Trinity Miles: Charity Cycling and the Lone Star Ride Record

Charity cycling, North Texas history, and the ride that funded HIV services.

Dallas ↔ Fort Worth

Orange slices and water on a folding rest-stop table. The second ride day is usually won or lost in moments like this one.

Rider Resources Eating and Drinking Through a Two-Day Charity Ride How to fuel and hydrate across two ride days: what to drink before the start, what to eat on the road, and how to recover between day one and day two. 06/10/2026 · 5 min read

Charity cycling in North Texas, and the thirteen editions that funded HIV services

The Lone Star Ride record, Dallas to Fort Worth

Trinity Miles covers charity cycling in Dallas and Fort Worth and keeps the record of the Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS from 2001 to 2013.

Start with the ride Latest story

20 stories4 sections18 sources cited06/10/2026

Fresh from the road

A volunteer waits at the info tent before riders arrive. Rest stops, camp and registration ran on crews like this one.

Sponsors and Support The Volunteer Crew Behind a Charity Ride Weekend The registration, rest stop, camp kitchen and medical roles that volunteers filled on the Lone Star Ride, and still fill on North Texas charity rides today. 06/10/2026 · 5 min

Riders gather in a suburban lot before another charity training ride.

Sponsors and Support Charity Riding in North Texas Today A survey of the North Texas charity ride scene: event formats, training rides, team culture, and how riders choose a cause. 18/09/2026 · 7 min

A team meeting with sticky notes on a whiteboard. Captains recruited riders, chased pledges and held the group together.

Sponsors and Support A Team Captain Guide to Charity Ride Teams What team captains do on a charity ride, from recruiting riders and setting goals to coordinating training and fundraising events. 17/09/2026 · 8 min

A rider drafting a fundraising letter at a kitchen counter. Letters, not events, brought in most of the money.

Rider Resources Fundraising Letters That Work for Charity Riders How riders write fundraising letters and emails that raise money, from the ask and the story to follow-ups and thank-yous. 16/09/2026 · 7 min

The cue sheet

16/09/2026 Riding Safely on North Texas Country RoadsRider Resources · 8 min
15/09/2026 Training for a Two-Day Charity RideRider Resources · 7 min
14/09/2026 Fundraising Minimums Explained for Charity RidesRider Resources · 8 min

Four legs of the record

leg 1The Ride Record5 storiesOvernight Camp: Life Between Two Ride Days leg 2Beneficiaries and Funding3 storiesThe HIV Services the Ride Funded, Still Active Today leg 3Rider Resources8 storiesEating and Drinking Through a Two-Day Charity Ride leg 4Sponsors and Support4 storiesThe Volunteer Crew Behind a Charity Ride Weekend

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