ATLAS 4000 ride taking off from Lometa on Saturday

Cyclists were in Lampasas County for the start of last year’s ATLAS 4000 ride. FILE PHOTO
Cyclists were in Lampasas County for the start of last year’s ATLAS 4000 ride. FILE PHOTO

The annual ATLAS 4000 bike ride will start around 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Stoneledge Winery in Lometa.

The 4,000-plus-mile bike trek to Anchorage, Alaska has not been held in its entirety the last two years because of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 and 2021.

The ATLAS Ride invites supporters to raise funds and ride along a 25- or 50-mile route with members of the Texas 4000 team, according to a news re…