Texas Bicycling News March 20th 2017
Task Order Contract for Bicycle Projects
www.texasbids.net
Bid Date & Time: 04/11/17 2:00 PM Prebid: 03/23/17 10:00 AM
Solicitation Title: Task Order Contract for Bicycle Projects
Owner Solic Number: 23-01538
Status: bidding Report: 7651044
Country : United States State: TX County: Bexar Location: San Antonio
Scope: Task Order Contract for Bicycle Projects.
Notes: A non-mandatory Pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in the 9th floor conference room of the Municipal Plaza Building, 114 W. Commerce, San Antonio, Texas 78205.
This project has a “prevailing wage” requirement.
Plans: From Owner. See attached file.
Owner Type: Public …
Southern Tier – San Diego to St Augustine March 2017
By Charles Falsetto | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 17: Las Cruces NM to San Elizario TX
Monday March 20, 2017, 71 miles (114 km) – Total so far: 931 miles (1,498 km)
640′ V, 5:36:31, AvgMph 12.7
Fairly easy day getting to El Paso Texas and navigating through the city. W was favorable today and I had cool temp this morning warming to 95 this afternoon. The afternoon heat was mitigated by consuming an abundance of ice cold water and an afternoon ice cream, followed by a very large single can of Bud Light upon arrival at my host home. A cold shower also felt great, not that I had a choice of water temperature.
Staying with another Warm Shower host tonight in San Elizario. This is a unique rural property with …
Honeoye Riders Pedal the Southern Tier
By jim kersting | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 20: Fort Hancock to Van Horn TX 75 miles
Monday March 20, 2017
We left Fort Hancock at 5 AM and rode 90 minutes in total darkness and 30 in pre-dawn. We heard all kinds of birds, peppers, and who knows what it was that spooked us. An owl flew across my light. We had little traffic. But the next phase was riding on I 10 and then 40 miles on the frontage road and the last 10 miles back on I 10. Big …
Southern Tier 2017
By Alan Young | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 23: Austin – Johnson City
Monday March 20, 2017, 55 miles (88 km) – Total so far: 1,392 miles (2,241 km)
Eugene did a good job of making us feel at home,we said our farewells and set off on the next phase of our journey.
Picking up the official route at the Colorado river,and into the neighbourhood of Rollingwood,where a guy shouts from his car he,ll buy us coffee at Starbucks. Lucky for us it was easy to find,upon entering ,Jeremy introduced himself whilst we took him up on a breakfast sandwich and coffee on the house.
That was very generous of him which set us up for a day in the …
Southern Tier At The Speed of Bicycle
By Gary Rapp | www.crazyguyonabike.com
DAY 17 El Paso to Fort Hancock TX
Monday March 20, 2017
Captains Blog – 3/20/2017 – Weekday rides
by Sameer Gokhale | cycling.powweb.com
Weekday Rides
Now that we have got our hour of sunshine back, we will be starting our weekday rides this week.
Our new board member, Michael Benedetto will be leading the ride. We will be starting at the Valero Trailhead at I-10 and 1604 on Wednesday March 22, 2017.
Details –
Ride name: Leon Creek Greenway
Address of starting location: Valero Trailhead at I-10 & 1604
Date: Thursday, 3/22/2017
Time (wheels down): 5:40 p.m. (meet at 5:30)
Description of ride: Weekly Trail Ride – we will be starting at the Valero Trailhead and follow the trail to Grissom Road, and possibly continue on until we get to Loop 410.
Length: ~20 miles
Ride leader: Michael Benedetto
Sweep: Peter Ray …
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New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
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New Event Shoal Creek Bike Tour – Austin, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
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New Event Gateway To Texas Get?A?Way Tour – Clarksville, TX https://t.co/Wud0bwqkOg
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New Event The All American Bicycle Rally – Springtown, TX The All American Bicycle Rally at Springtown, TX
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New Event Any Given Sunday – South – Red Oak, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
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