Texas Bicycling News Digest September 4th 2019
14-year-old on bicycle injured in hit-and-run, Fort Worth police say
By Claire Cardona | www.dallasnews.com
Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help finding the driver who hit a teenage boy on a bicycle and kept going.
The 14-year-old was riding his bike about 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Diamondback Lane when a pickup heading south in the 1400 block of Esperanza Drive hit him, police said.
The truck, a …
Bicycle repair shop aims to aid students
ESTEBAN SPONGBERG | www.paisano-online.com
Beginning this fall, students on UTSA’s Main Campus will have access to the Tito Bradshaw Bicycle Repair Shop.
The shop is named after Tito Bradshaw, who was the owner of the Bottom Bracket Social Club, a bike shop and pillar of the San Antonio biking community. Bradshaw, whose shop was meant to be a place for bicycle enthusiasts to gather and form a community, was killed when an intoxicated driver hit him earlier this year. …
Iola man arrested for wielding machete in Bryan
BY ANDRE PERRARD | navasotanews.com
A man from Iola was arrested for wielding a machete to steal a bicycle on Texas Avenue in Bryan.
Authorities say they responded to a 911 call near Hensel Avenue and Texas around 5:45 pm yesterday. That is where the victim said a man was cursing at traffic. The victim then rode by on his bicycle, where the man with the machete began chasing him. Thevictim, being afraid he was about to …