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2024 Tour de Boerne/Riding 62 miles on the back roads of the beautiful Texas Hill Country!
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Well the 2024 Tour de Boerne was a success! Even though my training leading up to the ride wasn’t the best! It was a good ride, but it didn’t come without some suffering! That’s okay though. You learn more and grow from the things that are hard and challenge you physically and mentally than something that’s easy! We finished the ride, albeit slow, but a finish none the less. I can confidently say I have yet to see the inside of a sag wagon!!
Mila Ride San Antonio, Texas
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West Texas fundraiser plans to bike from Midland to Lubbock for MS
Story by Mattie Powers | www.msn.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — The National Multiple Sclerosis Society holds an event every year called Bike MS where people bike 150 miles over the span of two days along with fundraising to help with research, programs and their ultimate mission to find the cure for the disease. The one for West Texas is called Cactus and Crude and one of the fundraisers focused on flocking houses.
The cyclist leading this fundraiser was Pamela Kiowski who is in a biking group called the Carney Men. Kiowski came up with this idea and went to put a bunch of plastic flamingos in people’s front yards. Whoever got their yard flocked, would pay for someone else’s lawn to get plastic flamingos all over it. …
TxDOT wants community to weigh in on San Antonio area bicycle plan
Ben Spicer | www.ksat.com
Public comment period runs July 9 to Friday, Aug. 9
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Department of Transportation is reaching out to the community to weigh in on a draft plan for the future of bicycle mobility in Texas.
TxDOT, using public and stakeholder feedback from last year, developed a plan to guide improvements in the future. The plan analyzes the needs for bicycle infrastructure on the state highway system, prioritizes locations for bicycling improvements and identifies what role different routes should play in the bicycling network, a press release said. …
Series of detours start soon along hike and bike trail at Waller Creek
Watershed Protection Department | www.austintexas.gov
Over the next several months, users of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail are urged to slow down and be prepared to stop when approaching Waller Creek. A series of detours will be in place to construct new lattice bridges and the Lagoon Overlook and Leaf Deck for The Confluence, the second phase of the Waterloo Greenway.
The first detour is scheduled to start Monday, July 22, and last through the end of August, weather permitting. While this detour is in place, the construction crew will be installing a new lattice bridge and preparing a temporary creek crossing for later detours. Subsequent detours will differ on the route over the creek. …
Taft HS student creates inclusive space for all with the help of his bike | Kids Who Make SA Great
Author: Audrey Castoreno | www.kens5.com
Student creates inclusive bike club to help promote wellness.
SAN ANTONIO — Each week a group of Taft students hop on their bikes to ride the trails.
“I love how people of all ages are still riding the trails. That’s my favorite part,” Zackeri Carrasco said.
The team lead by founder, 15 year-old Zackeri Carrasco.
For Zackeri, it’s always a great day when he’s riding.
"At the age of three I was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect which restricted me from …
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Texas 4000 making its way through the Cariboo this week
By Zachary Barrowcliff | www.mycariboonow.com
Cariboo residents could be seeing groups of bike riders raising funds for cancer.
25 students from the University of Texas have been making their way from Austin, Texas and will end in Anchorage, Alaska through the over 4,000 mile Sierra route.
Alex Fraser Research Forest Manager, Stephanie Ewen says they’re making multiple stops in the Cariboo.
“Tonight they will be stopping at the Alex Fraser Research Forest Property on Fox Mountain.” says Ewen.
“I know that they’re going to stop in at the Boitanio Day Camp and cool off there, and meet some of …
Texas 4000 en route to Prince George
By Will Peters | www.mybulkleylakesnow.com
Waco Bicycle Club repairs bikes for homeless, community
Waco Tribune-Herald Hansgen and Gurley agreed that Cameron Park is one of the best places to ride a mountain bike in Central Texas, if not the entire state. They also …
Bike ministry from Waco Bicycle Club, First Baptist Waco members
Waco Tribune-Herald Bike ministry from Waco Bicycle Club, First Baptist Waco members …
Video: Summer camp gives the support needed for children to find their confidence
By: Eran Hami | www.kristv.com
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Tuesday began a week of learning for a group of children and teens with disabilities.
It was the start of the iCan Bike Corpus Christi Camp at First United Methodist Church.
Margeux Rendall brought the camp to Corpus Christi in 2022, seeing of success for campers.
“We helped 20 kids and a lot of them left riding on their own bike from home. So, it was really rewarding to see that,” Rendall said.
Rendall’s son Gavin has Down Syndrome and it inspired her to bring the …
TxDOT bicycle plan could bring more bikeways to Valley
by: Janelle Tanguma | www.valleycentral.com
PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Transportation released a new plan to increase bicycle transportation across Texas highways in the Rio Grande Valley.
The bicycle plan will focus on providing Valley residents with a new, safe form of transportation available for all age groups.
TxDOT public information officer Ray Pedraza said the plan is open to the public so they could provide feedback before finalizing it later this year.
The increase in bicycle transportation is expected to bring economic benefits such as increased …
Video: TxDOT proposal would create new bike routes across Cameron and Hidalgo counties
By: Sarah Cervera | krgv.com
A proposal from the Texas Department of Transportation’s Pharr district aims to address bike safety and connectivity in the Rio Grande Valley.
A recently published plan proposes adding 33 new bike routes along state highways in Cameron and Hidalgo counties.
“Those are the two most congested counties in the Pharr district, and priority was given to the areas that could benefit the most from improvements,” TxDOT spokesman Ray Pedraza said.
Data from the TxDOT Pharr district shows that from 2017 to 2021, there were close to 600 crashes involving bicycles in the area.
Of those crashes, …
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Video: San Antonio nonprofit helps kids learn to ride bikes safely
Patty Santos | www.ksat.com
The big question: training wheels or no training wheels? SAN ANTONIO – Getting kids to play outside and learn to ride a bike can be a challenge, but once they do it, they will have fun.
Cristina Solorzano with Ghisallo Cycling San Antonio is trying to ensure kids are safe when riding their bikes.
Part of that is hosting classes, programs and trail rides with those who are part of a bike club.
“We teach kids a lot of cycling rules and cycling safety skills that will make them the leaders in their community,” Solorzano said. “They also try to teach kids that they can go anywhere on a bike and see different parts of their community. They don’t have to drive a car. They don’t have to get on the bus. They can hop on …
