Texas Bicycling News Digest June 14th 2018
Greater Houston athletic activities listings: June 15-17
Terry St. John | www.lmtonline.com
CYCLING
Let’s Do This Houston presents Zydeco on the Bayou/Night Light Vibe at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The group meets at Third Ward Tours, 2301 Elgin St., to ride along the Brays Bayou Greenway Trails. Featured genre of music Zydeco evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers, blending blues, rhythm and blues and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the native people of Louisiana. Visit Let’s Do This Houston on Facebook.
Bike Houston hosts an education course from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday for members to enhance their skills and confidence while riding a bike under various roadway and traffic conditions. The class is taught in two parts: 1. Information instruction and presentation, and 2. an on-the-bike safety drills portion, followed by a short group ride. Participants must have their own roadworthy bicycle and helmet and must be able to ride a bicycle at a basic beginner level. The class is offered at the Leonel Castillo Community Center, 2101 South St. Visit bikehouston.org.
The White Oak Ride, hosted by Little White Oak Night Market, is at 5 p.m. Saturday. Riders meet at 2623 Keene St. Visit HTX Social Bicycle Ride Info and Culture of Houston on Facebook.
Bike Barn’s Memorial Park Crit on Wednesday, June 20, at Memorial Park includes local racing, a BCycle fun race and a fixed gear crit. The Memorial Park CrIt is a spectator series for the whole family and is open to anyone wanting to start racing. Contact race@bikebarn.com.
Texas 4000 bike trek spins through Gainesville
By Patrick Hayslip | www.gainesvilleregister.com
From Austin to Alaska, organizers of the Texas 4000 for Cancer bike ride spent 18 months preparing for its 70-day trek across North America.
They’ve raised money, put in countless community service hours and brought attention to their cause of cancer awareness
One of the three routes to Alaska stopped at Gainesville High School over the weekend to find a reprieve from the heat, restock on fuel and …
Ofo’s Dockless Bikes Hit Austin Streets
www.americaninno.com
Bird and Lime might have been first with dockless scooters in Austin. But Ofo, the Chinese dockless bike company, was the first ever to scale up a stationless-bikes business.
Now, Ofo’s yellow bikes are hitting Austin streets after getting permits to rent 500 bikes from the city. They appear to be the second dockless bike company to get permits — the first was Pace back in late May. Zagster, Spin and JUMP have also shown interest, but …
Evening Ride
J Ramsey | www.strava.com
Just good to be on wheels
Chris Cooke | www.strava.com
Triathlon retail franchising companies combine as Playtri acquires Endurance House
by BRAIN Staff | www.bicycleretailer.com
DALLAS (BRAIN) — Playtri Franchising LLC, a Dallas-based retailer and franchiser, has acquired Endurance House International LLC, a Madison, Wisconsin-based franchiser.
Playtri was launched as a coaching company in 2000 and later opened five stores in the Dallas area. It announced in January 2017 that it was selling franchises; the first franchise opened in May last year in North Fort Worth; there are now …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
Do you ride your bike in and around Fredricksburg? take this survey: https://t.co/cO3qds79AM
— Bat City Cycling (@batcity) June 14, 2018
Join us on Sunday at 7:30 for our Latte Ride! https://t.co/2t2MaS6gqd pic.twitter.com/vaIXVsvAL0
— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) June 14, 2018
Checking on the progress of the new hike/bike bridge at Mason Park along #BraysBayou greenway. This morning crews installed the center bridge truss connecting the north and south sides of the park. Expect completion at the end of August. pic.twitter.com/deuxG3rXYj
— Robert Gallegos (@RobertGallegos_) June 12, 2018
Earlier start time for Bike World Alamo Heights: Saturday A.M. Group Ride! Based on your feedback (and the heat) we'll be meeting at 7:15 am and rolling out at 7:30 am. New start time will begin this weekend… https://t.co/vgm5Yvl4CS
— Bike World (@BIKEWORLDsatx) June 14, 2018
Our own Nicolas Gaurin traveled to Missoula, MT last weekend to race the ProXCT race. This is a UCI event that draws some of the best pro riders. Nicolas raced XC in the Elite Pro group and scored an impressive… https://t.co/b46yf0tDtR
— Team PACC (@teampacc) June 14, 2018
Brian to lead DB1 weekly ride for Cyrus! (Jun 16, 2018 07:00AM)
— PBA Rides (@pbaDB1) June 14, 2018
Don’t miss it! This Saturday! #bikelife #rally #roadbike https://t.co/nPtg7Uyg4c pic.twitter.com/axnM5WAa8m
— Mad Duck Cyclery (@MadDuckCyclery) June 14, 2018
RACE DAY! #drivewaylife #bradhoustonlaw… https://t.co/4J6HRvkOrL
— Driveway Series (@DrivewaySeries) June 14, 2018
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Lambent Wheels Rolling to Buda – Austin, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://t.co/x0AiBjLU2w
What we'll do
This is the standard South Austin route to Buda and then returning. This ride is no-drop and the pace … https://t.co/TwZoGx3c42— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) June 15, 2018