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Arrest Made In Cyclist Hit and Run<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Austin Police have arrested the driver who hit a cyclist in East Austin and dragged her along the road for nearly half a mile.
\nThe man hit the bike with his truck on March 29th near Airport Boulevard and East MLK.
\nHe did not stop after the crash.
\nThe next day, an off-duty police officer spotted the truck and called it in.
\nPolice brought the suspect in for questioning and he eventually confessed to …<\/p>\n

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67-year-old NM cyclist stops in Lubbock as part of cross country ride to break cycle of incarceration<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Amber Edwards www.kcbd.com<\/h3>\n

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\nLUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Albuquerque resident Lindsay Waite, 67, will have traveled over 340 miles by bicycle to arrive in Lubbock, Texas on Thursday, April 7 to highlight nonprofit programs that assist those released from prison and jails in leading successful lives.
\nWaite will be in Lubbock from the afternoon of Thursday, April 7 through Saturday morning, April 9 before she heads to Abilene and then Austin.
\nInspired by several years of volunteer teaching at a Maryland prison in the early 1990s and subsequent work as an assistant …<\/p>\n

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Day 34: Shepherd to Silsbee, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 61 miles<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Tres Smith tressmith.com<\/h3>\n

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\nI have been asked by many commenters when will I finally get out of Texas. After 18 nights, including tonight, we will be leaving Texas tomorrow for Louisiana. Whew! It was a cool but, beautiful roll out to a quick first SAG then a long, flat, …<\/p>\n

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Texas man bikes across the Midwest to raise awareness for Wounded Warrior Project<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Sharon Dunn www.greeleytribune.com<\/h3>\n

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\nHis camouflage vest is perhaps the only way to tell. And maybe the many stickers on his travel trailer that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pulled through 30 states in the past three years.
\nRandy Roscoe is riding his bike across the …<\/p>\n

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Geocaching on a department store bike<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Patrick Blakely www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

DeRidder LA to Woodville TX: I made it to Texas finally!!! And the bugs are Texas sized also.
\nSunday April 3, 2016, 68 miles (109 km) – Total so far: 1,212 miles (1,950 km)
\nWoke up early at my campsite and I knew this was going to be a good riding day. Nice weather, sun, not much wind. This time instead of chowing down bananas for breakfast, I ate a big container of strawberries. They are cheap here and going to be eating them until I get tired of them.
\nStopped in Merryville for a soda or two, then headed out along US 190 and finally …<\/p>\n

Woodville TX to Livington TX: headwinds today and more US 190 fun
\nMonday April 4, 2016, 53 miles (86 km) – Total so far: 1,265 miles (2,036 km)
\nAnother perfect night of sleeping as the weather has been great except for some winds. Today is going to be a day of headwinds
\nAfter more strawberries, headed west along US 190. Nothing between …<\/p>\n

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Tom Goes West 2016<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Thomas King www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Day 39 – Comstock to west of Langtry, TX: Into the Chihuahuan Desert
\nThursday April 7, 2016, 45 miles (72 km) – Total so far: 1,773 miles (2,853 km)
\nThe towns here west of Del Rio are spaced about 60 miles apart along US 90 that follows the same route at the Southern Pacific\/Amtrak rail line to California. We figure the towns are based on the distance needed to refill water for the steam engines. Helpful spacing now for bicyclists.
\nSeminole Canyon State Park will be one of our favorites. We woke to see the sunrise and the thin clouds that reduced our star gazing last night made for a spectacular site about 7 am. We took advantage of being a bit ahead of schedule to get in a tour of Seminole Canyon and view 4000 year old pictographs, paintings on the …<\/p>\n

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Southern Tier eastward 2016<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Luba Agranovich www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Luba: German city of Texas
\nThursday April 7, 2016, 26 miles (42 km) – Total so far: 1,545 miles (2,486 km)
\nHope we did not make a mistake by mailing our warm clothes back home. They did take a bit of a room but did not way much. We had a short and easy ride to Fredericksburg, a city of 10k people that was supposed to be a jewel of the Texas Hill Country. I hoped to visit the Enchanted Rock, a monolithic dome of pink granite, but it turned out to be 17 miles from the city and …<\/p>\n

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An Englishman in America<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Rob Lee www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Apr 7: To Van Horn
\nThursday April 7, 2016, 92 miles (148 km) – Total so far: 2,975 miles (4,788 km)
\nPosted via email Thu Apr 7 19:36:01 2016 PDT
\nToday didn’t get off to the best of starts. Planning a 90 mile day with no great option for anything shorter – so my alarm was set for 5 AM. Waking up to find that yesterday’s dinner hadn’t quite agreed with me wasn’t ideal. I didn’t feel bad but had no energy. I decided to head on regardless.
\nLeaving Fort Davis it is only a couple of miles before …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h2>\n
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Day 7: Biking to Town Hall Meeting to #StopTheRoad<\/a> in West Brownsville! #30DaysOfBiking<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WQVUWPsI4M<\/a><\/p>\n

— Edgar Gaucin \u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b2 (@edgargaucin) April 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n