Texas Bicycling News Digest September 27th 2017
Completion of the Slaughter Creek Overpass construction …
By Olivia Lueckemeyer and Luz Moreno-Lozano | communityimpact.com
Completion of the Slaughter Creek Overpass construction, a new traffic light at Alice Mae and Slaughter lanes and more transportation projects to know about in Southwest Austin
1. Pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements on St. Elmo Circle, Redd Street and Pack Saddle Pass
A new shared-use pathway and bicycle lanes have been installed along St. Elmo Circle between Mt. Vernon Drive and South First Street as well as on Redd Street from Manchaca Road to Pack Saddle Pass to improve east-west bicycle connectivity as well as provide active and safe routes to school for both St. Elmo Elementary and Joslin Elementary school students. Upcoming work includes …
EB Training Ride – Sunday, Oct 1 – Going the distance
Austin Bike | www.bikemojo.com
PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A TRAINING RIDE, NOT A PRE-RIDE.
Pre-rides are to learn the trails, we have held one for each trail so far. This is a training ride to get people used to long mountain bike rides, because completing the EB is not as much about knowing the trails as it is being able to sit in the saddle for 10+ hours.
This ride will be at a moderate pace, we will occasionally stop and regroup, but they will be short regroups every few miles, not the more frequent ones from pre-rides. Everyone will be expected to keep up or self-drop.
Pack enough nutrition and water for the route, there is only one place to stop (at the bottom of Jester, 40+ miles in). Please make sure someone knows you will be out and can pick you up if things go sideways for you.
Here is the plan: …
Cycling Opens Season With Strong Showing at Criterium Events
jesuitrangers.org
Debuting a 2017-18 roster full of young talent, the Jesuit Dallas cycling team opened the season with a pair of criterium races on Sep. 9 at Breckenridge Park in Richardson and Sep. 14 at Sister Grove Park in Dallas.
Consisting of several laps of varying distance on a closed course, criterium races are ranked from A-to-C, with the A-Grade race reserved for advanced and elite racers. On Sep. 14, senior Kolbe Surran finished seventh in the 60-minute B-grade race, posting a final time of 40:35.57 after 36 laps averaging …
UT student from Flower Mound completes bike trip from Austin to Anchorage
by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com
Keeton Charles Schenck had never clipped into a road bicycle until his freshman year of college.
About 15 months later, he embarked on a 4,500-mile bicycle trip from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska.
Schenck was born and raised in Flower Mound, where much of his extended family lives, including his grandmother, Linda Goff. She and several other family members had …
5th Annual South Texas Bicycle Show
us.eventbu.com
The Paintyard | Saturday, 21. October 2017
1216 Hoefgen Ave, San Antonio, TX
More details to come. We got some fun stuff up our sleeves for this year’s show.
Comments
We got some Exciting news about the show so keep posted!!!!!! Here’s a little hint. Clyde James Cycles
Here are a few more items for the raffle, and there are many more to come. The tickets are $1 and open to everyone. Now in the past a few people have made comments like, Why do the members of the club win so many prizes? The answer is, Because the members buy $10 and $20 dollars worth of tickets. All of the money from the raffles will go to 2 charities. The R.O.L.L. Model program in the Westside of town, run by Dante Jones. The second charity will be to a …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
.@usacycling named the Driveway Series(@DrivewaySeries) in Austin, Texas, the best weeknight race series in 🇺🇸! https://t.co/rCaYi8Vupq
— FloBikes (@flobikes) September 27, 2017
no lock, no problem…nice lady at @lamichoacanamm let me bring my bicycle inside so i could buy a few groceries, thank you 🚲 pic.twitter.com/p5mazsRs3a
— Edgar Gaucin 🚲 (@edgargaucin) September 28, 2017
BREAKING: Another attack on a woman has happened on Austin's hike and bike trail, APD says. MTF.
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) September 27, 2017
— #BikeATX (@BikeATX) September 27, 2017
Friday September 29th – Let's ride! pic.twitter.com/dBdDtljk55
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) September 27, 2017
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— Beaver Racing (@thebeaverracing) September 27, 2017
Want to have some fun? Want to try Cyclocross? The Southern Elite Cross series is a great way to try Cyclocross… https://t.co/yAG83YTr6B
— Sugar Cycles, Inc (@SugarCycles) September 27, 2017
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event DORBA Beginner Clinic – Garland, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
… https://t.co/Jg8lqF2mSR— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) September 27, 2017
New Event Veteran's Day Road/MTB Ride – Odessa, TX https://t.co/cyuHdT6Hfv
Veteran's Day Road/MTB Ride benefitin… https://t.co/MPWzuO2TsC
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) September 28, 2017
New Event DORBA 2017 XC Fall Series – Johnson Branch – Valley View, TX DORBA 2017 XC Fall Series – Johnson Branch … https://t.co/DYpgpNGgsI
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) September 28, 2017