Texas Bicycling News Digest September 3rd 2019
Tour de Gruene Bicycle Classic
Rotzlers Sports | www.facebook.com
Tour de Gruene Tours and Time Trials will not be held in 2019. If you know of any groups or non-profits that would like to assume directorship of the event for 2020, please have them contact rotzlersports@gmail.com. We have enjoyed a long legacy of hosting the event since 1984 and contributing to many local charities, but the event has grown larger than ever anticipated and needs an organization to run the event with the same dedication and strong work ethic as our family and friends! We would be open to offering support, expertise, and services to the entity or non-profit who has the energy and manpower to assume the responsibilities and demands of hosting a quality cycling event. Tour de Gruene has a great following and we …
14 New Mountain Bike Trail Openings – September 2019
By Jeff Barber | www.singletracks.com
August 2019 was a huge month for mountain bike trail openings. From new connector trails within larger, established trail systems, to full-on, brand new bike parks, there’s more singletrack for mountain bikers to ride than ever before. Here are the trail openings we tracked last month. …
Recluse and Tarantula trails (Burnet, Texas): Spider Mountain, the first and still only lift-served mountain bike park in Texas, opened earlier this year and since then it’s been getting rave reviews. On August 3, the park opened two new trails called Recluse and Tarantula, both names in keeping with the Spider theme. …
Former competitive cyclist shifts gears to lead a medical device startup
By Shanley Pierce | www.tmc.edu
Former competitive cyclist shifts gears to lead a medical device startup
Sinead Miller walked away from competitive cycling after a serious brain injury left her unable to compete on a world-class level.
Motivated by her own trauma, she decided to pursue a career in neuroengineering.
“I wanted to make some impact in the health care space to help people like me,†Miller, 29, said.
After earning a B.S. in chemistry from Marian University and a B.S. in biomedical engineering from …
Valley bike-share plan spinning ever closer
Rick Kelley| www.valleymorningstar.com
WESLACO — The long-delayed Valley bike-share plan is moving ahead, and a contract agreement with a company called BCycle has been received and is being assessed.
Ron Garza, executive director of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council, which is leading the bike charge, said last week the new dockless bike-share could be up and …
Anthony Wayne Williams: Update on Austin Bicyclist 2019 Death #3
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
The other day I wrote about the third bicyclist fatality in Austin, Texas this year. News reports finally shared his name, Anthony Wayne Williams.
A Preventable Tragedy It’s tragic he died, but it’s also hard to hear that he ran the red light and crossed a very busy and dangerous intersection where he got hit. It was broad daylight, too, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The driver honked and then stopped and so most likely won’t be charged. Anthony succumbed to his …