Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 1st
Huffman Leos lend a hand at Humble Lions Club Bike Ride
from www.ourtribune.com
The Huffman Leo Club assisted the Humble Lions Club with their eighth annual Humble Bike Ride on Feb. 20. The Leo club was requested to man the children’s bike stop. They decorated the rest stop with a luau theme with tents wrapped in a beach scenery. The group served fresh fruit and individual bags of cookies and Goldfish crackers. The Leos provided water and Gatorade for riders. The kids’ ride is a 4-mile bike ride that started and ended at the Humble Civic Center. Proceeds benefit children with disabilities. …
Day 23: Sanderson, Texas, to Langtry, Texas « Just Another Bike …
by brendanpleonard
Today, we woke up in Sanderson, Texas, knowing that there was not much between there and Langtry (or Del Rio, about 120 miles away, for that matter), so we were ready for our usual massive breakfast. Of course, no restaurant was open in …
Cycling, Mountain Dad: Finally a long-ish ride!
by …it’s me!…
Got in 64 miles in 3.5 hours Saturday. Cloudy but not too cold. Started by warming up before the hour of power. Seemed like they went slower than hair-on-fire up to Arrowhead Golf course. The wind was pretty fierce that morning and we were all huddled up so that the poor soul in front of you was going to get the full effect of the wind whereas you were nice and tucked in. Being that bunched up of course made the hive squirrely because when somebody would stand up to get more watts in the climb the dude behind him would have to swerve or even worse hit the breaks (I swear people in here in Co are strong but squirrely, at least in TX…