Texas Bicycling News Digest January 1st 2018

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Bikes, bonds and big plans: 6 things to watch at Dallas City Hall in 2018

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Dallas City Hall spent 2017 staring down the ghosts of years and decades past: Confederate monuments, the police and fire pension mess, the Trinity toll road, four of six back-pay lawsuits and billions in deferred maintenance.
Save for the sudden arrival of Amazon or another twist, 2018 shouldn’t be as dramatic as last year. But consequences are still ahead at Dallas City Hall in the coming year.
Here are six things to watch in the new year. …

  1. Bike regulations
    A LimeBike and Spin bike are left in front of Union Station in downtown Dallas. (Ron Baselice/Staff Photographer)
    Last year brought thousands of brightly colored, buck-an-hour bikes to the city’s sidewalks. The four bike-share companies have received both credit and criticism.
    In 2018, the city will at least tap the brakes on the unregulated market. The bikes are likely here to stay, but the era of the bike share “experiment” or “pilot program,” as city officials have called it, will come to an end. Regulations limiting the number of bikes appear to be coming. Options will be presented to the council in the new year. …

Upper Valley Tour Groups B & C

Sunday, Jan 7, 2018, 8:45 AM

Across from Rio Plaza
Park across from strip center at 6205 Upper Valley Rd (just north of Artcraft) El Paso, TX

4 Cyclists Went

• Distance: Usually 20-25 miles• Roll Out: 9:00 am• Pace: (Group B 14-17 mph) (Group C 12-14 mph) Note: Group C rides should have a minimum of 2 riders for safety• Details: No Drop Ride. Route will be a little tour of the Upper Valley.  Ride leader will determine route based on abilities of those who show up to ride.  Most routes are flat with f…

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ARR All Level Ride @ Walnut Creek Winter Hours

Sunday, Jan 7, 2018, 11:00 AM

Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park
12138 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX

23 Mountain Bikers Went

New Winter hours to help when the weather gets cooler. Starting 12/3 we go to 11:00 a.m. Wheels down at 11:00 a.m. (this means that the ride starts at 11:00 am) This is for all levels of riders, which will break into groups according to ability. Beginners are welcome, and there will be no drops. Meet in the parking lot by the swimming pool. Helmets…

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Circle C Cruise WINTER HOURS, LET’S SLEEP IN A LITTLE LONGER

Sunday, Jan 7, 2018, 1:00 PM

Dick Nichols District Park
8011 Beckett Rd, Austin, TX 78749 Austin, TX

5 Austin Cyclists Went

We will meet before 1:00 PM, wheels down 1:00 PM, at Dick Nichols Park for about two hours of casual rambling around SW Austin. Gary knows the area like the back of his hand.

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Customers surprised after Cycle Bar abruptly closes its doors

By Bill Spencer | www.click2houston.com

HOUSTON – The closure signs are up and the sweet ride is over for members of Cycle Bar, the upscale, boutique cycling center in Katy.

“I am devastated … the instructors there have just really made me feel at home, helped me get into the best physical shape that I’ve ever been in my life … it’s sad,” said Cycle Bar member Pamela Langton. …

Affidavit: San Antonio man ran over, killed 61-year-old cyclist with two witnesses in the car

By Caleb Downs | www.mysanantonio.com


Police on Saturday jailed a 39-year-old man who allegedly ran over and killed a bicyclist on the East Side in May and then drove off.
The suspect, Howard Franklin of San Antonio, now faces a charge of failure to stop and render aid resulting in death. He was booked into the Bexar County Jail on a $25,000 bond. …

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Dusted Off Cycleops Windtrainer Bike Workout

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With the weather turning cold (for me anyway) I started looking for a way to get time on the bike indoors. My Cycleops windtrainer has been in the closet catching dust for a couple of years so I started searching online to see if I could use it for virtual training with something like Zwift. It looks like I can except my laptop is not compatible with any of the programs I found. I use a Pixelbook which limits my choices. I could install the Rouvy app on it and I might but for today’s workout I used the Elemnt computer and the speed and cadence sensors already on the bike.

Dusting off the Cycleops and getting the bike positioned wasn’t too hard but I needed to reposition the quick release lever on the rear wheel to get the dot within the green zone so the wheel didn’t come out. A picture of the setup in our breakfast area.

The cold weather is in the forecast through Saturday so I will be using this several times until then.

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Brownsville builds on hike-and-bike system

By Kaila Contreras | www.brownsvilleherald.com


Brownsville made progress on several projects in 2017 that would bolster the city’s vision for alternative modes of transportation, but residents will not finish the year with a concrete plan for the development of property where tracks for the west rail once cut through town.
Here’s a look at some of the year’s developments: …

Leon Creek — Intermediate Speed (Mountain Bike)*

Tuesday, Jan 9, 2018, 9:30 AM

2 Bikers & Hikers Went

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McAllister(Mountain­­ Bike)

Saturday, Jan 13, 2018, 9:30 AM

5 Bikers & Hikers Went

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Video: Bike lane proposed by concerned residents

By Kristy Gerlett | www.newschannel10.com


Residents of the Oliver-Eakle neighborhood are asking the city of Amarillo for bike lanes on two major streets.

On Tyler St. there is no stop signs or stop lights from 34th Avenue, all the way to 15th, leading into downtown. The only thing slowing down traffic is a small dip in the road, leaving some residents concerned. …

Letter to editor: Shopping online can create problems

EDDIE MADDOX | lubbockonline.com

Shopping online can create problems

I enjoyed the Dec. 9 article on Millennial shopping trends. Deborah Fowler, interim associate chair and professor of hospitality and retail management at Texas Tech, said that local businesses must match prices of mail order companies if they plan to stay in business.

Suppose I operate a bicycle shop. I coach a shopper on what to look for, such as correct size, structural choices and service after the sale. Maybe a brake …

Kingwood Fillies set to host 10th annual Bike Through the Forest and Hills

By Jacob McAdams | www.mysanantonio.com


Cycling enthusiasts will once again have the chance to enjoy the lush green and serene beauty of Coldspring in the upcoming 10th annual Bike Through the Forest and Hills.
The Bike Through the Forest and Hills is a cycling event hosted by Kingwood High School’s drill team known as the Kingwood Fillies, who have become national champions no less than 19 times and have won several …

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4 hit-and-run deaths of bicyclist, pedestrians remain unsolved in El Paso as 2017 ends

Daniel Borunda | www.elpasotimes.com

The death of a man run over at a car wash is one of four hit-and-run cases in El Paso in 2017 that remain unsolved as the year comes to an end.

The cases include the death of a bicyclist on Doniphan Drive and a man found on a Northeast residential street. The vehicles left the scene in all four cases. …

Happy New Year

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Happy New Year from San Angelo cyclers. May 2018 be downhill and with the wind.

2018 Hill Country Bicycle Works Texas Marathon Mtn. Bike Championship Series

Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association | tmbra.org

Excruciation Exam
Warda, TX
Jan. 6, 2018
Race Info

Miles of Discomfort Marathon
Comfort, TX
Jan. 27, 2018
Race Info

2018 Texas XC Mtn Bike State Championship Series

Rocky Hill Roundup
Smithville, TX
Feb 10-11

TBD
Feb 24-25

Bent Wheel Bash
Abilene, TX
March 3-4

Pace Bend Race
Spicewood, TX
March 24-25

STORM Hill Country Challenge
Comfort, TX
April 7-8

DORBA Race
D/FW Area, TX
April 14-15

GHORBA Big Ring Challenge
Coldspring, TXo
April 28-29

The Warda Race
Warda, TX
May 19-20

Mobike, no problem? Fifth bike-share company pulls into Dallas, with more on the way

Robert Wilonsky | www.dallasnews.com

To the glut of bike-share companies swamping Dallas’ streets and, mostly, its sidewalks, add another: Mobike. No joke.
Long rumored to have its eye on Dallas, the billion-dollar Beijing-based company announced late Saturday that beginning this frigid weekend — “just in time for New Year’s Eve” — its orange-and-gray bikes are being rolled out downtown. …

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