{"id":57445,"date":"2021-09-15T23:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T04:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=57445"},"modified":"2021-09-15T23:03:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T04:03:27","slug":"texas-biking-news-digest-september-15th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/09\/15\/texas-biking-news-digest-september-15th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News Digest September 15th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brownsville Bike Barn volunteers repair bicycles in preparation for CycloBia event<\/a><\/h2>\n

by: Gaby Moreno | www.valleycentral.com<\/h4>\n

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Saturday was a busy day at the Bike Barn in Brownsville; A dozen volunteers donated a few hours to the city bicycling initiative in preparation for the upcoming CycloBia event. …<\/p>\n

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Ides Of September Rolling On The Lake Wichita Boardwalk<\/a><\/h2>\n

Durango Texas | durangotexas.blogspot.com<\/h4>\n

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On this Ides of September, day 15 of the 2021 version of such, my backup bike rolled me to the Lake Wichita Boardwalk, and beyond, this morning.<\/p>\n

A morning with a slight chill in the air being a welcome harbinger of the arrival of Autumn a week from today.<\/p>\n

Work has begun on a section of the Circle Trail at the far west end of Lake Wichita, near Mount Wichita. There had been talk of making this new section of the Circle Trail of the boardwalk type thing you see above.<\/p>\n

I suspect the cost of a boardwalk is what has the …<\/p>\n

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Remembering Reed Murray and Fred Meredith<\/a><\/h2>\n

MichaelBluejay | bicycleaustin.info<\/h4>\n

Back in the Critical Mass (CM) days, comprised of mostly young riders, two "old guys" (in their 40s\/50s) showed up regularly to lend their support: Fred Meredith and Reed Murray.<\/p>\n

Fred was a fixture on the CM email list which started in 1993 and which was a precursor to this forum. He was the editor of Austin Cycling News (later Southwest Cycling News) for the now-defunct Austin Cycling Association.<\/p>\n

Once on a CM ride, Fred and Reed were riding side by side in a single lane, and a cyclist passed them on the left. So for a second or two they were three-abreast, and a cop ticketed all three of them. That was the kind of harassment we had to deal with in those days. But it just further …<\/p>\n

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Texas Biking from Twitter<\/h1>\n

Shout out to CM Moreno!! Love seeing you out on a bike with our friends at @FoSFT<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/OO7x6CzF7h<\/a><\/p>— BikeDFW (@BikeDFW) September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>