Texas Bicycling News Digest November 14th
WOOM Bikes at Georgetown CX Festival
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Mid-season Report – Sandbagger’s Ball 2014
by Beer Chaser      texascx.com
Sandbaggers.
Who are they? Racers hiding in plain sight. At the front of the field. Week after week, race after race.
Many will say that TXBRA does a pretty good job keeping folks honest and races even. But is that true? Let’s see.
Using USA Cycling’s database of racers and crossresults.com, we can get a pretty clear picture—at least as clear as T$A’s glitter beer—of who is on the move, and should have moved a …
Injured cyclist takes first steps
By Alex Osiadacz      www.kltv.com
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TYLER, TX (KLTV) – The road to recovery has been a long and emotional one, but cyclist Kristin Blaise now walking tall.
In August, Blaise was struck by an SUV while riding her bike along Old Jacksonville Highway in Tyler. She suffered a broken back, ribs, and scapula in the crash. Blaise returned home last month, and has been learning how to walk ever since.
Blaise began her recovery in a rehab facility, where she said the moment of impact was a blur. A few weeks later, KLTV spoke with Blaise the day she returned home, and started to learn how to walk. Thursday night was the …
2014 Annual Meeting
Longview Bicycle Club
It’s time to get together and get some business done!
Saturday November 22nd, we will be getting together to talk about plans for the next year and elect some new leadership while we’re at it. We’ll be meeting in a new spot this year, come out to the Maude Cobb Trail Head where we’ll start a road ride and a trail ride for the first hour, and then finish up with some food and a quick meeting. We hope to see you there! If you are interested in being an officer (president or treasurer) or a trail steward or ride director please let us know in advance. …
BikeTexas KidsKup Update for 2015
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BikeTexas is sad to announce that the BikeTexas KidsKup will no longer be a feature at TMBRA events beginning in the spring of 2015. We’ve enjoyed 16 years of a delightful and productive partnership between TMBRA and BikeTexas KidsKup that has produced many Texas mountain bikers. KidsKup will continue at other venues throughout …
Dallas Unveils World’s Saddest Bike Sharing Program
By Eric Nicholson      blogs.dallasobserver.com
On Thursday afternoon, a dozen or so journalists stood in an awkward semi-circle near the Women’s Museum at Fair Park, gazing at Dallas’ first bike-share station. They had been promised that Mayor Mike Rawlings would be there at 3:30 p.m. to take the inaugural ride on one the gleaming blue bicycles arrayed on the docking station before them, but the designated time had come and gone with no sign of the mayor. Dallas park director Willis Winters, the only punctual city official, stood on the fringe checking his email and …
Tweets
https://twitter.com/LocalBicycle/status/533400993934106625
BikeHouston Director and new staff member riding in downtown Houston. #bikehouston #houston #bikehtx… http://t.co/QnWtwjIxas
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) November 14, 2014
Great sessions at #VisionZero Symposium. #BikeTexas #VisionZero #BikeBrownsville pic.twitter.com/wghUkcUVf9
— Fernando Martinez (@SafeCyclist) November 14, 2014
Opened 3 new miles of hike & bike trail along Brays Bayou today w/ Myr @AnniseParker, @parksbyyou, @HPARD & @Idylwood pic.twitter.com/MGT1oe8KhE
— Robert Gallegos (@RobertGallegos_) November 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/Jarredliketacos/status/533312674889621504
We are looking at 1/31/15 for the Texas Chainring Massacre. Message us if you are aware of any conflicts.
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) November 14, 2014
.@EPPOLICE is there someplace where public can obtain total# of ped/bike crashes and fatalities for past 5 years?
— VeloPaso (@velopaso) November 14, 2014
Event Reminders
2 Day Alert: Kate's Ride – Sealy TX, Nov 16, 2014 08:00AM – 1008 Main St, Sealy, TX 77474, USA(CST) http://t.co/ZsZUnaWk7Z
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 14, 2014
2 Day Alert: Colonel's Double-'Cross Weekend – Fort Worth, TX, Nov 16, 2014 09:00AM – 751 Beach St, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA(CST) http:
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 14, 2014
2 Day Alert: CX7s Austin Cyclocross Festival – Austin, TX, Nov 16, 2014 10:00AM – Blue Bluff Rd, Austin, TX, USA(CST) http://t.co/m71jiRiUVV
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 14, 2014