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Daily News Roundup November 22nd – Texas Bicycling

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Photos from the Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Dallas Tweed Ride
from Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt

Biking in Tweed
What perfect weather and great costumes, bikes and people at the 2nd annual Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Dallas Tweed Ride.   I took an obscene amount of photos and this is a small sample.  I didn’t …

Transportation Commission approves plan
by Lufkin Daily News
By MELISSA CRAGER/The Lufkin Daily News The Texas Transportation Commission met in Austin last week to adopt the much-discussed 2035 Statewide Long-Range Plan.

Two public open-house style meetings were held at TxDOT’s Lufkin District office about the plan, which covers the next 24 years and includes “systems and facilities for highways and turnpikes, aviation, public transportation, railroads and high-speed railroads, waterways, pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation…

Chevalier: The consequences of impatience when car meets bicycle
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
It was one of those warm September afternoons in Texas. The sun was shining, and there was a hint of rain in the few clouds. A very comfortable day after …

Northeast Texas Bicycle Association Christmas bicycle give-away in Bonham Nov. 27
By Northeast Texas Bicycle Association
North Texas Bicycle Association

LOBV calls on cyclists to support improvements to South Congress
by elliott.
The City of Austin’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is considering improvements in bicycle infrastructure on South Congress between downtown and Oltorf including bike lanes and back in parking spaces (similar to those installed on Dean Keaton). Last week, the Bicycle Advisory Council passed a…

2010 Tour Das Hugel Report
from Mike’s Bike Blog
For those of you that don’t know the Tour Das Hugel is 110 mile ride of Austin’s Hills. In the 110 miles it accounts for roughly 10,000 feet of climbing. Most hills are only 1/2 mile in length but average 10-14% grade with 20 to 24% thrown in for good measure. The Hugel is not a race, it’s not sanctioned, it’s a pirate race of sorts. In the years past a t-shirt is available for purchase for those that complete the entire 110 mile route. There generally…

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Daily News Roundup November 22nd – Texas Bicycling — 2 Comments

  1. Hi Rick,
    It was with much interest that I read Rick Chevaier’s well written piece of the daily dangers we bicyclists meet with on the roads of Texas. Let me just share with you and the other readers here, what I usually do on the two-lane highways and roads here in Karnes County: I constantly watch the traffic coming up behind me in my rear mirror and, if I see a car coming up from behind and deem it too dangerous for this car to overtake me, I move a tad further to the middle of the road [whereas I’m usually hugging the edge of the paved road] and I put my left arm and hand out, with my palm extended backwards to signal the driver coming up from behind that he/she needs to slow down and cannot overtake. And whe I deem it safe, I move towards the edge of the paved road again and signal them to pass. That seems to work fairly well, and the drivers usually give me a (fairly) wide berth. But, of course, not all of them do. Btw, the drivers who routinely give me a very wide berth and move over to the left lane, if there’s no oncoming traffic, or stay patiently behind me if tghere is, are the professional truck drivers [quite frequent here in Karnes County now with the ogoing drilling operations]. I cannot but say that I always feel safe when a big 18-wheeler is coming up behind me, but I have my doubts when it is a regular car.
    Safe bicycling,
    Pit

  2. I once read in a League of American Wheelmen magazine about defensive riding. One point was that the rider should not ride next to the edge of the road or lane but should be about 2 to 3 feet to the left of the edge or lane marker. The reasoning was that this forced the motorist to move over and not think that they had room as they maintained their position when they passed. In my experience this works but there have been times when the driver has not moved over graciously.

    Generally I agree with your observation about professional drivers but the one exception is logging trucks. Just as the oil rigs are in your area in east Texas logging trucks travel the back roads where many bicyclists travel. They are in a hurry and not much should get in their way.

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