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Texas Bicycling News July 31st 2017

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DYING TO RIDE – A cycle of losses

By Dane Schiller | www.houstonchronicle.com

ghost bike
As tensions grow between bikers and drivers, death toll comes into stark focus

Teenager Miguel Marcial pedaled his bike along a narrow, dark stretch of Richmond Avenue early one morning last July, following closely behind his older brother. The immigrant dish washers had worked the late shift and were both biking to a nearby pharmacy to buy toilet paper.
Only a few feet from the drug store’s parking lot, a brand-new BMW driven by a law student, Steven Moritz, who had just left the Estate Lounge, smacked 17-year-old Marcial from behind and launched him head-long into an oak tree. …

23–Police / Mountain Bikes with replacement Parts

www.fbo.gov

Solicitation Number: 20099205
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
Office: Customs and Border Protection
Location: Procurement Directorate – DC
Line Item(s)
Item No Description Qty Unit
001 Mountain/Police Bikes 9 (See SOW for specifications) 15 EA
002 Bike Replacement Parts (See SOW for specifications) 15 SETS
Contracting Office Address:
8901 Montana Ave,, El Paso, TX 79925

Friday Night Beginner Ride – Bull Creek Trails

Friday, Aug 4, 2017, 6:00 PM

Location details are available to members only.

14 Mountain Bikers Went

Hey folks,We will start out on a short little track that is very smooth and easy. (a slight step up from Lady Bird Lake paths) If the group is up to the challenge, we can take on some additional trails with minor climbs and some rougher sections.Pace is as slow as the slowest rider.We will be riding some of the paths near the Bull Creek area. I …

Check out this Meetup →

Upcoming Rides

Fort Worth Bicycling Association | www.fwbaclub.org

Marvelous Massey
Sun, August 06, 2017 8:00 AM
304 E Main St, Crowley, Tx 76036 Parking Lot next TO Chicken Express
Ft Davis (session 1 of 3)
Thu, August 10, 2017 8:00 AM
Ft Davis, Tx
Ft Davis (session 2 of 3)
Fri, August 11, 2017 8:00 AM
Ft Davis, Tx
Ft Davis (session 3 of 3)
Sat, August 12, 2017 8:00 AM
Ft Davis, Tx
No Wind No Hills
Sun, August 13, 2017 8:00 AM
Sublett and 287, Arlington, Tx
Maypearl Greatness
Sun, August 20, 2017 8:00 AM
Venus, Tx
Hot ’nuff Here
Sat, August 26, 2017 8:00 AM
Gordon, Tx

From Texas and up the Alaska Highway

Dawson Creek Mirror | www.dawsoncreekmirror.ca

bike ride
They were in the Ozarks a couple weeks back, now they’ve passed Mile Zero and rolling north to Alaska, as the Johnny Horton tune proclaims.
Texas 4000 cultivates student leaders and engages communities in the fight against cancer. They share hope, knowledge and charity in the fight against cancer through their cornerstone event, a 4,000+ mile bike ride from Austin to Anchorage
Alex Shrode, ride organizer for …

Man, 64, rode his bike across America – here’s what happened

S.S. Anderson | www.theadvertiser.com


Are you a baby-boomer worrying about retirement? The options are mind-boggling. To do some soul-searching, I embarked on a two-month journey, cycling across the continent with 12 “oldsters.”
My wife and I are empty-nesters. We own a consulting business in Lafayette, Louisiana. I convinced my wife, who should be considered for sainthood, to let me go. I turned 64 years old the day we reached New Orleans. …

RIDE SCHEDULE – August 2017

Georgetown Cyclopaths | www.cyclopathsoftexas.com

Short Rides Long Rides
Day Date Time Meet at Miles Map Miles Map
Saturday 8/5/2017 8:00 AM Dale’s Essenhaus Restaurant in Walburg 32 miles WA7 43 miles WA8

Saturday 8/12/2017 8:00 AM Catholic Church in Andice 33 miles A7 44 miles A8

Saturday 8/19/2017 8:00 AM Union State Bank in Florence 29 miles F5 40 miles F6

Saturday 8/26/2017 8:00 AM Georgetown Rentsch Brewery – 44 miles GT2

LSR Calendar – BREVET SCHEDULE

Lone Star Randonneurs | lonestarrandon.org

2017.08.05 Italy ACP brevet 200 313 Stephen Hazelton
2017.08.05 Italy RUSA permanent 300
2017.09.02 Mineral Wells ACP brevet 200 129 Gary Gottlieb
2017.09.02 Mineral Wells RUSA brevet 362 1089 Gary Gottlieb
2017.09.02 Mineral Wells ACP brevet 600 609 Gary Gottlieb
2017.09.04 Mineral Wells ACP brevet 205 654 Gary Gottlieb
2017.09.16 Willow Park ACP brevet 400 1494 Gary Gottlieb
2017.09.30 Cleburne ACP brevet 300 1617 Vickie Tyer

311 App Submissions Make A Difference

bikehouston.org


On my morning commute I spotted Cecilia from Traffic Operations within the City of Houston Public Works and Engineering Department taking photos of the intersection of Dunlavy and Vermont Street. Due to complaints from community members that vehicles were running red lights, Cecilia went out to take photos of the intersection and the behavior of …

A Word From Our Director………. John Long

bikehouston.org

Last Wednesday morning (7/26/2017) commute gone wrong: a person driving a pick-up truck south on Heights Blvd turned right onto the I-10 feeder road striking a cyclist who was riding in the bike lane, hooking her handle bar in the truck’s rear wheel well and dragging her until she fell into the road. We’re happy to report that she survived the crash with minor injuries. We’re also able to report that the driver stopped and accepted responsibility for failing to yield the …

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