Houston Running: Angelina County Ride of Silence

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Angelina County Ride of Silence

(Why is this story important, given that it is from Lufkin? It is about an event put together by one of Edwin's good friends, Jeremy Webb - and who I'm hoping will be the 12th member to our second Texas Independence Relay team.)

More than 75 cyclists made the 10-mile route for Wednesday night's Ride of Silence in Lufkin.

The ride, organized by Diboll's Jeremy Webb, is held in a number of cities around the United States in honor of cyclists who have been injured or killed on the roadways.

Lufkin-area cyclists joined others worldwide in the Ride of Silence, a silent slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.

Webb came up with the idea for the ride not long after he was involved in a cycling accident in August 2007.

For the remainder of this story from the Lufkin Daily News by contributing writer Edwin Quarles, please click here.

1 Comments:

Gaslight ;-) said...: I have some friends who rode in the Houston event. The report was that whie their hearts are in the right places, it was a bit of a disaster. Since the ride wasn't really publicized outside of bike shops, no drivers had ANY idea why this large group was tooling around the city so slowly on a hot Wednesday evening.

In addition, the route plan was poorly organized and the leader urged the pack to run numerous red lights en massee.

Perhaps the Buffalo Bayou trail is the spot for our ride next year.; 10:17 PM