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Texas Bicycle News and Blog Digest April 29th

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Fitness park, council seat lead Live Oak ballot

By Jeff B. Flinn, San Antonio Express-News

With the May 10 election less than two weeks away, voters in Live Oak will decide the fate of four propositions as well as select a council member.
City Councilman Bob Tullgren is running for re-election to his Place 2 seat. He is opposed by former City Councilwoman Loretta Kusek.
Among the four propositions, one continues to garner the lion’s share of attention — Prop. 4, the planned Live Oak Fitness Park.
First proposed in early 2012 after more than a year of conceptual design, the fitness park would be located on 3.2-acres at Oak Terrace Drive between the Live Oak Fire Department and the High Key Apartments.
The rocky, hilly terrain has little commercial value, but represents an ideal slope for the…

Gateway Park Workday – 5/3/14 – 8:30am

by beechnut        forums.mtbr.com

We’re back in business folks, and we have a lot of work to do!

Cyclist takes on mission to spread ghost bikes all over Houston

By Craig Hlavaty        www.chron.com


A Silsbee man has taken on a unique mission to make sure Houstonians don’t forget the victims of fatal bicycle accidents. He is driving over 100 miles into Houston to install memorials all over the city.
Richard Tomlinson is a member of the city’s cycling community, and now he’s a big part of the Houston Ghost Bike group.
He spent his weekend installing 13 ghost bikes — stripped bicycles painted all white — across Houston. Each bike corresponds to the death of a cyclist, just as white crosses on the side of road mark nearby fatal car accidents.
He’s part of an international effort, complete with a website that lists where most every…

Announcing: United For Bikes

www.peopleforbikes.org


We all know that when people ride bikes, great things happen.
This simple truth is what motivates many of us to hop on a bike—especially during May, which is National Bike Month—as well as help others ride more too.
Bicycling is good for our bodies, our families, our businesses, and our local and global communities.
Mindful of these important benefits, our two organizations, PeopleForBikes and World Bicycle Relief, are teaming up on a month-long awareness and fundraising campaign this May.
The campaign—called United For Bikes—will celebrate the Power of Bicycles to change lives, both locally and globally. With your help, we will raise funds and awareness for this important work to…

Hammerfest Stage Race | Fort Davis | April 26-27, 2014 | Final GC

texasbikeracing.com

Final GC results from the Hammerfest Stage Race in Fort Davis, Texas.
Place Name Team
P1/2
1 Girkins, Kevin Super Squadra pb Austinbikes
2 Wenger, David Super Squadra pb Austinbikes
3 Morales, Emiliano (18) Bicycle Heaven/PVA
4 Wohlrabe, Ryan Bicycle Heaven/PVA
5 Boone, Jake Dallas Racing p/b Park Place
6 Schofield, Jacob Bicycle Heaven/PVA
7 Cano, Gabriel Cano Bike Shop
8 Trimble, Nathan Dallas Racing p/b Park Place
9 Dietsch, Vince Austin Bikes/Revant
10 Carty, Paul Austin Bikes/Revant
11 Cutbirth, Tyler Austin Bikes/Revant
12 Edwards, Beau Bicycle Heaven/PVA
DNF Cody, JT Bicycle Heaven/PVA
Men’s 3 (300-399) …

Wheels in motion: Bike riders make long journey to honor the fallen

www.cleat.org

A team of law enforcement officers is riding nine days to visit the 13 Texas communities that lost a law enforcement officer in the line duty last year.

And the riders are covering the distance by bicycle.
“We ride to each community in Texas that lost a peace officer in the line of duty the prior year to remember and honor the officer, family members, friends, co-workers, the department and community,” the Texas Police Memorial Bike Trek says on its Facebook page.
The journey’s first stop was April 23 to Upton County to honor Sheriff’s Deputy Billy Kennedy, who died Oct. 2, 2013.
The last stop is May 2 in Austin to honor Lt. CLay Crabb, who died in a weather-related traffic crash Oct. 16 on his way to…

Bike ride in the park 6-8 miles.

Sunday, May 4, 2014, 9:30 AM

Fun Fair Positive Soccer – Westheimer Pkwy
20150 Westheimer Pkwy Houston, TX

2 Katy bicyclist fun riders Went

I’m so sorry for the wrong directions last time. I promise this is right! Please give me one more chance!!!!

Check out this Meetup →

Loop Group

San Angelo Bicycle Association

TX Dept of Transportation
4502 Knickerbocker – San Angelo
Date(s) – 05/01/2014
8:00 pm
Location: TX Dept of Transportation
Categories:     Road Ride
Riders meet up at the Texas Department of Transportation on the corner of Knickerbocker and Loop 306 at 6pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Click the map to see the 20-mile loop option. If you are new to the group, let somebody know and I am sure someone will help guide you and make sure you are not left alone. However, these rides are self-paced so you may get dropped.

May Ride Schedule

Georgetown Cyclopaths

RIDE SCHEDULE – May 2014 Short Rides Long Rides
Day Date Time Meet at Miles Map Miles Map
Saturday 5/3/2014 8:00 AM Dale’s Essenhaus Restaurant in Walburg 28 miles WA5 41 miles WA9
Sunday 5/4/2014 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 32 miles B39
Saturday 5/10/2014 8:00 AM Catholic Church in Andice 35 miles A13 48 miles A15
Sunday 5/11/2014 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 35 miles B45
Saturday 5/17/2014 8:00 AM Liberty Hill Elementary School 33 miles L12 39 miles L11
Sunday 5/18/2014 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 35 miles B23
Saturday 5/24/2014 8:00 AM Union State Bank in Florence 29 miles F5 43 miles F3
Sunday 5/25/2014 9:00 AM Berry Springs Park 34 miles B48

 

Cibolo Ride (w/ Stay-together option)

San Antonio Wheelmen

Date:     05/03/2014
Time:     08:00 AM-11:00 AM
Location:     Cibolo City Hall
Cibolo, TX
Details:     Cibolo Ride (NE) [F to R]. Routes of 20, 27, 39, 51, 66 and 71 miles. Meet at the City Hall parking lot in downtown Cibolo. From I-35 North, turn right on FM 3009 (Roy Richard Drive, exit 175) to FM 78; turn left and then left again on Main Street in Cibolo. City Hall is just off of Highway 78. There is a stay-together option! Contact: …

Rails to Trails Club Ride

West Texas Recumbent

Did the Rails to Trails with the club, way too far on a mountain bike.
2014-04-26 13.48.33
I made a mistake and left my sunglass’s on when I went through the tunnel the first time and couldn’t see and fell over in the bat crap

Waggin Trail update – it’s just a few days away

Waggin Trail Bike Ride

OK everone, it almost time for Waggin Trail Bike Ride.
The weather forecast looks great and I just road the route this morning and the road surface is good – no chip/seal this year on any route.
Also, we have coordinated with R&R Fitnest Center here in Hillsboro for use of their shower facilities after you finish the ride.  So showers will be available at R&R Fitness ( 110 E Franklin St, Hillsboro, TX, 76645 – just one block east of the Hillsboro square) until 4pm on Saturday.
Don’t forget, registration starts at 7:30 if you have not pre-registered and if you have pre-registered, then all you need to do is pick up your wrist band, your T-shirt if you registered by April 20th, and sign-in once you arrive.  There will be a separate line for pre-registers.  Even if you…

Start Change for Saturday Rides

Shawnee Trail Cycling Club

We’re back to our ongoing “Happy Problem” of extensive club and ride growth.  If you’ve been on the CPS or Bridge rides lately, you’ve noticed a much larger number of cyclists showing up.  It’s created some potential issues with parking availability.  If the rides continue to grow (which they will), we realize we would quickly outgrow our current location.
Thanks to Frisco ISD, we’re moving the start for…

Rolling My Wheels On Gateway Park’s Trails With Fallen Trees, Brush Blockages, Snakes & A Bobcat

Durango Texas


Those are my handlebars back in Gateway Park today, looking at the ever growing piles of brush that is blocking much of that which was not blocked before the brush was cut and piled.
The brush cutters were back cutting and piling brush today.
I think I may have figured out the purpose of all the brush cutting. I think the Fort Worth Park Department may have decided it was a good idea to open up this section of the park, giving…

BikeHouston joins Art Car Parade

BikeHouston


BikeHouston is looking for cyclists to ride with our entry in this year’s Art Car Parade. Over the next week we will pick approximately twenty people representing diversity in Houston. Would you like to be part of the best parade in Houston? Please send a photo and brief note on your idea to info@bikehouston.org by 5 pm May 4th.
We are looking for three types of diversity in particular:
1. Cyclists – ethnicity, age, gender, etc.
2. Profession – represented by professional uniforms or attire. We would love to have athletes, doctors, postmen, pizza delivery, construction worker, police, military, Sunday dress, etc. Some…

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