NTSB recommends states require helmet use for all cyclists
by Dean Yobbi | www.bicycleretailer.com
Following the release of a sobering bike fatality report, the federal board discussed countermeasures at a hearing Tuesday. WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday adopted an amendment recommending all 50 states pass laws requiring bicyclists of all ages to wear helmets.
The recommendation was made after an NTSB panel discussed its study on U.S. bicycle safety. Recent traffic fatality statistics show that 857 bicyclists died in crashes with motor vehicles in 2018, a 6.3% increase over 2017, even though total road fatalities decreased by 2.4 percent in 2018.
The fatalities do not …
Missions Tour de Goliad, Goliad, Texas, October 19, 2019
Pedal Pushers | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com
Line up was beside Goliad’s impressive court house on the square.
Christine and I were the only riders from San Angelo. Not too surprising as it is a 5 hour drive from San Angelo to this south east town close to the Gulf of Mexico. …
463 Miles in 3 Weeks Ending with a 53-Mile Ride: I’m Spent, but Happy
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
After saying in my last post I wasn’t always fond of posting statistics, I’m now going to do just that. Because, miles, baby! Turns out that I’m averaging 154 miles per week. Sunday was terrific weather here in Central Texas, so I took advantage of it and went for over half a century. If you’re just joining us late, I ride a bicycle. With my, um, age and weight “situation,†I’m bushed, even with the “extra†hour from the end of Daylight Savings Time. And yet I’m pretty …
Alton PD installs bike lights for residents
by Jose de Leon III | www.progresstimes.net
Residents near Alton arrived to the city police department with their bikes in tow Thursday.
The residents, many of them family members, arrived to have lights installed on their bicycles-free of charge.
“Should they do any nighttime bike riding, we want to make sure it’s in accordance with Texas law and we want to make sure everyone is safe and visible so we can prevent accidents from occurring,†Alton police Chief Jonathon B. Flores said.
According to Texas Transportation Code § 551.104, A person may not operate a bicycle at nighttime unless the bicycle is equipped with 1)  lamp on the front of the bicycle that emits a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet in front of the bicycle;  and on …
Big Bend National Park (Southern Tier)
stealthdachshund | forums.adventurecycling.org
We get to the gate of Big Bend, and the grumpiest staff-person I’ve ever met says ‘Park’s Full" and it’s 60 miles back to Alpine TX, and we’re tired. But then he says "If you go to the National Park Service Office, you might get a back-country pass, but they’re not supposed to give them out anymore"
So hearts in hand, and water bottles rattling in the cages, we …
