Texas Bicycling News August 24th 2016
FrankenBike San Antonio #75: September 17, 2016, 10am-4pm, Bottom Bracket Bicycle Shop
by Chris
frankenbike.net
FrankenBike San Antonio #75 – September 17, 2016 from 10am-4pm – will be held at Bottom Bracket Bicycle Shop located at 1802 S Flores St, San Antonio, Texas 78204.
Michelle is your event host for FrankenBike San Antonio so be sure to ask for her when you arrive if you need any help. …
Search for answers in death of elderly bike rider
By Dane Schiller
www.houstonchronicle.com
The search continued Tuesday for answers surrounding the death of an 85-year-old man who was hit by a car while riding his bicycle through late-night darkness.
There was no shrine of flowers, candles or cards along a manicured stretch of West 43rd Street in the Garden Oaks subdivision, just a blue fire hydrant rising up from the green grass and a pair of discarded bifocal reading glasses. …
Man, 85, killed on bike didn’t like riding in the heat
By Dane Schiller
www.chron.co
He was struck by car about 11 p.m. Monday
Eighty-five-year-old Marvin Rucker didn’t like to ride his bicycle in the heat, but he couldn’t convince his health insurer to pay for a stationary bike.
His family thinks he may have been headed to the grocery store on his bicycle about 11 p.m. Monday when he was struck and killed crossing an intersection.
“He was strong, independent, very spiritual,” his daughter, Kimberly Bass, said Wednesday. “We’d always end up talking …
Houston’s bike share program expands to Texas Medical Center, several college campuses
By Clifford Pugh
houston.culturemap.com
It’s going to get a little more convenient to get around Houston on a bike — even if you don’t own one.
Houston will triple its bike share system, Houston B-cycle, over the next two years, adding 71 stations with 568 bikes. New areas targeted for expansion include the Texas Medical Center, with 14 stations and 107 bikes, and 21 new stations and 248 bikes at the University of Houston Main Campus, Texas Southern University, UH-Downtown and Rice University. …
Captain’s Blog – 08/24/2016 – Goodbye August, Hello September!
by Peter Ray
cycling.powweb.com
…It’s that transition time of year in South Texas. August is winding down and September is just around the corner, a time when kids go back to school, football season cranks up, the days get shorter, the air (hopefully) gets cooler, and Velo Valero once again focuses on preparing for the Bike MS: Valero Ride to the River in October (henceforth known as the RTTR). Clip in my friends, and enjoy this late summer edition of the team blog!
Weekend Group Ride
Please come out and join Velo Valero as we lead the San Antonio Cycling Alliance (SACA) this Saturday for a ride starting at …
This weekend’s rides: Cozy Cove with special guest Chris Kraus! Red Horn!
by Thomas
steinerranchcycling.com
Saturday our good old friend Christopher Kraus will be joining us! Let’s remind him about our fantastic hills with the Cozy Cove / Bee Creek ride! It is about 62 miles of hilly fun (https://www.strava.com/routes/3985679). To borrow from Bat City, this is our “fast pace†ride. After the ride we grab burgers and beer at Lakeside next door to the start so be sure to …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
EP Cyclists registering our riders for the ORYX Challenge @ National Furniture liquidators…Let's do… https://t.co/Rb5XdmKJVc
— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) August 25, 2016
Proceeds from the sale help us fund the Ella Austin Community Center After School Earn A Bike Program. pic.twitter.com/QS5tj81GGw
— Earn-A-Bike (@earnabikecoop) August 25, 2016
Freshman & Sophomores: drills + riding in the neighborhood. Great year ahead with hard-working talent! pic.twitter.com/4OTPcXaZ6H
— Jesuit Cycling (@JesuitCycling) August 24, 2016
Big race coming to our beautiful city, Georgetown, Texas! 2016 Texas State Skill & Age Based Cyclocross… https://t.co/L0x3KGTXZQ
— Georgetown CX Fest (@GTCXFestival) August 24, 2016
This wknd is kind of a big deal for cycling in TX! We'll see you in W Falls for 35th @HotternHell100 #hh100 pic.twitter.com/EcxUP3B9gZ
— Cadence Sports (@cadencesports) August 24, 2016
Save the date for the 2016 Texas State Skill and
Age Based Cyclocross Championship… https://t.co/4ufYS8LNhd— ATXCXCup (@ATXCXCup) August 24, 2016
The @HoustonBcycle program is expanding. It's a great way to get around central Houston. pic.twitter.com/z5nTJzRkys
— NOT THE PIE PLACE (@FlyingSaucerHou) August 24, 2016
Team! The weather is great! Coach Mike will hold the fist practice at Cedar Park's Elizabeth Milburn Park on… https://t.co/pY7kZcbmZm
— Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) August 24, 2016
@520KTexas We're getting ready for you. Water tap on back of brewery.@tsunamicycles @wallysbicycles @TRICITYBICYCLE pic.twitter.com/f5JmaTv3aE
— Barrow Brewing Co. (@barrowbeer) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/AustinBikePed/status/768468062077149189
Guess who will be back at Hell's Gate?!?!!!
The Burkburnett High School Band will be playing at Hell's Gate!!!!… https://t.co/sYVEhaRByk
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) August 24, 2016
Volunteers needed for Friday night
We need 7 Course Marshals for the Friday Mountain Bike event from 3 to 5:30… https://t.co/iNaal1cHF3
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) August 24, 2016
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event 208K Brevet – Georgetown, TX https://t.co/82NZQhbijs
208K Brevet, Georgetown, Rockdale, Rock Dale and … https://t.co/Vh75Yasjti
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) August 25, 2016