{"id":56292,"date":"2021-04-14T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56292"},"modified":"2021-04-14T23:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:00:30","slug":"texas-biking-news-april-14th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/14\/texas-biking-news-april-14th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News April 14th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazyguyonabike.com\/doc\/page\/?page_id=613157\">A Sally on the Southern Tier<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By John Schick | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h4>\n<h4>Day 1: El Paso &#8211; Fort Hancock<\/h4>\n<p>Tuesday April 13, 2021, 51 miles (82 km) &#8211; Total so far: 51 miles (82 km)\nMy 3 day trip from Bellingham, Washington to El Paso, Texas went about as smooth as it possibly could. I had set my alarm at home to wake up at six but ended up waking up at four and ready to go. So I ended up leaving at six which turned out to be a good thing because Snoqualmie Pass was under an inch of snow and it was coming down pretty good. As it turns out the pass was closed in both directions later that morning. The early bird did not get the worm but he did get safe passage.<\/p>\n<p>Later that first day The windshield was hit by a flying rock and I knew I would have to deal with that before I started riding. As it turns out I was able to get into a Safelite shop yesterday in Las Cruces, New Mexico end it only &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.crazyguyonabike.com\/pics\/docs\/00\/02\/34\/98\/large\/8AD7DBCF-DD3E-476D-9C99-520991D49021.jpeg?w=1200\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_iqyholLtow\">GROUP RIDE &#8211; Pop A &#8211; 4\/13\/2021<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Honest Tree | www.youtube.com<\/h4>\n<p>Today was new kit day for PACC racing team. Thanks to our sponsors yet again. PACC stands for Plano Athletic Cycling Club. I really like it when the group is smaller. There&#8217;s less fighting for position, less people trying to move up. It&#8217;s just a less nervous group.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GROUP RIDE - Pop A - 4\/13\/2021\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_iqyholLtow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JXpuehVZOPY\">Cycling in windy conditions<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Veloharmony | www.youtube.com<\/h4>\n<p>Learn how to ride in windy conditions.\nPrologue: 00:00\nRoute Map: 01:19\nStarting out with Team RR from Crust Pizza: 02:33\nFM 2978 &#8211; the ride begins in earnest on the open road: 19:42\nAttacking MT. Magnolia Overpass: 39:10\nRabon Chapel Hill: 50:29\nMail Route Rollers: 55:00<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cycling in windy conditions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JXpuehVZOPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sa-inc\/article\/SAInc-Flux-Bike-World-16098876.php\">SAInc Flux Bike World<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Brandon Lingle | www.mysanantonio.com<\/h4>\n<p>Whit Snell has peddled bikes to San Antonians for nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of bikes.<\/p>\n<p>But the 73-year-old founder and owner of Bike World doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like to talk about the numbers. When asked, he paused a beat, whisper-repeated the question to himself, and said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gee whiz, it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really matter to me, you know.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The response exemplified the easy-going demeanor of a bike lover who expanded the small shop he opened in 1971 to become the 13th largest Trek Bicycle dealer in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Good origin stories are like good bike trails \u00e2\u20ac\u201d they need curves, surprises and some ups and downs. And Snell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey to leading one of San Antonio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/retail-news\/2021\/04\/11\/big-brain-ten-biggest-bike-retailers-us\">The Big BRAIN Ten: The biggest bike retailers in the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>by Ray Keener | www.bicycleretailer.com<\/h4>\n<p>MILWAUKEE (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d There are lists of America&#8217;s best bike shops and of the &quot;top 100&quot; bike shops. But, BRAIN being a dollars-and-cents kind of business magazine, we set out to identify America&#8217;s largest: The Big BRAIN Ten.<\/p>\n<p>No subjective reviews, no rankings or votes or opt-in fees from the stores. And, sorry, retailers won&#8217;t get stickers for their windows. Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with those approaches. This was just a different kind of project.<\/p>\n<p>How did we do it?<\/p>\n<p>First we defined what we were looking for: the 10 largest-grossing retailers who sell IBD-quality bikes primarily through brick-and-mortar stores. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Richardson Bike Mart<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/content\/richardson1_0.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Year founded: 1962\nNumber of locations: Four, all in Texas\nBrands carried: Trek, Specialized, Giant, Electra, Cervelo\nOwned by: Ken &quot;Woody&quot; Smith<\/p>\n<p>Richardson Bike Mart has been a North Texas institution for cyclists of all stripes. It&#8217;s 27,000 square foot &quot;mothership&quot; store in Richardson is one of the world&#8217;s largest. Owner Ken &quot;Woody&quot; Smith got started BMX racing in 1979 and joined the industry in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Smith continues to be inspired and energized by the industry. &quot;The bike has saved my life in many ways,&quot; Smith said. &quot;I love the way bikes can change people&#8217;s lives. Seeing this happen inspires me every day.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>As far as challenges to his success, Smith cited competition from his vendors and shrinking margins. Secrets to his success includes &quot;God&#8217;s grace, surrounding yourself with staff that are positive, hardworking and grateful, with a serving heart.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Smith describes the business environment for his stores as &quot;awesome now and very good before COVID.&quot; He plans to open a few more stores within the next 18 months and bring his online sales into the 21st century. &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/lake-travis-westlake\/government\/2021\/04\/13\/next-phase-of-bee-cave-hike-and-bike-trails-receives-council-approval\/\">Next phase of Bee Cave hike and bike trails receives council approval<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By Greg Perliski | communityimpact.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2021\/04\/13\/123240.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bee Cave City Council members unanimously approved April 13 a $1.12 million bid to construct an additional phase of its hike and bike trail system.<\/p>\n<p>The winning bid is from Smith Contracting Co. of Austin to build 10-foot-wide concrete trail segments, according to city documents. Beginning in May, the segments will be built in the following areas: &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/crime\/police-searching-for-burglary-suspects-at-downtown-austin-bike-shop\/\">Police searching for burglary suspects at downtown Austin bike shop<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>www.kxan.com<\/h4>\n<p>AUSTIN (KXAN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Police are searching for several unidentified suspects who were involved in a robbery at Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bike shop in downtown Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the incident happened around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday at 400 Nueces Street.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not made any arrests. Anyone with information should call the APD Burglary Unit at (512) 974-6941.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/kdhnews.com\/military\/wounded-veterans-first-responders-ride-to-killeen-on-ride-2-recovery\/article_c9f9d3c0-9d72-11eb-9e8b-676f3dac9638.html\"> Wounded veterans, first responders ride to Killeen on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRide 2 Recovery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By Jason Douglas | kdhnews.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/kdhnews.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/1\/0a\/10abbdf6-9d73-11eb-b05a-2bf06d17d7bb\/60777075263b4.image.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At least 35 wounded veterans and first responders arrived on bicycle in Killeen as part of the annual Project Hero Texas Challenge on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Today was a great ride,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Peter Bylsma, the director of marketing for Project Hero, said following the bicycle ride from Georgetown to Killeen. It marked one stage of the more than 300-mile journey the veterans are on from Austin to Arlington,<\/p>\n<p>He said the event is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153helping our wounded veterans and first responders achieve hope, recovery and resilience in their daily lives through the Project Hero Program.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Bylsma said the creation of the community-based rides establishes groups of &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Texas Biking from Twitter<\/h1>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The boys took us to ride some dirt today (Grammy was awesome!) Harris\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first time, too. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one fearless 3 yr old. Trails parallel the concrete path that heads south from the main parking lot. Those on the west side are pretty tame. Good for beginners. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ATX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WalnutCreekPark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WalnutCreekPark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ptV2zOYuP4\">pic.twitter.com\/ptV2zOYuP4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Martin Russell \u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b2\u00f0\u0178\u0090\u009d\u00f0\u0178\u0090\u00bf\u00ef\u00b8\u008f (@russell_dallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/russell_dallas\/status\/1382442939486334978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We passed 2000 registrations for our 40th HHH!  Thank you!<br>HHH offers cycling &amp; running events for people of all ages &amp; abilities! Let&#39;s make it the biggest HHH ever!<br><br>click to sign up: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QJ0muqJPG\">https:\/\/t.co\/8QJ0muqJPG<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisKAUZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisKAUZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bbcott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BicyclingMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BicyclingMag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichBikeMart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RichBikeMart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BikeLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChooseWF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChooseWF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lyb4zrxyRU\">pic.twitter.com\/lyb4zrxyRU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hotter&#39;n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HotternHell100\/status\/1382327444179324928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Preston Royal Pedal benefitting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ntfb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ntfb<\/a>! The route uses NHT from Preston to the trail eastern end. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rGX0IKp5EQ\">pic.twitter.com\/rGX0IKp5EQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Northaven Trail (@NorthavenTrail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorthavenTrail\/status\/1382332610760699909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/14\/texas-biking-news-april-14th-2021\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[2560,212,4719],"class_list":["post-56292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-biking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-eDW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56294,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56292\/revisions\/56294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}