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Texas Bicycling News Digest September 13th 2018

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Through the Eyes of a HH100 Newbie

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For over a decade, BikeTexas staff have made the six-hour trip from our home base in Austin to Wichita Falls to attend one of the oldest and largest cycling events in the country: the Hotter’N Hell 100. Now in its 37th year, the event draws riders from across the country and around the world. And for nearly as long as we’ve been going there, HH100 has been a BikeTexas Event Member, making a generous donation to bike advocacy efforts in Texas.

This year, BikeTexas staffer Jay Conlon made his first trip to HH100 with us. Here’s his story: …

Bastrop’s $615,000 River Loop Trail awarded CAMPO, nonprofit funding

By Brandon Mulder | www.statesman.com


Former Bastrop Mayor Ken Kesselus remembers the days when Texas 21 wasn’t a highly trafficked thoroughfare, and kids would bike along the roadway to swim at the Bastrop State Park pool.

It was the late 1950s and 1960s in Bastrop, before the highway department built Texas 71 on the city’s southern edge. The pool at the state park was the community’s only public pool. …

Bullseye Bike Shop shifts gears with new shop, same mission

by Rachel Linch | www.ntdaily.com


Kevin Marshall was 25 years old when his life was changed by a bicycle.

It was 2008, and Marshall had a comfortable life working at a car dealership in Denton. But he said he did not feel like he was living his life to the fullest. So he quit his job and bought a bike.

“I personally hadn’t ridden a bike in a really long time, and when I got a bike it gave me a freedom and a great feeling,” Marshall said. “You know when you’re outdoors you just get a good feeling? Like, this is where we were intended to be — outdoors with the trees, with the breeze on my face.” …

Petition certified; voters will decide whether to protect Northwest El Paso land

www.elpasotimes.com


A petition to prevent development of an area in Northwest El Paso has been certified by the city, and now voters will decide whether to protect the land that includes a popular hiking and biking trail.

The city of El Paso announced Wednesday that it had completed a review of signatures on a second petition filed to deter development within …

This year’s Conquer the Coast cancelled amid expected bad weather

Eleanor Dearman | www.caller.com

Conquer the Coast, a yearly cycling event, has been cancelled due to severe weather that’s predicted for the Corpus Christi area Friday and Saturday, according to a news release from the group.

The ride takes participants around the Corpus Christi Bay. It was scheduled for Sept. 15.

“Our goal is the safety of all riders, volunteers and staff,” the announcement states. …

Local medical associations to give free bicycle helmets for kids this Saturday

www.myplainview.com

Local medical associations want to help ensure the safety of local children by giving away free bicycle helmets this Saturday at the 10th Annual Hale On Wheels cycling event.

Thanks to the Hale, Floyd and Briscoe Medical Association as well as Covenant Health Plainview’s Foundation and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, children who sign up for the cruiser event can get free bicycle helmets from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Ollie Liner Center in Plainview or from 8-8:45 a.m. at the same location just before the start of the Hale On Wheels’ Cruiser Ride on Saturday. …

Nite bike colors

Bert Ceballos | www.strava.com

Planetary Thursday ride

Nona Drake | www.strava.com

Evening Ride

Jeff Moser. | www.strava.com

Scw shop smack down

Nicole Volek | www.strava.com

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