Seems like the scene is down around here

Radish_legs | www.bikeforums.net

1. Texas Cup points competition canceled for 2020. They say it will be back for 2021, in new format. But this is where they kept track of standings for the different events to determine individual and team winners in different categories.
2. One of the 3 weeknight crits was just canceled due to lack of venue.
3. The opening circuit race canceled this year due to road closure.
4. Opening RR/crit/TT of the season. 9 competitors in the 40+.

And you go down the list further and it seems like things are trending down in the North Texas area. Maybe it will bounce back. 50+ is better than 40+ now, my friend’s theory is that the Lance Armstrong effect has now officially aged out and there is no next generation.

The Story of Chisholm’s attack – North Ride – 2/15/2020

Honest Tree | www.youtube.com

Recumbent bike and trike Demo Day in Keller, March 21 from dfwbike

Precinct 1 Commissioner Pledges $7.4 Million To Bayou Greenways Project

MATT HARAB | www.houstonpublicmedia.org

The funds, which are pending approval by the Harris County Commissioners Court, are intended to help finish up a massive bike trail project linking up the city’s waterways.

Commissioner Rodney Ellis on Monday pledged $7.4 million in funds to help finish up a massive bike trail project linking up the city’s waterways.

Ellis announced the Precinct One partnership Monday as part of the Bayou Greenways 2020 parks project, a plan to create and connect more than 150 miles of trails and 3,000 acres of green space along Houston’s major waterways.

“We want to make sure no matter where you live, no matter how much money you make, it’s a big deal for everyone to have a linear park one and a half miles from …

Dallas Is Falling Far Short of Its Ambitious Goal to Become Bike Friendly By 2021

LUCAS MANFIELD | www.dallasobserver.com

Dallas is nowhere close to fulfilling an ambitious plan to create a citywide network of bicycle lanes.

In 2011, the City Council adopted a plan to create 1,300 miles of bike routes, including bikes lanes, street markings and multipurpose trails, that would promote "wide-spread use of bicycles" in the car-centric city. And it promised to do so by 2021.

But on the eve of that deadline, the city has built barely a tenth of the network. …

Birking – Biking and Birding at Laguna Atascosa

by Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | www.facebook.com

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge 22688 Buena Vista Rd, Los Fresnos, Texas 78566

Join us in our latest program: Birking! Bring your own bike and follow biking volunteer, Greg, down a 2 – 3 hour, 3 – 6 mile ride in some of the most wildlife active areas of Laguna Atascosa. Not a birder? No problem! We have reference materials and knowledgeable volunteers to assist you in identifying species.

Family Rides: suggested ages 8 and up Jan 25, Feb 15, and Mar 21

Get ready for more bike-shared lanes on roads

by Elsa Malakoff Maxey | www.fortbendstar.com

For about 20-30 years now, cities throughout the U.S. have been into bicycle infrastructure. Sugar Land is no exception with its impressive hike and bike trails.

And for a while now, the city has been working on the expansion of bike network improvement projects. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that we began seeing dedicated bike lanes stripped with white paint in our neighborhoods. Some of them also did away with the extra lane on signature boulevards. I think those are referred to as streets with excess auto capacity.

While some motorists found it inconvenient since the option to use the …

VCC Turbo Tuesday: Dirty Thirty

Leo Vela (VCC) | www.strava.com

Curb management: Bicycle Advisory Council takes on cars parked in Austin bike lanes

www.kvue.com

AUSTIN, Texas — When cyclists come across cars parked in bike-only lanes, it’s not only dangerous for them, but it’s also frustrating for the City of Austin. That’s why the City is enforcing ticketing and towing cars parked illegally.

The Bicycle Advisory Council (BAC) talked about "curb management" on Tuesday night and what it means to the City.

"Even if you think you’re there for five minutes, you know, even if you …

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Seems like the scene is down around here

Radish_legs | www.bikeforums.net

1. Texas Cup points competition canceled for 2020. They say it will be back for 2021, in new format. But this is where they kept track of standings for the different events to determine individual and team winners in different categories.
2. One of the 3 weeknight crits was just canceled due to lack of venue.
3. The opening circuit race canceled this year due to road closure.
4. Opening RR/crit/TT of the season. 9 competitors in the 40+.

And you go down the list further and it seems like things are trending down in the North Texas area. Maybe it will bounce back. 50+ is better than 40+ now, my friend’s theory is that the Lance Armstrong effect has now officially aged out and there is no next generation.

The Story of Chisholm’s attack – North Ride – 2/15/2020

Honest Tree | www.youtube.com

Relaxed Ride with Rhodney: Shoal Creek and Town Lake

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com

Sunday. A day associated in America with religious services, football, laundry, getting ready for the dreaded return to work on Monday, and driving. The Sunday drive is a relic of days of old, when people would drive about aimlessly while sightseeing and not paying much attention. For many cyclists, a Sunday bike ride is de rigeur. Temperatures in Austin, Texas were forecast to be in the high 70’s. For February, that’s warm. Old friend Rhodney invited me to …

Construction to begin on shared-use pathway in San Marcos

www.statesman.com

Beginning Monday, San Marcos residents and park patrons will begin to see construction on a new ADA-compliant bicycle and pedestrian concrete trail in and around the areas of Children’s Park, Rio Vista Park and Ramon Lucio Park.

The trail will be a 1.7-mile long, 10-foot wide pathway that will tie into an existing trail east of the Hopkins Street bridge. The project is expected to be completed by early summer 2020, weather permitting.

Once completed, it will provide connectivity between the city’s Visitor Center, multiple parks, downtown and Texas State University. The project will feature enhanced …

Bayou Greenways project nears the end with Bun B and a bike parade

Molly Glentzer | www.houstonchronicle.com

The Houston Parks Board will launch two major public events this spring to celebrate the final stages of its public-private $220 million Bayou Greenways 2020 capital project.

The non-profit Parks Board, a citywide conservancy, has partnered with the city’s parks department to present Sights & Sounds, a free festival on April 4 along a two-mile stretch of White Oak Bayou between Stude Park in the Heights, the Near Northside and the University of Houston-Downtown. Star rapper Bun B is among the headline performers, although the whole stretch will …

HOLY SMOKE! Quanah Hill and Parks of Aledo where PACKED yesterday!

DaleinTexas | forums.mtbr.com

I showed up a QH to do some trail work and at 8am the place had 20 plus cars, did the work then headed to POA, WOW! About 40 cars there and people everywhere, the sheriffs dept was called because of all the cars and people before Noon.

At 2 I headed back to QH to check on the trail work and it was already …

Upcoming Rides

Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com

Methodist MS150 Training Ride Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Methodist MS 150 Training Ride (South) Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Methodist MS 150 Training Ride (Sugar Cycles to Sienna Route 35 miles) Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Sugar Cycle 521 Training Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Sunday BlendIn Coffee Club Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 7:30 AM

Driver crashes into Metro Rail, bicyclist in downtown Houston, police say

By Julian Gill | www.chron.com

A driver struck a Metro Rail car and a cyclist Monday in downtown, according to Houston police.

The crash was reported at about 6 p.m. at the corner of Main and Lamar, police said. The condition of the cyclist and the driver was not available late Monday.

Metro police, the lead agency, could not be reached for comment.

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