{"id":30023,"date":"2015-06-19T23:25:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30023"},"modified":"2015-06-19T23:25:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:25:18","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-june-19th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-june-19th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest June 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

It only took a decade, but the Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge is actually going to happen<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Joe Simnacher\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0cityhallblog.dallasnews.com<\/h3>\n

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\nTwo years to the day after the ceremonial groundbreaking, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s light at the end of the Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge saga.
\nOn Aug. 12, Dallas plans to award a construction contract for the bridge that will link the Katy Trail with DART\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mockingbird Station and trails to the north.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are currently evaluating the bids that were received on June 11, \u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Chiamin H. Korngiebel, senior program manager with the City of Dallas. Construction is expected to begin in October and take 15 months, putting the target completion date …<\/p>\n

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Memorial placement for Dan Hertweck<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.facebook.com<\/h3>\n

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\nSaturday, June 20
\nat 5:00pm in CDT
\n1800 Antoine Dr Houston, TX 77055
\nDan leaves behind three children and a family of friends that he loved and loved him dearly. Please join us to celebrate his life and his love of cycling<\/p>\n

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Government Canyon Natural Area<\/a><\/h2>\n

MTB Project\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.mtbproject.com\/<\/h3>\n

15.7 miles \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0994\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Ascent \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a01,379\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 High \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a02% Avg Grade (1\u00c2\u00b0)
\n0% Singletrack \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-994\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Descent \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a01,023\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Low \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a019% Max Grade (11\u00c2\u00b0)
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The trails are challenging with lots of rocks.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d julio De Leon on Jun 17, 2015<\/p>\n

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High wheeler will pedal into our hearts in Park Cities Fourth of July parade<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Kirk Dooley\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.dallasnews.com<\/h3>\n

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\nOn July 4, Jim Whorton will ride his high-wheel bicycle in the Park Cities Fourth of July parade for the 40th year in a row. From a local tradition standpoint, that puts him up there with Ed Bernet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s band, the Scots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 football home winning streak and Caruth Homeplace.
\nThe most fascinating aspect of Whorton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s four-decade feat is that he will soon celebrate his 80th birthday.
\nHe was born in the West Texas town of Tahoka 79 years ago and graduated from high …<\/p>\n

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2015 Texas 4000 Team rolls into\u00c2\u00a0 Waynesville as part of 4,000 mile cycling trek<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.waynesvilledailyguide.com<\/h3>\n

On the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team will be rolling through Waynesville on Saturday, June 20, 2015, just 22 days after departing from Austin, Texas on their way to Anchorage, Alaska. While in Waynesville, the 2015 Texas 4000 Team will celebrate and share hope, knowledge and charity with friends and family before continuing on their 70-day journey.
\nThe 72 undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Texas at Austin will brave the rain, sleet, wind, snow, heat and pedal more than 4,000 miles in the fight against cancer. After 18-months of leadership development training, volunteering, fundraising, and cycling, riders are put to the …<\/p>\n

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It’s been a bad 3 weeks on Houston streets<\/a><\/h2>\n

by 66venable\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikeforums.net<\/h3>\n

Three Houston Area Cyclists Killed in Three Weeks
\nThree Houston Area Cyclists Killed in Three Weeks | Houston Press<\/a>
\nRichard Tomlinson and his group Houston Ghost Bike post memorial bicycles to mark every spot where a Houston area driver has hit and killed a cyclist. When Tomlinson started the group a couple years ago, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d hoped to raise awareness, to get more motorists to safely share the road with cyclists and, eventually, to see local bike fatality stats fall.
\nBut lately cyclists are dying on the roads faster than he can get the painted-white ghost bikes out to crash sites. It could be a while before he chains a ghost bike out on the corner of Antoine and Long Point, where an Isuzu box truck ran over a cyclist Monday evening.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We still have another bike to set up before we can even get to that one out at Antoine,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tomlinson said.
\nOne recent national survey of major metro areas shows that on average five cyclists die in crashes on Houston streets every year. But cycling advocates say the crash at Antoine caps an alarming spate of recent cycling deaths, with three cyclists hit and killed by Houston area drivers in just three weeks.
\nThe first was cyclist …<\/p>\n

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6\/20-6\/21 Oasis Brewery and Jester King Father\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day Ride! (SUNDAY IS 8:30 START)<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Thomas\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n

Hello lovely SRC! You are lookin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tight (that was not a comment about our new Elite Craft jerseys).
\nThis weekend is a great mixup. Saturday is the 3rd weekend of the month and that means we end up at the Oasis Brewery for some suds, grubs, and hangin out in crusty\/sweaty spandex! We will leave from Cups & Cones at the usual 7:30am for a nice 58ish mile ride northwest up to Nameless road and Round Mountain. We have done this route once before and it has some very nice roads (except that construction zone that Eric took us through :-). The country store in Liberty Hill will be our refuel spot (where its a good idea to have …<\/p>\n

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Tweets About Texas Bicycling<\/h2>\n
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Great ride with a great kid. #futuremechanic<\/a> #lovestobike<\/a> #fearlessandhaute<\/a> #seehappy<\/a> #fueledbymaxim<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/G6i7mxsEZX<\/a><\/p>\n

— Catherine Moore (@Pigtailracer) June 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n