Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 10th
Bessies Creek 24 Hour Race results
Source – UltraRaceNews – John Foote
The First Annual Bessies Creek 24 Hour Race was held in Brookshire, Texas on May 28-29, 2011 at the La Quinta Inn & Suites. …
Metroplex to Mineral Wells, Texas
Posted by Zachary W. Ford
The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is the last place you’d think of for bike-camping but when you look around and see the over-worked, over-stressed city slickers running around in their Suburban’s…well, it might just be the perfect place! …
Long ride, good cause
Texas 4000 makes its way back to Alaska
By Erik Horne, Sports Editor
Ardmore — From Lindsay, Texas, to Ardmore it’s approximately 44.5 miles, but a group of cyclists took the long way Thursday — 70 miles in the summer sun.
But if you’re a part of the Texas 4000, that’s only a little more than one percent of the ultimate goal.
The longest charity ride in the world stopped in Ardmore again, in the beginning stages of a 4,687-mile bike ride from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, all in the name of cancer research and education on the disease. …