Texas Bicycling News Digest April 8th 2016
Community discusses former railway plans
By Aisha Baskette www.brownsvilleherald.com
City officials stressed options available to Brownsville on Thursday evening during the city’s second town hall-style meeting regarding the West Brownsville Rail Corridor.
The West Brownsville Rail Corridor Public Discussion …
Injured Veterans to Cycle More Than 425 Miles from Houston to Fort Worth for the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery 2016 Texas Challenge
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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than 150 injured veterans and their supporters will set off from Houston Monday, April 11, for the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery 2016 Texas Challenge, a six-day, rehabilitative ride that ends in Fort Worth Saturday, April 16. Riders will travel more than 425 miles through College Station, Tomball, Georgetown, Killeen, Fort Hood, Waco and Cleburne, before ending in Fort Worth. …
Getting Ready for Bike Tour
www.lampasasradio.com
Planners and workers for the Lampasas Hillacious Bike Tour are busy today getting ready for the influx of bicycle-carrying cars coming into town tomorrow morning.
The event will hopefully see hundreds of bicycle riders leave the city together for their …
Day 35: Silsbee, Texas to DeRidder, Louisiana – 73 miles
by Tres Smith tressmith.com
Jesus just left Chicago and he is bound for New Orleans. Another cool but beautiful rollout into the town of Buna, Texas and the first SAG of the day at “The Donut Palace.†May have been a franchise because the next one was in the next …
2016 Texas Team Preview : Pure Austin Racing
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Pure Austin Racing
We are a bunch of passionate 40+ racers. Our motto is to ride hard, race hard, and have fun together. We want to race as a team, win as a team, and help the bicycle racing community in Austin and Texas grow and improve. …
Tom Goes West 2016
By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 40 – west of Langtry to west of Sanderson, TX: Prevailing winds from the Gulf of Mexico
Friday April 8, 2016, 65 miles (105 km) – Total so far: 1,838 miles (2,958 km)
Wind 22-36 mph out of the south/southeast – Yea, today’s ride was easy peasy as it pushed me along. My homework on this prevailing wind issue (Are you nuts riding east to west into the wind?) found weather charts that said in West Texas the spring winds blow generally out of the Gulf into the desert. Yesterday and today so true. My days average speed is determined in order of dominance by: 1. Wind; 2. Pavement surface; and 3. Hills. Hills have their down slopes but the first two relentless. …
This weekend’s rides: Mellow Johnny’s Dam Loop! Red Horn!
by Thomas steinerranchcycling.com
Happy Friday!
Tomorrow we will ride to Mellow Johnny’s via Mt. Bonnell! The return route will take us across the pedestrian bridge by Austin High School, through Rollingwood, to Bee Caves where we complete the dam loop. Cuernavaca for extra credit! The full route is 61 miles: https://www.strava.com/activities/296734360 . …
220 Miles of Biking Bliss
bicyclesportshop.wordpress.com
Austin has reached an important turning point in its evolution to becoming a great place to ride a bike. There are more people than ever riding bikes on our city’s streets, but all too often friends and acquaintances say that they are no longer willing to take a chance riding in the city due to our crowded roads and distracted, impatient drivers, and there are too many folks who won’t consider trying …
Southern Tier eastward 2016
By Luba Agranovich www.crazyguyonabike.com
Luba: historical journey
Friday April 8, 2016
Had just 30 miles to ride today, so we took our sweet time. First, we stopped at the Texas Rangers Heritage Center and Fort Martin Scott and spent an hour there. Then we kept stopping to photograph wild flowers of all colors. Wineries and peach farms were almost as numerous as flowers on this stretch of TX 290. The road itself was …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Come join EP Cyclists for our Saturday Ride: 4/09/16 󾮗🚴ðŸ¼ðŸš´ðŸ¼ðŸš´ðŸ¼ðŸš´ðŸ¼ðŸš´ðŸ¼ó¾®—
Roll out at 8:30AM Sharp
Location: Meeting at… https://t.co/0hzLmR7gsg— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) April 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/GWCChuck/status/718548229751758848
Craddock is one 16km time trial away from a top-10 finish in arguably the world's hardest one-week stage race. https://t.co/KtEDAlePsE
— VeloNews (@velonews) April 8, 2016
Two blue healers chased , female looked mean not the first time with at least one of the dogs but two are a pack, now on either side of you
— jerald roll (@grandpajerald) April 8, 2016
Spring for a New Bike! Arlington Century of the Month SATURDAY Bike MS Cookout #LetsRide https://t.co/bOlDgN6Bcv pic.twitter.com/jjCfJbBhJ6
— Bicycles Inc (@bicycles_inc) April 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/bicyclesplus/status/718472471616339970
https://twitter.com/bicyclesplus/status/718470390130044928
Fair Park series week 4 women's open
1- Melisa Monosof – FCS
2- Kim Chance – Matrix
3 Michelle Montoya – October Three Racing— KingRacingGroup (@KingRacingGroup) April 8, 2016
Fair park series week 4 women's 3/4 results
1 Melisa Monosof – FCS
2 Maddy Wooley
3 Melissa Rodriquez – Cadence Cycle— KingRacingGroup (@KingRacingGroup) April 8, 2016
@BikeHutto will be collecting new & used bikes / bike parts for future #EarnABike & #Bikeshare Programs this Sat. https://t.co/00zYJYlQyW
— Bike Hutto (@BikeHutto) April 8, 2016
Best bike races in the USA? On the planet – @ToSHighlands @TheGrandCrit @BikeTheBricks @OKCProAmClassic! pic.twitter.com/G9T6TlWmBD
— markpurnell (@ispeakforyou) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/FtWMntBikers/status/718429929826684928
https://twitter.com/FtWMntBikers/status/718429345585336320
I was thinking how hard my racing season has been so far, thought it was just me but no my races have been really hard – compared to last yr
— Jesus (@SrCampy) April 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/GWCChuck/status/718410351092572160