Texas Biking News April 1st 2021
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By Tom Gray | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 20 – Van Horn, TX to Marfa, TX
Wednesday March 31, 2021, 74 miles (119 km) – Total so far: 1,056 miles (1,699 km) It was a very difficult day, with 25-35 mph winds and a slight uphill most of the way. At first it was a crosswind, sometims helping behind our left shoulder, other times hindering on our left shoulder. Then, after lunch, it became a full on headwind. Another rider and I traded 1 mile pulls for the last 20 miles.
We are now 1/3 across the US. …
Scenic Texas to host event for scenic byways and national destinations
By Megan Wehring | haysfreepress.com
Scenic Texas announced its first-ever “Ride for Scenic Texas,†a 21-mile loop bike ride and fundraiser to build awareness about the nonprofit’s work to designate Texas roads as official state scenic byways and to protect the Lone Star State’s visual environment.
This ride will take place on Saturday, April 10 in conjunction with the Driftwood Historical Conservation Society event to dedicate a stretch of road as the Travis Heritage Trail under state law. The event will be co-hosted with locally owned Vista Brewing.
Scenic Texas wants to build awareness about the need for a …
Katy Trail cyclists raise childhood cancer awareness
By Danielle Linton-Hatfield | www.marshallnews.com
Walking through his neighborhood, Craig Vial of South Carolina approached one house in particular where a table sat outside. On this table, there were many cards, as well as food donated to not just a family of seven, but a young girl named Lila Childs — who after she and her twin sister, Skyler’s, seventh birthday, became diagnosed with a rare type of cancer known as alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Vial, who did not originally know this little girl or her family, is a cyclist who — along with seven others — has reached out to the Fans of the Katy Trail Group on Facebook about their plan to ride their bikes on the corridor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT or Katy), which is roughly 240 miles. In doing so, the cyclists hope to not only support the Childs family and Lila, but also raise awareness to childhood cancer. …
Speeding vehicle strikes bicycle, crashes into wooded area off W. Cumberland in Tyler
By Stephanie Frazier | www.kltv.com
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – Police are at the scene of a crash in South Tyler.
According to Tyler Police Department PIO Andy Erbaugh, a vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed into a ditch in a wooded area. The car crashed at 2400 Oak Creek Circle off W. Cumberland, near Old Jacksonville Hwy. The call came in to police just after 7 p.m. as a possible pin-in wreck.
A statement from Erbaugh at 9 p.m. said that …
Texas Biking from Twitter
Finished this bike 10 years ago (facebook reminded me) Never would have imagined where it would take me both literally and figuratively. Grateful I'm still alive and met amazing people pedaling this thing around. #BikinginHouston pic.twitter.com/eBxzj8CFHM
— NorthlineLex (@NorthlineLex) April 1, 2021
#TourdeBCycle kicks off today, 4/1 and runs 'till 4/30! Choose any day this month to complete 1 of 3 routes: Pearl/Uptown, Downtown/KW, or the Mission Reach! Use this bingo card to guide your BCycle fun and reap the benefits of an Annual Membership. https://t.co/TdDhX8Rom2 #satx pic.twitter.com/qD7vasleMt
— San Antonio Bike Share (@SABikeShare) April 1, 2021
Post work ride into the Greenbelt. First time exploring some of the trails behind the old Toys R Us. Need to get back in there and spend some time on them. Nice view at the top. Zilker was popping this evening. pic.twitter.com/nwkUP4Nur6
— JWall (@jwall4) April 2, 2021
(None of those are good options for people on bikes. But it's worth pointing out that the shoulder along 59 is probably 12 feet wide, while the shoulder along Richmond isn't even 12 inches wide.) pic.twitter.com/b8RlxZznWI
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) April 1, 2021
Riding a bike in Houston can be the most convenient and enjoyable way to get around… if you know which streets to avoid and where it's possible to cross them.
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) April 1, 2021
"Go under the Brazos Bridge and through the hole in the wall. Take Hawthorne to Roseland to Colquitt, then, when you get to Montrose, ride on the sidewalk to Richmond. And walk your bike across at the intersection — cyclists don't have the right of way in crosswalks in Texas!"
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) April 1, 2021
People will talk about the guy who got arrested for riding his bike on the freeway. "He's crazy," they'll say.
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) April 1, 2021
What's really crazy is that in Houston, our streets are so inhospitable to cycling, some people would literally rather ride on the freeway.
Sunday's meet-up ride: https://t.co/4LSAStfyGN pic.twitter.com/W1usVgZOtu
— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) April 1, 2021
Are you ready for THE Ride? @HotternHell100 has opened registrations for the 40th Annual Ride of Passage.
— Wichita Falls Chamber (@ChamberWF) April 1, 2021
Registration is open now at: https://t.co/VzIYqFrmHa#HHH100 weekend is from August 26 through 29, 2021 in Wichita Falls, Texas. #hotternhell #bikeride #hhh100 pic.twitter.com/TdaU83feCf
It only exists for a block but Austin has a new gold standard in bike lane infrastructure. Grade and physically separated bike paths, Dutch intersections and ped islands to slow traffic. I wish it was longer and wide enough to ride side by side
— Robert Foster (@soc4austin) April 1, 2021
Great job @austinmobility pic.twitter.com/iB2Rkd8qSA
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Texas Cycle Werks South Austin Trail Rides – Austin, TX The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 1, 2021
Texas Cycle Werks, proud sponsors of the ATX100K endurance race series, hosts weekly shop rides each Tuesday and Thursday leaving from the shop i… https://t.co/nGG11yYKN8
New Event Wednesday Night Ride (WNR) – El Paso, TX El Paso Bicycle Club
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 2, 2021
It's Back !! Wednesday Night Ride (WNR) – An El Paso cycling tradition!! Leaderless ride for all groups. Organize your group for your particular speed range. Ride as hard as you c… https://t.co/1XfSiadZnx
New Event Eighter from Decatur Bicycle Rally – Decatur, TX https://t.co/WRnX3wGck9
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 2, 2021
The Eighter from Decatur Bicycle Rally is a charity bicycle ride that benefits Raquel's Wings for Life, an organization that flies local cancer patients to MD Anderson … https://t.co/LFNALB5yUB