Texas Bicycling News Digest March 18th 2018
3,000 cyclists descend on downtown for Tour de Houston
By Katherine Blunt | www.chron.com
Megan LeGrue wheeled her bike through downtown Houston early Sunday, nervous to test her stamina with a 20-mile round trip from City Hall.
The 38-year-old set off to keep a promise she made to herself in 2006 when a heart condition nearly shut down her circulatory system. A mechanical pump kept her blood flowing for 255 days, and when her heart was at last strong enough to beat on its own, she resolved to keep it that way with exercise and physical challenges. …
Sherman spending $4.5M on Pecan Grove athletic fields
By William C. Wadsack | www.heralddemocrat.com
Sherman is moving forward with plans for $4.5 million in construction on a new athletic complex west of Pecan Grove Park and $625,000 on other improvements to city parks and facilities.
The city will soon begin advertising for a construction manager-at-risk for the athletic complex work based on a design by park planners Dunkin, Sims, Stoffels, Inc. The Pecan Grove Athletic Complex will include four baseball and softball fields, a large soccer area that could incorporate multiple fields at once, and some neighborhood park features such as a splash pad, playground and pavilion. …
… The hiking and biking trails work includes $30,000 on a lighting project for the Fairview Park walking path, $15,000 on a new bridge for the trail at Baker Park and $40,000 on planning and signage for the city’s bicycle trail plan. Hutchinson said the city is also working on creating a Bike and Trail Master Plan. Hefton said city staff has addressed …
Bicycle Boulevard Improvement
cycling74 | bicycleaustin.info
So the Bicycle Boulevard has had its issues, (built on wrong street, impenetrable double white line turning out to be penetrable, boulevard ended up being parking for cars & delivery trucks, etc), well… here’s an actual improvement. …
Steam N Wheels
Pedal Pushers | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com
Abilene, Texas
March 17, 2018
Good News/Bad News. Some of us thought the ride started at 9 a.m. If it had, Christine and I would almost have been late. Couple of unnamed others also thought it was 9, some knew it was a 10 a.m. start. From the picture, can you tell who thought it was 9 and the one(s) who knew it was 10? …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Let’s get this ride started! #TourdeHou pic.twitter.com/wz9Q6ral9G
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) March 18, 2018
Safe ride to all the to all the 60, 40, and 20 mile cyclists participating in this year’s #TourdeHou.
Thanks to @ApacheCorp for being our title sponsor and to all our other sponsors who are supporting a great event. 🚴ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ðŸš´â€â™‚ï¸ðŸš´ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ pic.twitter.com/GbkyL8hKnr
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) March 18, 2018
Kicked off #TourdeHou Bike Ride w/ @SylvesterTurner this morning. Proud to be a founder along w/ @RodneyEllis & @billwhitetx. 13 yrs & going strong! Thx to @apacheoiltx. Missing my cycling buddy @RodneyEllis!! @abc13houston pic.twitter.com/cNgaTg1Rsd
— Carol Alvarado (@CarolforTexas) March 18, 2018
Here we go! #TourdeHou Thank you @ApacheCorp and all the riders today helping to re-plant trees 🌳 🌲 in #Houston pic.twitter.com/9Lf9FcE2xr
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) March 18, 2018
Great to see so many riders at #TourdeHou. 13 yrs ago when @RodneyEllis, @billwhitetx & I founded the ride, this kid was a newborn! pic.twitter.com/gqiTUGLPBi
— Carol Alvarado (@CarolforTexas) March 18, 2018
Half way done with #TourDeHOU just 20 miles left. pic.twitter.com/LyyYTAHL7I
— Christopher Branch (@ChrisBranch1218) March 18, 2018
Happening Now!!!#TourDeHOU This annual event offers Houstonians and visitors a unique way to view the city with bike routes winding through Houston’s historic neighborhoods, scenic districts and parks.https://t.co/KSH7LqFRMB pic.twitter.com/jwTjv4gHf4
— Weekend Houston (@WeekendHouston) March 18, 2018
Father/son 40 mile bike ride! #TourDeHOU #alliantfit pic.twitter.com/elrJ27lern
— Neil Shah (@RSN314) March 18, 2018
It was a great morning for the #TourdeHou!
Thanks to @ApacheCorp, all the riders, and all volunteers for making this ride the best one yet! pic.twitter.com/FQjAfSn1kU
— Chris B. Brown (@ChrisB_Brown) March 18, 2018
Awesome day for touring East End and Southeast Houston with #TourdeHou @ujarimohite pic.twitter.com/Hbgz88G2nq
— Amar Mohite (@amarpmohite) March 18, 2018
Check out my ride on Strava.https://t.co/Wi9jhpQSqz. Finished the #TourdeHou. Would have posted sooner but I am #exhausted. pic.twitter.com/ucXveDLKoC
— Christopher Branch (@ChrisBranch1218) March 18, 2018
#TelemundoHouston en la comunidad para el #TourDeHOU presentado por @ApacheCorp con @MayorsEvents 🚲🚴ðŸ½â€â™€ï¸ pic.twitter.com/jeNbvLu7k6
— Telemundo Houston (@TelemundoHou) March 18, 2018
What a weekend!🀠Our experts were out and about at a handful of events around the country like #TourDeHou presented by @ApacheCorp and the @USNWC Color Me Green 5K Run. Spring is a couple days away, we’re ready to be outside more, are you? #adventurousatheart #sunandskilife pic.twitter.com/J1Yr6EPVfI
— Sun & Ski Sports (@SunAndSkiSports) March 18, 2018
#BayouGreenways today with @larry_htx. Almost hit 40Miles: 90% of which were on dedicated trailways. #MoreBikeLanes pic.twitter.com/NXM3lmEvCa
— Pepe Lucho #BLM (@cmoney_htx) March 18, 2018
Land Run 34 Write Up
Most of you guys probably already know I had a pretty good crash at Land Run. I'll start… https://t.co/JGehEhdaw5
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) March 19, 2018
As we wrap up the David Gomez winter series we would like to thank all of the participants and volunteers
Till the Tour de El Paso— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) March 18, 2018
Seeing awesome people learn to ride a bike, taught by amazing LCIs and volunteers, not only warms the heart but inspires the heck out of you!! Congrats to the new riders & thanks to the instructors today!!! #bikedfw #learntoride #ourvolunteersrock pic.twitter.com/2FPseXU2MA
— BikeDFW (@BikeDFW) March 18, 2018