{"id":64610,"date":"2024-02-12T23:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=64610"},"modified":"2024-02-12T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:19:10","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-for-february-12-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/12\/texas-bicycling-news-for-february-12-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News for February 12, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/news\/public-safety-should-extend-to-cyclists-and-pedestrians-17454476\">Washington Ave. Mess Raises Questions About Mayor Whitmire\u2019s Commitment to Traffic Safety<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Jeff Balke | www.houstonpress.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media2.houstonpress.com\/hou\/imager\/monday-washington-ave-mess-raises-questions-about-mayor-whitmires-commitment-to-traffic-safety\/u\/magnum\/17454555\/bike-lane3.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This past week, Mayor John Whitmire, after some contentious discussions and even a small protest, gave the go ahead to the Public Works Department to remove recently added street improvements at Washington Avenue and Lubbock on Houston Street.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrades at the crosswalk were designed to improve bike and pedestrian safety in a heavily trafficked area near Trinity Lutheran Church and the city courthouse. The improvements paid for by District H cost $100,000 and their city council representative Mario Castillo was caught off guard by the sudden change, wondering if they would be reimbursed for the costs.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor, who just took office last month, has been making a number of changes in \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RxS8nZyI_4E\">CYCLING | Downtown San Antonio<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Cycling Texas | www.youtube.com<\/h4>\n<p>Riding from Brackenridge Park in San Antonio down through the Pearl and Downtown to Roosevelt Park and Back.\nIt was a nice sunny Sunday morning, very windy. Check out the link below for the route on Strava<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CYCLING | Downtown San Antonio\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RxS8nZyI_4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmbra.org\/wp\/2024\/02\/12\/rocky-hill-roundup-round-2-trek-tx-xc-mtb-state-championship-series-feb-25th\/\">Rocky Hill Roundup round #2 Trek TX XC MTB State Championship Series Feb. 25th<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Dave Bellante | www.tmbra.org<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tmbra.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/RHR-flyer-2023.pdf.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hprRLZIGVI\">https:\/\/t.co\/hprRLZIGVI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1757046328952025564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iEr43AdznD\">https:\/\/t.co\/iEr43AdznD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1757046988556599597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0HiU7m04WI\">https:\/\/t.co\/0HiU7m04WI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1757047332929949945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biked on the Santa Fe trail into Deep Ellum yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pr6RacZs33\">pic.twitter.com\/pr6RacZs33<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TheDallasEye (@thedallaseye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedallaseye\/status\/1756913286535061929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fantastic Barton Springs Road bike &amp; pedestrian improvements are NOT guaranteed to last. ?<br><br>The City needs STRONG support to make these upgrades permanent.<br><br>Take the City&#39;s Barton Springs Rd survey by 2\/25 and show your support: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ySrzIcp4q\">https:\/\/t.co\/4ySrzIcp4q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dknzc0L9iw\">pic.twitter.com\/dknzc0L9iw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Safe Streets Austin (@safestreetsatx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/safestreetsatx\/status\/1757068140041650687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZSRH5rRzy\">https:\/\/t.co\/DZSRH5rRzy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1757090897496269150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e1UkwHd2kT\">https:\/\/t.co\/e1UkwHd2kT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1757091558006882426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 1 on YT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iv7lpxX8av\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iv7lpxX8av<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bJTkC6tYta\">pic.twitter.com\/bJTkC6tYta<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aaron N. Chamberlain ? (@elmachuca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmachuca\/status\/1757195946880909540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X90gBR5Cai\">https:\/\/t.co\/X90gBR5Cai<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1757245183446405149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/opinion-analysis\/2024\/02\/09\/vosper-whats-store-2024-part-two\">What\u2019s in store for 2024, part two<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>by Rick Vosper | www.bicycleretailer.com<\/h4>\n<p>Last month I wrote that 2024 would be similar to 2023, just not as miserable, based on PeopleForBikes\u2019 projected retail bicycle sales for the year. This month, I\u2019d like to look a little deeper into the on-the-ground reality behind those numbers and what it means for dealers and suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line for the bicycle market is that there is still a huge amount of unsold inventory held by suppliers and that it will take most or all of the coming season to work through it \u2026 if not longer. Exactly how long is entirely up to cyclists, their willingness to buy that inventory, and to what effect an ongoing wave of discounts can stimulate their buying behavior.\nInventory is still up, dealer sell-in is still down<\/p>\n<p>As before, I reached out to PeopleForBikes\u2019 senior research manager Patrick Hogan, to help clarify the situation. He provided the following chart, showing dealer sell-in versus supplier inventory from 2016 through the end of 2023. \u2026<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/article\/gallery\/sell-in_vs_inventory_through_2312.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4G-DA6nooo\">Cycling Rio Grande Valley: McAllen Texas Loop 2nd-Main-Bicentennial<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Tigerholm | www.youtube.com<\/h4>\n<p>Cycling Rio Grande Valley McAllen Texas. Video part of a longer Bike Ride, this video showing the part from 10th Street McAllen Texas to Hobbs Drive to 2nd Street to the 2nd Street Trail south to \u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cycling McAllen Texas: 2nd St.- Main - Bicentennial\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4G-DA6nooo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theleadernews.com\/community\/heights-bike-shop-reunited-with-missing-vintage-bicycle\/article_2f1554de-c9e7-11ee-9651-9f62d208b5c4.html\">Back in the Saddle: Heights bike shop reunited with missing vintage bicycle<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Stefanie Thomas | www.theleadernews.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/theleadernews.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/f\/8a\/f8ac5248-c9e7-11ee-a44f-d37556e108f0\/65ca83f02bac2.image.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A vintage bicycle taken from Blue Line Bicycle Laboratory in the Heights more than a year ago has been returned to its rightful owner in a series of chance happenings.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Zapalac, co-owner of Blue Line Bicycle Laboratory at 1504 Yale St., said his brother Dave\u2019s prized possession, a 1950s Columbia, held significant sentimental value for the shop owners. The bicycle\u2019s monetary value is hard to estimate, he said, but he guessed the Columbia\u2019s worth between $1,000 and $1,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had the bike for almost 20 years now,\u201d Fred said. &quot;It was really kind of a centerpiece in our original store on White Oak Drive. Everybody knew this bike. We\u2019ve been meaning to \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/chasingwatts.com\/activities\/\">Chasing Watts &#8211; Upcoming Rides<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com<\/h4>\n<p>UBG 26 mile Wednesday Night\nWednesday, February 14, 2024 @ 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>The Boot ReBooted\nWednesday, February 14, 2024 @ 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Hump day Ride with NWCC\nWednesday, February 14, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>MCC THURSDAY MORNING RIDE\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 6:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>TREK WEST U | Beginners (THU)\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 6:15 PM<\/p>\n<p>Bridgeland\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Look Pro Go Kind of Slow\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Trek West U Bridges\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>New Magnolia Brewing Bikes &amp; Beers\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>JL Thursday Night Ride\nThursday, February 15, 2024 @ 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Woodlands Coffee &amp; Love Ride\nFriday, February 16, 2024 @ 9:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>RRR Pre Loop 17\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>CCC Saturday\u201924\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>NWCC Zube Saturday\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>TREK WEST U | GROUP C (SAT)\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 8:15 AM<\/p>\n<p>Bike Medicine Saturday Training Ride\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>R3-Saturday 50\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 9:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>SCN Saturday Morning Ride\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trek Kingwood \/\/ Tour du Rouge Intro\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>CCC Beginner \/ Party Pace Road Ride\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 11:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trek Kingwood \/\/ Tour du Rouge Intro\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>UBG Saturday &#8211; 23 miles\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trek Kingwood \/\/ Tour du Rouge Intro\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trek Kingwood \/\/ Tour du Rouge Intro\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trek Kingwood \/\/ Tour du Rouge Intro\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Miles 3.0 &#8211; Gamma (NEW START LOCATIOIN)\nSaturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>JL Sunday Ride thru Pearland\nSunday, February 18, 2024 @ 7:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Farewell Texas\nSunday, February 18, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>UBG Sunday &#8211; 35-50 miles\nSunday, February 18, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Bike Medicine Sunday Training Ride\nSunday, February 18, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Sienna Sunday 36 | New Pearland Bicycles\nSunday, February 18, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Starbucks Ride\nSunday, February 18, 2024 @ 8:00 AM<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.road-results.com\/race\/17399\">Cedar Hill Race Festival \u2022 Feb 4 2024 \u2022 Cedar Hill, TX<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>www.road-results.com<\/h4>\n<p>Categories\n\u00bb Men Cat 1\/2\/3 \t\u00bb Men Cat 3\/4\n\u00bb Men Cat 4\/5 \t\u00bb Men Junior 15-18 Cat 3\/4\/5\n\u00bb Men Junior 9-14 Cat 3\/4\/5 \t\u00bb Men Master 50+\n\u00bb Men Master 60+ \t\u00bb Women Cat 3\/4\n\u00bb Women Cat 5 \t\u00bb Women Junior 9-14 Cat 3\/4\/5\n\u00bb Women Master 40+ \t\u00bb Women Master 50+\n\u00bb Women Master 60+<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazyguyonabike.com\/doc\/page\/?o=3d2&amp;page_id=666866&amp;v=W\">Southern Tier El Paso to New Orleans<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By Cortney O.  | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h4>\n<p>Day 32:Conroe to Shepherd Sanctuary: Strong winds, too many dogs, and the best place to chill after a ride\nMonday February 12, 2024, 48 miles (77 km) &#8211; Total so far: 995 miles (1,601 km)\nToday when we finally left Conroe. The wind was nuts this morning. From the NW, the first half of our ride was either headwinds or crosswinds, 30 mph gusts, and of course most of the climbing for the day.<\/p>\n<p>We rejoined the ACA route in Punkin and rode on 150 for a while past Evergreen and into Coldsprings. Ate fried chicken from the market in the wind on a random curb. Coldsprings doesn\u2019t have much but the little downtown has some charm.<\/p>\n<p>We then deviated from the ACA route to ride to Shepherd, TX on Hwy 150. The traffic was light and the wind was now at our backs. And it was mostly downhill. Total opposite of our morning.<\/p>\n<p>We rode into one of the entrances of the \u2026<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.crazyguyonabike.com\/pics\/docs\/00\/02\/55\/80\/large\/PXL_20240212_210906332.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/12\/texas-bicycling-news-for-february-12-2024\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gO6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64611,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64610\/revisions\/64611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}