Killeen officer participates in 300 mile bike ride to honor fallen officers

By Rosemond Crown | www.kwtx.com

The 2022 Police Unity Tour took officers through an interstate bike ride

Killeen Police Department Officer Kyle Moore made the journey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C after a grueling 300-mile bike ride spanning multiple days from Richmond, Virginia to Washington, D.C.(Courtesy Photo)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KWTX) – The Killeen Police Department was well represented in the 2022 Police Unity Tour that takes officers through an interstate bike ride to honor officers who have died in the line of duty.

Killeen Police Department Officer Kyle Moore made the journey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C after a grueling 300-mile bike ride spanning multiple days from Richmond, Virginia to Washington, D.C.

For Officer Moore and the Killeen Police Department their hearts were focused on two of their own. …

ROBERT (BOB) JAMES SICKMANN 1946 – 2022

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Robert (Bob) James Sickmann, 76, of San Antonio, Texas, died on April 23, 2022 after a bout with stomach cancer.

Bob was born on March 25, 1946 in Denver, Colorado.

Bob was an avid bicyclist and enjoyed all genres of the bicycling lifestyle. After graduating with a degree in Psychology from St. Mary’s University, he cofounded B & J Bicycle Shop with his father in 1972. In 1991, B & J Bicycle Shop received a Top 100 Independent Bicycle Dealer Award in the United States by Bicycle Dealer Showcase Magazine. After closing the shop in 2001, Bob went to work for Scriveners Hardware, then for Home Depot until he retired. Bob attended Trinity Baptist Church, then in his later years, The Church of Reconciliation. A lifelong music enthusiast, his large, immaculately kept collection includes every LP album and CD he ever purchased beginning as a teen. As an adult, he took up and mastered the craft of flint knapping. His collection and displays of native points combined with his own creations are quite remarkable. …

The Impossible Route: FAR WEST TEXAS (Cycling Documentary)

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Can we ride 350 mi / 563 km of the WORST gravel imaginable…IN ONE RIDE!?!? The Impossible Route enters season 2 with a BANG! JB and I tackle a new adventure through FAR West Texas. This route takes us STRAIGHT THROUGH the night! It was… INTENSE!

RULES: We are FULLY self-supported with the exception of two cache drops at mile 80 & 210. Outside of those two caches, every drop of water, food, and support HAS to come from our own supplies.

ROUTE: This route started in a small town on the FAR WEST border of Texas. We cut through both the state and national parks of the Big Bend area. Parts of this route has been done before, but never all in one shot AND there is an unknown section of the course that has not been touched since the 1700s. …

Gravel Locos: A race, a ride, a rememberance

by: Betsy Welch | www.velonews.com

A day dedicated to Moriah Wilson

On Saturday, May 14, some 1,500 riders descended on the tiny town of Hico, Texas for the second edition of Gravel Locos. The race was highly anticipated, with a stacked start list, and its position on the calendar three weeks before Unbound Gravel makes it of particular note, as well.

However, the unfathomable death of Moriah Wilson some days before the race cast a somber, yet supportive, tone on the day and changed many riders’ reasons for toeing the line.

Marisa Boaz of Iowa and Jasper Ockeloen of the Netherlands won their respective races in the GL150 distance. Eight men sprinted to the finish behind Ockeloen, and his countryman Ivar Slik took second. Sarah Sturm and Jess Cerra rounded out the women’s podium. …

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