By Dug Begley| www.houstonchronicle.com
The Houston area’s first foray into dockless bikes deployed Friday in The Woodlands, where officials said the community more aligned with cars is ready for a new way to get around.
“It has taken a pretty good amount of time to happen, but we wanted to make sure we got it right,” said Nick Wolda, president of Visit the Woodlands, the township’s local tourism board. …
By Jeff Paul| dfw.cbslocal.com
DALLAS (CBS11) – They are easy to spot throughout Dallas.
There are now five dockless bike sharing companies in the city and some folks have had enough with the amount of bikes laying around the city. …
By Meredith Yeomans | www.nbcdfw.com
It’s become a daily battle in parts of Dallas — getting rid of, or at least organizing, all those rental bikes left on trails, sidewalks and front yards.
There’s even an Instagram page now called Dallas Bike Mess that has more than 6,000 followers.
Dallas has said it will let bike share businesses try to work out the issues before …
STEPHEN YOUNG | www.dallasobserver.com
Many things aren’t clear about Dallas’ growing hoard of bike-share bikes — how many of them there are, whether their owners will ever make money off of them or if they’re just separating Silicon Valley venture capitalists from their cash — but some things are. The bikes, as evidenced by the fact that China’s MoBike debuted in the city over the weekend, aren’t going …
Thursday Morning Cruise
Thursday, Jan 11, 2018, 8:45 AM
Starbucks
7049 S Desert (Outlet Mall) Canutillo, TX
2 Cyclists Went
Meet at 8:45 am at Starbucks at the Outlet Mall in Canutillo. Ride out at 9:00. 20-25 miles at 14-16 mph pace. Mostly flat, a few hills. Breakfast someplace after the ride. Bob Clark,[masked]. The startup time will be adjusted throughout the year as the seasons change, keep your eye on this page for changes.
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Night Ride McAllister(MountainÂÂ Bike)
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018, 6:15 PM
7 Bikers & Hikers Went
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by Dan Singer | swamplot.com
WITH THE completion of the once-missing link shown above, the paths lining Buffalo Bayou are now fully connected to the Heights Hike and Bike Trail. Making use of the new route, you can now ride all the way from Shepherd to Heights Mercantile — provided rising floodwaters have not blocked the path. The photo at top, snapped from the southern section of the Main St. bridge, shows a new …
William Carroll | www.myplainview.com
For the sixth time in as many years, students, teachers and one alumnus of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene began a bike ride across Texas, this time to remind citizens that those affected by Hurricane Harvey still need your help.
Wednesday afternoon, the group of five students, two teachers and one alumnus made their way through Plainview after starting their west to east trek across Texas in Farwell, Texas. According to the students, they are expected to reach …
fortworthtexas.gov
cyclist standing near B cycle rack
Fort Worth Bike Sharing riders saddle u | p for a ride along the Trinity Trails.
Fort Worth Bike Sharing continues to roll up impressive numbers as it moves into its fifth year.
Some 2017 statistics for the program: …
houstontx.gov/planning
… Houston BCycle Expansion Update: Three bike stations that were out of commission due to damage from Hurricane Harvey have been replaced and are now in operation at the following locations: Jackson Hill & Memorial Drive, Westheimer & Waugh, and Jury Assembly (in front of the Harris County Jury Plaza). Another five …
By Hannah Zedaker | communityimpact.com
The Woodlands Township leaders celebrated the launch of Mobike, the world’s first cashless and station-free bike sharing program, in Town Green Park on Jan. 5.
The program is already integrated into more than 200 cities worldwide and allows users to access environmentally sound, convenient transportation to get around urban areas. …
www.austin360.com
Austinites whose memories reach back to the early 1960s — when the newly impounded body of water on the Colorado River was dubbed Town Lake by an American-Statesman reporter because nobody else bothered to name it — can remember when there were no trees. …
bikehouston.org
Looking Forward, Looking Back
I’ve never dwelled on the past, but the New Year celebration always includes those lists of the year’s best songs, best movies, most significant events, most hilarious cat videos, even a word of the year. There is value in looking back over the past year as a way to re-calibrate our aim for 2018. So here we go.
2017 word of the year? Plan. …
by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com
Saturday we return to our favorite ladies… the Triple Bs! We are going up them. It is a 61 mile ride and is actually one of the flattest routes we do. The route is here: https://www.strava.com/routes/4732205 but note that we will be riding that route in reverse. After the ride we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted burgers and beer! …
BY CODY WEEMS | www.tdtnews.com
Many people may not put 4,500 miles on their vehicle over the course of 70 days, but four Temple High School graduates are planning to travel that far on bicycles this summer to raise money for cancer research. …
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