Texas Bicycling News Digest February 16th 2018
Bike share at UT Tyler?
Chandler Gibson | www.patriottalon.com
Imagine being late to class. For certain people, this might hit close to home. Maybe this was you, today, in fact. You didn’t mean to get stuck into an 8 a.m., but such is life.
It’s 7:55, you’re throwing yourself out of bed, grabbing your phone and running down the stairs towards your building because Calculus waits for no one. …
Dallas is right to wait to regulate bike share
Tom Giovanetti | www.dallasnews.com
So how’s that bike-sharing thing working out for you?
Right now, the Dallas bike-sharing experiment more than anything else resembles a fiasco. We teach our children to not throw trash on the ground, and we get fined if we’re caught littering in the city of Dallas, but most trash is biodegradable or at least eventually blows to Fort Worth. The litter of bikes, on the other hand, doesn’t seem …
Austin Police officers get new bike gear
Jay Wallis | www.kvue.com
Police officers riding bicycles in downtown Austin now have new and improved riding gear thanks to a donation from an Austin company.
Parlsey Energy, Inc. provided funds for the Austin Police Department to invest in new bicycle helmets and other protective gear to equip 50 officers.
This new gear includes a full-face helmet that protects the jaw and also goes farther down the neck to help …
Bikers from across the country coming to Huntsville for Prison City Gravel Challenge
By Tom Waddill | www.roysecityheraldbanner.com
Runners from all over the country came to Huntsville State Park for the popular Rocky Raccoon runs the last two weekends. This weekend, people are coming here to ride bikes.
That’s right, folks from as far away as Washington state are headed to Huntsville for the first Prison City Gravel Challenge, which will take place Sunday in the Sam Houston National Forest.
One hundred riders have preregistered for the race, which offers two distances — a 33-mile route and a 60-mile route. There will be 50 riders in each category.
“There will be two separate mass starts for each respective distance,†Prison City Gravel Challenge organizer Venny Alub said. “For beginners or someone new to gravel riding, think of it as a …
Can Austin’s Bike-Sharing Go Dockless Without the Entire City Losing Its Mind?
CALEB PRITCHARD | austin.towers.net
Earlier this month, a former mayor of San Luis Obispo, California, wrote a letter to the editor of that town’s newspaper in which he felt it perfectly acceptable and cool to describe a proposed bikeway as a “gigantic urban rape.â€
“Yes, rape!†Ken Schwartz wrote before graciously elaborating, “No other word would be proper. The rape will not be performed by a male penis, but by thousands of inanimate bicycles guided by individuals who will have absolutely no understanding of that precious tranquility they will be destroying in their mindless focus of getting from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ with the least possible inconvenience to themselves.†…
City Council May Approve Bell St. Bid That’s $5.5 Million Over Budget
By Yantis Green | sanangelolive.com
SAN ANGELO, TX — San Angelo City Council members Tuesday may approve the sole bid to reconstruct Bell St. that could be as much as $5.5 million over budget.
According to the city’s website, Reece Albert was the lone bidder for the reconstruction project that will replace the road surface and water and sewer lines from Rio Concho Drive to the Old Ballinger Highway. The bid was opened Jan. 30. …
… This design is for reconstruction of College Hills from loop 306 to Ave N. It will include reconstruction of culvert banks at the two Red Arroyo crossings, an evaluation and possible design of underground drainage conveyance in College Hills, sidewalk/pedestrian conveyance, bike lane access, water and …
Officers arrest man doing doughnuts in roadway, attempting to run down cyclist
By AUSTIN KING | lufkindailynews.com
Lufkin Police arrested a man after officers saw him in a vehicle spinning in circles in the roadway and attempting to chase down a bicyclist.
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
— Dan Pedroza (@beagleracing) February 16, 2018
EP Cyclists Weekend Ride Information
SATURDAY
Fabens
8:30am
Meet Panda Express (Joe Battle and Montwood)
Ride… https://t.co/sb7UdvfzMF— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) February 16, 2018
Hopefully, there's some sweet trails here… pic.twitter.com/FtO8iMkz6s
— Daniel Cruz (@DCRUZ547) February 16, 2018
Tomorrow morning: Rebecca Creek Ride. https://t.co/UJnCFfl68h pic.twitter.com/LZ7oyBS33q
— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) February 16, 2018
Miss riding with these buds pic.twitter.com/am7MScwYnb
— I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) February 16, 2018
WATCH LIVE: All 50 Austin police bicycle officers are getting new gear to protect from falls and help them work with large crowds https://t.co/g0GPWoJjAP pic.twitter.com/c3iCtRike7
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) February 16, 2018
Some big changes happening in San Antonio https://t.co/61rHtN17eH
— San Antonio Bike Share (@SABikeShare) February 16, 2018
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event BCO presents: We Love Houston – on Bikes! (Valentine Edition) – Houston, TX BCO presents: We Love Houston – on Bikes! (Valentine Edition)
February 18, 2018 – 1:30 to 4:00 PM
Meet at Memorial Park rugby parking lot
N Picnic Lane, Houston, TX 770… https://t.co/mIGhytD1iO— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 17, 2018