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Texas Bicycling News Digest November 16th

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Georgetown Cyclocross Festival | Nov 15, 2015

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A gallery of great images from Sunday at the Georgetown Cyclocross Festival.
Photos © truemarmalade.com

Concerns Over Dead End In Brownsville Reach Boiling Point

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City presented with two plans to fix the problem
Brownsville – Drivers and cyclists are calling a closed down frontage road in Brownsville a dangerous situation.
The frontage road dead ends to make way for Union Pacific railroad tracks.That railroad was put in after the road was built, in an agreement between Tex Dot and Union Pacific.
Mark Lund, Director of Brownsville’s Metro Planning Organization, says “at that time it was described as a temporary solution, but it’s been over a decade, it doesn’t sound temporary to me. It’s one of the few places in Texas where you have an interstate with no frontage road.”
The blockade creates a dangerous scenario for drivers. Without the …

The Austin Cyclo-cross Cup: Reaching Out To Those Who Need It Most

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Everything is bigger in Texas. At least, that’s how the saying goes. But when it comes to cyclo-cross, the biggest movement in Texas is actually focused on its smallest racers: the juniors. This is a conscious effort, of course, and one designed to grow the sport consistently. But it does stand out as a unique feature of the racing community throughout the Central Texas region. While virtually every cyclo-cross series in the country supports junior racing categories, very few feature it the way this small, but growing series does. The Austin Cyclo-cross Cup doesn’t merely support juniors; it is based on the idea that junior racers are the …

Seven Texas Cities are Bicycle Friendly Communities!

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Texas biketexas bike newsWe’re so thrilled with today’s announcement from the League of American Bicyclists of the Fall 2015 Bicycle Friendly Communities– FOUR Texas cities are on the list, two for the first time, bringing the total of Texas BFCs to seven!
Congratulations to Brownsville and Plano, both entering the list for the first time at the Bronze level. We’re so proud of all the hard work both cities have put into reaching this milestone. We …

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December Slow Roll At Spotts Park

Saturday, Dec 26, 2015, 8:00 AM

Spotts Park
401 South Heights Boulevard Houston, TX

5 Cyclers Went

Let’s roll out, cyclers! The monthly Slow Roll is easy enough for a first-time rider and long enough for experienced cyclists to get a good workout. We make sure to take at least 2 or 3 stops along the route for brunch, bathrooms, and breaks. There will be time to set up & pump tires before we roll. Before we go, we’ll do introductions and go over …

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Bike trailhead likely to move with Longview Arboretum completion

By Matthew Prosser        www.news-journal.com


As plans for the Longview Arboretum continue to take shape, a mountain bike trailhead completed on the site in 2013 probably will move closer to Grace Creek.
Director of Community Services Laura Hill said members of the Longview Bicycle Club were told about the arboretum plans for the land when they first approached the city about the bike trail there.
“We did discuss the fact that in the future their …

On Rules & Road Bikes: The Ten Commandments

By: Olivia Starich        www.tetongravity.com


Distance biking: when logic goes out the window and you cater to every weird whim you have. Olivia Starich photo.
“The Tits were calling.” You could say that’s how I ended up on a charity ride from Austin, Texas to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 28 days on a bike. Somewhere in the ballpark of 2600 miles, plus the 1600 or so we rode in training.
In the year and a half that I spent prepping for the ride, I don’t think I ever anticipated what I was in for. The 28 days I spent on my bike were among …

Austin gets gold status on list of Bicycle Friendly Communities

Pam LeBlanc        fitness.blog.austin360.com


Take a bow, Austin cycling community.
Our city has been upgraded to gold level status on the League of American Bicyclists’ list of Bicycle Friendly Communities. That makes us the only city in Texas, and one of just 24 in the country, with gold status.
Each year, the League ranks cities across the country, based on their infrastructure, laws and strength of local advocacy organizations.
Five cities – Madison, Wisc., Fort Collins and Boulder, Colo., Portland, Ore., and Davis, Calif. – all have the …

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