{"id":35053,"date":"2017-01-17T23:43:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T05:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35053"},"modified":"2017-01-17T23:43:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T05:43:50","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-17th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/17\/texas-bicycling-news-january-17th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News January 17th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public Hearing @ Planning Commission<\/a><\/h2>\n

Houston Bike Plan | houstonbikeplan.org<\/h3>\n

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017
\nTime: 2:30 PM
\nLocation: City Hall Annex Council Chambers, Public Level
\n900 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002<\/p>\n

This public hearing before the Planning Commission is the next step in the City’s efforts to help make Houston a safer, healthier, and more accessible bicycle-friendly City. Full completion of the bikeway network would put high-comfort bikeways within reach of over 95% of people and jobs in the City.
\nWithin the short term, there is an opportunity for modest investments to add 381 miles to the current bikeways network. If fully implemented, the planned network would provide over six times more high-comfort bikeways miles than what exists now.
\nFormat: Members of the public may sign up to speak on any agenda item at the meeting. Speakers are allowed two minutes and may only speak once per item. For further details about the Planning Commission public hearing and agenda, please visit the webpage for the Houston Planning Commission. …<\/p>\n

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San Antonio retailer is Beeline Bikes\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 first brick-and-mortar partner<\/a><\/h2>\n

by BRAIN Staff | www.bicycleretailer.com<\/h3>\n


\nSAN ANTONIO, Texas (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Beeline Bikes announced Tuesday that Crossroad Bikes in San Antonio is the first brick-and-mortar retailer in the mobile bike shop franchiser\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new Retail Partner Program.
\nCrossroad Bikes is set to open in February in San Antonio and will participate in Beeline\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s program to extend its brand to customers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 homes and onto corporate campuses. Its mobile service van, also set to roll out next month, is co-branded for both Crossroad and Beeline.
\nThe partners will reach out to local businesses to provide employees with …<\/p>\n

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2016 Staff Recap<\/a><\/h2>\n

BikeHouston | bikehouston.org<\/h3>\n

2016 was a very exciting year for BikeHouston. So many wonderful events, so many exciting changes, and so many steps forward towards making Houston a more safe and bike friendly city! We asked our staff to let us know what their favorite memory or event was in 2016 (which was not easy). And here they are: …
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Southern Tier Winter Tour<\/a><\/h2>\n

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Day 23 – Langtry to Sanderson TX: Not Quite
\nTuesday January 17, 2017
\nI started the day with a breakfast of fig newtons and trail mix because: 1) there was no way I was going to set up my stove again this morning in order to boil water for the oatmeal I have with me because I needed to get going early if I was going to have any prayer of making it to Sanderson today, and 2) I really hate cooking. It gave me almost enough calories\/nutrition to fuel me for the morning, but not quite. By later morning I was ravenous again.
\nIn addition to the fact that Sanderson is pretty seriously uphill from Langtry, the hills were rolling and almost the steepest I’ve encountered; but not quite. Despite that, the were STILL extremely challenging over 60 miles however. The other big climb\/hill days I rode were not dearly this length of distance in a day.
\nThe wind was almost as difficult a head\/crosswind as I’ve experienced so far, but not quite. Still, there were …<\/p>\n

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Bicycle Signals Coming to 12 Austin Intersections<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jeff Stensland | www.twcnews.com<\/h3>\n