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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 27th

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Cycling notebook: Ballot proposition promises to expand bike trails
By Dale Robertson            www.chron.com
Everyone who rides a bike in Houston needs to get on board behind Proposition 16 in the November election. This is a very big deal for those of us who see our city’s tremendous potential as a cycling city, a little summertime heat notwithstanding.

Proposition B is a $160 million bond issue that will provide, in addition to $60 million for improving existing parks, $100 million for the purchase of land and building infrastructure to add some 75 miles of off-street recreational paths along our seven bayous, which would double what we currently have and include links to tie…

4th Annual Wish 100 (Metric Century) Oct. 6
by MMACH 5                www.bikeforums.net
Since my doctors don’t want me back on a bike until November, this is the first Wish 100 that I won’t be riding in. My daughter, Abigail is going to ride the 10-mile route and it would certainly give her mom and I some piece of mind to have her riding with folks we “know” so respond if you’ll be participating. We are starting a team called “Abby’s Army” and will bring pink camo bandanas for anyone who wants to join.

My wife’s blog has some more details:
http://ourexceptionallife.blogspot.com/

Here’s our team page:
http://tinyurl.com/8vu5esh

Our three children are Wish Kids and we’ve had great experiences with this organization. This is to benefit the North Texas Make-A-Wish Foundation.

video from Houston Memorial Park
by ClayP            forums.mtbr.com

this is from the Cambodia section of Memorial Park. Not as good a trail as in the past but a pretty tight single track. Got a new GoPro Hero2 yesterday so decided to finally make a vid of a ride

Trails Clinic a Success!
by bobdole                GHORBA
GHORBA hosted a two day trail building and maintenance clinic on September 22nd and 23rd. This clinic focused on sustainable trail building and maintenance techniques and was taught by professional trail builders Ryan Spates and Susan Stormer of S&S Trails. S&S Trails has completed projects throughout Texas and abroad and if you have ridden the Double Lake Expansion, Flintridge, or Warda you have surely ridden and enjoyed their handiwork. Attendees came from a diverse range of individuals from Mountain Bikers to Backpackers, Volunteers to Land Managers.

The first day of the clinic was held in the classroom, covering topics ranging from sustainability, the steps to follow when building a trail, proper trail design, and use of a Clinometer amongst many others. Very applicable to Houston was the information relating to how water flows down the trail and how it impacts the trail. Trail users in…

Glen Rose bicycle race a worldwide event
By John Henry            Special to the Star-Telegram
Ultra cyclists from every part of the world and all across the 50 states will gather in Glen Rose starting today for the truly international Texas Time Trials.

The Tejas 500 48-hour race begins at 6 p.m. today at the Glen Rose City Park. The 500-mile, 42-hour race starts at midnight Thursday night/Friday morning, and the 36-hour, 500-miler starts at 6 a.m. Friday.

The event doubles as a qualifier for the Race Across America, a grueling…

Bike lane improvements added in city
star.txstate.edu
The City of San Marcos is in the process of adding and improving bike lanes around town in response to complaints from cyclists and drivers alike.

Bike lanes have been added to River Road, Thorpe Lane, Cheatham Street and portions of C.M. Allen Parkway. These lanes will help make San Marcos more cyclist friendly, Sabas Avila, assistant director of Public Services and Transportation for the city, said.
[Katrina barber, staff photographer] Corey Walo, sound recording technology senior, and Sarah Warren, biochemistry senior, ride their bikes Sept. 22 on Comanche Street. San Marcos will now seek to improve or add bike lanes to roads under construction to reduce congestion.

The city also put out a bike facility map last year. The map detailed San Marcos’ different bike lanes and their varying difficulty levels in an attempt to make cyclists feel more comfortable and…

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