Texas Biking January 16th 2020
100 Dallas Second Graders Gifted With Bikes From Chicago High School Athletes
By Erin Jones | dfw.cbslocal.com
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Whether it’s paying for someone’s coffee or police officers giving drivers cash instead of tickets, the “Pay it Forward†movement has inspired random acts of kindness across the county. Now, high school athletes are getting on board.
On Wednesday afternoon, 100 Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School second graders identified as low-income received free bikes thanks to …
Scots cyclist who miraculously escaped death after horror crash in the US ready to fly home
ByLynn Love | www.dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots cyclist who miraculously escaped death in the US after being hit by a car travelling at 70mph is preparing to fly home.
Josh Quigley, 27, fractured his skull, his ankle, heel, pelvis and ribs, and punctured a lung after a car hit his bike whilst he was cycling on a round-the-world trip in Texas on December 21.
The Livingstoncyclist was airlifted by ambulance to hospital after he was thrown 50ft off of his bike while attempting to cycle around the world.
He had operations on a broken heel and ankle as well as a …
Tidbits from the Life of a Cyclist in Austin
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
I got a flat tire last night, but not just any flat tire. The tube exploded with a loud BANG! and so did the tire. The thing is, I was at a well-known high-crime drug corner, and for a second I thought someone was shooting at me with a gun. Then I realized the air was gone from my rear tire and my pedaling was over for the night. The guys hanging out at the convenience store parking lot knew it wasn’t a gunshot, though. There was a police officer parked in the lot, and a bus came along pretty quickly. Even more fortunate was that I was near …