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Texas Bicycle Blog and News Digest June 22nd

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Tour de Cure – DFW

82 year old type 1 Jim West and 6 year old type 1 Grace. Great photo — with Pamela Hartzler-Kendzierski.

Missing mountain biker near Grapevine Lake

By: Chelsea Kretz        www.myfoxdfw.com

Flower Mound police are searching for a mountain biker who was somehow injured and then became separated from his friends in the woods.
The search started at Murrell Park near Grapevine Lake.
His friends told police they hadn’t seen him since about 10:00 a.m.
Search teams tried using a helicopter but thick trees obstructed their view. Crews will continue a ground search for the man.

SAFETY FIRST Children receive bikes, helmets and tips

BY TY JOHNSON Staff Writer        www.brownsvilleherald.com


It was two years ago when the Hinojosas first attended the Summer Bike Rodeo and Safety Expo at Hanna High School and Pedro and Michelle Hinojosa’s son, Peter, won a bicycle.
The family returned Saturday to the event, where Peter not only won a new bicycle, but his sisters Brisa, 14, and Summer Michelle, 3, won bikes, too.
As they were leaving the event, the loudspeaker announced that Brisa had won a helmet, making her the third of the Hinojosa children to win a bike and…

Mesilla to Fort Selden

Saturday, Jun 28, 2014, 8:00 AM

Mesilla Municipal Parking Lot (just south of The Bean)
Avenida de Mesilla (NM Hwy 28) Mesilla, NM

7 Cyclists Went

8 a.m. Saturday, June 28: Meet at Mesilla Municipal parking lot on NM 28 (just south of The Bean) for 36-mile ride to Fort Selden and back. 15-17 mph pace. Bob Clark,[masked]

Check out this Meetup →

Rollers, Rollers, Rollers

Bike Noob

That squeak turned out to be a worn chain. I’ll get a new one this week. In the meantime, I lubed it up and headed out to meet my biking buddy Maggie for a Sunday ride.
I didn’t want to go far because of the chain. She had done a longish ride the day before, and wasn’t up for a long one, either. We set off for Buda, about 15 miles away. When we ride there with the A’s, we often get there in record time. This week, we lazed our way along.
On the outskirts of the small town, we took a bio break at the Walgreen’s. That’s a favorite stopping point for both of us, because the water fountain by the bathrooms always runs cold.
“Where should we go from here?” Maggie asked. We have a routine route — head for the historic downtown area, then make a choice between turning toward…

North Hillcrest Circuit Loop

Corpus Christi Cycle Club


Departure Time: 6:15 p.m.
Location: North Loop Nueces Street, Corpus Christi
Come and join us on the Tuesday night north side (Hillcrest) circuit ride. This ride is now in full swing. Over the summer months we will be working with cyclists to continue to refine and grow this ride. Your support is encouraged. The city of Corpus Christi will continue to improve this loop if they see lots of cyclist using it! …

Stinson Field Mission Parkway Ride

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club

Sunday, July 20th: We will meet in the parking lot across from Stinson Field Municipal Airport located at 8535 Mission Road San Antonio, TX 78214-3101. We will depart Promptly at 7:30 am for a choice between a 32 mile ride to Mission San Juan and then along Villamain Rd, the service road along IH 37 and then along Old Corpus Christi Road and back to Stinson or a 25 mile ride which will take us down Southton  road and around…

7:00am – Harden Dental Team Ride

Corinth Cycling

When: Sat Jul 5, 2014 7am to 10am  CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This is the weekly training ride for the Corinth Cycling/Harden Dental race team. This is a 62 mile loop on an established route. Expect a fast pace and be prepared to fix your own mechanicals. There are no stops on this ride. -7:30am- http://ridewithgps.com/routes/337788

Sunday Ride

Brazos Valley Cyclists

We did the Weedon Loop this morning, heading out from the Shellron, aka Shell station that used to be a Chevron at Highway 6 and Highway 30 across from the mall, out Elmo Weedon and then around.
One of our riders spotted a dead snake on the way out, and another is a herpetologist.
How many bike rides do you know that will reroute and then…

Tweets

https://twitter.com/BlingBlinkyofTX/status/480709213048418304

Event Reminder

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About Rick Ankrum

In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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