Texas Bicycling News Digest May 18th 2019
Long Beach, CA to St. Augustine, FL via the southern tier
By Tony Olague | www.crazyguyonabike.com
San Marco to Austin TX Wednesday May 15, 2019, 29 miles (47 km) – Total so far: 1,111 miles (1,788 km) It was a short 29 mi to Austin. I rode on the access road that paralleled I-35. On my left was I-35. On my right was mixture of businesses, some track homes, open fields. Occasionally, I would ride over a tiny bridge that would go over a creek.
I had a sad experience on the ride today. I was coming up to a little bridge that crossed over a creek. From a distance I saw a critter that was low to the ground scurrying across the road. There were a few cars in front of me that saw it and moved over to avoid running it over. When I got closer, I saw that it was a …
Austin TX: Off the bike from May 16-18 Saturday May 18, 2019 My pal Carlos and I are meeting in Austin on the 16th. We plan on riding the rest of the way to Florida together. Our original plan was to ride out on the Saturday, May 18, but we decided to stay an extra day because there was a prediction of bad weather for the area. So far there hasn’t been any severe weather. But it hasn’t been …
Bike to Work Day 2019 Party
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
Today was Bike to Work Day in Austin as in many cities worldwide. I didn’t make to any of the morning fueling stations or the gathering and speechifying at City Hall. My excuse? I don’t have a job. Well, aside from the job of being A Dude Abikes, and lemme tell ya’, it ain’t easy bein’ me. Or green. Or green me. But I do work my ass off every day, actually, I’m just not getting paid for it! I’m either …
New Kids on The Block’s Joey McIntyre bikes through town
abc13.com
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — New Kids on The Block’s youngest member, Joey McIntyre, visited Houston for The Mixtape Tour and decided to take a moment before their show to just enjoy the scene.
The singer took a bike ride through Buffalo Bayou and snagged an Instagram worthy shot in-front of some Houston art that reads, "Listen." …
Part 2 of Carolyn McEnrue’s exclusive interview with former First Lady Laura Bush
By: Kenneth Lowe | www.conchovalleyhomepage.com
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Since returning home to Dallas from Washington — former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have stayed busy. Carolyn McEnrue talked with her about some of their current projects when she was here in April for "Laura Bush Presents".
Laura Bush says: " I love to go for walks. George calls me an urban hiker because I love to walk in all the different parts of Dallas and look at houses of course that’s what I’m interested in…". 　 And, she says she’s also enjoyed yoga classes since returning from Washington.
"I’ve had a yoga instructor since I moved home from the White House which is one of my good friends recruited a yoga instructor and so we do what we all call laughing yoga — because it’s always a group and we’re not that serious about yoga — but it’s great stretching!" During his years as president — George W. Bush often went jogging — now he rides a mountain bike. …
Video: Austin celebrates Bike to Work Day
by Michelle Vargas | cbsaustin.com
Austin kicked-off it’s decade long tradition Bike to Work Day Friday. The citywide initiative is expected to see more than 3,000 people cycling to work and ditching their cars.
There are 50 businesses throughout the …
Solo at Reveille in Texas – The Loneliness Sets in – Dusty Betty Women’s Mountain Biking Video
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Second sport equals first national title for Midwestern State cyclist
Andy Newberry | www.timesrecordnews.com
Zach Gregg had a college career as an accomplished lacrosse player at Colorado Mesa where he earned a bachelor’s degree.
But he decided he needed more — more education and more competition. The fire for both still burned inside, and Midwestern State had exactly what the 26-year-old needed, offering a chance to compete in cycling and …
After bike accident with mountain goat, repaired Dillon local rides cross-country to raise funds to fight pediatric cancer
Antonio Olivero | www.summitdaily.com
Dillon local Len Szmurlo, far right, pedals somewhere between Shamrock, Texas, and Clinton, Oklahoma, on Friday as part of his 2,500-mile cross-country bike tour, W.A.R. On Wheels, to raise money for the Cal’s Angel foundation, which helps children with pediatric cancer.
On his 2,500-mile bike journey across the majority of the United States, there are two things that have taken Dillon resident Len Szmurlo aback, in a good way.
The first is that humbling feeling when cresting, say, a hill along the grasslands of Texas’ panhandle. When …
Honey Springs with Joey, Allan, & Danny
Noe Espinosa | www.strava.com
Oh Sugar! Low 20’s
Brett COLE | www.strava.com
Warda Cat 1 40-49 2nd place
Jaime Quintero Cadena | www.strava.com
