January 9th Texas Bicycling News Updates
Houston Bicycle Club
Saturday January 15th
A ride by and through fourteen of Houston’s most infamous and historic inner-city cemeteries. We dare you to show us more unknown or lost cemeteries of the past. Meet at Hermann Park Rose Garden parking lot. Park nearest Museum of Natural Science.
Make Phone Calls From Your Bicycle Helmet
from Gearlog by Brian Heater
Does this seem like a terrible idea to anyone else? When riding a bike, it’s generally a good idea to not let anything else distract you. And while wearing a helmet is certainly advised, building a telephone headset into the thing…
Coffee beans in my shoes
from Bike Denton by bikedenton
I’ve done some riding in cold and wet weather lately, and my shoes started to smell mildewy. I found some online mentions of coffee beans as a…
Don’t Kill the Messengers
from www.houstonpress.com
How bike couriers plan to survive the internet age.
Back in the good old days for bike messengers, every weekday at four o’clock, the front steps of the Harris County Civil Courthouse were the gathering spot for a happy hour for that pierced, tattooed, hedonistic horde. …