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Texas Bicycling News Digest December 11th 2017

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Anthony, Ortenblad Dust Off Wins on Day 2 of the Resolution Cross Cup in Texas – Report, Results

www.cxmagazine.com


GARLAND, TEXAS — When the dust had settled on a hot, dry Texas Sunday, two Californians came away with titles and significant UCI points at the Resolution Cross Cup.

In the Elite Women’s race, Crystal Anthony (Maxxis Shimano Pro Cyclocross) of Newbury Park, Calif. would reign supreme and give her enough points to move her into second overall in the Professional Cyclocross (ProCX) standings. Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz/Donkey Label) Santa Cruz, Calif. would go two-for-two on the weekend and secure his hold on the ProCX overall standings for Elite Men. …

Bid on Construction of Leander Trail in Austin

www.texasbids.net

Prebid: 12/19/17 1:00 PM
Solicitation Title: Construction of Leander Trail
Owner Solic Number: IFB-303783-0-2018/KP
Status: bidding Report: 8271506
Country : United States State: TX County: Travis Location: Austin
Scope: Construction of a bicycle and pedestrian trail extending. Work includes construction of the 10-foot wide concrete trail, and associated bridge, lighting, and other improvements.
Notes: Non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit on December 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM at 2910 East 5th Street Austin, TX 78702.
Plans: From Owner. See outside link.
Outside Link: …

Bike Repair — University Village Phase 8, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX

www.waymarking.com


Long Description:
This Dero self-service bike repair station at the University Village (Phase 8) Mail Center north of Lot H on the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) campus.

It is convenient to all the students who live in the nearby residence halls, and who use bikes to get around campus.

Each repair station has a QR code when scanned with a smartphone will bring up a website with detailed step-by-step instructions on how to make minor bike repairs. How cool is that??? …

New Trail on East Williamson Creek needs wheels

cxagent | www.bikemojo.com

We finished cutting a new trail on the East Williamson Creek Greenbelt this weekend. Mrs cxagent and I rode it yesterday.

A map can be found at – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f…type=3&theater

This is a GPS track for the East Williamson Creek Greenbelt Trail. The ‘top left’ end is at the southeast corner of the C-store at Stassney and IH-35. To put in there -go to the south east corner of the detention pond and look for the trail / jeep road. It will take you past a homeless camp with a lot of aluminum cans in front. Follow the flags from …

UTPD gives most common locations for bike thefts

By Reagan Ritterbush | dailytexanonline.com


Make sure your bike has extra locks when leaving it around Duren Residence Hall, Jester Residence Hall and the UT Administration Building, the three most common places for bike thefts, according to UTPD Corporal Le’Patrick Moore.

“Because Duren and Jester are huge student housing centers, there is a concentration of bikes there to steal,” Moore said. “(The administrative building) is secluded, making it an easy spot for thieves to get bikes without being noticed.” …

Captains Blog – 12/11/2017 – Happy Holidays

by Sameer Gokhale | cycling.powweb.com


‘Tis the season for giving
I would like to wish everyone a very wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. This is the time when we get to spend some quality time with our family and create wonderful memories. I have a special request for this year.
Back in October, Valero Energy Foundation granted a wish for seventeen year old Angel Acosta through Make-A-Wish Foundation. Angel is battling Rhabdomyosarcoma Cancer which has to do with the soft tissues. Angel’s wish was to have a custom made bicycle. He was presented with his custom bicycle and he took a short ride with some of our …

Austin no longer bike-friendly according to LAB?!

MichaelBluejay | bicycleaustin.info

The League of American Bicyclists released their Bicycle-Friendly Communities awards today, and if I’m reading it right, Austin has dropped off the list, but it’s rather ambiguous, so I can’t be sure.
Here’s the new Fall 2017 list. Austin isn’t on it, even though many of the cities that are on it are listed as “Renewed”, which suggests that if your city kept its award, it should indeed be listed. …

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