Texas Bicycling Action – May 28, 2023
‘Excitement On a Well Beaten Path’ Southern Tier East to West
By S. Crocker | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Fabens TX – Anthony TX
Saturday May 27, 2023 Drifted on over to the gas station across the street for coffee… nice! I like coffee in the morning without pedaling for 2+ hours to get it!
My mission today was to have Cafe coffee and food, and to check the two bike shops in El Paso on my way through.
The first bike shop was actually a Cafe and bike shop in one! How about that!
Well, Hunger struck early, so I stopped at a burger joint -not realizing how close I was to the bike shop… then traveled to the bike shop and had a second lunch a half hour later! Yep, things are tough.
Camping options are scarce, so off to a hotel in Anthony.
Another flat! Drat! This one was the front tire. Fortunately it went low a couple hundred yards from the hotel. A quick pump up to get there and voila!
Anthony TX – Radium Springs TX
Sunday May 28, 2023 Packing up and found the front tire low again… argh! Went over it with a fine tooth comb and even had my glasses on! Dismantle find the leak, and the cause, test in the sink and install.
After a cup of the good stuff to give it some time to see if the tire leaks down, from the gas station next door I hit the road. And the front tire went low after a half hour.
Once again, behind another gas station, completely dismantle find more likely suspects, one at the correlating spot on the tube, and re install. Have another cup of coffee to wait for possible leak down.
Texas Biking from Twitter
Our bike team representing! ?@CarryTheLoad? pic.twitter.com/N4M2MVCFU0
— Dallas Reserves (@DPDReserves) May 28, 2023
Art imitating life. Meet Houston. #bigartbiggerchange https://t.co/5NwvlNMwga pic.twitter.com/l6RojLB7NF
— City of Houston (@HoustonTX) May 28, 2023
Congratulations to Bicycle World sponsored athlete Terese on finishing 3rd place overall female and 1st in her age group at Gravel Locos 100 last weekend! WAY TO GO, TERESE! ???#BWRides #GravelLocos pic.twitter.com/Qq0CiG4N0v
— Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) May 28, 2023
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
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— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 28, 2023
Added this event to the Texbiker calendar https://t.co/OMwNCPm9m0
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 28, 2023