Daily News Roundup June 15th – Texas Bicycling

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Mike Dillon complete a coast-to-coast trip—on his bicycle
by San Jose Mercury News
By Shannon burkey Halfway through the trip, in Austin, Texas, he was able to see his wife and daughter for several days. His daughter, who is a competitive …

Cycling event organizers pleased with weekend’s races
by Mineral Wells Index
The day before he had been in McKinney at the “Bike the Bricks” race, where he said … “We enjoy working with the bicycle community and appreciate their …

Mineral Wells Stage Race

Blog About Review Of Recumbent Bicycles » Bicycles Plus Texas
from boneheadbicycles.co.tv
The weather was just beautiful all week in North Texas. That is, until this past Sunday morning when the temperatures dropped again and the rain came down. With a vengeance. And just in time for the Criterium in Denton, TX. I now recall the vivid memories of that morning, aided perhaps by the still present road grime trapped behind my eyeballs… or maybe because it was just yesterday. Note to self: Rain-covered sunglasses are a better option…

Daily News Roundup June 14th – Texas Bicycling

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I was released from the hospital today so hopefully on Wednesday I will be able to resume my riding. Surgery was averted but I was reminded by this incident that the past events can have future payments called due. In July 1989 I had a severe bicycle crash and major surgery. In 1994 surgery was required again to counteract some after effects of the 1989 one. The latest incident may still be connected to the 1989 accident and surgery. Only time will tell. All of this makes me wonder about those big pile-ups in pro-cycling races. What effect do they have later in life to those involved?

Students from UT bike from Austin to Alaska to raise awareness for cancer
from Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas 4000
The 26 University of Texas students who bicycled into Lubbock Wednesday for an overnight stop on a 4,687-mile, 70-day bike ride from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, are participating in one of the greatest adventures – and one of the most dedicated missions – they will ever have. …

Several small Central Texas cities are getting big bucks to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety features around their schools.
from www.wacotrib.com
Valley Mills, Hamilton, Hillsboro and Groesbeck each have been awarded between $400,000 to $500,000 through the Safe Routes to School Program.

Funded by federal dollars funneled through the state, the program gives grants to projects aimed at making it safer for students to walk or bike to school. …

Williams Factory Texas Team: PODIUM SPOT @ MCKINNEY TX, BIKE THE …
by Team Members
PODIUM SPOT @ MCKINNEY TX, BIKE THE BRICKS CRITERIUM
First off, this was a very nice event for a first year. Hats off to the Town of McKinney Texas for hosting the event, the volunteers and McKinney Velo for a fine job. We will put this one on our list for next year.
Bike the Bricks
The race started off pretty good. Todd, Jason and Craig lined up front row. The course was fairly narrow and technical to some standards. …

No. 22 Fort Davis HAMMERFEST Stage Three Road Race: Report
from Gene’s Blog
The final day of Fort Davis began at 5:30 AM when I woke up to get breakfast. Dalton and Varela would start later in the day so they got to sleep in for about another hour. After getting ready, I walked over to the main building where the race officials kept the spare wheels to look at the results from the previous day’s races. It turns out that I got 36th, which wasn’t great but fell into my expectations. …

Fort Davis Hammerfest