Texas Bicycling News Digest May 2nd 2016
Registration Underway For Bike Ride
hillsbororeporter.com
The ninth annual Waggin’ Trail Bike Ride will be held Saturday, May 7.
Riders will begin at 9 a.m. at Building #70 on the Hill College campus, located at 112 Lamar Drive in Hillsboro.
The Hill County Paw Pals and Hillsboro Police Department Community Outreach Programs have joined together to launch the bike ride this year.
The event is planned with five routes to meet the needs of the avid cyclists as well as the casual rider. …
http://www.meetup.com/Easy-Riders-Houston/events/230816389/?rv=ea1&_af=event&_af_eid=230816389&https=off
Memorial to honor fallen Bell County deputy constable
By Pattrik Simmons
www.kxxv.com
TEMPLE, TX (KXXV) – The “We Remember” Memorial Bicycle Trek Across Texas will make a stop in Temple Monday afternoon to honor fallen Bell County Deputy Constable Jeffrey Radford.
Radford died from his injuries after a two-vehicle car crash at the intersection of Lucius McCelvey Drive and N.E. HK Dodgen Loop in Temple back in October 2015. …
Less than a week to go – get your riding gear ready!!
wcsmith
www.waggintrailbikeride.com
Well I just checked the weather forcast and it is looking real good. High of 81, kinda cloudy, and maybe a touch of wind. Not bad…
We have added two new rest stops to the routes this year. The Beagle (27 miler) has a stop at the new TA center at I35 and FM77 (view the Beagle route to see location). The rest stop will be in front of the Rangers Virtual Cafe, which is part of the new TA Center (gas/truck stop). The cafe has granted permission to use their rest rooms. …
Suburbans Complain about Useless Sharrows
Daniel Day
bikesanantonio.blogspot.com
A friend of mine posted this news story from KSAT news about a suburb next to O.P. Schnabel Park whining about useless sharrows that were recently painted. In the video, they called the newly painted sharrow, graffiti, which made me laugh, and then made me wonder, where did I hear about bicycle infrastructure being called graffiti? …
City Proclaims “Bike Month”!
Waco Bicycle Club
wacobicycleclub.com
Show your support!
Tomorrow at the City Council meeting at 6pm at Mayor Malcolm Duncan will proclaim May “Bike Month” for the city of Waco. In doing so, Waco will join hundreds of municipalities around the country. Come show your support by clapping after the proclamation! It is suggested, of course, that you bike there if possible and that you wear a jersey or at least carry a bike helmet to show …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Working through all the comments on the draft Houston Bike Plan. Thank you for all the support and ideas on how to make the plan stronger.
— Houston Bike Plan (@HoustonBikePlan) May 3, 2016
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— BrewCrew (@BrewCrewCycling) May 3, 2016
#T4K2016 had a great time at the @DrivewaySeries last week! Hope to see some of those awesome riders at #ATLAS2016! pic.twitter.com/r8jRfENubN
— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) May 2, 2016
Series 2 starts this Thursday! Get those registrations in and get those legs ready!… https://t.co/uqB8vn75AI
— KingRacingGroup (@KingRacingGroup) May 2, 2016
Hear the plan for bike lanes on Shiver & Trace Ridge 6:45 p.m., May 4, Heritage Amenity Center, 9536 Courtright Dr. #CFWShiverTrBike
— City of Fort Worth (@CityofFortWorth) May 2, 2016
He everyone. Heads up!! Meeting News. We are going to have our monthly meeting at Plano Cycling and Fitness… https://t.co/Hi01OGpasM
— DORBA (@dorbaonline) May 2, 2016
Iron Riders Dallas Cycling Club "Team Sivi" completed day 2 of Sam's Club MS150!#rideAGAINSTms #onward pic.twitter.com/n2ynnocu8u
— Iron Riders Dallas (@IronRidersDFW) May 2, 2016
We have thrown in a new piece for the Dirty Fury geared towards team participation. This is new for us so the… https://t.co/I0l77gKD1S
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) May 2, 2016
We are Critical Mass Houston. #ibikehtx #criticalmasshouston pic.twitter.com/Up8vpoJqpU
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) May 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/GWCChuck/status/727136796748976128
Ladies, let this article inspire you to sign up for the @DrivewaySeries this Thursday! https://t.co/P724fWSqrh
— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) May 2, 2016