{"id":36988,"date":"2017-09-05T23:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36988"},"modified":"2017-09-05T23:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:03:06","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-september-5th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/05\/texas-bicycling-news-september-5th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News September 5th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

A beginner’s guide to Dallas-Fort Worth’s 12 best bike trails<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Julia Bunch | dallas.culturemap.com<\/h3>\n


\nHiking is great and jogging is fine, but sometimes only a bike ride will do. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has plenty from which to pick, spanning everything from easier paved loops to tougher off-road trails. Here are some of our favorites.
\nArbor Hills Nature Preserve …<\/p>\n

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Bid on Police Bicycle Parts and Services in El Paso<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.texasbids.net<\/h3>\n

Police Bicycle Parts and Services
\nOwner Solic Number: 2018-026 Status: bidding Report: 8025890
\nCountry : United States State: TX County: El Paso
\nLocation: El Paso
\nScope: Police bicycle parts and services.
\nNotes: Last Day for Offerors to Submit Written Questions – 9\/04\/2017. The term of this contract shall be for Thirty-six (36) months.
\nPlans: From Owner. Please note that attached files are for review purposes only. …<\/p>\n

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2017 Rockstacker Challenge<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

The Rockstacker Challenge has been rescheduled to November 4th, 2017
\nMountain Bike Skills & Prep ClinicDue to a scheduling conflict with the \u00e2\u20ac\u01536 Hours of the Dinosaur\u00e2\u20ac\u009d race in San Angelo, the Rockstacker Challenge has been rescheduled for November 4, 2017.
\nThe Rockstacker race at the Odessa Mountain Bike Park will start at 10 AM. …<\/p>\n

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Bicycle Crash Follow: Responses from TxDOT and HPD<\/a><\/h2>\n

bikehouston.org<\/h3>\n


\nA couple weeks ago I happened upon a bicycle crash on Heights Boulevard and I-10 on my way to work. Following the crash and after a review prompted by BikeHouston, HPD retroactively issued a ticket to the driver for failing to yield right of way to the cyclist. In a meeting with Assistant Chief Lori Bender and Captain Campbell at the Traffic Enforcement Division, HPD has promised to increase its enforcement efforts of the 3-foot safe-passing ordinance and …<\/p>\n

A Word From Our Director\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.. John Long<\/a><\/h2>\n


\nI am passing along this letter from the League of American Bicyclists about a new report on highway safety. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This report\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6emphasizes the need for better data, law enforcement training, and roadway improvements rather than placing the responsibility for addressing bicyclist safety to cyclists themselves.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d We have begun this work in Houston \u00e2\u20ac\u201d see Jessica Wiggins\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 report in this newsletter about our ongoing work with HPD and TxDOT \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we have taken the first steps in this direction and we have so much further to go.
\nHere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the letter: …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Sunday night:
Me to Jeanette Tyler, Nancy Kotinek Chiczewski, and Sara Thompson Green: Hey, could we collect gift… https:\/\/t.co\/mBFfkvOah2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Northwest Cycling Club of Houston, TX (@NWCCHouston) September 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n