Texas Biking Action February 6th 2022
The Trailist: Riding a 62-mile loop on San Antonio’s Salado and Leon creek greenways
by Brendan Gibbons | sanantonioreport.org
Local cyclists have long mapped out 50-mile half-loops of the city, or even full circles that range 100 miles or more. Until recently, they would stitch together incomplete stretches of greenway trail with the safest road connections they could find.
But only since last October has it been possible to ride what I call the “Northern Crescent,” a 40-mile stretch of uninterrupted greenway that stretches between John James Park north of Fort Sam Houston to the Dora Jordan trail on West Military Drive.
I’m still fairly new to road cycling, and recently felt ready to join my friend Max O’Roark for our own version of a half-loop that would begin and end downtown. Our counterclockwise route spanned …
Essay: I rode a bike around Loop 610 to fall back in love with Houston
Raj Mankad | www.houstonchronicle.com
There I was, this puny human body on a bicycle in the hulking Union Pacific rail yards one Sunday in late December not far from the creosote cancer cluster.
I had decided to ride a bike around Loop 610 at the end of last year, a bit of an homage to the late and legendary Chronicle columnist Leon Hale’s annual trek in his elder years. Except he rode the freeway in a car and I clung to the feeders and fringes, usually within a couple of blocks.
He was a septuagenarian when he started making the trips and I am a mere 44. For me, the journey wasn’t so much a “driving test” to prove I could still …
Village Creek Park begins work on new Longleaf Loop Trail
Meagan Ellsworth | www.beaumontenterprise.com
Village Creek State Park hosted a Black History Month-guided hike and volunteer workday for a new trail addition during the weekend.
Saturday morning began with an hour-long guided hike that celebrated Black naturalists, environmental leaders and advocates who “have made important contributions to understanding, enjoyment and protection of nature,” park information said.
A display of those leaders was posted at the Bicycle Fitness trailhead and will be available at the park for the entire month of February for hikers to be …
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Crazy bunch!!
Esther Barrientez -TEAM TACO – MTCCSA | www.strava.com
Warped Winter Weenies
Nate Eguia | www.strava.com
Great day to ride
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New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Ride to Cowtown Brewery – Fort Worth February 12, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/3BKrunckKE
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 6, 2022
New Event Super Bowl Sunday Ride – Dallas, TX February 13, 2022 at 09:00AM https://t.co/GJGpNQmRYZ
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 6, 2022
New Event Trail Zen MTB 101 clinic by EnduraRace – Cedar Park, TX April 16, 2022 at 09:00AM https://t.co/4KFf5vUESb
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 7, 2022
New Event Trail Zen MTB 201 clinic by EnduraRace – Cedar Park, TX April 24, 2022 at 09:00AM https://t.co/bQ4BKiaqcx
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 7, 2022