Texas Biking News October 8th 2020
Art Valet: Truong helps transform bikes into works of art
by Mitch Cohen | theleadernews.com
Houston BCycle, the nonprofit bike share program, is hosting an art show. The Unicorn Bike Show will take place this Saturday, Oct. 10 from noon-5 p.m. and coincides with The Market at Sawyer Yards and Second Saturday Open Studios at Sawyer Yards.
Find the exhibit under the train shed on Art Alley, 1502 Sawyer St.
Houston BCycle invited 10 Houston artists with existing murals to paint 10 new BCycle bikes inspired by their art. The hand-painted bikes can be viewed against a …
Tour de Texas, Week 5: Getting by With a Little Help From My Friends
By Aaron Chamberlain | www.texasmonthly.com
At first, I had only cows and wind turbines for company on lonely stretches of Panhandle highway. Then supporters showed up to help the miles go faster.
This was my final week in the Panhandle, traveling from near the top of the region’s western side all the way to its bottom, near Kermit. I got to spend a day off with my family, which was not long enough, and I welcomed a new member to my team, my brother-in-law Javier. I was also lucky to get in a ride with an old friend and two new ones. All in all, it was a solid week of riding. …
Bike Austin fights for Healthy Streets
by Ryan Thornton | www.austinmonitor.com
The Austin Transportation Department removed two segments of Healthy Streets last week, and barring another wave of cases of Covid-19, will continue winding down the initiative by removing one or two street projects every couple of weeks until all eight are gone. With social distancing still a necessity, however, Bike Austin is calling on the city to reverse the wind-down at least through the end of the pandemic.
“Healthy Streets was created to help people get safe, socially distanced exercise during the pandemic,†the organization stated in …
Houston Heights Association announces bike rally winners
by Landan Kuhlmann | theleadernews.com
It appears to have been another successful bike rally and scavenger hunt for the Houston Heights Association (HHA), and a number of area residents wound up winners last weekend.
The HHA held an encore bicycle rally from Oct. 2-4, starting from the Heights Fire Station at 107 W. 12th St. and setting out on the event’s 5-mile and 15-mile routes. The first bike rally of the year was held over Memorial Day weekend.
While announcing the scavenger hunt winners via Facebook on Tuesday, HHA Executive Director Emily Guyre said a total of …
Counters installed along A-train Rail Trail
by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com
The Denton County Transportation Authority has installed four new automated pedestrian and bicycle counters along its 19-mile A-train Rail Trail, bringing the total number of counters to six.
The Rail Trail runs alongside the A-train tracks from Denton to Lewisville, near the I-35E corridor. The water-proof Eco-Counter Urban MULTI counters will capture the amount of traffic and usage in certain areas of DCTA’s rail trail, which is especially helpful now because …
Paluxy Pedal, Glen Rose, Texas, October 3, 2020
Roy and Christine | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com
Thank you Glen Rose for continuing your bike tour.
Before we left for Glen Rose, BikeReg had 417 registered cyclists.
At the line up, they announced that they had over 500 registered. Cyclists can stand stationary bikes just so long and then need to get out on the road and in the open air. …
Approaching the Summit of a Goal? Prepare for the Ride Downhill
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
As with most if not all of my posts, I’m writing it because I think it might help others in some small way. But I’m a work in progress also trying to figure things out myself. This comes after 2.75 years of daily walking and writing, 4.75 years of blogging, 5.75 years of a whole bunch of bicycling and almost 1.00 year of daily biking, plus 6.75 years of daily yoga. So I know a thing or two about my own sports psychology. (I’m no professional though, so see a real doctor if you need one.) As I approach the zenith of several goals, one quite …
