Texas Bicycling News September 16th 2017
How bikes are helping Houstonians after Harvey
Leah Binkovitz | www.houstonchronicle.com
Before Harvey made its way to Houston, dumping unprecedented amounts of rain on the city, Carter Stern, executive director of the city’s B-Cycle program, told the technicians who usually service the bike-share stations to take the storm off.
Roughly half run on solar panels, with a battery charge that can last 24 hours without sunlight. Without service over the weekend, they’d likely be unusable. …
Riders Conquer the Coast in event’s 14th year, just weeks after Hurricane Harvey affects area
Tim Acosta | www.caller.com
As the first batch of riders crossed finish line on Saturday, cyclists Sidney Flores and John Gaspar moved nearby and enjoyed a good laugh among friends and fellow participants in this year’s Conquer the Coast.
The duo, like others in their group, wore white cycling jerseys with “Philippines” on the sleeves. Flores, 49, immigrated to the United States in 1994, settling in Corpus Christi after getting married. He and fellow Filipino residents have taken up …
Hale on Wheels off to the races
Doug McDonough | www.myplainview.com
Cyclists leave the starting gate Saturday morning for the Ninth Annual Hale on Wheels Bicycle Race, the opening event of the 19th annual Cowboy Days Celebration in Plainview. Hale on Wheels organizers were still compiling late entries as the event began, but anticipated this year’s race would be the largest one ever. Course lengths were 63, 45, 30 and 23 miles with cruiser rides of 3.1 and 1.0 miles. Other Cowboy Days events included a parade, live music, vendors, petting zoo, free pictures with Ralph Fisher’s World Famous Trained Texas Longhorns and …
Confrontation between cyclist, pedestrian ends in stabbing on the far West Side
By Alex Luna | www.mysanantonio.com
A bicyclist was stabbed on the far West Side late Saturday after bumping into someone on the sidewalk, police said.
The confrontation occurred near the intersection of West Military Drive and Marbach Road around 8:30 p.m.
Sgt. Kris Maurice said the victim was riding his bike when he bumped into a man walking down the sidewalk, resulting in a verbal altercation. That’s when the man who had been walking pulled out a knife and cut the victim’s hand, Maurice said. …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
https://twitter.com/GWCChuck/status/909237087802740737
MSU grad student, Brissia Montalvo is the new Texas State Road Race Champion! 🥇🚵 Congratulations!
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for more updates. pic.twitter.com/R2LfK0v5c8— Midwestern State (@MSUTexas) September 16, 2017
In bikes-with-brakes news, MSU's own Brissia Montalvo is your new Texas State Road Race Champion! 💪ðŸ¼ðŸ¥‡ðŸšµ
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) September 16, 2017
Josh digs deep and lands 6th place overall in the kilo. Bill takes 24th therein, and Amy 35th in the 500m
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) September 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/GWCChuck/status/909072012752060416
"A solid kilo and you could end up top 5 in the omnium."
"I'm going for the win. I'm not here for top 5".500s,… https://t.co/NGfAtZPGL0
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) September 16, 2017
Only in Texas do you read this in a race flyer. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/6XWyNNpXbN
— Lawson Craddock (@lawsoncraddock) September 16, 2017
Beautiful morning for the 14th Annual #HEBCTC ! pic.twitter.com/xvXOwnnkFf
— ConquerTheCoast (@ConquerTheCoast) September 16, 2017
EP Cyclists Sunday 09/17/17 Ride Information 🚴ðŸ¼ðŸš´ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸â¤ï¸ — supporting EP Cyclists at McKelligon Canyon https://t.co/HKCza5Vi35
— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) September 16, 2017