Texas Biking February 25th 2020
Lakeway, Bee Cave residents eye RM 620 improvements
By Leslee Bassman | www.statesman.com
The evening’s cold and rain didn’t deter more than 250 local residents who packed the Lake Travis High School cafeteria last week seeking an update on improvements to RM 620, the area’s main thoroughfare.
A Thursday open house and presentation by the Texas Department of Transportation and its consultants provided information on the RM 620 widening project, including its draft environmental assessment results. The event also offered an opportunity for public input. …
… A continuous 10-foot bicycle/pedestrian path along both sides of the road. …
How Colin Strickland is blazing a new path through American pro cycling
Fred Dreier | www.velonews.com
Dirty Kanza winner Colin Strickland is not your average pro cyclist, as we found when we visited him in Austin in late 2019. Strickland’s constant tinkering is pushing American pro cycling in a bold new direction.
This story appeared in the March/April 2020 print issue of VeloNews.
A Texas-sized dust cloud fills our nostrils as we edge our rental car closer to Colin Strickland, who pedals a stiff gear along this gravel road south of Austin. Strickland crouches low in the same aerodynamic attack position that became the lasting image of his Dirty Kanza victory. The speedometer edges upward: 20, 23, 25 miles per hour.
Strickland has brought us to this rural corner of Texas to show us why it sits at the center of his past, present, and future. When Strickland worked full-time as an environmental scientist several years ago, he performed a biological analysis of the local hillsides before they were plowed up for a five-lane freeway. These days, …
‘Discover Your Path Tour’ makes way through Borderland on tour of United States
by: Colin Deaver | www.ktsm.com
EL PASO, TEXAS (KTSM) – It’s been a life-long dream of Noah Ehlert’s and its finally coming to fruition.
Alongside his good friend Tra Dion, Ehlert is currently bicycling across the United States to raise money and awareness, and reach out to foster children living in group homes.
Ehlert grew up in the foster care system and has made it his mission to tell his story to kids growing up like him. So, he’s traveling from San Diego, Calif., to St. Petersburg, Fla., where he …
Spring Green Wichita Falls Wee Chi Ta Mountain Bike Trail
Durango Texas | durangotexas.blogspot.com
A morning walk on a trail on which I had not previously walked reveals a change is in the air.
Well, more precisely, a change is on the ground.
Spring seems to be sprouting green, a few weeks ahead of Spring’s actual Vernal Equinox arrival.
The green you see …