{"id":49463,"date":"2019-05-23T00:08:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T05:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=49463"},"modified":"2019-05-23T00:08:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T05:08:44","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-22nd-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/23\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-22nd-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest May 22nd 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mountain biking takes riders off the beaten path<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By TYE CHANDLER | www.yourglenrosetx.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There are some novice mountain biking options in Somervell County, but the 8.1-mile single-track trail on Solavaca Ranch isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t one of them. With more than three miles of dirt road, the ranch also includes advanced sections of trail with rock-strewn descents, climbing switchbacks, steep drop-offs and obstacles of roots, rocks, logs and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fairly technical trail,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said owner Mack Hargrave. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There are drops and climbs characteristic of mountain bike trails in this area. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as difficult as Dinosaur Valley State Park\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s track, but has similar obstacles. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a friendly \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bike Packing BBRSP: Short film<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By June Bug | austinmountainbiking.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Just came across this on bikepacking.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knew Texas Tech up in the Panhandle plains of Lubbock, has an Adventure Media class: CMI 4313 Offers students practical, creative, and strategic insight and experience in assessing and producing media associated with outdoor adventure\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.and the class would go bikepacking in Big Bend Ranch State Park, and because it’s an outdoor media adventure class, made a short film \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woman charged in June fatal wreck in North Lubbock<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Gabriel Monte | www.lubbockonline.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Lubbock County grand jury indicted a 24-year-old woman who was arrested in connection with a fatal wreck last June in North Lubbock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Reynolds is charged with manslaughter, a second-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lubbock prosecutors believe she operated her vehicle recklessly on June 28, 2018, by driving her vehicle while impaired by alcohol, failing to keep a proper look out and failing to maintain a safe distance from the bicycle ridden by 18-year-old Davion Boswell, resulting in the collision that killed him, according to the indictment. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: 5th Annual Operation Clean Sweep<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By: Joanna Guzman | www.kveo.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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MCALLEN, Texas – Multiple cities in the Rio Grande Valley join together to tackle dirty streets in the Valley. The goal is to improve ride-ability and increase safety for cyclists. Texas Department of Transportation and many cities in the Valley gathered this morning to remove debris from bike lanes and road shoulders. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: Cyclists work to increase bike lane safety in lower valley<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By: Tatiana Favela | www.ktsm.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

El Paso, Texas (KTSM) – Some cyclists in the Lower Valley are trying to ensure the safety of those who ride bikes and share the road with drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott White with Velo Paso, a bicycle-pedestrian coalition, said it’s unaccpetable for the city to not prioritize widening bike lanes that are too narrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We still need to make it a reality and that’s what concerns me. With the way things have been going on with the city is there’s always a possibility that somebody’s going to say, because of financial issues, they’re going to say, ‘we’re just going to leave it as it is’ and \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women’s MTB ride at Memorial!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maga | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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City Worker Wednesday – @EPPOLICE<\/a> Metro Unit Officers Jose Gonzalez, Jason Martinez and other bicycle officers keep our downtown safe. The unit will be featured in an upcoming segment of Your City in 5! #Cityworkerwednesday<\/a> #iamelpaso<\/a> #YC5<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FxmCjLCVdF<\/a><\/p>— City of El Paso (@ElPasoTXGov) May 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>