! Waited for rush hour traffic to subside a bit today before I set off, so it coincided with the forecasted rainy weather to begin. Got out of downtown before it started to get wet.
The first couple miles outside of the city included some …
Esperanza Tx to Fort Davis Tx: This isn’t the Texas I expected Wednesday March 4, 2020, 100 miles (161 km) – Total so far: 984 miles (1,584 km) 40 degrees and rain is not how I always pictured Texas, but what do I know? For the second day in a row, it was windy, rainy and cold. Decided to break from the ACA map and stay on I-10 (and frontage roads) instead of going South. Made good time until the wind had enough of helping me out and …
My Bike Ride Across America
Brendan Leonard | www.outsideonline.com
This is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I started it, I’ve been fortunate to get to go on some pretty wonderful adventures. Throughout 2020, I’ll be writing about 12 of my favorites, one per month. This is the second in the series.
As we looked over our menus, we began to sense that the Waffle House staff was nearing a complete meltdown. It was evening, day 39 of our 49-day bicycle ride across America, March 15, 2010. Tony and I had pushed our bikes and trailers into a hotel room a block away, showered, and walked to the nearest restaurant, which was a Waffle House. We were tired and ready to eat. Almost six weeks into our trip, our bodies had basically turned into machines that pedaled fully …
… On day 20, we adjusted our route to take a less hilly path, avoiding the Davis Mountains in West Texas and heading to the town of Marfa on U.S. Route 90. My memory of the day is the flattest, straightest road I’ve ever ridden on, with a few barely noticeable adjustments to the left, a slight uphill grade the entire way, and wide-open ranchland along …
Tyler Bicycle Club talk about “Beauty and the Beast race†for St Patrick’s day
www.easttexasmatters.com
Tyler Bicycle Club of Tyler is gearing up for their †“Beauty and the Beast race†for St Patrick’s day. If you would like to sign up head on over to their website.
BikeHouston’s Spoke & Word: March Newsletter
BikeHouston.org
Upcoming Events and Volunteer Opportunities
Light of the Phoenix Ride – March 18 BikeHouston Offices
DIY Bike Repair Clinic – March 23 Houston Bicycle Company (404 1/2 Westheimer Rd)
Bicycle Friendly Driver Course – March 24 Houston Police Department (13097 Nitida St)
Riding With Confidence Class – March 28 City of Mont Belvieu (12450 Eagle Pointe Dr Mont Belvieu, TX)
Sights & Sounds Festival – April 4 Stude Park (1031 Stude)
Vehicle hits Woodway student biking to school
www.fox44news.com
The principal of Woodgate Intermediate School says one of his students went to the hospital Wednesday morning after a vehicle hit the boy as he rode his bike to school.
We do not know the extent of the boy’s injuries at this time, or if the driver of the vehicle will face any criminal charges.
This is the email Principal Wes Kanawyer sent out to parents: …
March 2020 Executive Director’s Report
By Clark Martinson | bikehouston.org
Northbound Waugh Bike Lane Abruptly Stops at W. Gray Street
In this report, I’d like to focus on some of the nitty-gritty of our day-to-day work. Specifically, I will be responding to a member’s email about the intersection at W. Gray Street and Waugh.
If you travel by car or by bike on Waugh from Montrose to the Heights you noticed the changes made this month at the W. Gray intersection. A BikeHouston member sent us the following:
“I commute to work every day on my bike and really enjoy how bikeable Houston really is. I recently moved though and have been figuring out the best routes to take (Heights to the Med Center). I’ve found that Waugh is typically the best road to take …