Community Health Fair Returns to Portland FUMC

By: Mike Gillaspia | www.kristv.com

PORTLAND, TX — First United Methodist Church of Portland is hosting its Fifth Annual Community Health Fair this Saturday.

This event marks the return of yet another ministry for the church, whose building sustained heavy damage by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The congregation was displaced from their campus for eleven months, meaning events like the Community Health Fair had to be put on hold. Now, however, the church is back in their buildings and resuming their outreach efforts.

The Coastal Bend Community Foundation has once again provided funding for costs related to the Health Fair, and bicycle helmets for children will be provided through the Hard Hats for Little Heads program of …

NICA Texas League Cyclefest Fund Raiser

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Sat, September 7, 2019 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM CDT Location Balcones Country Club 8600 Balcones Club Drive Austin, TX 78750

A Benefit Dinner and Auction supporting the Texas Interscholastic Mountain Bike League. The event ticket includes dinner, wine and beer, and an opportunity to bid on Pivot Bikes, a Colorado Vacation Rental and Silent Auction Baskets worth thousands of dollars! Money raised will be used to cover costs for scholarship students who would not otherwise be able to participate in the program and help purchase of equipment necessary for the league to produce safe race experiences for the students.

Major Renovations Coming To Katy Trail In Dallas

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The Popular Walking And Cycling Park Will Be Getting A New Pedestrian Trail

Katy Trail is about to get a major upgrade. The popular Dallas trail, that sees one million walkers, joggers and bikers each year, will get a brand new pedestrian-only path along a one mile stretch of the trail that currently doesn’t have one. Once completed, the entire trail will have a concrete path for pedestrians and cyclists.

Weekend Rides: North Austin Shuffle & Red Horn

Brad Weaver | steinerranchcycling.com

Saturday training rides leaving from Cups & Cones:

7:30 am – New route revised from one Todack created takes us through Riverplace and up to north Austin. Check it out here: https://www.strava.com/routes/20372912 Endurance Pace Group leaves Cups & Cones at 8:00 am for a TBD route. After the ride, we meet up at …

104°F (40°C) Truancy Ride From Mellow Johnny’s. 30.6 miles …

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Joy Ride to Lake Conroe

Rick Rostkowski | www.strava.com

Joined Natalia, Christian, John & Nick for a fantastically pleasant ride to the lake. Awesome riding companions, an early start, combined with some unexpected cool breezes and forest shade made for a near perfect ride. Our pace was perfectly matched to our group thanks to Nick who pulled for about 50 miles and it’s fair to say all thrived today. Stops at Starbucks, a gas station and beers at the end gave us plenty of opportunity to visit and relax. Can’t wait for the next time!

Morning Ride

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Bicyclist dies after being hit by 18-wheeler in southwest Houston

Author: Brandon Scott | www.khou.com

HOUSTON — A bicyclist is dead after being hit by an 18-wheeler in southwest Houston.

This happened on the northbound side of the Southwest Freeway frontage road near Gessner.

The bicyclist was taken to a hospital and later died.

One person was detained at the scene but it was not immediately clear what charges might be filed.

Multiple feeder road lanes are blocked in the area.

Bike Curious? Here’s the Perfect Pedal for a Slow Sunday Cycle in Austin

A Dude Abikes | adudeabikes.com

Years ago, I was pedaling past the World War II era airplane hanger at Austin’s former Robert Mueller airport, which I recall flying into right over where I lived. (Not the recent special investigator.) Now, Mueller is the one-word name (like Bono, Prince, or Sting) for the new urban, high-density (and high-cost) neighborhood that now sits on the former airport. Back then, somehow I’d been able to rent a room in pretty new row house owned by a nice gentleman from Ethiopia. That’s another story. …

Inspired by his late father, North Texas native Chad Haga is one of three Americans competing in the Tour de France

Author: Jonah Javad | www.wfaa.com

MCKINNEY, Texas — The Tour de France is the most famous bicycle race in the world. The 2,200-mile journey spans three weeks, concluding on the iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Five thousand miles away, DeLayne Haga has almost every stage on DVR, because her son Chad is one of only three Americans in this year’s race.

Chad Haga was born in Midland, but grew up in McKinney. He started riding a bike at five years old. The …

Texas 4000 cycles through the Border City

Brendan Collinge | www.mylloydminsternow.com

The world’s longest charity bike ride made its way through the Border City this week in a cross-country fight against cancer. The Texas 4000 sees dozens of students from the University of Texas travel one of three routes from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska each year.

The journey, more than 4,000 miles long (about 6596 km), divides 83 cyclists among three different routes. The Ozarks route brings these intrepid individuals through Lloydminster by way of Winnipeg, via Saskatoon and North Battleford. It’s the route with the most miles, compared to the …

Texas 4000 charity bike ride wheels into the Peace this weekend

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The Texas 4000 charity ride will make its way through Dawson Creek and Fort St. John this weekend.

Cyclists will pedal into the Peace on Saturday and Sunday as part of their 70-day, 4,000-mile bike ride from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, to raise funds for the fight against cancer. More than 80 students from the University of Texas are …

Suspected Burglars Caught Loading Items Into Van By Richardson Bicycle Officer

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RICHARDSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A pair of suspected burglars are behind bars in Richardson after a bicycle officer on patrol around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, noticed something amiss.

The officer was checking the area in the 600 block of S. Sherman St., when she spotted two men at a storage business loading items into the back of a van.

More officers responded to the scene.

They determined the …

Bike Friendly South Dallas Has Bees in its Walls. That’s Actually Great News.

By Shawn Shinneman | www.dmagazine.com

A lot was going right last month for Bike Friendly South Dallas, the joy-and transportation-spreading South Dallas bike shop that uses an earn-a-bike model. The organization had scored sponsorship from The Real Estate Council’s Associate Leadership Council that brought around a quarter of a million dollars worth of renovations to its first-ever bike shop, located near Ervay and Al Lipscomb. The shop opened this month.

What could derail such momentum? Perhaps a beehive in the cinder block walls, which is what founder Stan Hart recently discovered. …

Learn to Ride a Bike with the Ghisallo Cycling Initiative

By Stef Manisero | spectrumlocalnews.com

AUSTIN, Texas — The Ghisallo Cycling Initiative, a nonprofit empowering kids to integrate bicycling into their daily lives through after-school programs and community events, is hosting the second of its citywide learn to ride events this weekend

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2019 
Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Place: Dittmar Recreation Center (1009 W. Dittmar Rd.)

At these events, all …

Public Workshop Set For Key Loop 360 Project

By Tony Cantu | patch.com

AUSTIN, TX — The Texas Department of Transportation has scheduled a public workshop next month on a key part of the Loop 360 project.

The purpose of the gathering is to gather input on proposed improvements at Walsh Tarlton Lane. The meeting is scheduled Thursday, Aug. 8, at Westlake High School Chap Court, 4100 Westbank Dr., from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. …

… Additionally, the design will include a shared-use path and sidewalks for bicycle and pedestrian accommodations in the project area. …

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