Texas Bicycling News Digest February 2nd 2018
Dallas bike share company will pick up knocked over bikes
By: FOX4News.com Staff | www.fox4news.com
One Dallas bike share company says it will start helping its rivals and citizens by picking up knocked over bikes.
It’s one thing when the bikes are neatly aligned, but it can be unnerving when they block ramps for wheelchairs and strollers. It can be downright dangerous for people who are blind.
“If we don’t expect it to be there, we’re in trouble, we could trip up and fall,†said Blake Lindsay, Dallas …
Back the Blue Bake Sale to benefit Texas Peace Officers Memorial Ride
By Deanna Kirk | www.corsicanadailysun.com
Most of us remember where we were on Thanksgiving day when we received the news of Trooper Damon Allen.
While people enjoyed the remnants of their Thanksgiving dinner, Allen was ambushed, shot and killed while doing a traffic stop on the highway that day. He never returned home to his wife and children.
The Fourth Annual Texas Peace Officer Memorial Ride in support of all Texas C.O.P.S. chapters will take …
Spoke & Word Newsletter
BikeHouston.org
Last month we introduced BUILD as Word of the Year for 2018. We want to celebrate projects built to improve cycling in Houston. Links are especially important. So thumbs up for the connector between the White Oak Bayou Trail and the trail on the Northside of Buffalo Bayou at the University of Houston Downtown building. …
Transforming Elysian
bikehouston.org
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day a group of determined Northside citizens, BikeHouston, and Avenue CDC got together and built a 500-foot bike lane. Tape, chalk, brooms, shovels, and safety vests lay in a disheveled pile in the grass after, somehow, we completed building our vision of a safer street. We laid plywood over the potholes, created a “bulb out†to further separate cars from bicyclists and pedestrians, and removed all the parking from the street …
This weekend’s rides: Liberty Hill! Red Horn!
by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com
Saturday we will take a nice ride up to Liberty Hill for some potato tacos and V-8 juice! The route is about 68 miles long and can be found here: https://www.strava.com/routes/4120994. After the ride we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted burgers and beer!
Sunday is our usual Coffee Shop ride to Red Horn. It is 50 miles and is at an endurance pace typically finishing around a …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
What's tomorrow? Saturday? No, no it's RaceDay, going for the double double this weekend 2 races each day
— Jesus (@SrCampy) February 3, 2018
Drive Kind Ride Kind is an excellent education resource for both cyclists and drivers. Check out one (or more)… https://t.co/DRPYBln2s4
— Bike Friendly FW (@BikeFriendlyFW) February 3, 2018
One of our members has died on Wednesday. Jeremiah Lee is the third Critical Mass Houston member who has been killed on their bicycle in a crash with a motor vehicle. pic.twitter.com/W556XAbZhU
— Critical Mass Hou (@MassHouston) February 3, 2018
Sad to learn that the recent cyclist fatality was one of our mass riders. Condolences to his friends and family. Hopefully @houstonpolice catches the person responsible for the hit and run. May Jeremiah Ride In Peace. 🚲 pic.twitter.com/khboXXrY0O
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) February 3, 2018
Like to bike? Wish you knew the best, most comfortable routes to get around town? See them (color-coded) on the 2017 Austin Bike Map. Get a copy at your local bike shop or City of Austin locations. See the PDF online and learn more. https://t.co/QAxYAdzumA pic.twitter.com/hngkHUf7WD
— ATX Transportation (@austinmobility) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/BSS_Austin/status/959537329429012481
It has the potential to make a huge impact for cycling in Houston.
Retweet if you agree.https://t.co/JU5wuRN6yg pic.twitter.com/2pq5VDEgR2
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) February 2, 2018
another chilly start on Saturday, but looking forward to being on the road as always :)! CPS and Extended… https://t.co/RDEEKPPfTY
— Shawnee Trail CC (@ShawneeTrailCC) February 2, 2018
Carbon frames are delicate!!
Trek-Segafredo rider's bike snapped clean in half in Herald Sun Tour crash | https://t.co/faoirP4M47 pic.twitter.com/Ee8NYcWDz3
— Cycling Weekly (@cyclingweekly) February 2, 2018
Ora Houston just complained about a lack of Bcycles east of I-35, which let's talk about. pic.twitter.com/DJxkh41XBH
— Caleb Alan Pritchardo (@cubbie9000) February 1, 2018
Work began on the 2018 HH100 Ride Guide earlier this week! pic.twitter.com/6n5MYexsM9
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) February 2, 2018
I also rapped with Bike Austin board member and chair of the non-profit operator of our B-cycle system @HillAbellATX yesterday. Speaking only on his own behalf, he suggested that dockless could be a functional thing *in certain parts of the city.*
— Caleb Alan Pritchardo (@cubbie9000) February 2, 2018
Last Wednesday Evening Blue Moon Ride. https://t.co/beR9hccBh8
— Flat Rock Ranch (@jdreiss) February 2, 2018
Wouldn't it be amazing if the people who designed cycle lanes rode bicycles?
And if the politicians who regulate bus transport used the bus?— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) February 1, 2018
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Tour de Tush – Fort Worth, TX https://t.co/FTjuQaP3PK
FEES:Â Through February 28 at 11:59pm
Adult: $25
Youth (12 and under): $15
Kids’ Fun Run (10 and under): $15
Survivors are free! Contact Stacy for information.
Race Day
Adult: $35
Youth (1… https://t.co/vtXMnnESSY— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 3, 2018
New Event BGDB BLACK HISTORY MONTH RIDE – San Antonio, TX https://t.co/CfmCO5kZHi
BGDB San Antonio chapter invites everyone to come and Bike with us as we explore the historic Eastside in celebration of Black History Month!
This is an open social ev… https://t.co/F45uuIRC6T
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 3, 2018