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Texas Bicycling News Digest December 18th

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7,500-mile ride for the love of animals

BY ELIZABETH M. COSIN    ARGUS-COURIER STAFF


Mike Minnick has wanderlust. In a big way.
The 38-year-old Oklahoma native rode his cargo bike into Petaluma last week with his dog, Bixby, in a crate on the back. They were feted by the locals, as they have been in the dozens of towns they’ve visited during a cross-country bicycle trek that began more than a year and 7,500 miles ago.
While the shear breadth of the trip — which has taken them from the easternmost tip of Maine to Florida, across the south to Texas, north to Colorado and Montana and then to the Pacific Northwest and down to California — is remarkable, Minnick’s personal journey might be even more remarkable.
Before he got on his bike for a test ride — 600 miles from Galveston, Texas to a family reunion in Texarcana, Ark. — Minnick hadn’t ridden a bicycle since his childhood, was badly out of shape and …

iCan Bikeâ„¢

dspnt.org


Each summer, DSPNT partners with iCan Shine to host a bicycle camp. iCan Bike teaches individuals with Down syndrome and other differing abilities to ride a standard two wheel bicycle and become life-long, independent riders. This achievement creates a gateway of …

Bullis County Park Ride

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club

Saturday December 27th,  Ride starts at 8:30 a.m..  Meet at Bullis County Park on Old Blanco Road.  The route goes 34 miles with a 24 mile option through northern Bexar County hill country.  This is an intermediate level ride with rolling hills through the picturesque hill country. Click link to http://www.mysanantoniolawyer.com/bicycle.htm  Directions:  This ride starts at Bullis County Park, which is on Blanco, north of 1604 (see map link below).  The park is on Blanco Road, 7.7 miles north of N. Texas 1604 W.  If you …

Dec 18 (Day 252) – Hunkering down

bikingforbirds.blogspot.com

I apologize if yesterday’s post sounded overly pessimistic. Part of that was clearly a reaction to the crappy weather that I am currently experiencing. I know I have no control over it and that there’s really nothing I can do about it. Even knowing this, it still bothers me. I don’t like being limited by my circumstances. I like feeling that I am my only limit. That way I can push myself to the maximum level. Right now, there’s no point in doing that given the circumstances, and this is a crappy feeling for me. I don’t relax well, and I don’t like sitting still. Sure a bit of rest won’t hurt me, but neither will it help the bird total. I have many times been called psychotic for my unyielding desire to persevere and achieve. I know it sometimes drives those close to me crazy, particularly my mom. It’s just the way I am. As I will discuss much more in …

Deception – Swag Rock Huck Video

by hunrugger        forums.mtbr.com

Tough to hit it fast and smooth since the approach above was pretty slick today. You can see my rear end slide out actually.

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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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