YMCA of Austin: East Communities Branch
5315 Ed Bluestein
Austin, TX 78723
March 18, 2017 Time: 10:30 AM
Join us for an overview of the basics of riding on Austin’s streets. We’ll cover planning a route, navigating traffic and learning your rights and responsibilities. This class is designed for anyone wanting to enhance their cycling skills.
City Cycling Classroom Sponsored by AARP @ 10:30am – 11:30am …
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The Sixth Annual Tour of Corsicana Bicycle Race kicked off Saturday, March 11.
Texas’s premier time-based stage race began with a Saturday morning time trial at Tiger Stadium followed by a criterium race in downtown Corsicana.
A road race starting at Charlie’s Country Store on FM 709 is set for Sunday, March 12, if weather permits.
Susan Hale, president of the Corsicana Convention and Visitors Bureau presented grant recipients Mike Frankos with a check for the 2017 Tour of Corsicana Bike Stage Race.
Hale also presented grant recipient Brad Haynie with a check for Derrick Days, and presented grant recipient Lynn Taylor with a check for the Corsicana State Orphans’ Home Association’s Annual Reunion.
Downtown will be bustling Saturday when the Second Saturday Shop and Stroll event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local merchants may offer sales and spring arrivals, while downtown eateries welcome those who wish to dine.
Participating restaurants include Across the Street Diner & Bistro, Aguado’s, Anna’s Cafe, Commerce Subs, Fiesta Grill, I Like it A Latte, Lady Diana’s Zen Cafe and MiTa’s Coffee Lab. Also open for the festivities will be Napoli’s, Roy’s Cafe, Sweet M’s, Tortilleria Matehuala, and Xtra Innings.
“This Saturday we will be kicking off our Second Saturday event with free donuts (while they last) in the …
Texas A&M University-San Antonio Communication student Brian Benavidez knows his art. He and his bright green bike have embarked on many journeys, and he’s seen a lot of local murals in San Antonio.
Benavidez would ride his bike down the pothole ridden streets of the South Side, seeing older buildings and urban scenes. He’d take pictures of the things he saw and would post them on Facebook and Instagram. People soon began to …
CYPRESS, Texas – Riding bikes and competing in triathlons has become a tradition for the Jimenez family, of Cypress.
But some thieves are treading on that family legacy. …
Bid Date & Time: 03/31/17 3:00 PM Prebid: 03/16/17 2:00 PM
Solicitation Title: Engineering Design Services for Nursery Road Paving and Utility Improvements and Hike/bike Trail System Owner Solic Number: 115D-17F
Status: design Report: 7629805
Country : United States State: TX County: Dallas Location: Irving
Scope: Engineering design services for nursery road paving and utility improvements and hike/bike trail system.
Notes: Pre-Bid 03/16/17 @ 2:00 p.m.. contact owner for meeting location.
Plans: From Owner. Information may be found at cityofirving.ionwave.net/Purchasing.
Owner Type: Public …
As a valued friend and supporter of BikeTexas, we wanted to share this brief up-to-the-minute summary of our early efforts during this state legislative session, and invite you to participate in our advocacy efforts. What can you do?
Please attend Cyclists-in-Suits, March 27, in Austin. We’ll meet at the Capitol Auditorium (E1.004) which is across from …
Austinites have a new way to get around town, starting Friday, as a new bicycle sharing service launched just in time for South by Southwest.
The service, called Spin, is headed up by co-founder and CEO Derrick Ko and is based in San Francisco. …
Visitors can experience life on the move at Woodson’s Reserve, joining the community on March 25-26, from noon–4 p.m. for the Tour de Woodson’s event. The Pedal Party starts at its 9,000-square-foot Woodson’s Club amenity center. As guests cycle through the community, they’ll learn more about its miles of nature trails, 24-hour access fitness center, resort-style pool and lazy river, one-acre dog park and more. All while sipping craft beer and lemonade.
Future residents can get a …
The 2017 early season professional cycling races kicked off late last month in Europe with bicycle racers taking on long race routes on Europe’s narrowest, most difficult country roads that in some cases include sections of rough cobblestones, dirt, mud, dust and …
Rye Texas to Merryville Louisiana
Friday March 10, 2017, 95 miles (153 km) – Total so far: 1,987 miles (3,198 km)
I did 95 miles today! That is the longest ride of my so-called career. It wasn’t all that difficult because there was no wind and the contour was level. All I had to do was to keep on keeping on. Because the journey today was so undifferentiated it naturally let me enter a very meditative state watching in and out breaths and paying as much attention to the debris on the road and the passing noisy trucks as I would see the passing thoughts in meditation. I can stay in that mode for a long time and be happy in this ride.
A bit of my goal today was to finish Texas. I actually liked Texas. It is just too big. One does like to …
APD is saying the eastbound separated bike lane on 3rd between San Jacinto and Trinity is closed to bikes and pedicabs.
If you feel so inclined, call Councilmember Kathy Tovo at 512-978-2109 and let her know that Austin’s only cycling infrastructure downtown should be left open for the biggest traffic hell of the year.
Email her here: …
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Please come out and help open the new Huntsville SP MTB trails…
Our intent is to transport wood material via ATV to the location where a boardwalk is needed.
This discrepancy is a Priority One on the 2016 Inspection report.
Once this boardwalk is completed, we can ask to have the trail closed signs removed, as long as we can show a plan to resolve the …
Tomorrow (Saturday) we will start our ride at Red Horn for their anniversary celebration ride. Details and RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/226887334446674/ We will essentially be joining the 65 mile ride to Bertram. Wheels down at 8:30. Come early for …
Great meetings in La Grange today to prep for the big weekend. Picked up lunch and Rice Krispie squares at Texas One Stop #bpms150pic.twitter.com/XgW9TBbukA
An overcast sky wasn’t enough to keep me from bicycling today. I need to get more rides in to accomplish my mileage goal for March. Selecting the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I biked 34.58 miles increasing my month to date to 136.72 miles, 23% of my goal. I started a little earlier than usual for a weekday bike ride at 11:06 and finished at 1:35. I wanted to bicycle earlier to avoid the potential rain later in the afternoon.
Biking went as planned though the 7 mph east wind required some extra effort whenever the terrain exposed me to the wind. No other bicyclists crossed my route.
As I was riding west from Huffman an Atascocita ambulance with flashing lights raced to the east over Lake Houston. Not too far behind was an Atascocita fire truck with lights flashing. I didn’t know where they were headed but earlier at the railroad crossing at FM 2100 and FM 1960 a construction crew had the right hand lane closed. Traffic was backed up on FM 2100. I hope someone didn’t try to get through the construction zone and have an accident. As I rode west on FM 1960 before the Houston Fire Station I heard a train going east. This was before the ambulance and fire truck came. I hope it wasn’t involved.
March weather continues to be unfriendly to biking. Saturday might have rain but maybe I can ride before it arrives. Later in the day a “cool” front should pass through dropping Sunday’s temperatures into the 50’s.
Houston City Council should OK a bike plan and make cycling safer and more appealing.
Regina Garcia takes pride in the fact that she rides her bicycle to work at El Meson, her family restaurant located in the Rice Village. So do some of her employees. As the chairperson of Bike Houston, she hears a lot of people talk about bicycling in our city, and much of what she hears troubles her.
“Every day, when I’m at the restaurant walking around the floor greeting people, somebody tells me, ‘I wish I could ride my bike to work in …
By Spring 2018, UT will have a gorgeous Speedway Mall with an improved pedestrian experience and increased student activity areas. Having added more outdoor seating, trees and plants and bicycle parking, the project is already looking fruitful. However, construction is hindering the mobility for pedestrians and bikers alike. Even after construction is over, bikers will have to continue to ride slowly or dismount their bikes, as there are no plans for designated bike lanes.
At present, Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) has posted signs around …
You’ve been working hard all week, so let loose this weekend with our picks for the best things to do in Houston. Hit up some amazing concerts and exhibits, or enjoy the great outdoors and head to a farm just outside of town. Read on for 11 can’t-miss happenings going on Thursday through Sunday. For other options, check out the full CultureMap Events Calendar.
… Bikes in the Heights
Saturday, March 11: From Houston’s first mixed-use community-slash-home to several nationally registered historic spots, go for a spin around the neighborhood (10 am; tickets: $5-$10 per person) on the Houston Heights Bicycle Tour. (1302 Heights Blvd.; 713-520-0155) …
After a 20-year break, an Army civilian worker is back winning bicycle motocross races.
Forty-eight-year-old Clarence White ran his first race at 14, but when his bike was stolen, he didn’t go back to racing until he was 35.
“I actually thought I was ready to turn pro, get my driver’s license and drive myself to the track,†he said. “But then my bicycle got ripped off, so I just didn’t go back.â€
As the story goes, …
Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association | ghorba.org
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GHORBA members and volunteers are needed to help open our beloved Double Lake MTB trails for the park’s re-opening on April 1st.
When: Sunday, March 19
Where: Double Lake Recreation Area
Time: 9:00-Noon
What to bring: Water, shovels, gloves, closed toed shoes, snacks/lunch.
An Odessa man was arrested Monday for allegedly riding a bicycle out of a Target store with hundreds of dollars in stolen merchandise, including the bicycle, according to the Odessa Police Department.
Adan Salcido, 36, was charged with theft of property with at least two prior convictions, a state jail felony. …
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a West Texas man must serve 30 years in prison for the 2015 death of a bicyclist who was hit by a vehicle and shot.
Stephano Miguel Culbreath of San Angelo was sentenced Wednesday night a day after being convicted of murder. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Culbreath and 24-year-old David Titus were …
DICK’S Sporting Goods is seeking a retail technician in the Bike department to join our team! Every associate at DICK’S Sporting Goods is united by a common thread – our PASSION for the sports we love. Associates joining our team have an opportunity to be a part of a growing Fortune 500 company that makes lasting impacts on our communities through sport and activity.
Bike Technician Duties: …
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Projects Part of BG2020 Goal to Connect Communities
At 10:00 a.m. on March 9, 2017, the University of Houston, Houston Parks Board and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department will celebrate the completion of the Brays Bayou Path: MLK Blvd to OST Trail Link and the start of construction for the “University Connections” Hike and Bike Bridge. Both Bayou Greenways 2020 projects create trails and trail links to unite communities and create more opportunity for neighborhoods to access greenspace. The event will take place adjacent to the University of Houston at 4500 Martin Luther King Boulevard (near the corner of MLK Blvd/Calhoun Road and Wheeler).
“Projects like these highlight Houston’s continuing commitment to creating trails and …
Cagle Recreation area Sam Houston National forest to Rye Texas
Thursday March 9, 2017, 61 miles (98 km) – Total so far: 1,892 miles (3,045 km)
Cagle recreation area to Rye Texas 61 miles. This section of Texas feels different. For one thing last night we stayed in a pine forest next to a large lake. Many different birds woke us up early with so many unique songs but no sunrise — all overcast and misty. After coffee and granola I headed out earlier than usual. With no wind and few hills 60 miles passed quickly. JoAnn stopped me from doing too much more because she found this amazingly unique place to stay.
Shepherd sanctuary is so funky and cluttered with crazy knick- knacks. Utterly charming scenes wherever one looks echo drug-induced visions except they don’t move. We stay in a …
