{"id":54340,"date":"2020-10-08T23:03:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T04:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=54340"},"modified":"2020-10-08T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T04:03:14","slug":"texas-biking-news-october-8th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/08\/texas-biking-news-october-8th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News October 8th 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Art Valet: Truong helps transform bikes into works of art<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Mitch Cohen | theleadernews.com<\/h3>\n

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Houston BCycle, the nonprofit bike share program, is hosting an art show. The Unicorn Bike Show will take place this Saturday, Oct. 10 from noon-5 p.m. and coincides with The Market at Sawyer Yards and Second Saturday Open Studios at Sawyer Yards.<\/p>\n

Find the exhibit under the train shed on Art Alley, 1502 Sawyer St.<\/p>\n

Houston BCycle invited 10 Houston artists with existing murals to paint 10 new BCycle bikes inspired by their art. The hand-painted bikes can be viewed against a …<\/p>\n

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Tour de Texas, Week 5: Getting by With a Little Help From My Friends<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Aaron Chamberlain | www.texasmonthly.com<\/h3>\n

At first, I had only cows and wind turbines for company on lonely stretches of Panhandle highway. Then supporters showed up to help the miles go faster.\n\"\"\/<\/p>\n

This was my final week in the Panhandle, traveling from near the top of the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s western side all the way to its bottom, near Kermit. I got to spend a day off with my family, which was not long enough, and I welcomed a new member to my team, my brother-in-law Javier. I was also lucky to get in a ride with an old friend and two new ones. All in all, it was a solid week of riding. …\n\"\"\/<\/p>\n

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Bike Austin fights for Healthy Streets<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Ryan Thornton | www.austinmonitor.com<\/h3>\n

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The Austin Transportation Department removed two segments of Healthy Streets last week, and barring another wave of cases of Covid-19, will continue winding down the initiative by removing one or two street projects every couple of weeks until all eight are gone. With social distancing still a necessity, however, Bike Austin is calling on the city to reverse the wind-down at least through the end of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Healthy Streets was created to help people get safe, socially distanced exercise during the pandemic,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the organization stated in …<\/p>\n

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Houston Heights Association announces bike rally winners<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Landan Kuhlmann | theleadernews.com<\/h3>\n

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It appears to have been another successful bike rally and scavenger hunt for the Houston Heights Association (HHA), and a number of area residents wound up winners last weekend.<\/p>\n

The HHA held an encore bicycle rally from Oct. 2-4, starting from the Heights Fire Station at 107 W. 12th St. and setting out on the event\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 5-mile and 15-mile routes. The first bike rally of the year was held over Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n

While announcing the scavenger hunt winners via Facebook on Tuesday, HHA Executive Director Emily Guyre said a total of …<\/p>\n

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Counters installed along A-train Rail Trail<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com<\/h3>\n

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The Denton County Transportation Authority has installed four new automated pedestrian and bicycle counters along its 19-mile A-train Rail Trail, bringing the total number of counters to six.<\/p>\n

The Rail Trail runs alongside the A-train tracks from Denton to Lewisville, near the I-35E corridor. The water-proof Eco-Counter Urban MULTI counters will capture the amount of traffic and usage in certain areas of DCTA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rail trail, which is especially helpful now because …<\/p>\n

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