Texas Bicycling News and Blog Digest May 22nd
Race Week: Seven Days of Racing in DFW
texasbikeracing.com
An intense week of racing in Dallas-Fort Worth will bring racers from across the Lone Star State to race in the D-F-dub.
Starting tonight, and for the coming week, you can consider Dallas-Fort Worth the criterium capital of Texas. With this evening’s weekly Tuesday Night Crit, right through Friday’s late-night-party-slash-race at Bike the Bricks, capping off with the Skills-Based Championship on Memorial Day, racers and spectators alike have a lot of racing to look forward to through the holiday weekend.
Race Week (sorry Nascar, us Texas bicyclists are stealing that moniker for a bit) starts off with a one-two-three punch of weeknight crit races that reach from Fort Worth to downtown Dallas and all the…
Lake Travis bikers win THSMBL state title
By Bonnie Jeter, Lake Travis View contributing writer
Lake Travis mountain bikers raced to their second straight Texas High School Mountain Bike League state championship at the Tangle in Troy Race on May 4 in Troy.
The race was the last as part of the five-race season in the league, which is scored throughout the season to determine a state champion.
Lake Travis riders raced in dedication to Ken Parmerter, one of the founding coaches of the Lake Travis Mountain Bike club program. Parmerter died on April 30 after cardiac arrest during…
Memorial Day Ride
Tyler Bicycle Club
Monday, May 26th, is Memorial Day and we will be having our annual Memorial Day Ride. We will leave from Super 1 Foods on Hwy 271 north at 8 am. We will ride to Hawkins for breakfast and ride back. For those not wanting breakfast, you can ride around Lake Hawkins and then ride back with the group. The ride is a 40+ mile ride and the group will stay together. Also, we will have SAG support.
2014 TMBRA Wrap up – Y U NO WARDA VIDEO?!
Turnin’ Cranks
A short little video on the wrap up from the 2014 Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association state championship series.
I managed to bag 5th place overall with a 10th place finish at Warda. My GoPro SD card apparently popped out during the ride so no race video for Warda
You can read the race report here: …
May 24th [Avery Ranch + BCC] and May 25th [Mystery] Rides!
Steiner Ranch Cycling Group
Below is a recap by our Cycling Dynamo Thomas Lea:
“Saturday was the Real Ale ride which most of us did. A few stuck it out for the full 78 mile route (advertised as 80 or 85 miles depending on the sign), but another group was nice enough to accompany a teammate who was riding with a hangover which sucked and understood that it was best to get back to the brewery ASAP to try the soothing effects of the Hair of the Dog treatment. The ride was challenging as always with over 4000 feet of climbing. Dustin Dinh took a spill when his cleat popped out on a descent and bloody lower arm road rash was on display. Stuart nearly suffered the same fate in an epic sprint with me, but managed to stay upright only suffering a humiliating…
Rolling Past Fun Town On Arlington’s River Legacy Park Mountain Bike Trail
Durango Texas
Water had almost been fully re-installed in my swimming pool by this morning’s regularly scheduled pool dip.
To be totally topped off the pool still had about a foot to go at that point in time, but the deep end was sufficiently deep to facilitate the acquisition of some much needed…
Bicyclist critical after collision Saturday with truck in Lakeway
By Philip Jankowski, American-Statesman Staff
A bicyclist remains in critical condition after he collided over the weekend with a semi-truck in Lakeway, police said Tuesday.
Lakeway officials have not released the bicyclist’s name.
The wreck occurred about 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2100 block of RM 620. The bicyclist had been northbound on the shoulder of the road when an 18-wheel truck turning right crossed in front of his path and the bicyclist ran into the truck, police said. EMS airlifted the man to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, where he has…
Firefighters embark on Texas Brotherhood Ride to honor fallen comrades
www.click2houston.com
Dozens of firefighters and law enforcement officers from Houston and across the country are riding to honor the 19 Texas firefighters who died in the line of duty last year, including four HFD firefighters. Andy Cerota reports
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Bike Event: Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Patch Challenge – Greenville, TX: When: Sat Sep 20, 2014 9am to 2pmÂ
… http://t.co/VZBMyIMDwL— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 23, 2014
New Bike Event: Waco Wild West 100 Bicycle Tour – Waco, TX: When: Sat Sep 27, 2014 8am to 3pmÂ
CDTWhere: India… http://t.co/MPgdWcmqJo— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 23, 2014
New Bike Event: Blazing Saddles, the Afterburn – Warda, TX: When: Sat Jun 7, 2014 6pm to Sun Jun 8, 2014 12am … http://t.co/p2WcfPByHe
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 23, 2014
New Bike Event: The Madison – Houston, TX: When: Sat Jul 26, 2014 3pm to Sat Jul 26, 2014 10pmÂ
CDTWhere: Alke… http://t.co/haCBWPQJLh— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 23, 2014
New Bike Event: Tour de Ted – Nine Cities in Texas: Recurring Event
First start: 2014-10-11 08:30:00 CDTDura… http://t.co/iCCBfl519D
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 23, 2014
Tweets
Way more bikes than I expected on the train tonight.
— Su Wilcox (@cheekysu) May 22, 2014
Mansfield city council looks at options for bicycle plans http://t.co/tES34ynT8g +@startelegram
— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) May 22, 2014
Ride of Silence 2014 Upper Rio Grande Valley: http://t.co/UBevST8bPU
— Daniel Cruz (@DCRUZ547) May 22, 2014
This Monday (Memorial Day)…Uptown Ciclovia – check it out! http://t.co/bDHB6w1IUL
— Querencia Bike Shop (@QuerenciaDenton) May 22, 2014
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