Texas Bicycling News Digest March 17th 2019
Bruce and Robert’s Southern Tier Adventure
By Bruce Cline and Robert Goss | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 20 Marathon to Sanderson, Texas: Zues Blew On Us Big Time Saturday March 16, 2019, 56 miles (90 km) – Total so far: 1,221 miles (1,965 km) Distance – 56. Climbing Descending. – But we never got to appreciate a descent
Song of the Day – Shout out to Claudia – Nathaniel’s got this right….SOB after this wind day.
The terrain had promise for a great ride, we even started out with no wind…lasted 10 miles, then headwinds, headwinds, headwinds all day. We had to scrape for every inch, all the way into town.
Started the day with a great breakfast at the V6, part of the Gage restaurant. Very good.
Great scenery across the desert and the terrain keeps changing. We wore three layers, face masks, full booties and that north wind was still cutting. All day. Great for duck hunting, not so much for touring with wide panniers. Nonetheless, it was a good ride. The ride had a significant net descent, but we never saw it. We pedaled to get 9 mph downhill all day. Fun stuff. The …
Beaumont Police arrest ‘smash and grab’ burglar at Folsom Hike and Bike trail
Author: Eleanor Skelton | www.12newsnow.com
Officers staking out the hike and bike trail saw a man looking in car windows who matched a suspect description from another robbery last week.
BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police arrested a man after staking out a hike and bike trail that had been targeted in recent ‘smash and grab’ robberies.
Officers were conducting surveillance at the Folsom Hike and Bike Trail, near North Major and Folsom Drive after numerous auto burglaries when …
5,000 riders gear up for 14th annual Tour de Houston
By Taisha Walker | www.click2houston.com
HOUSTON – Roughly 5,000 bicyclists from all over Texas took to the streets this St. Patrick’s Day for the annual Tour de Houston.
The ride helps to promote exercise and to replant trees around Houston, benefiting the replant Houston program.
Participants could choose from a 20, 40 or 60-mile ride. Mayor Sylvester Turner is riding the 20-mile portion. …
‘Something bigger than me’: Muralist’s art speaks to the public
By Marissa Alvarado | www.dentonrc.com
Dan Black should be a frazzled mess. On his way to his Denton studio, he suffers a flat tire, remaining stranded on the side of the road for nearly an hour. Once outside his studio, he locks his keys in his car, with his car still running and his dog Konde still inside. …
… New to Denton, Dan met Kevin Marshall, the owner of Bullseye Bike Shop, who saw him drawing at a coffee shop and commissioned him to paint his first Denton mural.
“I had a space that wasn’t being used and saw the potential for him to make something really awesome out of it,†Kevin says.
Through the years, Dan has done several murals for Kevin, including images of a skull wearing a bike helmet, a hidden Yeti and a rendition of the bike shop’s signature rat. …
DECATUR: CADDO/LBJ NATIONAL GRASSLANDS BIKING TRAILS
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LOCATION 1400 U.S. Hwy 81/287 Decatur, Texas 76234 The Caddo and Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) National Grasslands are located in two areas northeast and northwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. They not only provide grazing land for cattle and habitat for wildlife, but offer a variety of recreation. The most popular activities are hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, mountain biking, wildlife viewing, and photography.
Tour de Houston plus a few miles
JON BLAZE | www.strava.com
Tour de Houston Hundo+
Nate Eguia | www.strava.com
Tour de pothole Ride. Sorry, not sorry
Bill Rowe | www.strava.com
My Sunday Best
Rick Rostkowski | www.strava.com
