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Texas Bicycling News Digest April 2nd 2016

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Pop-pop T Goes West – Then East

By David Tatman www.crazyguyonabike.com

Fort Hancock to Van Horn: My Watch Is Finally Right
Saturday April 2, 2016, 74 miles (119 km) – Total so far: 1,123 miles (1,808 km)
My watch is finally right… For Christmas Santa got me a new Fitbit. However I decided I didn’t want to bring on ride, needs charging often and as I said, nothing is new after a tour. So I brought my old Polar watch which is missing a button for setting time and left the chest strap home even though I was curious on the calories burned each day.
Live in Eastern Time zone to start – Fly to West Coast, now off by 3 hours, then daylight savings time, off by 2 hours, then to AZ which doesn’t recognize daylight savings time, off by 3 hours again, then into Pacific Time Zone again, off by 2 hours, into Moutain Time Zone, off by an hour. Today we crossed into Central Time Zone so watch is now right. Until I get into Eastern Time Zone and then the watch will be off an hour until the fall when Starndard Time starts again… Thank goodness for my iPhone!
Yesterday I was beginning to think I had gone overboard on my soapbox. Normally I’ll get some type of communication – email or guest comment shortly after its posted each evening but …

Tom Goes West 2016

By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 34 Johnson City to Frederickburg, TX after side trip to Hamilton, Texas
Saturday April 2, 2016, 35 miles (56 km) – Total so far: 1,494 miles (2,404 km)
We drove to Hamilton to see my old grad school friend Anita, her husband Jim, and they showed us the very livable town they adopted a year ago. The house built by Jim’s grandfather had recently been a B&B and was huge with 5 bedrooms, 6 baths and 11′ ceilings. Wild asparagas and white iris grow wild in their yard. They took us to the local rodeo hall and we had chicken fried steak. We lucked out again for our rest day was rainy and in the 50’s – cold. Not a good day to be riding.
So after a 2 our drive down from Hamilton I picked up where I left off on Texas Road 1323. Notice Texas has so many roads the smaller ones have 4 digit highway numbers! With clear blue skies after a cold front came through, it was another beautiful day. With a westerly headwind and hill climbing ending up with a 500′ net elevation gain it was a pull for a short ride, but I wouldn’t have …

April 1st: Day 1 of 30 Days of Cycling

by Matthew bike4heck.com


Today was the first day of the 30 Days of Biking Challenge http://30daysofbiking.com/ it was unseasonably cool and windy for San Antonio today but I did get on the bike with my son and we rode about a mile and a half to a Starbucks. I had planned to go further but the wind was strong and made the ride cold. Having a 20 month old on the …

Síclovía on Sunday features longer route through downtown

By Katherine Blunt www.mysanantonio.com


San Antonians who head downtown Sunday for the city’s 10th Síclovía will find the longest route yet for bicycling and walking on vehicle-free streets.
The route stretches about three and a half miles from Maverick Park on Broadway Street to Roosevelt Park south of King William. For the first time, it will cut through the heart of downtown on Travis and Flores streets.
“We connected the southern portion of our Broadway route and the northern portion of our Southtown route by going through downtown,” said Lisa Ramirez, vice president of strategic partnerships and program innovation for the …

Bike Across Texas 2! John and Hawk Ride Again!

www.nobelity.org


On April 22nd, from 5-8pm, Bicycle Sport Shop on S. Lamar is helping us throw a family friendly party with great music from John Pointer, and Los Aztex with Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox. Beverages from Real Ale Beer, High Brew Coffee, Treana Wine, and Richard’s Real Rainwater.
Join us for ping pong, crazy bike rides and more. Free and open to all!
Every mile you sponsor funds bikes and textbooks for Kenyan students AND every $50 donation automatically …

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