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Texas Biking Action April 18th 2021

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Desert Sports puts Terlingua on the map

By Michael Bauer |oaoa.com

TERLINGUA Located deep in southwestern Brewster County, near the Rio Grande and the villages of Lajitas and Study Butte and just off highway 170, lies the small “ghost town” of Terlingua.

A former mining community from the early 20th century, the small settlement soon became a ghost town of roofless rock structures after the mines closed in the 1940s and Terlingua was abandoned.

The town has since bounced back as a tourist destination for park visitors due to its proximity to Big Bend National Park.

Rafting and canoeing as well as mountain biking, camping and hiking are some of the major items that …

Laredo Mountain Bike Youth Team returns to competition amid pandemic

Jorge A. Vela | www.lmtonline.com

The Laredo Mountain Bike Youth Team saw a short year of competition in 2020 as the group was only able to participate in a couple races from a full slate scheduled.

The group’s participation in the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, a statewide youth league, was extremely limited. However, things are looking up for the mountain bike team this year.

“At the beginning of the pandemic, in spring 2020, we didn’t know much about the virus, and from the league to the parents we decided to hang the …

Man continues annual bike ride in honor of victims of West fertilizer plant explosion

Matt Lively | www.kcentv.com

Danny McDonald began his Ride for West Pride while raising money for a child with a brain deformity to remember the victims of the West fertilizer plant explosion.

TEMPLE, Texas — If you drove north on I-35 Saturday beginning in Temple, you may have seen a bicyclist. That was Danny McDonald, participating in his ninth-annual Ride for West Pride.

McDonald does the ride each year, rain or shine, in honor of the firefighters and others who lost their lives in the West fertilizer explosion in 2013. This year, McDonald was attempting to make the 50-plus mile trek after having two spinal fusions this past December and February. …

A Sally on the Southern Tier

By John Schick | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 5: Sanderson to Comstock

Saturday April 17, 2021, 89 miles (143 km) – Total so far: 401 miles (645 km) Today was a hard day. I expected it to be after yesterday‘s long mileage day. There was almost 3000 feet of climbing and the wind was all over the place, but very rarely in my favor. It was a character builder but The saving grace was the cloud cover. The wind was mostly from the north and it was cool all day. I wore my tights from beginning to end and a windbreaker for most of the day.

In 2019, right before Covid hit, I was lucky enough to go on a bike tour in Vietnam. Our guide spoke very good English but did not know all of the idioms. One day, after riding in the rain for a couple of hours I asked him if he was having fun yet. He said, “. I’m sorry but I don’t understand“ so I explained the expression to him. Sure enough, a couple of days later during a hard stretch he biked up to me and asked, “ are you having your fun yet?“ I thought about him several times today.

I am in the little town of Comstock, Texas and just had a wonderful …

2021 Sunday KRG 40/50+ Crit

Hawksite01 | www.youtube.com

The long awaited 1st Crit of 2021 in DFW

https://youtu.be/VRZ66vpzACM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJtAKuyiG4

Tyler cyclist recalls being hit by drunk driver on Legacy Trail

By Erin Wides | www.kltv.com

Tyler cyclist Alan Arakelian’s bike sitting in the back of his truck with the rear tire bent tire from being hit on April 1st, on the Legacy Trail in Tyler. (Source: KLTV)

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – The City of Tyler is bringing awareness to bicycle safety by adding bike lanes throughout the city. However, one cyclist was recently involved in an accident on the Legacy Trail, where one would expect to be safe from vehicles.

April 1, 2021, was a typical evening for Tyler cyclist Alan Arakelian. He was gearing up to ride down to the Legacy Trail and take the path like he always does three to five times a week. He said he was about a mile and a half from the trailhead near Three Lakes.

“I heard a noise that sounded like a motorcycle or an ATV, which I thought was really unusual because …

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