{"id":47372,"date":"2019-02-06T00:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T06:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=47372"},"modified":"2019-02-06T00:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T06:32:58","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-5th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/06\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-5th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest February 5th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Houstonians Will Be Able to Bike and Walk 150 Miles of New Trails in 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Gwendolyn Knapp | www.houstoniamag.com<\/h3>\n

Eight bayous will be connected through the $220 million Bayou Greenways 2020 project.<\/p>\n

STANDING ATOP the new 485-foot pedestrian suspension bridge in Mason Park along Brays Bayou in the East End, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to believe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still in city limits, save for the skyscrapers rising to the west. Pelicans soar. Turtles sun themselves. Everywhere you look, there are blue jays, cormorants, egrets, ducks. A great blue heron presides over newly planted wetlands. A bald eagle is rumored to live upstream.<\/p>\n

You can bike here from Hermann Park along the Brays Bayou Greenway, a 10-foot-wide path that currently dead-ends at a railroad trestle just beyond the park. Soon …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Texas Cup that Strives for Equality<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

Has gender equality in prize payout finally arrived for Texas bike racing? A few good men are seeing that it does.<\/p>\n

This is just a brief summary of the Texas Cup \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a competition where riders earn points in road races across the state \u00e2\u20ac\u201d as told by TXBRA (Texas Bike Racing Association) Vice President, Andrew Willis.<\/p>\n

The Texas Cup was established in 2000 and at the end of each year awards the top three winners in each recognized category. Willis, who assumed the position late last year and is a long-time race director of the Holland Racing Driveway Series, has been working with …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bicycle Safety Technology Research<\/a> from cycling<\/a> <\/blockquote>