{"id":57833,"date":"2021-11-05T08:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=57833"},"modified":"2021-11-05T08:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:10:11","slug":"texas-biking-news-november-4th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/11\/05\/texas-biking-news-november-4th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News November 4th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beloved cyclist ‘foreshadowed’ his own death on Texas roads<\/a><\/h2>\n

Jay R. Jordan | www.chron.com<\/h4>\n

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For decades Massachusetts native Kent Wosepka had dreamed of hopping on his bike for a cross-country ride. After pledging with a friend to make the ambitious trek nearly 20 years ago, Wosepka was finally able to realize part of that journey when he and fianc\u00c3\u00a9e Betsy O’Brien took off from San Diego on Sept. 13, pedaling through the southern U.S. on their way to St. Augustine, Florida.<\/p>\n

All it took was one Texas driver to kill that dream and the 51-year-old man who friends say inspired nearly everyone met with his contagious positivity. Wospeka leaves behind O’Brien, three children, and an extended family and loved ones across New England. Lew Conley, who’s been close friends with …<\/p>\n

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Ganzar ends ‘surprise second sporting career’ due to lingering concussion symptoms<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jackie Tyson | www.cyclingnews.com<\/h4>\n

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Former US Pro criterium champion Leigh Ann Ganzar (Rally Cycling) made it official Wednesday and announced her retirement from professional cycling, which she called a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153surprise second sporting career that I never expected to go this far.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Colorado native stormed into the national spotlight in 2018 when riding for a small Texas-based squad, Wolfpack-Hyperthreads, and outsprinted the late-Kelly Catlin, who was a three-time track world champion, to win the US Pro Criterium title in Knoxville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

She would continue to rake in multiple podiums and wins in stage races and one-day events over the next three seasons, the last two with Rally Cycling, …<\/p>\n

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In Texas, A Bike Network Gets Bigger<\/a><\/h2>\n

PeopleForBikes | www.youtube.com<\/h4>\n

Designed for all ages and abilities, Austin’s planned 400-mile bike network is unmatched in North America. As of 2021, the Texas capital is more than halfway done and its success is thanks to a collaboration between the Austin Department of Transportation and MoveATX, a coalition of …<\/p>\n