{"id":44103,"date":"2018-08-24T23:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T04:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=44103"},"modified":"2018-08-24T23:12:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T04:12:26","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-24th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/24\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-24th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 24th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Highs and Lows of Cycling the Fort Davis Scenic Loop<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Dan Oko | www.texasmonthly.com<\/h3>\n


\nThe cottontail was on a suicide mission, hopping onto the pavement just as I tucked into my racer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crouch on the steep downhill of Bear Mountain, in West Texas. I was the last in a three-man parade stretched along Texas Highway 166, the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highest public highway, near the end of our two-day, 76-mile ride on the Fort Davis Scenic Loop. Now either this bunny was going to be roadkill or I was going to skid out on the cattle guards spanning the highway. Somewhere below me, my companions, Dennis and Alan, were speeding ahead. I was trying my best to catch them before they reached the Chihuahuan Desert floor. …<\/p>\n

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Hotter’N Hell featuring equal prize purses for first time attracting more women to event<\/a><\/h2>\n

Jonathan Hull | www.timesrecordnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nThis won’t be Leigh Ann Ganzar’s first Hotter’N Hell Hundred ride, but this year’s event feels different than the ones she has attended in the past.<\/p>\n

Ganzar comes into one of the oldest and largest cycling events in the nation more confident than ever about her and her team’s (Wolfpack p\/b Hyperthreads) chances of getting someone on the …<\/p>\n

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SRC Weekend Rides \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Crystal Falls\/Leander & Thunderbird!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Brad Weaver | steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n

Saturday there will be two group ride levels leaving at different times (from Cups & Cones) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Faster Pace and Endurance Pace. We try to accommodate various levels of rider interest and recently there are folks seeking a more moderate paced and less total miles on Saturdays. We hope that this will attract area riders who want to learn group riding at a …<\/p>\n

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CX with E-Jet<\/a><\/h2>\n

Jim Storey | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Viernes Social 8\/24\/18<\/a><\/h2>\n

Rosanna Campos | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Unicorn Friday Fun trot<\/a><\/h2>\n

Nicole Volek | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Casual social ride before HHH…<\/a><\/h2>\n

Michael Wyatt | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

Started out as a social ride ended up being a bully ride with now sleep and no food. Survival mode was engaged l!
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Bicyclist dead after hit-and-run in southeast Houston<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jay R. Jordan | www.chron.com<\/h3>\n


\nPolice are looking for a driver who struck and killed a bicyclist Thursday night in southeast Houston.<\/p>\n

A man riding a bicycle was traveling south on Cullen Boulevard near Mallow Street around 9:30 p.m. when the driver of a dark-colored sedan struck him, …<\/p>\n

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Five Classic Cycling Routes to Try Across Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n

BY DAN OKO | www.texasmonthly.com<\/h3>\n


\nNo matter their skill level, cyclists have lots of options for routes across Texas. Not all are as grueling as the Fort Davis Scenic Loop, which we feature in the September issue. Here are five other rides that offer beautiful scenery, perhaps a few challenges, and maybe even some historic sites as well. …<\/p>\n

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Mountain bikes first races of Hotter’N Hell Hundred weekend<\/a><\/h2>\n

Torin Halsey | www.timesrecordnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nMore than 175 mountain bike racers participated in the Hotter’N Hell Hundred Wee-Chi-Tah trail off-road races Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The event is the first of a busy bicycle racing weekend that will also include criterium races, the massive 100-mile endurance race, 10-K and half-marathon runs and more criterium races. …<\/p>\n

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