Texas Bicycling News
A ride down the West 11th bike trail
by Charles Kuffner | www.offthekuff.com
I’ve been riding the West 11th bike trail since it opened, mostly to go to some of my favorite lunch places. It’s been great, modulo the occasional hazards like trash/recycling bins out for collection and delivery trucks or construction vehicles parked there or protruding from a driveway. I had never biked along West 11th before because the two-lanes-each-way vehicular traffic moved far too fast and too recklessly to ever feel safe enough. I’d take one of the side roads, or if I wanted to cross at a light I’d go to White Oak or 14th, depending on what my destination was. The dedicated lane on 11th is a better experience than all of those, and I appreciate being able to cross Studewood at a light as well, as that can be tricky and occasionally death-defying otherwise. …
‘Excitement On a Well Beaten Path’ Southern Tier East to West
By S. Crocker | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Cold Springs TX – New Waverly TX
Sunday May 7, 2023 For the last few days I’ve noticed a LOT of donut shops around.
"Man, these people must love their donuts".
Come to find out they also serve breakfast tacos, biscuits, and croissants too. One common item is ‘Kolaches’ which are usually some type of hotdog with optional bacon, cheese, or similar. Good stuff! I wonder why I don’t see these at home? Seems like it’d be popular.
The Trailist: Trail network brings change and outdoor access to the Westside Creeks
by Brendan Gibbons | sanantonioreport.org
A deluge of government funding has transformed formerly flood-prone creeks on the West Side into recreational spaces, with the potential to eventually serve as a conduit between downtown and the distant Leon Creek Greenway.
The Westside Creek greenways are made up of nearly 10 miles of concrete trail along Alazan, Apache, Martinez and Zarzamora creeks, which flow through the inner-city neighborhoods west of downtown. Because of flood-control projects in the 1950s, these creeks look like trapezoid-shaped drainage ditches, often lined with concrete. Despite these human influences, I often see birds like egrets and night herons stepping through the shallow waters, hunting fish, crawdads and frogs. …
Riding for cancer research: Temple High grads prepare for bike trek from Austin to Anchorage
By David Stone | www.tdtnews.com
Lauren Greenfield, a Temple High School graduate who is a junior at the University of Texas, will be one of 80 riders in the Texas 4000, a bicycle journey from Texas to Alaska to raise support for cancer research. THS graduate and UT student Andrew Posey also has been selected for next year’s ride.
Collegiate cyclists compete in national championships
Hamilton Kahn | www.koat.com
Hundreds of athletes representing 80 universities come to Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 300 men and women cyclists from 80 universities were in Albuquerque on Sunday for the final day of the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, a three-day event involving three different competitions held in different locations.
A 25K team trial and individual time trial for groups of men and women were held Friday beginning on Atrisco Boulevard. On Saturday, it was a 105K road race for two groups of men and two groups of women. …
… Chelsea Reedy of San Marcos, Texas, was here representing Texas State University The South Central Collegiate Conference Champion, she said the criterium is her specialty. The most important thing is taking care of your body, she said. …
Video: YMCA hosts giant playground downtown San Antonio for 21st Síclovía
Allysa Cole | www.ksat.com
San Antonio – The YMCA of Greater San Antonio invited the community to enjoy a safe space to play, walk, run and bike Sunday for the 21st Síclovía event downtown.
The free event allowed multiple city streets to temporarily close so people can have vehicle-free space to exercise.
There were exercise classes, youth activities, food trucks and more. Síclovía is held in the spring and the fall in different areas of downtown.
This spring, the Síclovía route ran from …
Sunday Greenway Spin with Kaitlyn San Antonio, Texas
Mark Noblitt | strava.com
Rain stopped, and it turned into a beautiful day! Teaching Kaitlyn Hesseltine the finer points of #noblitting!
RRR Rainy Recovery Ride ? "Stella" Ribble 725 Steel Pearland, Texas
Troy Serrano | strava.com
Tour du Rouge day 1 Done! our 5 team crew was rolling and rotating all the wayyyyyy Houston, Texas
Action Jackson MTCCSA | strava.com
Tour du Rouge Day 1 Houston, Texas
Brandy Zimmer | strava.com
Made it to Beaumont, Texas in the rain!
Country Roading Childress County, Texas
Myles Barfield | strava.com
Afternoon Ride San Antonio, Texas
Steve Gutierrez | strava.com
Exploring Bolivar Peninsula Galveston County, Texas
Eric M | strava.com
Was a nice Day out – Until it Was’nt Washington County, Texas
J. Ramsey | strava.com
Warm and humid overcast / until the Storm blew thru. Definitely not in the forecast the day before.
Weather app let me down again! Washington County, Texas
Benjie Go | strava.com
It was suppose to be a 100mile ride, turned into a 60 mile mud bath. Brakes, chain, are done, bottom bracket bearing needs to be serviced.
Sugar Land MTB ?Womens Cat 1 Sugar Land, Texas
Venny Alub | strava.com
TMBRA Sugar Land Classic p/b Fort Bend Kia 8AG Sugar Land, Texas
John Madden | strava.com
Great to see a lot of my other/other family members! Well run event + good course was super exciting in these conditions!
Annual Sugar Land Classic 2nd place AG Sugar Land, Texas
Jaime Quintero Cadena | strava.com
1st place sugerland Sugar Land, Texas
Alex Keeling | strava.com
Morning gravel ride with the crew Sam Houston National Forest, Texas
Marcel Antigua | strava.com
Active Cycling/LRC ride! Harris County, Texas
Active Cycling | strava.com
Video: Sugar Land Classic bike race attracts hundreds of riders
news.yahoo.com
The largest collection of mountain bikers in all of Texas gathered in Sugar Land this weekend. With the support of some good-natured ‘heckling. the second-annual ‘Sugar Land Classic’ bike-race attracted nearly 700 cyclists to the ‘Brazos River Park’ trails.
Texas Biking from Twitter
New. Bike. Day.??
— Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) May 7, 2023
Shop bikes ? https://t.co/Vfc0iowTxn#BWRides #NewBikeDay pic.twitter.com/ixRI2q7D4v
#bikerackdiaries@CoralSword pic.twitter.com/MVLFJAUaqx
— NorthlineLex (@NorthlineLex) May 7, 2023
STOLEN – Purple Trek 1046448 in Fort Worth, TX https://t.co/jzihvbW8ov
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) May 7, 2023
STOLEN – Gray Giant Talon 27.5 2 in Austin, TX https://t.co/09OcPxjgVo
— BikeIndex Austin (@stolenbikesatx) May 7, 2023
Despite the rain, people are out at Siclovia. pic.twitter.com/RXmeq7clZk
— The aatblog.com (@BikeSanAntonio) May 7, 2023
Sunday morning bike ride. This segment of Hwy 37, between Mineola and Quitman, is appropriately named. The bridge barely has a shoulder on the southbound side. Zoom zoom! ?? — In Wood County, Texashttps://t.co/JyXkCelVSd pic.twitter.com/w4nyZK8a50
— Maurice Peterson ???? (@OregonPioneer) May 7, 2023
Opinion: San Antonio's Westside Creek greenways are made up of nearly 10 miles of concrete trail along Alazan, Apache, Martinez and Zarzamora creeks. https://t.co/3G0lUvf43P
— San Antonio Report (@SAReport) May 8, 2023
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Texas Tumbleweed 100 – Dumas, TX Texas Tumbleweed 100 at Dumas, TXhttps://t.co/qO6nhAq8SVhttps://t.co/nNqSWjFIec
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 7, 2023
12 Mile Ride
12 mile 8:00 AM 12 miles $40
12 Mile Youth Rider – With Registered Adult 8:00 AM 12… https://t.co/8EdhZrZu99
New Event 46th Annual Fort Davis Cyclefest 46th Annual Fort Davis Cyclefest September 16th-17th 2023 at Fort Davis, TXhttps://t.co/9XyvV0QdPahttps://t.co/Mk60pPwvZr
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 7, 2023
Cyclefest 2023 Bike Tour – 27 Mile Supported 8:00 AM 27 miles $6… https://t.co/QXKAfsHt0l