{"id":48052,"date":"2019-04-03T00:14:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T05:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=48052"},"modified":"2019-04-03T00:14:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T05:14:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-2nd-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/03\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-2nd-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest April 2nd 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

San Antonio Communities Mourn Loss of Local Bike Shop Owner<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Lea Thompson | www.sacurrent.com<\/h3>\n

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San Antonio’s culinary and cycling communities are mourning the loss of local entrepreneur Tito Bradshaw, who was hit and critically injured while riding his bicycle early Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Bradshaw, 35, well-known as the owner of Bottom Bracket Social Club, worked in local restaurants and bars in addition being a fixture in San Antonio’s cycling community. He had …<\/p>\n

Tito Bradshaw second local cyclist killed recently by alleged drunk drivers<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Jim Lefko | news4sanantonio.com<\/h3>\n

SAN ANTONIO -For the second time in eight weeks, allegedly drunk drivers are being held responsible for causing accidents that killed San Antonio bicyclists.<\/p>\n

Bar and bike shop owner Tito Bradshaw died Monday when 67-year-old Linda Collier Mason struck his bike at …<\/p>\n

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Annual bike ride supporting the disabled is Saturday<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Lori Dunn | www.texarkanagazette.com<\/h3>\n

The seventh annual Ark-La-Tex Challenge bike ride will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Liberty-Eylau High School, 2905 Leopard Dr.<\/p>\n

The ride benefits Texarkana Resources, a nonprofit organization that supports individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n

"Everyone should come ride," Ride Director Jennifer Lewis said. "It’s our seventh year and it goes to a great cause. The Ark-La-Tex Challenge offers both …<\/p>\n

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Pool: Hosting heroes of the open road<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Frank T. Pool | www.news-journal.com<\/h3>\n

When my wife and I started to travel together on the highways of the American West, we occasionally encountered cyclists. On mountain passes, in deserts, miles from any town, people pedaled their bicycles, often heavily laden with tents, sleeping bags and other camping gear.<\/p>\n

We called them heroes. There is something grand and bold about striking out across a continent on a bicycle.<\/p>\n

A few years ago we hosted a wonderful couple on their journey from the …<\/p>\n

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Bicyclist killed in accident identified<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Matt Smith | www.cleburnetimesreview.com<\/h3>\n

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Cleburne police this afternoon released the name of the man killed in a Sunday traffic accident. The victim was Alfredo Rodriguez, 69, of Cleburne.<\/p>\n

Police and firefighters responded to reports of a major accident involving a bicycle and pickup at 3:49 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Henderson Street.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was traveling eastbound, as was a Dodge pickup. At some point, the bicyclist turned across the lanes of traffic and was struck by the truck. …<\/p>\n

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LISA CHRISTIANSEN SUPPORTS GRAN FONDO HINCAPIE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c FORT WORTH WHERE LUXURY MEETS CULTURE, THE LAST MONOLINGUAL CHEROKEE IS WELCOMED<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Ldn-Post | london-post.co.uk<\/h3>\n

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A premier cycling event of elite U.S. cycling brothers George and Rich Hincapie were welcomed to Fort Worth to benefit #FitWorth for the inaugural 2019 Gran Fondo Hincapie Fort Worth that took place Saturday March 30 with Former Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong, former Tour De France domestique of Armstrong Christian Vande Velde, sponsored athlete of Rudy Project North America Lisa Christiansen, and may other celebrities were present to participate in this historic event including Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas Betsy Price. …<\/p>\n

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Student arrested at school after hit-and-run crash that broke cyclist’s arms near Spring<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Julian Gill | www.chron.com<\/h3>\n

A juvenile high school student was charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash Monday near Spring, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The crash, reported about 6:50 a.m. in the 2500 block of Spring Cypress Road, left a cyclist with two broken arms, according to the Harris County Pct. 4 Constable’s Office. The cyclist is believed to be …<\/p>\n

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1,213 Miles: First Quarterly Report of 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com<\/h3>\n

This is a summary of my bicycle riding statistics on the Strava app for January through March. It shows my total miles biked so far for 2019 is 1,213. At 13.47 miles per day over the first 90 days, that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bad. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only slightly off the pace of 13.75, which will put me at 5,000 for the year \u00e2\u20ac\u201d IF I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m able to keep it up. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always the question. By the way, virtually all of these miles are being done on Sophie, the Fairdale Weekender Archer. …<\/p>\n

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Dino Enduro 2019 Stages 2 through 6<\/a><\/h2>\n

by tc | www.turnincranks.com<\/h3>\n