Texas Bicycling News July 28th
PARK TO PORT BIKE RIDE
www.hermannpark.org
Saturday, October 3, 2015 7 am
Bill Coats Bridge
The 2nd Annual Park to Port Bike Ride will be held Saturday, October 3, 2015. The 20-mile ride will start in Hermann Park and travel east along Brays Bayou to the Port, where there will be a turn-around celebration, sponsored by the Port of Houston Authority, with snacks, music and activities at Brady’s Landing. Riders will then return along the same path back to Hermann Park for a post-ride celebration where there will be music, food, drinks and more.
Rolling start at Bill Coats Bridge in Hermann Park from 7 – 9 a.m.
Register Today!
Early Bird Registration – $25 (Limited to 500 registrants. Ends July 31.)
Registration – $35 (August 1 – sold out)
All proceeds benefit Hermann Park Conservancy. …
City wants more hiking and biking, less traffic
By Jeremy T. Gerlach      www.mysanantonio.com
As San Antonio’s streets prepare for an estimated influx of 1.1 million people over the next 25 years, city officials have said they are counting on alternate forms of transit to alleviate the strain.
About 325,000 residents — out of about 2 million living in Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe and Kendall counties — cycle at least once a month, according to a recent survey by the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, a …
Bike thief now has three of my bikes….
by mxshred      www.bikemojo.com
I had three bikes stolen from my garage early Saturday morning in south Austin. My garage is detached from the house but it’s in my backyard and they managed to pull this off without me, my wife, or my dog hearing anything. The garage was locked but the bikes weren’t locked up to anything inside the garage. I have three other bikes that weren’t taken. They didn’t touch anything else.
These MFers are pretty ballsy or maybe just stupid. I have a pretty gnarly looking pitbull. Huge head, cropped ears, looks like she does nothing but lift weights all day. Either they didn’t care about my dog or didn’t know about her. Makes me wonder how much research they did.
They are lucky I didn’t wake up. I still can’t believe my dog didn’t detect them as …
One Year later, no changes
by Daniel Day      bikesanantonio.blogspot.com
Last Year as I started this blog, I wrote about how two accidents that didn’t need to happen. One was Jose Carlos Macy who died across from the HEB on W Commerce and Calaveras and another Chase White on Broadway right before Hildebrand. One year late nothing has changed, these stroads are still terrible places to ride your bicycle.
Jose Carlos Macy was riding home along the 5ft bicycle lane on W Commerce St when two people decided to turn W Commerce into a race way. People are unaware that when they’re driving, the size of the lane that they’re traveling in will either encourage or discourage speeding and the wider the lane, the more accidents are likely to happen. W commerce St has two 12 ft lanes and only 5ft for a bicycle lane on the left hand side while the right hand side is 9ft wide.(Image …
Judge Carroll remains in critical condition after weekend bike accident
by Titus Falodun      www.reporternews.com
ABILENE, Texas – Judge Sam Carroll remains in critical condition in Hendrick Medical Center’s intensive-care unit after a bicycle accident over the weekend, a family friend said Tuesday.
Carroll, 68, is the judge for Taylor County Court at Law No. 2.
He was riding in the Tour de Gap bike ride Saturday, when the accident occurred.
Joy Ellinger said Carroll …
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event PARK TO PORT BIKE RIDE – Houston, TX http://t.co/mjGO61tx6f
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— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 28, 2015
New Event Garden Ridge-Grune Latte Ride – Garden Ridge, TX http://t.co/yAvHhZ8hmW
There will be two groups on t… http://t.co/ceHMPnDYCe
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 29, 2015
New Event Corinth Cycling Group Rides – Corinth, TX Corinth Cycling Saturday morning group rides. Please visit … http://t.co/3IHu6s6Qsj
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 29, 2015
New Event Bankers’ Ride – College Station, TX http://t.co/2XltTBxGN6
Steady endurance ride with regroup points … http://t.co/lgfwz91Hvx
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 29, 2015
Tweets About Texas Bicycling
At Helen's Garden on Main Street in League City, Texas#bikecommute#touringbike #bike #bicycle… https://t.co/KlDnTzUKMx
— Bike Tourings (@biketourings) July 29, 2015
Devona's Medical Bills http://t.co/bPpTzTs3D7 via @gofundme
— The aatblog.com (@BikeSanAntonio) July 28, 2015
Morning sprint!! Quick ride before headed to work the part time job. #headsweats #ridetexas #cycling… https://t.co/3do11SmKws
— George Amen (@jore346) July 28, 2015
Texas Mamma Jamma Ride is hosting a rest stop at the Tour de Jalapeño in San Marcos this Sunday, August 2nd. They… http://t.co/cukxUwyTf0
— Generation SERVE (@genserveatx) July 27, 2015
#LETSRIDE the Blazin' Saddle 75 this weekend! #ShopLocal #BicyclesInc #RideGranbury http://t.co/XM28vTERwl http://t.co/WwfaleLxtW
— Bicycles Inc (@bicycles_inc) July 28, 2015
Bike Shop Horror #4 pic.twitter.com/0NZBZhU6FO
— I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) July 28, 2015
@texbiker passing issues are north of 242. bike rack hack for jury duty summons Conroe. pic.twitter.com/xhQiriTey4
— James Webster (@Jamesw2) July 28, 2015
Texas Bicycling Upcoming Event Reminders
2 Day Alert: PURE Driveway Series – Austin, TX, Jul 30, 2015 05:00PM – Driveway Austin Motorsports, 8400 Delwau Lane, Austin, TX 78725,
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 28, 2015
2 Day Alert: KingRacingGroup Thursday Night Crits – Dallas, TX, Jul 30, 2015 05:30PM – South Dallas/Fair Park, Dallas, TX, USA(CST) http
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 28, 2015