hindesky Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 I was riding the Heights Scavenger Hunt on Saturday. This year they moved it to Memorial weekend and we have 3 days before you have to turn in your findings. So I did 2 pages of it and plan on going back Sunday and Monday to look for more findings. It was tough finding them, sometimes you have to backtrack because you can't find it. The pic is of one of the things we have to find, clue was "You might see this on the Pink Floyd Animals cover". It's real easy to miss the small things like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 So I had to chase a Bike Tag but little did the person know that I have taken hundreds of pictures here at the ION, they made it too easy. Notice the long trek east bound in 2nd Ward/East End, a super long train was blocking all the streets and it wasn't even moving. Didn't really plan going that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 I had to chase a Bike Tag during the first part of my ride before someone beat me to it. After Googling "bronze statues in Houston" the one I was looking for was one of the last ones on the list. It's at Gragg Park off of S. Wayside and it's of John Glenn the NASA astronaut. Then I head back home a post my Bike Tag and continued my ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 No Bike Tags to chase since mine is the current one everyone is looking for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 They can't seem to find my Bike Tag (I thought it was going be an easy one) so I just get to ride and take pics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Between the heat and the long miles yesterday today was tough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 There is a new Bike Tag up, I know where it is but I don't want to go to Bellaire to get it on a weekday, too much traffic to deal with in order to get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 17 hours ago, hindesky said: There is a new Bike Tag up, I know where it is but I don't want to go to Bellaire to get it on a weekday, too much traffic to deal with in order to get it. You could drive to Bellaire, take the bike off the rack, ride 30 feet, and take the picture😁. I don't see how you ride all those miles this time of year, and in Houston traffic. How does the biking compare to climbing the crane stairs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Ross said: You could drive to Bellaire, take the bike off the rack, ride 30 feet, and take the picture😁. I don't see how you ride all those miles this time of year, and in Houston traffic. How does the biking compare to climbing the crane stairs? I think that is cheating but some players have accused a couple of bikers of doing that. I ride early so the heat isn't as bad plus when your rolling your creating your own wind, its when you stop that it gets hot. Climbing a tower crane isn't bad, the higher you get the cooler and windier it is plus there are platforms to rest every 20'. Coming down as you get to closer to the ground you can really feel the ground heat radiating. Edited June 19, 2021 by hindesky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 11/17/2019 at 9:11 PM, Triton said: Has anyone gone down Brays in a while? Was wanting to go past 610 but I heard a lot is shutdown. It's closed at Buffalo Spdwy bridge going westbound and at Telephone Rd bridge eastbound but that looks close to opening back up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) This ride hurt a lot. I had to cut it short. Not having ridden in a week, the heat got to me. Anyway I had to chase a Bike Tag first. Someone posted a new one late last night. When I saw it I thought that this was going to be an impossible find, just a red door with a 300 above it. I started using Google Maps and but 300 block in the title and it was taking me to just about every street with a 300 block in it. Got frustrated and gave up. Later on I entered 300 Westheimer and lo and behold there is the front door of #'s dance club. Thing is he didn't have the canopy so that threw me off. Found it, I live blocks away and posted a new Tag. Edited June 25, 2021 by hindesky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 They are still looking for my Bike Tag. Got an 1/2 hr earlier start to beat the heat and cut the ride short so I don't overheat like I did yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Had to chase a Bike Tag first during my ride. I knew where it was as these murals were painted in 2016 during the Meeting of Styles mural fest. I used to ride this trail pretty frequently but haven't been this far in a while. They repaved the section near TC Jester Park which it needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 So someone found my Bike Tag rather quickly but it was right in front of the Snooze breakfast place in the Heights. The person that found it lives in the Heights since all their Tags seem to be in the Heights. I easily found theirs though on the beginning of my ride. First was my Tag they found, second is the one I found this morning, I've taken a bunch of pics from here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samagon Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) On 8/15/2020 at 4:49 PM, HoustonMidtown said: Glad your'e back!! I took a nasty spill a couple weeks ago, broke my leg and collarbone - no biking for me for the next couple of months unfortunately...I look forward to seeing your pics while I recover... oh man, that's rough, hope you're recovered and back on the bike! and hindesky, I admire your dedication, and appreciate your updates on this thread. I haven't been on my bike since very early this year. I need to get back on and ride, and you're helping to inspire me! Edited July 15, 2021 by samagon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Had to drag out my road bike to chase a Bike Tag, gravel bike is in the shop for rear wheel bearing replacement. My Paramount OS is a really nice, light weight and fast bike but it's a racing bike and not as comfortable of a ride as my AWOL Comp. Bike Tag I found..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 I had a Bike Tag I could have chased but its past the Galleria area on Westheimer and I didn't get an early enough start. Plus the traffic around there with all the roads closed I decided to let someone else chase it. They found it but they live on the west side of the west loop in Bellaire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 Forgot to turn on the Strava app till I got to Kirby and 59, probably about 3 miles more to add to the 19 I got. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 Was chasing a Bike Tag but I got a late start and rode around too much after I found it. Another player posted his find about 1 1/2 hr before I got home after my ride. Turns out the Tag was in the parking garage of the Methodist Admin building on Greenbriar. I ended up doing 3 parking garages(18 floors) before I found the right one. I did the pink one then the white next to it and finally the right one at Methodist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) There is a Bike Tag available but no way I'm gonna chase it. It's at Bellaire and BW8 at Arthur Storey Park, the Ying and Yang thing on the ground. Too far and too much traffic to deal with coming back. Edited August 22, 2021 by hindesky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 So apparently I'm a local legend according to Strava on what they are calling "Just Another Dirty Alley" in Rice University. It's actually called "Campanile Rd." according to Rice. I ride it after going by the Abercrombie Building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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