Texas Bicycling News July 13th 2019
BMX competition in Wichita Falls this weekend
By Mason Brighton | www.newschannel6now.com
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) – The Wee-Chi-Tah BMX Track will host a competition this weekend kicking off with a state qualifier tomorrow. Rick Johnson, the track operator said it’s open to riders of all skill levels.
“We’ve got some two-year old’s out here on strider bikes, and their just beginners, but you’ve got all classes of rider from novice, intermediate, to expert,†Johnson said. “we’ve got kids that do it all, you know that ride the mountain bikes, that ride the street bikes, that ride the road bike events, they do it.â€
Sundays event, the Race For Life, is an …
Missing woman found safe, Sheriff’s Office says
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BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Update 7/13/2019: The Sheriff’s Office says Samantha Dawn Long has been found and is safe.
Originally: The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 23-year-old woman.
Officials said Samantha Dawn Long was seen walking out of her home with her black Mongoose mountain bike, which has red, white and blue writing and graphics on it. …
Mary J. Blige & Nas | Night Light Bike Ride
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Fri Jul 19, 7:30 PM – Fri Jul 19, 9:30 PM 3rd Ward Tours 2301 Elgin Street, Houston, TX 77004 3rd Ward Tours is hosting a Bike Ride Cruise around the city featuring music from two Iconic Artist in HipHop and R&B Mary J Blige & Nas
Random Thoughts from the Life of a Car-Free Bicyclist in Austin, Texas
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
Sometimes there’s no one unifying theme to a blog post, but even then, there is still a framework. Today, it’s that many factors affect my cycling, and also that there’s more to life than cycling. (Impossible, I can hear some of you saying!) Here are a few of those thoughts. As to whether they’re Deep Thoughts, you’d have to ask Jack Handy, which is an old Saturday Night Live skit. Basically he had short quotes that were inane, so I’m not claiming any wisdom. I am just sharing my experience in hopes it educates, inspires or at …
New Trail at Reimer’s Ranch
By cxagent | austinmountainbiking.com
I have held off telling people about this new trail – until now. It is starting to come together and we will need volunteers soon. So here it is.
In 2017, Travis County hired a landscape architect to survey and design some new trails at Reimer’s Ranch. Our very own MTB trail builder, rider and instructor Jake Carston helped with the design work. The attached PDF file shows the overview of that trail design. The design sat on the shelf for a while. ARR got a grant from REI to start building those trails. That process has now started.
We will be building two of the 5 trails shown – marked I1 (Intermediate 1) and Return. These are intended to be Flow Trails. There is not enough elevation to call them Downhill Trails but there …