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Texas Bicycling News – April 12, 2023

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Begin your HHH training with Graham’s Possum Pedal 2023 in June

by: Angie Lankford | www.texomashomepage.com

GRAHAM (KFDX/KJTL) — If you’re looking to get a jump on your Hotter ‘N Hundred training, head out to Graham in June for a scenic bike ride.

The Possum Pedal takes you back in time when life was a little slower and everyone greeted you with a smile. This year has routes of six, 27, 42, 54.5, 61, and 76 miles, where you’ll travel through Graham, Olney, Jermyn, Bryson, and historic Fort Belknap. The terrain is rolling hills, smooth roads, and some of the most beautiful scenery in Texas. …

USA Cycling awards $20k in grants to cycling programs

www.velonews.com

USA Cycling is recognizing 13 regional athlete development programs with $20,000 worth of cash grants through its Centers of Excellence program. Rad Racing of Olympia, Washington, and the Young Medalists of the Lehigh Valley Cycling Club in Pennsylvania received top honors. The award winners were chosen based on organizational criteria and results in developing junior and U23 cycling athletes. Since the program’s inception six years ago, USA Cycling has distributed over $120,000 to grass roots development programs thanks to donations to the Development Foundation. …

… Additional teams receiving grants in 2008 include: Tri-Star Cycling Team (Tennessee), Fulton Flyers Cycling Club (Georgia), Foundation for the Cultivation of Sport (Texas), Team Specialized Junior Program (Calif.ornia), Team Swift (California), Lehigh Wheelman Future Champions (Pennsylvania), Boulder Valley Cycling Alliance (Colorado), Orlando Road Club (Florida), Team Bliss (Vermont), Des Moines Cycling Club (Iowa) and Track Kats (Illinois).

Spider Fest ? April 22

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Saturday, April 22

Celebrate the last of spring biking with Spider Fest on Saturday, April 22nd!

Music by SpidieKing • 9a-4p Our very own SpidieKing will be spinning beats at the bottom of the lift, keeping vibes at an all time high. Come prepared with requests!

MTB Marketplace • 9a-3p Brought to you by Fox Racing featuring awesome gear from your favorite local bike shops. There will also be some of our rental bikes for sale from our fleet, first-come, first-served.

Poker Laps • 9a-2p Get a random card at the bottom of the lift every lap. Take 5 laps and get 5 cards, keep lapping and swap out a card at a time to make the best poker hand possible. At …

Red flags installed at Pease Park ahead of Hill Country Ride for AIDS

by Emily Chavez & John-Carlos Estrada | cbsaustin.com

AUSTIN, Texas — Small red flags line a half-mile route on a part of the trail in Pease Park.

It’s a commemoration for victims of AIDS and their advocates – known as the Hill Country Ride for AIDS Mile of Silence. …

Texas MS 150 to ride through Somerville April 30

www.bctribune.com

Historical Society plans rest stop at Heritage Square Bike MS’s Texas MS 150 2023 will be pedalling through the City of Somerville on Sunday, April 30. And, the Somerville Historical Society will provide the bikers a “rest stop” at Heritage Square next to the Somerville Area Museum. The bikers will enter the city via the LBJ causeway and travel through the town via 8th Street. Last year the …

City of Harlingen completing arroyo trail’s second phase

By Fernando Del Valle | myrgv.com

The newly paved trail winds towards Expressway 83 Wednesday, April 12, 2023, on the trail expansion between Arroyo Park and Dixieland Park on the Arroyo Hike and Bike Trail in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

HARLINGEN — After nearly two years of delays, construction of the $1.6 million second phase of the Arroyo Colorado Hike and Bike Trail is nearing completion as officials plan to turn the city’s trail systems into a cycling destination.

More than 20 years after the Hike and Bike Trail opened, crews are wrapping up the 1.6-mile stretch winding from Arroyo Park to Dixieland Park while crossing three bridges, extending the six-foot-wide asphalt ribbon into …

HPD seeks 2 persons of interest after man on bike fatally shot during argument in East Downtown

abc13.com

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are searching for two persons of interest after a man riding a bicycle was shot and killed in Houston’s East End on Tuesday night.

Houston police responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of Chartres Street just before 8 p.m. At the scene, officers found an unresponsive man with a gunshot wound. …

Evening Ride The Woodlands, Texas

Melissa Kunthea | strava.com

Trek Cypress – Faster than Last Harris County, Texas

Thomas Anselmi | strava.com

Kid Rockin’ The American Badass Pflugerville, Texas

Sanora Baptiste | strava.com

The fine line between dedication and desperation Houston, Texas

Noe Espinosa | strava.com

Got rained on and was reminded how I hated riding with wet socks

CCMTB easy SSpin Harris County, Texas

Jim Storey | strava.com

Mom’s go to Bellville Houston, Texas

Sarah F | strava.com

Southern Tier CoMotion

By Keith Misegades | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Good day: Silsbee to Shepherd

Tuesday April 11, 2023, 62 miles (100 km) – Total so far: 1,305 miles (2,100 km) Last evening at the Red Cloud RV park, I Dominos deliver food, but it was not up to the standard that I typically get. The portions were a bit smaller than what I was used to. Anyway, I chowed down and ate it all. When preparing the tent for bed, my next door neighbor in an RV invited me over. Lydia is a 90 year old woman who has a front row seat at the park to all the cyclists that come and go there. She was very nice and as we conversed, she invited me in to see her sewing. Yes, I know this sounds odd, but sewing runs in my family and I do like to see what others do.

She was making towels for a church fundraiser and was quite animated about all the details, Even at 90 and living alone, she had good mental acuity and walks the park many times a day. She told me stories of how she offers coffee to all the cyclists that come through. Since I’m not a coffee drinker, I thanked her for the offer. It was getting dark and I was ready to turn in. The park was close to a busy road and some railroad tracks. Fortunately, I brought …

Big day and slight tailwind: Shepherd to Nacasota

Wednesday April 12, 2023, 85 miles (137 km) – Total so far: 1,390 miles (2,237 km) Its late in the day and I got to a hotel in Navasota at about 7:00 PM, so I’m not going to write much. 85 miles was a long way to go and I got held up due to a storm about 20 miles away from Navasota. I waited it out and got back on the road. 10 miles from Navasota, I took a wrong turn and got in bonus miles. Yea!!!

I met a few east bounders including a woman from Australia who was going solo eastward. We traded road information and a few stories and then were on our respective ways. She likes to travel the same way I do and also has had some loneliness. I suggested she …

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