{"id":45522,"date":"2018-10-23T22:54:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T03:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=45522"},"modified":"2018-10-23T22:54:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T03:54:04","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-october-23rd-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-october-23rd-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest October 23rd 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woodlands board keeps busy during nearly 6 hours of meetings on Oct. 18<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jeff Forward | www.yourconroenews.com<\/h3>\n

The Woodlands Township Board of Directors didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily burn the proverbial \u00e2\u20ac\u0153midnight oil\u00e2\u20ac\u009d during an Oct. 18 meeting, but the board and dozens of attendees and township staff did log nearly six hours of meetings covering a wide range of topics that did not conclude until almost 10 p.m. …<\/p>\n

… Other speakers during the public comment period of the meeting included several bicycling advocates from the Bike The Woodlands Coalition, who expressed their support for a grant request by the township to H-GAC seeking funding for several bike and pedestrian path improvements around the township.<\/p>\n

Randall Cade, one of the leaders of the coalition, told the board the current projects being proposed would help improve bicycling safety as well as lessen traffic because more people my opt to bike to work; he also said he would help coordinate ideas and sponsors for additional funding for other projects in the future. …<\/p>\n

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A lot of crack talk<\/a><\/h2>\n

Meggin Crawford | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Westend Circus Acts<\/a><\/h2>\n

T REDLINE Nguyen | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Houston Honor Ride (AKA Independence Ride)<\/a><\/h2>\n

Tanstaafl | www.bikeforums.net<\/h3>\n

For several years now, I have volunteered at the Independence Ride in Wallis, TX. It benefitted wounded vets, especially those with amputations. The Independence Fund, the national organization for the ride would bring out bikes adapted for vets with missing or paralyzed limbs. There would be hundreds of registered riders and up to 150 vets with various disabilities at the ride.<\/p>\n

Last year the ride moved to Project Hero, and became The Honor Ride. It’s the same ride, put on by the same local people, from the same start line it has always had. But everyone in the area seems to have forgotten about the ride. Three weeks out from the ride they are at 2% of their fundraising goal (about $2400).<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a ride on Nov 10, please think about heading for Wallis, TX (East of Houston near I-10) and …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Finally hit 5k miles for the year and I'm only 200 away from 20k on my whip. <\/p>\n

That's right, it's taken 20,000 miles for the pink to fade off my frame. <\/p>\n

Please send more sun my way. I need the pepto pink gone before 30k.<\/p>\n

— Sarah Kamien (@sarahkamien) October 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n