According to a short story at BikeBiz.com, the new Wal-Mart store will feature a bike shop with professionally trained mechanics. Just when you thought things like this would never happen, your world is turned upside down.
Texas Kids Receive 4,000 Brand New Bike Helmets
from medicalnewstoday.com
Kids across Texas are safer from the threat of debilitating head injuries, thanks to free helmets and advice provided by the Texas Medical Association (TMA). TMA hosted a major statewide Hard Hats for Little Heads blitz during October, Brain Injury Awareness Month.
"This is wonderful, knowing we’ve improved the lives of thousands of children just this month alone," said David Butler, MD, a TMA physician leader who helped host a Hard Hats event in Austin. "It is so much better to protect children from potential devastating head injuries than to see them suffer needlessly from a fall while riding on their bike," adds Dr. Butler. He keeps a crashed bike helmet in his office to help illustrate the importance of head protection to his patients.
A view of the road from a cyclist’s perspective
Bryan Tollerene writes in the Friendswood Journal,
"I have lived first in Houston and now Pearland all my life. I have owned three pickup trucks and driven down a lot of farm roads. I have experienced the frustration of trying to maneuver around a group of cyclist on their road bikes first hand.
Two things happened that have changes my attitude towards cyclists.
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First after years of playing golf and observing my waistline growing bigger and bigger I responded to an ad around 7 years ago from local gym Fitness Solutions to train for a mini triathlon. After participating in a few mini triathlons I continued my training focusing mainly on the biking. So low and behold I became one of those guys out on their in the road on the bike that I was always frustrated about getting around in my vehicle. The second thing I will save for later.
As I have become more involved with the cycling and met many great people through the Pearland Cycling Club and participating in the MS150 I have observed that most cyclists are concerned with riding safely out on the road with motorists."
MS 150 Bike to the Beach and Wind
According to Ken Hoffman’s column in the Houston Chronicle:
"Three thousand pedal-pushers raised a record-setting $1.6 million last weekend on the MS 150 Bike to the Beach from San Antonio to Corpus Christi.
I guess now would be a good time to retract my statement that Bike to the Beach is a hundred times easier than the MS 150 from Houston to Austin each spring."