City officials are trying to promote the island’s image as a bicycle-friendly community with new bike lanes in the central city and plans to expand the system westward in the near future.
Their timing is perfect, with more people willing to leave their cars in the driveway as gas prices continue to climb.
from kfdm.com
“It’s a constant battle cyclists say will only get worse without awareness. That’s why bicyclists in Beaumont have made it a priority to remind drivers of cyclists rights, while remembering those who died because those rights were not recognized.
Cyclists say this year’s ride of silence is especially important because of the increased number of bikers riding the streets due to high gasoline prices and the most recent cyclist’s death that happened only two months into this year.
Tonight’s group was made up of cyclists and supporters who wore black arm bands in memory of the fallen, and cyclists who wore red arm bands that personally survived a run-in with a vehicle.”
By KEVIN SIEFF- The Brownsville Herald
“Eleven months and 12,000 miles after leaving their home in the Yukon Territory, Ken Madsen and Wendy and Malkolm Boothroyd pulled into Brownsville on bicycles.
In June, the Canadian family began their cycling trip from one corner of North America to another. It started as Malkolm’s ‘‘Big Year’’ — a quest to see as many species of birds as he could in 365 days. Even before the family left on the trip, Boothroyd’s goals had grown loftier.”
The second annual Faster’N Hell mountain bike race does not deny that it was partly created to pay homage to the best-known bicycle ride in North Texas — the Hotter’N Hell Hundred.
“It is now an official training event for the Hotter’N Hell Hundred,� said Patrick McBride, the race’s promoter.
Hotter’N Hell is also a sponsor of the event.
The Faster’N Hell will begin with its first race at 8 a.m. Sunday on the Wee-Chi-Tah Trail. The staging area for the trail is in the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center’s back gravel parking lot at 111 N. Burnett Street in Wichita Falls.