Texas Bicycling News December 21st 2016
West Houston Cyclists Are Getting Some ‘Dutch Junctions’
Gail Delaughter | www.houstonpublicmedia.org
With its busy feeder roads and crowded thoroughfares, Houston’s Energy Corridor doesn’t seem like the place where you’d ride a bike to work. But a lot of people do, and officials hope a new design project will make the experience safer. …
Stephenson Nature Preserve Trails
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Donated bikes bring delight to refugee children in Austin
By Taylor Goldenstein | www.mystatesman.com
Snug in a black peacoat, 12-year-old Rafael Al-Mashahedi eyed the bikes around her, standing next to a few and sizing herself up. Then she spotted the one: a Magna in pink, her favorite color.
Al-Mashahedi had never owned a bike before. She had a small tricycle when she was a toddler, but she had to leave it behind in Baghdad, along with nearly …
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BPSA: November wholesale bike shipments up 12%
by BRAIN Staff | www.bicycleretailer.com
Year to date shipments are down nearly 8%.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — November gave suppliers a glimmer of hope and helped offset earlier losses. Suppliers shipped 16,715 more units to retailers than last year — about a 12 percent increase. Dollars were up nearly 3 percent month on month as well, according to the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association’s November sell-in report.
However, year to date, bike shipments were down 7.7 percent or 183,525 through November. The shortfall …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Ashley Road hike and bike bridge is complete and now Mr. Burns and Migo can safely bike! 🚴ðŸ»ðŸ¶ pic.twitter.com/e5ZdrXttIK
— San Antonio Public Works 👷â€â™€ï¸ðŸ‘· (@SAPublicWorks) December 21, 2016
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— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) December 21, 2016
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— Pam LeBlanc (@fitcityleblanc) December 21, 2016
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— UT Cycling (@UTCycling) December 21, 2016
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
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— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) December 22, 2016