{"id":37412,"date":"2017-11-02T23:41:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=37412"},"modified":"2017-11-02T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:41:39","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-2nd-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/02\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-2nd-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest November 2nd 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

November Member Profile: Chris Essig<\/a><\/h2>\n

bikeaustin.org<\/h3>\n


\nWhen and why did you decide to become a Bike Austin member?
\nAs soon as I moved from Iowa to Austin, I knew biking was going to be my main mode of transportation when I got here so getting involved seemed pretty obvious.
\nWhat benefits or positive outcomes have you enjoyed as a Bike Austin member?
\nI enjoy major equipment discounts, access to sweet rides, opportunities to help out within the organization and meet other biker types.
\nWhy is Bike Austin important to the Austin cycling community? …<\/p>\n

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Why Houston needs more protected bike lanes<\/a><\/h2>\n

Jessica Wiggins | www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h3>\n


\nIn just a 30-day period, three people have been killed on their bikes in the city of Houston.
\nOn Sept. 9, a man on his bicycle was killed crossing the Southwest Freeway between Hillcroft and Bellaire. On Sept. 21, Troy Stogner was struck and killed by a vehicle traveling on the feeder road of I-10. On Oct. 7, Taisheonna Kennedy was hit from behind by an SUV traveling northbound on the feeder …<\/p>\n

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Bicycling biologist pedals 10,000 miles along the Monarch butterfly’s migration route<\/a><\/h2>\n

Henry Gass | www.csmonitor.com<\/h3>\n


\nTAYLOR, TEXAS\u00e2\u20ac\u201dIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a cool, cloudy late-October morning in this small Texas town. Sara Dykman is outside a Wal-Mart, and she is, by her own admission, a bit grouchy.<\/p>\n

But then you might be a bit grouchy too if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been pedaling a 90-pound bike eight hours a day for eight months along the 10,000-mile monarch butterfly migration route.<\/p>\n

Ms. Dykman has been biking since March, when she left the alpine forest sanctuaries in Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Michoac\u00c3\u00a1n province where the iconic orange and black monarchs overwinter. The butterflies leave at the same time each year, embarking …<\/p>\n

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Video: Dallas Working With Bike Share Companies to Curb Problems<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Ken Kalthoff | www.nbcdfw.com<\/h3>\n

The city of Dallas is working with bike sharing companies to promote proper parking and courtesy as a fourth vendor joins the competition.
\nOfo announced Thursday it is putting 1,000 of its yellow bicycles in Dallas.
\n“Because of the size of our operations, being the oldest and the largest, we …<\/p>\n

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BikeHouston Spoke&Word Newsletter November<\/a><\/h2>\n

BikeHouston<\/h3>\n


\nI ride my bike to work just about every day and then on the weekends for fun. All of those rides don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t compare to the rollercoaster ride October was. The month was packed full of events but the big one \u00e2\u20ac\u201d other than the Astros\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 playoff games and …<\/p>\n

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Tweener Nov 4, 8 AM Plano Bicycling Association<\/a><\/h2>\n

planobob | www.planobicycle.org<\/h3>\n

Let’s meet by 7:45 at the north end of the parking lot for sign-in and a tail-gate pre-ride chat. We will ride our usual 42 miles at about 15.5 – 16.0 mph.<\/p>\n

Please do not park in front of the day care.<\/p>\n

RIDE PARAMETERS:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The goal is to keep the group effort smooth and consistent during the ride.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 In order to keep the effort smoother for everyone, the front riders will accelerate very gradually after stops and turns.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 If you want to work more, please take a turn up front by announcing your request and safely making your way up to the front, e.g. at a stop light, when given the …<\/p>\n

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Video: BIG HEARTS: HSU Professor Pedaling To Inspire Students to Lead<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Brittany Pelletz | www.bigcountryhomepage.com<\/h3>\n

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB) — It’s not your typical college professor’s office. It has bikes and bike gear a plenty. It belongs to Dr. Coleman Patterson, the Director of Leadership Study and Professor of Management and Leadership at Hardin-Simmons University.<\/p>\n

Patterson says, “I used to ride bikes a lot when I was a kid. I did some charity rides as a kid.”<\/p>\n

But it wasn’t until later down the road, Patterson hopped on the biking lifestyle, “I wasn’t like a cyclist …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Just your typical neighborhood scenery on a 90 degree November day pic.twitter.com\/esYZDrdaSW<\/a><\/p>\n

— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) November 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n