{"id":56194,"date":"2021-04-01T23:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T04:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56194"},"modified":"2021-04-02T07:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:51:08","slug":"56194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/01\/56194\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News April 1st 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fully supported, CA to FL<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Tom Gray | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h4>\n

Day 20 – Van Horn, TX to Marfa, TX<\/h4>\n

Wednesday March 31, 2021, 74 miles (119 km) – Total so far: 1,056 miles (1,699 km)\nIt was a very difficult day, with 25-35 mph winds and a slight uphill most of the way. At first it was a crosswind, sometims helping behind our left shoulder, other times hindering on our left shoulder. Then, after lunch, it became a full on headwind. Another rider and I traded 1 mile pulls for the last 20 miles.<\/p>\n

We are now 1\/3 across the US. …\n\"\"\/<\/p>\n

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Scenic Texas to host event for scenic byways and national destinations<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Megan Wehring | haysfreepress.com<\/h4>\n

Scenic Texas announced its first-ever \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ride for Scenic Texas,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a 21-mile loop bike ride and fundraiser to build awareness about the nonprofit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work to designate Texas roads as official state scenic byways and to protect the Lone Star State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visual environment.<\/p>\n

This ride will take place on Saturday, April 10 in conjunction with the Driftwood Historical Conservation Society event to dedicate a stretch of road as the Travis Heritage Trail under state law. The event will be co-hosted with locally owned Vista Brewing.<\/p>\n

Scenic Texas wants to build awareness about the need for a …<\/p>\n

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Katy Trail cyclists raise childhood cancer awareness<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Danielle Linton-Hatfield | www.marshallnews.com<\/h4>\n

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Walking through his neighborhood, Craig Vial of South Carolina approached one house in particular where a table sat outside. On this table, there were many cards, as well as food donated to not just a family of seven, but a young girl named Lila Childs \u00e2\u20ac\u201d who after she and her twin sister, Skyler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, seventh birthday, became diagnosed with a rare type of cancer known as alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Vial, who did not originally know this little girl or her family, is a cyclist who \u00e2\u20ac\u201d along with seven others \u00e2\u20ac\u201d has reached out to the Fans of the Katy Trail Group on Facebook about their plan to ride their bikes on the corridor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT or Katy), which is roughly 240 miles. In doing so, the cyclists hope to not only support the Childs family and Lila, but also raise awareness to childhood cancer. …<\/p>\n

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Speeding vehicle strikes bicycle, crashes into wooded area off W. Cumberland in Tyler<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Stephanie Frazier | www.kltv.com<\/h4>\n

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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – Police are at the scene of a crash in South Tyler.<\/p>\n

According to Tyler Police Department PIO Andy Erbaugh, a vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed into a ditch in a wooded area. The car crashed at 2400 Oak Creek Circle off W. Cumberland, near Old Jacksonville Hwy. The call came in to police just after 7 p.m. as a possible pin-in wreck.<\/p>\n

A statement from Erbaugh at 9 p.m. said that …<\/p>\n

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Texas Biking from Twitter<\/h1>\n

Finished this bike 10 years ago (facebook reminded me) Never would have imagined where it would take me both literally and figuratively. Grateful I'm still alive and met amazing people pedaling this thing around. #BikinginHouston<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eBxzj8CFHM<\/a><\/p>— NorthlineLex (@NorthlineLex) April 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>