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Texas Biking News March 26th 2021

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Hotter’N Hell Hundred advance registration begins April 1

by: Bret Vetter | www.texomashomepage.com

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Hotter’N Hell Hundred, the largest sanctioned Century Bike Ride in America, will be back to pre-COVID normal this August with both in- person riders and virtual participation.

Hotter’N Hell Hundred Executive Director Chip Filer said going all virtual in 2020 was a tough decision but the right thing to do.

“It was just not safe for the community to bring that many people into town with all the problems that were going on with COVID-19,” Filer said.

But looking back, Filer said that decision may …

A San Antonio CEO is biking 9,000 miles for senior care

Alicia Barrera | www.ksat.com

Jeff Salter’s company is celebrating 30 years with a bike ride around the nation

SAN ANTONIO – Jeff Salter, CEO and founder of Caring Senior Service, may not be an avid cyclist but he’s ready to pedal his electric bike for 9,000 miles through 27 states.

The bike tour is to celebrate the company’s three decades serving seniors and raise awareness of their client’s needs.

“I’ve dedicated my life to to caring for seniors these last 30 years,” Salter said. “We provide …

Bent Back on The Southern Tier

By Andy Lamb | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 2 – Camp Wood: Clear Blue Skies After Last Night’s Thunderstorm

Thursday March 25, 2021, 51 miles (83 km) – Total so far: 85 miles (137 km) Last night before I went to bed I decided to check the forecast. The weather service forecasted possible rain after midnight. The future radar showed the storms passing north of Brackettville but I decided to stake down the tent and put on the rain fly. Just before midnight I checked and the weather service had issued a tornado watch which included Brackettville. About a hour later I checked again and the weather service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning with up to 1 inch hail and wind gust to 60 mph.

Between 1 and 2 am I experience the first thunderstorm of the tour. It blew pretty good and did get some good downpours but I don’t think there was any hail. The tent held up and I didn’t see any leaks. The only rain which got in was rain which was blown under the rain fly.

Got up this morning, got everything dried up and …

FrankenBike Austin # 176: SATURDAY, March 27, 2021

by Chris | frankenbike.net

Load-in starts @ 9am – not a minute earlier – and we all need to be packed up and off the event grounds by 4pm sharp. No outside adult beverages. Good food will be for sale starting at 9:30am.

Chris is the event organizer for FrankenBike Austin so be sure to ask for him when you arrive if you need any help.

GROUP RIDE (subtitles) – Fastest Pop A ever – 3/25/2021

Honest Tree | www.youtube.com

We think this may have been the fastest Pop A ever done. Low-wind condition, big group, and a first-time rider with us who happens to be a multiple-time masters world and national champion. And is still winning road races (this year) against the local elite pros/cat1s. Those aren’t your average pulls, LOL.

For anyone who says you can’t eject out of clipless pedals like a ninja 🙂

By Seths Pool | austinmountainbiking.com

Raced stage 8 blind at the Southern Enduro Tour Stop #4 – Camp Eagle, and wasn’t prepared to hit this road gap feature, choked up to the lip thinking I could joey-roll it, I was wrong. dumb crash, little jump, maybe im just getting old but I didn’t just blindly send it and this is what happened. haha

landed on my …

A Rotary Moment: Rep. Brady to speak at Lake Conroe club, Burn Your Buns bike ride fundraiser back for July 4

Kris Nordstrom McBride | www.houstonchronicle.com

… As our state opens up and we begin to cautiously return to a more normal life, we have some great news to share. Bridgewood Farms, one of the most beloved and respected organizations in our community, will host its annual bike ride again this year. Yes folks, ‘Burn Your Buns” is back – can we all say Yah! Yah!Yah! We missed the ride last year, and its return is cause for celebration, both for the cyclists who love this ride and for Bridgewood Farms, which has really suffered financially during COVID-19. The profits from this ride, along with some other new and returning events, will really help them get back to a comfortable financial place. Save the date and mark your calendars for Sunday morning, July 4. The ride begins early and we’re all back at Bridgewood Farms for …

He Was a Troubled Kid from a Broken Home. Then He Found Bikes.

By ian dille | www.bicycling.com

Bryan Albright learned early that life could be cruel and unpredictable. Cycling became the one thing he could count on.

THE FIRST BIKE WAS RED. And it had a flat tire.

Bryan rolled the bike across the street not long after I moved in. A cherubic, 11-year-old fifth grader, bright eyed and brown haired, trudging up my steep driveway, he found me in my garage where I was drilling holes for bike hooks, my cycling gear spread across the floor.

“Can you help me fix this?” he asked, or something along those lines. The wheel was out of true and the brakes rubbed, so we fixed those too. Then we …

Donate canned food, ride your bike to support the North Texas Food Bank

By Renee Umsted | lakewood.advocatemag.com

No one was prepared for the winter storm that struck Texas in February. No one was ready for a surge in the number of families in our city in need of clean water and food.

But the need came anyway.

After last month’s unprecedented weather, Kory Helfman knew the community, and especially the North Texas Food Bank, needed help. So Helfman, the owner of Ken’s Man’s Shop in Preston Royal Village, got together with other small businesses in the shopping center and organized the Preston Royal Pedal fundraiser.

“We want it to be almost a family event, because it’s in April,” Helfman says. The race is …

Update on Bunch Bikes From Shark Tank

Dhruv Trivedi | thecinemaholic.com

… Bunch Bikes are front load-carrying cargo bikes that give cyclists a wide range of possibilities for what (or who!) they want to take along for the ride. The 3 wheeled bikes are available in a manual or electric mode and come with different sized front compartments that can accommodate up to a week’s worth of groceries, 6 children, or even two dogs. …

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