{"id":28007,"date":"2014-10-23T23:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T04:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=28007"},"modified":"2014-10-23T23:30:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T04:30:36","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-update-october-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/23\/texas-bicycling-news-update-october-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Update October 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dealer Tour: Austin retailers seek niches in increasingly saturated market<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Val Vanderpool\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bicycleretailer.com<\/h3>\n

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\nAUSTIN, Texas (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Take away the perpetually sunny skies, year-round mild temps and the ever-present Southern hospitality, and it might be easy to mistake Austin for Portland, Oregon.
\nStriking similarities between the two cities include: a booming population of under a million, hip food trucks and new restaurants emerging on nearly every corner, a vibrant cycling culture that spans all disciplines, a large green space accessible from town, numerous bridges that connect the downtown with other parts of the city, a growing cycling infrastructure, a vibe that makes you want to stay awhile \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and above all, the two cities are siblings in weirdness, with Portland having adopted and adapted the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan for its own use.
\nAnd the parallels don’t end there. Like Portland, Austin’s bicycle retail market is saturated, with anywhere from 50 to 60 bike shops and…<\/p>\n

Trail Work Party At Cypresswood (Collins Park)<\/a><\/h2>\n

GHORBA.org<\/h3>\n

Event category: General
\nTrail: Cypresswood (Collins Park)
\nSaturday, October 25, 2014 – 8:30am
\nCleaning up Cypresswood trails , from Collins park to the Cypresswood bridge, meeting Collins park 8:30 am Saturday Oct 25th<\/p>\n

Cyclesomatic | Boo-Bike-Que, October 29th, 6:00 PM \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 11:00 PM<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff<\/h3>\n

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\nOCBC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s annual Halloween mountain bike ride is a fun, social outing for anyone interested in gettin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 some dirt and having fun!\u00c2\u00a0 This is a…<\/p>\n

Keepin’ it weird in Austin<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Stephen Frothingham\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bicycleretailer.com<\/h3>\n

The bike market in Austin has many similarities to Portland”s.
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Sounding Off: East Dallas readers discuss funding for bike-lane maintenance<\/a><\/h2>\n

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\nRAISE YOUR VOICE: Share your own opinion online at dallasnews.com\/sendletters. Sign up for Sounding Off or submit a guest column (and include your full name and contact information) by visiting dallasnews.com\/voices.
\nDallas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 city streets department devotes $500,000 a year to on-street biking improvements. But the money is usually spent on creating new lanes, not operations and maintenance. Is there a need for more money to be devoted to bike lanes? Are there improvements needed for lanes you see or use?
\nMary Weir, White Rock: I am all for doing anything that helps bikers ride around Dallas safely. One of the improvements that needs attention is Winsted Drive, a…<\/p>\n