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Texas Bicycling News Digest November 8th 2017

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Ride Texas Team Stops in SA on 500-mile Journey Across Texas

Iris Gonzalez | therivardreport.com


On an overcast afternoon at Toyota Field, the Ride Texas team arrived amid cheers for its first-ever stop in San Antonio. Twenty veterans have completed three full days of riding that started in Wichita Falls, on their 500-mile ride across Texas. The Ride Texas team will complete its journey in Corpus Christi on Veterans Day.
Jeff Wells, veteran and founder of the nonprofit organization WISH for OUR HEROES (W4OH), started the initiative seven years ago to help military families in need in communities across the country. WISH for OUR HEROES started with the …

Learn to bike safely on Nov. 9

fortworthtexas.gov

Learn the rules of the road at the Fort Worth Police Department�s bike safety rodeo for kids, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the parking lot of Target, 8917 Tehama Ridge Parkway.
Bring your bike, a helmet and be ready to ride. Children�s identification services will be available, too.
To learn more, contact Officer Michael Byrd at …

The Social Network That Helps Planners Understand Pedestrians and Cyclists

Benjamin Schneider | www.citylab.com


Pedestrians and cyclists are notoriously difficult for transportation planners to count and map. This is beginning to change, though�not because of some quantum leap in surveys or sensors, but because of fitness-themed social media.
Last week, Strava, a social network for athletes, re-released its Global Heatmap with more data and better graphics. The interactive map depicts more than 1 billion journeys undertaken by Strava�s millions of members, 80 percent of whom are from outside of the …

… Today the toolkit is used by 125 organizations around the world, including the departments of transportation in Colorado, Utah, Texas, Florida, New Hampshire, and Vermont. …

No meat November

Enrique Bonilla | www.paisano-online.com

November is known as the hairy no-shave november, national diabetes month and more recently National Native American Heritage month according to President Donald Trump. Lesser known is the fact that November is also national vegan month. For the plant-based population in San Antonio, finding nutritious herbivorous meals can be a difficult task in our …

… A 15 minute bike ride north leads to Se�or Veggie located in Lavaca neighborhood, one of San Antonio�s oldest neighborhoods. Here you�ll find a locally sourced, organic menu in the bright yellow colored building. If you make it here after a day near the …

Notable BMX stars ride into San Marcos

By LeeAnn Cardwell | star.txstate.edu


Ramps, bikes and professional riders performing high jumps and dangerous tricks took over Boyhood Alley this weekend.
The inaugural Lost River Film Fest hosted Wheelz-N�-Reelz on Nov. 4 and featured a bicycle motocross demonstration, film screenings and live music throughout the afternoon.
BMX is an extreme sport in which riders utilize special bicycles to perform tricks. The sport can be classified as racing or freestyle. Within freestyle there are two common styles of BMX, flatland and air, each of which were performed at the demonstration. Flatland BMX is like ballet with a bike …

Big Data Promises a Voice for San Antonio Cyclists � But at What Cost?

Emily Royall | therivardreport.com


As mobile devices gather more information about how we experience cities, platforms like Strava, a Facebook-meets-Fitbit smartphone application for cyclists, can help officials take a new approach to deciding where bike infrastructure should go by sharing users� data.
But what price does the public pay for the crowdsourced data it helped create?
This summer, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT) agreed to purchase …

Texas Tech University Awarded Silver Designation

By: David Gay | today.ttu.edu


Texas Tech University Awarded Silver Designation For League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly University Program
The League of American Bicyclists announced today that Texas Tech University has been awarded a silver designation in the Bicycle Friendly University program. After being awarded a bronze designation in 2013, Texas Tech is the only university in the state to have a silver designation.
After receiving the bronze designation in 2013, the population of bicyclists at Texas Tech has risen, said …

9 AM start: Tour de Southern Walnut Creek Trail

Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017, 9:00 AM

Govalle Park
5200 Bolm Rd. Austin, TX

2 Austin Cyclists Went

We’re riding out at 9 AM.A moderate C-pace ride (roughly 11 to 14 mph) on The Southern Walnut Creek Trail from the trailhead at Govalle Park to the Abrupt End and return. Round trip is about 20 miles. The trail is paved for the entire distance, with a 1/2 mile hill on the outbound. We’ll regroup at the top of the hill on the outbound and at the Ab…

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