{"id":15076,"date":"2012-07-27T23:08:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T04:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=15076"},"modified":"2012-07-27T23:08:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T04:08:04","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-27th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/07\/27\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-27th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"

BikeTexas Board Member Butch Willingham Passes Away Suddenly<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Jack Sanford\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeTexas.org
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\nIt is with sadness that we report that our friend, colleague and BikeTexas Board Member George “Butch” Willingham, 68, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 3, 2012, while in Islamabad, Pakistan, on a mission trip with the Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas.<\/p>\n

BikeTexas staff attended a memorial service and celebration of Butch’s life on June 18, 2012 in Center, TX, where Butch was laid to rest. It was moving to hear of the testimonials of many friends of his…<\/p>\n

Summer TT#7 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c July 26, 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby tonkster\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
\nName \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Time
\nCollin Clark \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:46:04
\nBoone Fylnn \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:35:05
\nJohn Flynn \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:37:44
\nJP Rheault \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:40:49
\nGreg Swoboda \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:45:47
\nJames Munnerlyn \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:46:18
\nJonathan Lidbury \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:53:39
\nDavid Gilman \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:53:49
\nPatrick Farnsworth \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a00:47:54<\/p>\n

Things to do this weekend, by road, by air and on horseback<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Janet Van Vleet\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.reporternews.com
\nFor anyone who won’t let temperatures hovering at or above the triple-digit mark deter them from taking part in outdoor activities this week, have we got some events for you.<\/p>\n

Nearly 30 years ago the Abilene Bicycling Club held the first Tour de Gap bicycle race. The annual ride always falls on the fourth Saturday of July, usually a week or so after the completion of that granddaddy of all bicycle races, the…<\/p>\n

Army vets trade tours of duty for a Tour de Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Bill Cullins\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.gosanangelo.com
\nSAN ANGELO, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Two Army veterans from the San Angelo area are training for a big cycling ride.<\/p>\n

Knickerbocker resident Roy Aguero and San Angelo’s Robert Balli will ride across the state from Anthony in Far West Texas to the Louisiana border at the Burr Ferry Bridge on the Sabine River.<\/p>\n

Their planned journey has a lot in common with a bicycle ride that members of the Army’s 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps did back in 1897 (gosanangelo.com\/news\/2012\/jan\/06\/early-regiment-got-in-gear-with-trek\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The 920-mile bike ride they plan to start on Oct. 1 will take them through…<\/p>\n

Hill Country Bicycling Touring Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAugust 5, 2012 7:00 am
\nBlue Star \u00e2\u20ac\u201cMission Ride to I-37
\nBlue Star Brewing, 1414 S. Alamo St., San Antonio
\nAugust 11, 2012 7:30 am
\nStinson Field Mission Parkway Ride
\nStinson Municipal Airport, 8535 Mission Road, San Antonio
\nAugust 12, 2012 8:00 am
\nLone Oak Ride
\nLone Oak Cafe, 12237 hwy 87 east, Adkins
\nAugust 18, 2012 8:00 am
\nRudy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ride
\nRudy’s Barbecue, 10623 Westover Hills Blvd, San Antonio
\nAugust 19, 2012 8:00 am
\nToyota Applewhite Ride
\nBill Miller BBQ, 7081 Rockport Rd, San Antonio<\/p>\n

2012 SCCCC Track Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\namct.tamu.edu\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas A&M Cycling
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\nMy first collegiate race with the maroon and white was filled with sunshine, rain, pools of blood, and golf balls, AKA a great race weekend
\n3 years later, its that time again. The Aggie cycling team will be hosting the 2012 SCCCC Track Championships at the Alkek Velodrome in Houston, Texas. I encourage everyone who reads this to come watch the fun. There…<\/p>\n

Ask The Readers: Why Do You Love Mountain Biking?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Shawn McAfee\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas Mountain Bike Trails
\nHere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 16 reasons I love mountain biking.
\n1. If a zombie apocalypse happens and freeways are backed up, mountain biking gives me a way to survive.
\n2. Mountain biking helps me lose weight, while having a great time.
\n3. I get to meet awesome people and ride with…<\/p>\n

Today I received an email from Don Bynum. Since it is not posted on his blog I am including the complete email text with his permission.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As the month winds down and the World Famous Tour de Longneques (July 28, 2012 edition) approaches there is still fun to be had even in the typical July Texas heat.\u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday a group of Hillybikers met at the parking lot near the HEB in Kingsland and did the 22.3 mile ride ou RR2900 to River Oaks Drive then north to Slab road, then west out Slab to TX71.\u00c2\u00a0 As we were catching our breath at the TX71 turnaround a couple of young guys on prostate crushers road up (also coming out Slab Rd. ).\u00c2\u00a0 They were on their way from St Augustine, FL to San Diego and had so far averaged about 100 miles per day.\u00c2\u00a0 They live in Phoenix and had flown to Florida and had made it to Llano County in about a little over a week!\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out that they had been taking a break, cooling off in the Llano River at The Slab when we had gone zipping across it on our way out.\u00c2\u00a0 They had loaded up and set out to see if they could catch us and get some info on Llano and places to stay and eat (that was their goal for yesterday).\u00c2\u00a0 Doug, Richard and I had been resting for some time when first Gil (on his Catrike Expedition), then John and Jay on John’s tandem rolled in with the two travelers about 50 yards behind and closing on them.\u00c2\u00a0 They seemed a little surprised to learn that the group of cyclists they had tried to chase down had only one member below 65 in it.<\/p>\n

On the way back toward Kingsland, Gil came alongside and suggested that we run the low waterbridge across the slab while he ran his GoPro camera to capture a video.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Of course when a Catriker says “lets run…”\u00c2\u00a0 they are suggesting winding the pedals up and seeing just how fast the machines can be made to go.\u00c2\u00a0 So as we came near The Slab, I set up to Gil’s left and we were starting to build speed before the final descent when a car overtook us and I had to move forward and over to give it safe passage.\u00c2\u00a0 Once the car had passed we began to light up the boilers and accelerate.\u00c2\u00a0 Gil is stil getting back in shape after a 6 month hiatus for some serious spinal surgery (which finally moved him to a Catrike), so I pulled ahead, but with the larger rear wheel and resulting higher top gear, of his new Expedition he stayed pretty close!<\/p>\n

The video can be seen at http:\/\/youtu.be\/cL2W_tACAfE<\/a> complete with startled folks who were wandering along on the bridge on foot as we zipped past at about 33 mph according to my gps data.\u00c2\u00a0 As the speed limit may be somewhat lower, I am hoping that Sheriff Blackburn, if he sees this evidence, will only give me a warning ticket for speeding so that he and I can each fram the evidence for display in our respective environments.\u00c2\u00a0 Besides Judge Jones was right behind me going very nearly the same speed.
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