Here's a summary of the cycling related articles:
Upcoming rides: San Antonio Wheelmen cycling club is organizing rides throughout July. You can find details on their website.
Texas 4000: An article about a neuroscience and Plan II sophomore, Avery Wong, who participated in the Texas 4000, the world's longest annual charity bike ride from Austin to Alaska.
NRG's Cycling Team: Celebrated 20 years of participation in the Texas MS 150, a charity bike ride raising funds for multiple sclerosis research.
Public Health Students Propose Solutions: A capstone project by Texas A&M University public health students focused on improving pedestrian, bicycle and scooter safety on campus.
Partnership promotes bicycle safety: TxDOT and Alpine Police Department organized a free safety event to raise awareness about bicycle safety.
Laredo Police Department Bike Rodeo: Postponed from June 21 to June 28 due to weather.
West Texas fundraiser plans to bike from Midland to Lubbock for MS: A fundraiser involving a cycling group called the Carney Men to raise money for MS research.
El Paso Holocaust Museum's 19th Annual Tour de Tolerance: A cycling event happening on August 18th.
There are also some embedded tweets about cycling related news and a YouTube video
From Austin to Alaska: How high school teacher inspired her former student to bike across country
Analise Pickerrell | thedailytexan.com
The impact of an altruistic high school teacher can go far, but for Avery Wong, a neuroscience and Plan II sophomore, the impact went extremely far — over 4000 miles, to be exact.
On May 25, Wong departed on a summer-long bike ride from Austin to Alaska along with 75 other riders on the Texas 4000, the world’s longest annual charity bike ride. From a passion for funding research initiatives to a desire to spread hope for people affected by cancer, riders with the student-run nonprofit vary in their motivations.
“(Cancer) patients and their families need to …
NRG’s Cycling Team Celebrates 20 Years of Pedaling With Purpose
By NRG Editorial Voices | www.nrg.com
In cycling, there’s a section of the pedal stroke from 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock known as the power phase. It’s the period when a cyclist produces the highest amount of muscular power in order to propel the bike forward. On the weekend of April 27-28, NRG’s cycling team put their pedal strokes to the test and completed a monumental ride commemorating two decades of participation in the Texas MS 150.
The Bike MS fundraising program has been in operation for 40 years. It has raised an incredible $1.4 billion to fuel the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s mission to cure MS, and it has enabled the research that has resulted in every MS treatment option available today. This ride is big.
For the past 20 years, NRG’s cycling team has …
Public Health Students Propose Solutions To Mobility Challenges On Texas A&M Campus
By Dorian Martin | today.tamu.edu
Capstone project aims to enhance pedestrian, bicycle and scooter safety amid growing use of low-speed vehicles on campus.
Eight seniors in the Texas A&M University School of Public Health used their capstone course project to analyze the growing use of skateboards, bicycles and scooters as well as personal electric vehicles on the university’s sprawling campus. Many of the team’s recommendations are being considered for implementation by Texas A&M’s administration to make the campus a safer place for pedestrians, bikes and other wheeled devices, and full-size vehicles.
The students — Janeth Aviles ’24, Adrian Barajas ’24, Brianna Dorotik ’24, Laticia Ellankil ’24, Katherine McGee ’24, Hadley McGhee ’24, Chase Parrish ’24 and Yulissa Rodriguez ’24 — were part of the PHLT 445 Honors Capstone course, taught …
Partnership promotes bicycle safety
By Lauren Macias-Cervantes | www.txdot.gov
ALPINE — An empty college campus parking lot turned into an obstacle course last week to promote bicycle safety at Sul Ross State University.
TxDOT’s El Paso District partnered with the Alpine Police Department to put on the free safety event.
“Sharing the rules of the road and reminding both cyclists and drivers to watch for one another is critical in rural and urban parts of our district,” said El Paso District Engineer Tomas Trevino. “Creating awareness for cyclists and residents can make a difference.”
The awareness is needed across the state. Fatal crashes involving bicyclists increased 28% from 2018 through 2022.
In 2022, there were 2,349 traffic crashes involving bicyclists in Texas, resulting in …
LPD Bike Rodeo & Summer Safety Fair moved to June 28 due to weather
By Jason Mack | www.lmtonline.com
The Laredo Police Department announced the postponement of its annual Bike Rodeo & Summer Safety Fair from Friday, June 21 to Friday, June 28 due to projected inclement weather.
BGDB Juneteenth SATX Social Ride San Antonio, Texas
Tina BGDBSATX | strava.com
West Texas fundraiser plans to bike from Midland to Lubbock for MS
by: Mattie Powers | www.everythinglubbock.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — The National Multiple Sclerosis Society holds an event every year called Bike MS where people bike 150 miles over the span of two days along with fundraising to help with research, programs and their ultimate mission to find the cure for the disease. The one for West Texas is called Cactus and Crude and one of the fundraisers focused on flocking houses.
The cyclist leading this fundraiser was Pamela Kiowski who is in a biking group called the Carney Men. Kiowski came up with this idea and went to put a bunch of plastic flamingos in people’s front yards. Whoever got their yard flocked, would pay for someone else’s lawn to get plastic flamingos all over it. …
“Changes to 11th Street resulted in slower traffic, fewer and less severe crashes, and a 200% increase in people using a crucial new trail crossing.” https://t.co/qwynAgZNj6
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) June 18, 2024
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) June 18, 2024
El Paso Holocaust Museum's 19th Annual Tour de Tolerance in Santa Teresa at 100 Airport Rd, Aug 18 at 7:30AM, Follow us on @ElPasoInc https://t.co/YQlzFTtUKW
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) June 19, 2024
Upcoming Events
San Antonio Wheelmen | www.sawheelmen.com
The article lists upcoming rides offered by the San Antonio Wheelmen cycling club:
China Grove Ride on June 22nd Bear Moon Ride on June 30th Woman Hollering Creek Ride on July 6th John Paul II High School Ride on July 7th For more information on these rides, please refer to the website.
