Texas Bicycling News June 30th 2017
Bike maker on ‘Shark Tank’ gives back to kids with cancer
Jason Wheeler | www.wfaa.com
DALLAS – A Dallas bike maker who struck it big on Shark Tank is now trying to give away more of his creations to children battling cancer.
At a Dallas bike-making business called Villy Custom, Villy is short for Deville, the Bullmastiff who serves as the company mascot.
The enormous canine oversees a warehouse where there are enough different colored bike parts that owner Fleetwood Hicks says he could put together billions of bikes without any of …
Cyclist maimed in random shooting gets $15K in donations
By Alyssa Goard | kxan.com
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The cyclist attacked on East Riverside Drive by a random passenger shooting out of a car received a large donation Thursday from Austin community members. These community members — most of whom had never met 42-year-old Alonso Solis before — came together to offer him care and financial support as he faces medical costs that seemed …
Bid on Circle Drive Road/Bike Safety Improvements in Austin
www.texasbids.net
Prebid: 07/12/17 10:30 AM
Solicitation Title: Circle Drive Road/Bike Safety Improvements
Owner Solic Number: Q1706-011-LP Status: design Report: 7882506
Country : United States State: TX County: Travis Location: Austin
Scope: The Consultant shall provide professional engineering services to produce a preliminary schematic alternatives layout, preliminary and final Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) documents for the Safety Improvements.
Notes: An optional pre-proposal conference will be held for this project …
Bullick Hollow Road/Bike Safety Improvements in Austin
www.texasbids.net
Prebid: 07/12/17 10:00 AM
Solicitation Title: Request for Qualification – Bullick Hollow Road/Bike Safety Improvements
Owner Solic Number: Q1706-003-LP Status: design Report: 7882499
Country : United States State: TX County: Travis Location: Austin
Scope: Professional engineering services for the road/bike safety improvements. The Consultant shall provide professional engineering services to produce a preliminary schematic alternatives layout, preliminary and final Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (“PS&Eâ€) documents for the Project.
Notes: An optional pre-proposal conference will be held for this project …
This weekend’s rides: Far West! Red Horn!
by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com
Saturday we will go sweat our butts off on a route including Far West! The route is about 59 miles and should finish with a tailwind. You can find it here: https://www.strava.com/routes/4352501. After the ride we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted burgers and beer!
Sunday is our usual Coffee Shop ride to Red Horn. It is 50 miles and is at an endurance pace typically finishing around a 17mph average speed overall. While we make great efforts to …
Safe Passing Billboard Campaign with Houston Police Department
BikeHouston | bikehouston.org
BikeHouston partnered with HPD and Clear Channel Outdoors for Houston’s first 3-feet safe passing billboards! This education campaign is intended to educate drivers about the bicycle ordinance, and cyclists to inform them of their rights. We are going to have 20 billboards around the city of Houston with the lovely faces and bicycles of our fellow supporters. What …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Getting up at 4 to drive 2 hours and then race my bike for 66 miles on gravel roads. I love it.
— Jeff C. (@331miles) July 1, 2017
Heading East On Market St. pic.twitter.com/EcDD7yTF8m
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) July 1, 2017
@HotternHell100 This heat reminds me, time to get serious about training for HHH 2017! pic.twitter.com/3kL8S3Hm6H
— Jesse McGuire (@Jesse_McGuire) June 30, 2017
Skip the traffic and take the trails for Fort Worth's Fourth! BCycle parking will be underneath the Henderson St…. https://t.co/HJ0838pyxF
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) June 30, 2017
!!!TIME CHANGE!!!
Weekend rides now roll out 30 min early for July/AugustSaturday: 7:30 AM roll out – Fast Pace
Sunday: 8:30 AM roll out … pic.twitter.com/HBMabMq92l— Bat City Cycling (@batcity) June 30, 2017
#Rockies riders talk about their stay in Colorado with @DailySentinelGJhttps://t.co/Yg3tzWd8Pz #RockiesRoute #T4KRockies pic.twitter.com/7FbrwD7sHF
— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) June 30, 2017
Bike share is booming in #Houston! Check out our blog about Houston BCycle's expansion and more upcoming stations! https://t.co/a8g64ElKi8
— Houston BCycle (@HoustonBCycle) June 30, 2017
RT athlete @C_D_4 at it again; winning the first Women's 123 race of @DrivewaySeries Bicycle Heaven Mini-Series last night! #rothetraining pic.twitter.com/C2nR8a950X
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) June 30, 2017
Our rider @BGSpeed picked up 3rd place in yesterday's HOT @DrivewaySeries Crit w/ @stefanrothe in 4th. #elbowzracing #critlife #drivewaylife pic.twitter.com/pAzGluFPqE
— ELBOWZ Racing (@elbowzracing) June 30, 2017
another #biketowork day, safe&sound thxs to our 🚲 infrastructure..lucky to live in @BrownsvilleRGV, where we have bike-friendly politicians pic.twitter.com/NHeKT94dhj
— Edgar Gaucin 🚲 (@edgargaucin) June 30, 2017