Texas Bicycling News Digest March 21st 2019
Honeoye Riders Reverse the Southern Tier 2019
By jim kersting | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 22: Conroe-Bellview, Tex.
Thursday March 21, 2019, 69 miles (111 km) – Total so far: 1,227 miles (1,975 km)
We thought about heading toward Houston until the Deer Park fire broke out on Monday. We read about the poor air quality, road closures and shelter in place orders. Not a good route for cyclists. So we’ve traveled north of and around Houston although we are further south of Brian’s planned route. It’s been relatively flat which allowed us again today to add on miles to the daily pedaling output. We started out in busy Conroe during rush hour. One of the benefits of …
April Ladies of the Lake Ride
by Kim Murphy | www.facebook.com
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 7 PM – 9 PM CDT White Rock Alehouse & Brewery 7331 Gaston Avenue, Suite #100, Dallas, Texas 75214 It’s been a long winter, but spring is finally here!!!!!
It’s time to dust off those bikes and helmets and join us for our April social ride around White Rock Lake. Meet in the White Rock Alehouse parking lot by the trail entrance. Wheels roll at 7:00 followed by food and drinks after. Can’t wait to see all you lovely ladies!
Mayor’s Pop Up Ride Sunday March 24th at 3 PM
by Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop (Fort Worth, TX) and FitWorth | www.facebook.com
Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 3 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop (Fort Worth, TX) 4801 Edwards Ranch Road Suite 125, Fort Worth, Texas 76109 A short ride through Clearfork. The ride location has been updated for safety reasons. The location change also means that there’s no after party at Righteous. Parking and meeting at Orthopedic And Sports Medicine at 2901 Acme Brick Plaza, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Join our mayor, FitWorth and the collective cycling community of Fort Worth as we show visiting journalists what the Fort Worth cycling scene is all about! 3 PM Sunday March 24th, we hope to see you there!
BKXC Takes a Dip in the Barton Creek Green Belt in Austin Texas Video
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Bruce and Robert’s Southern Tier Adventure
By Bruce Cline and Robert Goss | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 25 Kerrville to Johnson City Texas: The best of Roads the worst of Roads Thursday March 21, 2019, 69 miles (111 km) – Total so far: 1,575 miles (2,535 km) Distance 69 miles climbing 2500 Plus Our day started incredible until we deviated from the ACA map to see LBJ. We are in the heart of Texas. Sing it Billy…
The hill country has been fabulous. Our first 30 miles were on back roads with barely any traffic fairly smooth and lots of animals. We could not have asked for a better tar filled chip sealed Private Road . That was however after the 14 to 15% pitch to get up to the plateau, ouch. We saw…
Denton parks officials seek input from mountain bikers
www.dentonrc.com
A focus group meeting on Monday seeks input from the trail, mountain bike and BMX riding communities for Denton’s future parks master plan.
The public meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the Community Room at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St.
Staff representatives from …