Texas Bicycling News Digest October 16th 2017

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Georgetown Cyclocross Festival

by Robert Wray | texasbikeracing.com

A handful of not-so-pro photos from day one of the Georgetown Cyclocross Festival. Apologies to Texas’ real race photographers.

Complete Streets Come to Life in Dallas

By Adolfo Pesquera | dallas.towers.net


When people toss around the word “streetscape,” it’s generally understood to mean the off-road aesthetic elements that fill the space between the curb and any building line. That off-road stuff, however, involves more than just beautification.
Widening sidewalks improves the walkable environment, making it more inviting to pedestrians and the retailers that depend on walk-in traffic — while the addition of trees and shrubbery mitigates urban heat islands, thus improving the …

Lubbock making bid to host 2022 Can-Am Police and Fire Games

By MATT DOTRAY | lubbockonline.com


Lubbock is making another bid to host the Can-Am Police-Fire Games, this time in 2022.
The Hub City is currently one of three finalists, and as such, members of Lubbock’s fire and police departments hosted three members of the Can-Am Police-Fire Games Federation this weekend and on Monday. These Can-Am representatives are visiting each of the three finalist cities – which also include Lethbridge, Alberta and Windsor, Ontario – and their visit to Lubbock included tours of potential event areas and tourist sites. …

Bid on Bike Rack Repair Components in Dallas

www.texasbids.net | www.texasbids.net

Owner Solic Number: B-2037234 Status: bidding Report: 8127501
Country : United States State: TX County: Dallas Location: Dallas
Scope: Bike rack repair components.
Notes: “Bid date is ONLY an estimated Bid Date, please contact Owner for further details.”
Plans: From Owner.
Owner Type: Public …

Bicyclist bikes into car at Taco Bell, gets airlifted to hospital

Stephen Adams | www.kcentv.com

A bicyclist was airlifted to Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple after he biked into a compact car near the Taco Bell located at 1313 S Fort Hood St. in Killeen late Monday afternoon, according to Killeen Police. …

Irving wheels into year-long agreement with bike-sharing company

by Elvia Limón | www.dallasnews.com

IRVING — Add the city of Irving to the growing list of places with a bike-share program that allows people to pedal around town for work or leisure.
The City Council approved a year-long agreement with Garland-based VBikes during last Thursday’s meeting. The agreement will place 20 to 30 bright yellow bikes along Campion Trails, in the southeast part of the city beginning next week, said Joe Moses, assistant director of parks and …

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Two Jersey Bike Ride

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Today was a two jersey bike ride. Overnight a “cool” front arrived dropping the temperature to 59 when I got up this morning. When I went to get the newspaper a brave lady was bicycling on Woodbridge Drive pulling a trailer. As she passed she asked me if there was a sidewalk at the intersection ahead and I said yes. I hope the extra effort pulling the trailer provided body heat to offset the chilly weather.

Later after waiting and going to the post office I left (11:33 AM) glad that it had warmed up to 71 degrees. I chose the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route going to the south and east for a couple of reasons: easy to get on the route, I planned on riding 30+ miles. I ended up biking 31.8 miles. Wearing the two jerseys I was comfortable but not overly warm. The blue sky and cool temperature kept me from overheating which was quite different from Saturday’s ride around Conroe. The wind today though was much stronger: from the north at 18 mph with 24 mph gusts. This made for tough pedaling on some sections of the ride: biking east over Lake Houston, north on FM 2100. But when the wind was not fighting me I made good time getting my overall average speed up to 14.3 mph at several points. Today’s route was not lumpy like Saturday’s and not bicycling yesterday gave my legs time to recover. Good thing with the strong wind today. Power output jumped up today because of the wind: average 100 watts, 401 watts maximum.

The cool weather will hang around tomorrow but I plan on biking.

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Texas Bicycling News Digest October 15th 2017

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Crime Stoppers offers $5,000 reward after bike rider killed in hit-and-run

By Keri Blakinger | www.chron.com

Authorities are offering a reward for information in a hit-and-run wreck that left a 21-year-old bicyclist dead earlier this month.
Taisheonna Kennedy was killed on Oct. 7 after an unknown gray vehicle ran her down as she rode along the 6800 block of East Sam Houston Parkway North just before noon, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. She died from injuries at the scene.
Afterward, the driver fled and …

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Texas Bicycling News Digest October 14th 2017

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Video: Bike-Share Company Says Bikes Left Damaged in Dallas

By Kristin Dickerson | www.nbcdfw.com

It’s meant to be a convenience: a sharable bike that is available anywhere you can find one.
But bike-share company VBikes reports that some of its sharable bikes have been vandalized, while other bikes have been abandoned in places like a lake, a tree or just thrown on the ground.
Rory Vigne and his co-worker, Havala Broderick, tried riding bike-share bikes for …

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