Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup June 14th
El Paso Bicycle Club member seriously injured at Colorado event
By Aaron Martinez / El Paso Times
A local bicycle club is seeking donations to help the family of a member who suffered serious injuries in a crash at an event in Colorado.
The El Paso Bicycle Club is taking donations at all three locations of Crazy Cat Cyclery shop to help cover travel, medical and other related expenses after member Dan Post, 65, suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.
“We have started to collect any amount of donations that people can make at all three Crazy Cat Cyclery locations. They have agreed to accept donations on Dan’s behalf,” said Randy Limbird, president of the El Paso Bicycle Club. “At this time, we don’t know exactly what his and his…
Barton Creek Greenbelt. The chunky stuff. Intermediate plus ride.
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Wednesday, June 19, 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 5:30 PM
Barton Creek Greenbelt – 360 Access (beside brick office building)
3755-B Capital of Texas Hwy., Austin, TX (map)
Meet in the paved parking area by the gate.
Helmets and hydration required.
Full suspension, Knee and elbow pads recommended.
Wheels down at 5:45pm for a slow-pace but high effort and high-danger level ride through a…
Double Lake Face Slapper Work Day
GHORBA.org
Double Lake Trailhead
See map: Google Maps
Trail: Double Lake Recreation Area
Sunday, June 23, 2013 – 9:00am
Double Lake Work Day, Sunday 6/23, 9am meet up at the trailhead parking lot. It’s summer face slapper time and the trails have gotten shaggy. We’ll trim back the veg from 9-11 and then…
Sunday Blitz!
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club
As our club grows and members get stronger, we find the need to add new pace groups to accommodate. That is certainly the case for the Sunday Blitz. We have a group of our regular participants on the Recovery Ride that need a little more oomph in their Sunday. This ride…
Cycling 4,000 miles group stops in Mesquite
Mesquite Local News
They epitomize fortitude and are traveling a total of 6,500 miles.
22 Texas 4000 college students arrived in Mesquite, NV around 6p.m. Wednesday, June 12 greeted by Mesquite Gaming’s General Manager, Marty Rapson.
Mesquite Gaming stepped up to the plate and donated overnight accommodations at…
Riding for cancer
by Jennifer Preyss      www.victoriaadvocate.com
Standing in a circle outside the Lyndon B. Johnson water fountain in Austin, Jonathan Hyak linked arms with 68 20-something cyclists.
Holding his teammates’ forearms – each of them university students and clad in blue and white Texas 4,000 biking apparel – Hyak listened as each cyclist paused to…
Tweets
Photo: Not all who wander are lost. http://t.co/WbFK5GIJDx
— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) June 14, 2013
Pete Kamp dedicating the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Pedestrian Bridge http://t.co/8faRFFfX0T
— Glen Farris (@GlenFarris) June 14, 2013
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Shop ride Sunday is no-drop only heading south to Akins High School and back. A good 20-mile ride. Starts 8:30AM sharp from shop.
— Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) June 14, 2013
Professional on-the-bike Goodbyes by our juniors after a fun week @txcamp pic.twitter.com/ddKFBkdET5
— Stefan Rothe (@stefanrothe) June 14, 2013
It's gonna be a great weekend for our group rides!Check our website for details http://t.co/1g1qJcwvyc
— Peyton's Bikes (@PeytonsBikes) June 14, 2013
Looking over these great photos we got from Bryce of Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. Next one is… http://t.co/xREJtRqxCc
— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) June 14, 2013
Sign up for next week's "Bike Friendly North Texas" webinar to learn about the making for Fort Worth B-Cycle http://t.co/CGwkrsyKYJ
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) June 14, 2013
Another fun evening at @DrivewaySeries
So lucky to have this great venue in Austin,TX!— Gritness (@gritness) June 14, 2013