Local cyclist killed

[Aggie_Ama]

Tumbleweed Hill is the BIG hill on 2222 after you turn off 620. If you were coming from Mansfield Dam and turned right onto 620 you would hit a big downhill. That is Tumbleweed Hill. There used to be a restaurant at the top called the Texas Tumbleweed, hence the name (a little Austin trivia- hehe). My daredevil husband got to 55 mph last time going down it. I am a little more timid and feathered the brakes.

[Grog]

I just read this on the local newspaper's web site:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...erous_int.html

I am a bit troubled by some of the posts. Nobody thinks, "Well, maybe cars should just slow down a bit", sometimes? Of course not.

Side streets and bike paths... that's great for a 5 k ride, but it doesn't take you very far beyond that.

Anyway, I leave it to that, make your own opinion. I think it's interesting to read what motorists think once in a while, and last time I checked the comments were rather civilized...

[bikerchick68]

fixed... last year I reported a story of a Marine Corps Captain that was killed here... it was also a hit and run (they caught the guy later and he is now serving time...)

anyway, I understand how weird this must be for you... the day the Captain was killed I overslept or I would have been riding that VERY SAME stretch of road at just about the same time... it really freaked me out... and I haven't commuted since then. I do plan to this year again now that the time has changed... but last year, man, it was just unnerving. There is still a roadside memorial up with a bike painted completely white leaning againt a Marin Corps Flag... and his bike helmet on one side and flack helmet on the other...