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Texas Cycling News April 20th

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Ride 2 Recovery bicycle trek provides respite for veterans’ bodies, minds

By SAM PESHEK        www.theeagle.com        (Video)


A 490-mile bike ride may not seem cathartic to the average person, but it works for Ronald Prothero.
After 28 years in the Army, Prothero needed an outlet to repair what he described as damage to his mind and body. He found his respite in a long-distance cycling challenge called Ride 2 Recovery. Even the name fit.
Prothero was one of 200 veterans who completed the 85-mile leg of the trek from Houston to College Station for the seventh UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge on Sunday to raise awareness and …

Accident hampers cyclist’s trek to ride across Texas for charity

By VANESSA GARCIA        amarillo.com


A bicyclist riding across Texas for charity has faced many twists and turns — and a devastating accident on the road — along the way.
Jonathan Cathey of Bozeman, Mont., started Armadillo Adventure, a nonprofit organization. He said he’s taking a 1,000-mile journey across Texas, from Dallam County to South Padre Island, as a tribute to his father who died in January 2008. His father introduced him to rock climbing and mountain biking.
“He was my best friend and my dad,” Cathey said. “It was …

Veterans Cycle 490 Miles Across Texas

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By: Brooke Wellborn        www.kbtx.com

Mile after mile these wounded warriors continue to pedal, churning up the endless landscape of the Lone Star State.
Although the exercise is great, for many of them, the ride is about so much more.
Jonathan Dade is a United States Navy Veteran, who is cycling in this challenge. He says, “When I first came out of the military I was struggling with depression, struggling with all the kinds of thoughts people struggle with. You know, where do I fit in, what do I do?”
Jonathan Dade served six years in the Navy. He started cycling to …

Bike on the Seawall!!

Sunday, Apr 26, 2015, 8:45 AM

Target in Galveston
6128 Broadway St Galveston, TX

4 Cyclists Went

Bike on the Seawall RideWe will meet at the Target store parking lot which is off 61st street exit on I-45. Make a u-turn and this is the second exit after the causeway. We will bike to Moody Center for a quick break. We will not take 61st to Moody. From there we will bike to the seawall and bike on the seawall at 10 MPH all the way to McDonalds f…

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Bikeabout TX

By Gordon Hodge        www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 3- Hamilton,TX to Lampasas, TX: More hills and T-storms
Saturday April 18, 2015, 27 miles (44 km) – Total so far: 82 miles (132 km)
Weather- 57-83, winds light, slight headwind. sunny Stats-3:19 saddle time, 8.0 mph average which is improved after lighter load. started day with decent brekkie next door at Mexican restaurant. Legs felt tired but once started pedaling they felt OK. There was road construction to Evant, about 15 miles. Most of the time was very good as the road crew had just rolled new black top, very smooth. At other times I had to cross to north bound side and go south, but had 15 foot shoulder. I ran into my first bike tourer. Mike doing a 3 day hotel ride from Austin to Dallas. He was traveling light doing 80 miles per day. He rode from Amsterdam east across Russia 8 years ago on the same bike he was on today, a Trek 520.Mind you, this area is not an region or route I would expect to run into other bikers. I was trying to get to Lampasas to meet up with family who had rented a weekend VRBO house. It is an annual trip for Legato Winery Crawfish Boil. My …

Day 4- Lampasas to Round Rock, TX: great ride downwind
Sunday April 19, 2015, 61 miles (98 km) – Total so far: 143 miles (229 km)
weather- sunny, high of 85 with cool north winds 15-20 Stats- 60.7 miles, 9.3 avg,6:33 seat time.
Did not get away from family until 12 noon. But as usual my sister and best friend bro-n-law cooked up a huge breakfast. I headed south on Hwy 183 out of Lampasas, a busy 4 lane route to Austin. I expected good shoulders, but there were very few. The road was quite dangerous for cyclists, but traffic behaved very well and moved over. I was constantly glued to rear mirror the whole way. Twice I had to bale out in the grass as there was no room for vehicles to move over. No real close calls as I was vigilant and prepared. I found and alternate road to take when first chance came. There were services until Briggs at mile 20. There I stooped and there was Lucy, driving a sag car for Jessiesride.com. Her boyfriend is riding a tandem with …

Reveille Peak Ranch social pace MTB Ride.

Saturday, Apr 25, 2015, 11:45 AM

Reveille Peak Ranch
2046 County Road 115 Burnet, TX

12 Mountain Bikers Went

I am leading a social paced ride with Hill Country Outdoors that will include everything out there including the less easier to follow loops.Group up at 11:45 am, Ride at NOON.Most of the trails are intermediate to advanced.  You should be proficient on your mountain biking skills and know how to deal with mechanicals a flats on your bike as well…

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Open Streets 2015

Bike Friendly Fort Worth

Matrix Challenge – Saturday • Apr 18 2015 Results

www.road-results.com

Categories
» Men Cat 2     » Men Cat 3
» Men Cat 4/5     » Men Juniors 10-14 Open
» Men Juniors 15-18 Cat 4/5     » Men Masters 35+ Cat 4/5
» Men Masters 40+ Cat 1/2/3/4     » Men Masters 50+ Cat 1/2/3/4
» Men Masters 60+ Cat 1/2/3/4     » Men Pro/Cat 1/2
» Women Cat 1/2/3/4     » Women Cat 3/4
» Women Juniors 10-14 Cat 1/2/3/4     » Women Juniors 15-18 Cat 1/2/3/4
» Women Masters 40+ Cat 3/4

Matrix Challenge – Sunday • Apr 19 2015 Results

www.road-results.com

Categories
» Men Cat 2     » Men Cat 3
» Men Cat 4/5     » Men Juniors 10-14 Open
» Men Juniors 15-18 Cat 4/5     » Men Masters 35+ Cat 4/5
» Men Masters 40+ Cat 1/2/3/4     » Men Masters 50+ Cat 1/2/3/4
» Men Masters 60+ Cat 1/2/3/4     » Men Pro/Cat 1/2
» Women Cat 1/2/3/4     » Women Cat 3/4
» Women Juniors 10-14 Cat 1/2/3/4     » Women Juniors 15-18 Cat 1/2/3/4
» Women Masters 40+ Cat 3/4

Ride 2 Recovery cycles through Central Texas

By KXAN News        Video

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Wounded war veterans are cycling across Central Texas. The Ride 2 Recovery helps vets with mental and physical injuries go through the therapy of cycling.
The 500-mile ride started in Houston and rolls into Georgetown on Monday with a police and fire escort before continuing to Killeen.

Southbound MoPac lanes to close April 20 and 23 for bike/ped bridge installation

by Amy Denney        impactnews.com


The final two lane closures on southbound MoPac are scheduled for April 20 and 23 to complete the installation of the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the Union Pacific railroad tracks.
Starting at 8 p.m. April 20 the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority will close the center and right lanes of southbound MoPac between Parmer and Braker lanes as well as the southbound frontage road and turnaround lanes. Between 9-10 p.m. all southbound MoPac lanes will close so …

Issues with Houston’s Bike Facilities

BikeHouston


Below is a compiled list of issues with existing bicycle facilities in Houston. This list was compiled by BikeHouston staff based on experience and facebook comments. Please keep sharing and adding missing issues. This list is being given to the City and the consultants working on Houston’s Bike Plan. It is being collected as part of the existing conditions report. The issues should be addressed by the plan through resulting policy changes, an updated bicycle facility toolbox, and map of where to put new or improved infrastructuredirty_bike_lane.
Bike Lanes: …

Cattle Egrets & Barbie Cars!

365 Days of Birds        www.365daysofbirds.com

We are 15 days and over 650 miles into our bike tour through Texas, the Ozarks, and finally along the Missouri River. Today was a good day for riding and the back roads provided both birding and “purple cow” viewing opportunities! For Molly and me, a purple cow is a unique, somewhat unusual roadside attraction.
Early in the day we stumbled upon where Barbie Cars go to die, a Barbie Car Graveyard! See the photo. Later in the afternoon Molly spotted some Cattle Egrets. It was fun to observe these …

Do the right thing: Ban parking in Austin’s bike lanes

Austin On A bike

Everywhere you look, there’s car apologists.
“I drove delivery for a while, the drivers need somewhere to park,” they retort.
“Just take the lane and go around,” they sneer.
“If you were a homeowner along a bike lane, where would you have your guests park?” they question, before redirecting. “Take it up with the city!”
And these apologists, just as often as not, take the form of bonafied in-the-flesh cyclists.
I “take the lane and go around” all the time. I have no problem with that. But I will ride regardless of bike lane, shoulder, or otherwise, and I’m not here to toot my own horn about how badass a cyclist I am. The question is never how you, the expert urban cyclist, will fare when the bike lane is blocked, but about how your elderly parents and their grandchildren would fare were they …

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