Texas Bicycling News Digest December 13th 2017
Veterans donate bikes to honor a friend’s memory
William Patrick | www.palestineherald.com
Santa has a new helper this year; the city’s disadvantaged children have a new friend.
Rod Skelton, take a bow.
Skelton, a retired pastor from the Montalba Baptist Church and a Vietnam combat-Marine veteran, spearheaded efforts to donate 10 bicycles to the Palestine Herald-Press annual toy drive.
For many years, Palestine residents Elton “Bubba†Harrel and his wife, Carol, made the dreams of many city children come true by donating 10 bicycles a year to the charity event. …
Changing Houston, one little fix a time
Eric Leshinsky, Taylor McNeill, Leslie Wren | www.houstonchronicle.com
Trees divide a pop-up bike lane on Eldridge Parkway during the Cigna Sunday Streets on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in Houston.
Using colored duct tape, spray chalk and stencils, we were done in 10 minutes. The results were just as immediate: Cars stopped well in advance of this modified intersection, and pedestrians walked with new confidence.
The participants in the project were equally quick to react – “We’re allowed to do this?” asked many. In East Austin, we were transforming a crosswalk, an exercise in DIY pedestrian infrastructure that was part of …
Township moves to bring bike share to community
By Jeff Forward | www.chron.com
Residents and visitors alike will soon have a new resource for getting around The Woodlands – a new program that will bring shareable “smart bikes” to the township.
The Woodlands Township Board of Directors approved at their Dec. 6 meeting a memorandum of understanding with a firm called Mobike. The company, according township documents, provides smart bikes which can be shared by anyone for fee. The company is reportedly the largest bike-sharing firm in the world with more than 5 million bicycles being shared in 180 cities across the globe. …
Ghost bike was a wake-up call for volunteer
bikehouston.org
People become BikeHouston members for a host of reasons. For volunteer John Lucci, it was the hit-and-run death of a local cyclist that prompted him to join the movement for safer cycling in Houston.
“I got involved shortly after Chealsea Norman’s death. I didn’t know her personally, but the day I saw her ghost bike on Waugh at West Gray, something inside me flipped,†he says. “I went from passive cyclist to wanting to do something about making the …
Specialized issues ’Stop Ride/Stop Sell’ on three 2018 Allez road bike models due to fork issue
by BRAIN Staff | www.bicycleretailer.com
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — On Wednesday, Specialized Bicycle Components issued a notice to riders and retailers to stop riding and stop selling the following 2018 Allez bicycle models: Allez, Allez Sport, and Allez Elite. …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Cyclobia Brownsville press conference and celebrating Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony at Edelstein Park!! pic.twitter.com/s7IRNkWeaB
— Brownsville Public Health Dept. (@COB_Health) December 13, 2017
We would like to thank @dallasbikemess for doing a great job posting pictures and keeping us informed. Always working to keep Dallas beautiful and bike friendly. #bikeshare pic.twitter.com/WkgpaBBtul
— VBikes (@VBikesTech) December 13, 2017
Looking for a fun, festive ride? Meet at 5:30 for the Holiday Lights Social bike ride in the Energy Corridor at 5:30 pm on Thursday Dec 14 https://t.co/JnAAEPecnK
— Bike MS: Texas MS 150 (@TexasMS150) December 13, 2017
BREAKING NEWS!
A NEW FixIt stand has been installed at the @buffalobayou park on the Sabine St. bridge. Between Memorial & Allen Parkway!
Thank you to Buffalo Bayou Partnership, @HoustonBCycle very own Tony Banks for the help, and @REI. pic.twitter.com/qXtIm7VhcO
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) December 13, 2017
Happy to support this local Austin Women's Cycling Team in 2018! #wolfpack https://t.co/Mc73ilAxNQ pic.twitter.com/tTlqPeNJIP
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) December 13, 2017
Join us on Saturday for our WHC ride! https://t.co/KlEH03Ck3S pic.twitter.com/QKjcLPfZXv
— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) December 13, 2017
CX racing = trips to drcrystalhankel. Thanks for helping the recovery process. @trekraceshop… https://t.co/lzcwIW16YD
— Catherine Moore (@Pigtailracer) December 13, 2017
Do you #cycle in the #snow? https://t.co/RahEdpVkRn pic.twitter.com/2oK696Pa1Q
— WheelBrothers (@WheelBrothers) December 13, 2017