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Texas Bicycling News Digest April 4th 2016

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Bat City Cycling www.facebook.com

Saturday, April 16 at 8:00 AM in CDT
Red Horn Coffee House and Brewing Co.
13010 W Parmer Ln, Ste 800, Cedar Park, Texas 78613
Details
125 miles of fantastic Texas roads. We’re still fine tuning the route so we’ll post it when we get it finished. Show up early for coffee at Red Horn and hang after for post-ride beers.
++We will have a SaG vehicle. Bring $10 cash to chip in for gas and costs.++ …

Head for the Hills – Ride Report

by EthanHawley www.bikeforums.net

I just rode the Head for the Hills Ride in Chappell Hill last weekend. I enjoyed it quite a bit thanks in large part to the absolutely perfect weather. The ride offered terrific scenery, with the exception of a few short sections on Hwy 105. While the wildflowers seemed to be past their prime (or was it too early?), we rode past some beautiful patches. There were also some tremendous vistas of the surrounding countryside from the top of some of the hills. True to the ride’s name, there was very little in the way of flat sections. The roads were rolling with a few Texas-steep hills, but they …

An Englishman in America

By Rob Lee www.crazyguyonabike.com

Apr 3: To Terlingua
Sunday April 3, 2016, 48 miles (77 km) – Total so far: 2,735 miles (4,402 km)
I tried to be pro-active and set an alarm for 6 AM this morning. That was fine except that for some reason more or less everyone in the campsite wanted to speak to me this morning. Some motorbikers were interested in my trip. Another camper wanted to thank me for using a dim red headtorch rather than a blinding white one. The campground host was keen to give me helpful tips regarding a route through Arizona. So all in all I was about an hour later leaving than I expected!
The first 25 miles were a repeat of yesterday, climbing back along the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive towards the Park’s main road. The climbing was all in the first 14 miles, so that took a couple of hours. The climbing was steady and fairly pleasant though, not too steep. I stopped at the top for an early lunch (same spot as yesterday’s lunch!). Of course then a …

Apr 4: To Presidio
Monday April 4, 2016, 65 miles (105 km) – Total so far: 2,800 miles (4,506 km)
Posted via email Mon Apr 4 19:53:02 2016 PDT
There was a good sunrise this morning. In fact the past few days in the Big Bend area have spoiled me with great sunsets and sunrises. The air is clear and the skies have generally been cloudless.
It was a few miles along the road to Lajitas, really a resort town where an upmarket golf resort has been developed. A bit of an odd fit in the surroundings! There was a reasonably stocked shop, for some reason I craved fruit juice so I stopped and bought a small bottle. There were lots of resort employees buzzing about on …

Pop-pop T Goes West – Then East

By David Tatman www.crazyguyonabike.com

Fort Davis to Fort Davis: One Dryer Town
Monday April 4, 2016, 3 miles (5 km) – Total so far: 1,216 miles (1,957 km)
Today is layover day in Fort Davis. We all needed R&R after the last 2 days of riding. Fort Davis is a very nice small town which has grown up around Ft. Davis. At first the town was where the civilians lived who worked at the fort. Now it’s a tourist community supporting the Ft. Davis National Park. For a small town has a couple of very nice places to eat.
I call this a “One Dryer Town” because the model doesn’t offer a laundry service so we had to go to the local laundromat. Of the 6 washers, only 2 work. On the 4 dryers, only one partially worked. For 14 people suddenly showing up with a bunch of sweaty dirty clothes, not a fast process. Luckily the sun was out today and with the low humidity everything dried quickly hanging on the front of the motel.
Went to local Mexican Luncheonette for lunch. Not sure how to spell, let alone pronounce what I ate for …

Southern Tier eastward 2016

By Luba Agranovich www.crazyguyonabike.com

Luba: entering Texas Hill Country
Monday April 4, 2016, 48 miles (77 km) – Total so far: 1,406 miles (2,262 km)
Bought sandwiches in Subway in the morning for lunch on the road. The local road to Camp Wood, prescribed by the ACA maps, is a very rough chip seal. Still, the pretty landscape with mountains on the horizon and absence of traffic made for an enjoyable ride for a while. We stopped to talk with Cheryl that was driving a support vehicle for her husband Bob. Bob rode from Florida, where they live, to DeRidder LA alone but got stuck there due to bridge closures. Cheryl then decided to join him. She offered us drinks and ice that we accepted with gratitude. Later on …

For the best bluebonnet show, bike the Willow City Loop

by Pam LeBlanc fitness.blog.austin360.com


Midway up the giant hill near the end of the Willow City Loop, my quads whimpered and I wished, ever so briefly, that I was flopped on a hammock somewhere instead of pedaling up a twisting Hill Country road.
Then I turned and looked down into the valley, where so many bluebonnets clustered together that I thought I was looking at a stream of blue water.
Thousands of tourists head to Willow City northeast of Fredericksburg each spring, where they spend about 30 minutes motoring along the 21-mile route, admiring wildflowers. That’s fine, but I prefer to take …

2016 Bent Wheel Bash Mountain Bike Race – Abilene, Texas

by TC www.turnincranks.com

My Cat2 40-49 mountain bike race video from the 2016 Bent Wheel Bash Mountain Bike Race held at Buck Creek Trails in Abilene, Texas.
The 4th race of the Texas state 2016 series.
After a 2nd place finish at Comfort, I was feeling pretty good and hopeful of another good showing in Abilene.
Buck Creek Trails can be technical enough to give me a bit of an edge and I was hopeful of …

2016 Ouachita Challenge

wilbloodworth www.bigpigracing.org


The 2015 Ouachita Challenge was a blast! I had a wonderful time and the weather was superb but I temporarily lost my Garmin on the top of Mauldin Mountain which caused me to lose about an hour and a half of time trying to find it. After that, I vowed to not let stupid things like that happen again so I got a Garmin tether from Matt Malone and haven’t ridden without that tether ever since.
Fast forward to the 2016 Ouachita Challenge. 2016 marks my 2nd year as a participant in the Ouachita Challenge; both years on a single speed. While the OC is amazing and I love coming up to Arkansas, visiting my relatives, eating great food, and …

Tom Goes West 2016

By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com

Day 36 – Hunt to Leakey, TX: Halfway Today
Monday April 4, 2016, 47 miles (76 km) – Total so far: 1,595 miles (2,567 km)
I reached the halfway point across the Southern Tier Route either on late yesterdays ride or early today. Half of the 3100 miles, of course is 1550, however I get a few extra miles riding to our lunch or overnight stops. The route doesn’t take the shortest connections as it tries to avoid the busier roads, include more interesting destinations, and tries to route through areas with more services. I’ve been very pleased with the locales visited and the many scenic roads.
I wanted today’s ride a bit shorter because there was quite a bit of climbing. I don’t have a Garmin for my bike that counts every foot of elevation gain as a brag point and I’m okay with that. But the Adventure Cycling maps include elevation profiles for the route. So I knew I’d have a gradual climb ending up …

7-Year-Old on Bicycle Struck by Vehicle

www.kiiitv.com

A 7-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was involved in an accident. The accident happened in the 900 block of Rambler place, in a neighborhood near Leopard and Corn Products road. According to Corpus Christi police, the boy was riding his bike when a vehicle crashed into him. The child was …

Police: Central Texas driver dragged cyclist for 2,000 feet even though she was screaming

By Joshua Fechter www.mysanantonio.com


An Austin cyclist suffered serious injuries after a driver allegedly hit her and dragged her for 2,000 feet with his vehicle last week, according to Austin police.
Artemio Gomez Avila, 41, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid for allegedly driving away after striking Elizabeth English with his truck.
Avila could spend up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the third-degree felony. …

WTCA Post to Gail Ride

West Texas Cycling Association www.bikewtca.org

Date: April 9, 2016
Location: Post, TX
Contact: Steve Crowell281-793-4480
Details: The Post to Gail ride will leave from the Post courthouse parking lot at 9:00 AM. Steve Crowell is hosting. Cost is $5 for club members. Non-Club Members must join the WTCA and pay the membership fee to ride. Please RSVP to Steve so he can plan for supplies.

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