Missouri City will take part in the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Pedestrian-Bicyclist Study, expected to be completed in about 18 months. The city is applying for a grant to match the $50,000 the study will cost the city.
Fading vision doesn’t diminish cyclist’s passion
from austin360.com (link to full article)
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, February 08, 2008
Ron Burzese’s retinas are failing. He walks with a white cane. But chances are he’d easily whip you in a bike race.
As the "stoker" in the rear seat of a tandem bike, Burzese, who has just 10 percent of his vision, chews up miles of pavement every week. He pedals with a partner, cruising around town for fun and exercise, and cranks it up in competition.
San Antonio TV Station WOAI – War of the Wheels: Bicyclists vs Drivers
An interesting article and video report on how bicyclists and cars share and not share the roads around San Antonio.
"News 4 gets complaints all the time from drivers just sick of having to work around hoards of bicyclists taking over the streets and highways. We also hear from bicyclists scared for their lives because of impatient drivers. As News 4’s Ryan O’Donnell explains, it is an all-out war on wheels."
Canadian outfit buys Cannondale
While this not directly Texas bicycle news many of us have ridden Cannondale bikes.
Dorel Industries has bought Cannondale Bicycle Corporation, the corporation announced Monday.
Dorel, headquartered in Montréal, owns Pacific Cycle, the parent company of Schwinn, GT and Mongoose. The purchase is reported as an all-cash transaction valued between $190 million and $200 million.
The Bethel, Connecticut-based Cannondale, which also holds Sugoi Performance Apparel Company, a clothing brand, was previously held by Pegasus Capital Advisors, which purchased the company in 2003.