I was released from the hospital today so hopefully on Wednesday I will be able to resume my riding. Surgery was averted but I was reminded by this incident that the past events can have future payments called due. In July 1989 I had a severe bicycle crash and major surgery. In 1994 surgery was required again to counteract some after effects of the 1989 one. The latest incident may still be connected to the 1989 accident and surgery. Only time will tell. All of this makes me wonder about those big pile-ups in pro-cycling races. What effect do they have later in life to those involved?

Students from UT bike from Austin to Alaska to raise awareness for cancer
from Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

The 26 University of Texas students who bicycled into Lubbock Wednesday for an overnight stop on a 4,687-mile, 70-day bike ride from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, are participating in one of the greatest adventures – and one of the most dedicated missions – they will ever have. …

Several small Central Texas cities are getting big bucks to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety features around their schools.
from www.wacotrib.com
Valley Mills, Hamilton, Hillsboro and Groesbeck each have been awarded between $400,000 to $500,000 through the Safe Routes to School Program.

Funded by federal dollars funneled through the state, the program gives grants to projects aimed at making it safer for students to walk or bike to school. …

Williams Factory Texas Team: PODIUM SPOT @ MCKINNEY TX, BIKE THE …
by Team Members
PODIUM SPOT @ MCKINNEY TX, BIKE THE BRICKS CRITERIUM
First off, this was a very nice event for a first year. Hats off to the Town of McKinney Texas for hosting the event, the volunteers and McKinney Velo for a fine job. We will put this one on our list for next year.

The race started off pretty good. Todd, Jason and Craig lined up front row. The course was fairly narrow and technical to some standards. …

No. 22 Fort Davis HAMMERFEST Stage Three Road Race: Report
from Gene’s Blog
The final day of Fort Davis began at 5:30 AM when I woke up to get breakfast. Dalton and Varela would start later in the day so they got to sleep in for about another hour. After getting ready, I walked over to the main building where the race officials kept the spare wheels to look at the results from the previous day’s races. It turns out that I got 36th, which wasn’t great but fell into my expectations. …