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Texas Biking Action May 2nd 2021

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Video: Cyclists continue the journey to Kyle Field for the MS150 despite weather conditions and cancellations

By Donnie Tuggle | www.kbtx.com

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Extreme rain and flooding issues prompted MS-150 organizers to cancel Saturday’s bike ride. Over 4,000 riders were set to travel three routes from across the region, converging at Kyle Field in College Station. 2021 marks the second year the bike ride was canceled as last year’s event was canceled due to the pandemic. The annual bike ride is part of a fundraiser to bring awareness to multiple sclerosis (MS).

Linda Bates, President of the South Central Chapter of the MS Society, says canceling the event was tough but the right decision to make.

“There’s just no way we as an organization would …

… Despite the cancellation of the event, cyclists still made their way to the finish line.

Stuart Burbach, a former Texas A&M student and long-time cyclist, says he was determined to make his way home back to Aggieland.

“This is my 34th year riding in the MS, and the first year we were supposed to end up in College Station, we got COVID-ED out, the second year we got rained out. It’s a tough life, but we keep fighting,” said Burbach. “This is a great moment. After 33 years of …

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Well, 33% of 2021 is in the bag. It seems like it was just New Years Day recently. But time flies when you’re having fun. Or to quote early AI researcher, Anthony Oettinger (not Groucho Marx): “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” And while biking for me feels sometimes like a job just to reach my mostly meaningless mileage goals, of course I mostly do enjoy it. Some might say my number goals are quite mental, and they may well be. But I see them as targets to which I aspire, signposts along the journey that I’m making progress. As it turns out, I’m averaging 101 miles a week for the last four weeks, which puts …

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