{"id":50861,"date":"2019-08-21T23:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T04:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50861"},"modified":"2019-08-21T23:52:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T04:52:29","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-21st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/21\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-21st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 21st 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Video: Cyclists ready for HHH despite serious injuries<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Brenda Robledo | www.newschannel6now.com<\/h3>\n

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) – Two Wichita Falls cyclists who were hit on the road while riding are gearing up for the Hotter’N Hell Hundred.<\/p>\n

"It was weird. I mean it was honestly just starting over again," said Gaelen Mills, a Wichita Falls cyclist. "Trying to keep my balance and figure out how to peddle and stuff like that."<\/p>\n

Mills described his first ride a very humbling experience. It took him six months to get back on his bike after a traffic accident in October that put him in the hospital.<\/p>\n

"I had a …<\/p>\n

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Upscale youth bike brand Woom offers its first mountain bikes<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

AUSTIN, Texas (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Woom, which has offered high-end youth bikes to U.S. consumers since 2014, is launching its first youth-size mountain bikes this fall.<\/p>\n

Based in Austria with a U.S. office in Austin, Woom primarily sells direct to consumers from its website; it also has a small number of brick-and-mortar retailers. Its previous offerings include lightweight balance bikes and hybrid-style bikes with 20-inch, 24-inch and 26-inch wheels to fit kids from 1 1\/2 to 14 years old. Prices ranged from $200 for its 6.6-pound balance bike to …<\/p>\n

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San Marcos To Start Bike Lane Striping On Guadalupe<\/a><\/h2>\n

smcorridornews.com<\/h3>\n

The City of San Marcos Engineering and Capital Improvements Department announced that as part of the current Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) street overlay project underway on Guadalupe Street, the striping portion of the City\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future Guadalupe Street Improvements Project will be completed in late August.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This joint effort between the City and TxDOT will allow us to have the striping completed with this current roadway project and not require the street to be resurfaced again during the City\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s upcoming project,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Laurie Moyer, Director of Engineering & Capital Improvements. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Revised timeline on Austin St bikeway implementation:

La Branch portion to be done this November.
Austin Street portion starts Oct and finished by Spring.

Info here: https:\/\/t.co\/1gDXl5u09b<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/U4bjRqXMaG<\/a><\/p>— HOUstreets (@HOUstreets) August 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>