Texas Biking News November 2nd 2020
City launching bike sharing program; Project aiming to connect Valley
Fernando Del Valle | www.valleymorningstar.com
HARLINGEN — Residents here are getting ready to grab a bike for a new kind of trip.
Across much of the world, bike sharing offers millions a healthy way to get around.
After about four years of planning, the city is launching its new bike-sharing program as part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council’s RGV B-Cycle project’s plan to connect the region.
“It’s a real big deal,†Javier Mendez, the city’s parks director, said. …
Judson coaching icon Rutledge recovering from bicycling accident
David Hinojosa | www.mysanantonio.com
Judson’s legendary former football coach D.W. Rutledge is in the hospital recovering from injuries sustained from a bicycling accident on Friday.
According to a post on the Texas High School Coaches Association’s website, Rutledge was placed intensive care after suffering a broken vertebrae, 10 broken ribs, a punctured lung, a cracked sternum and internal bleeding.
Rutledge, 69, coached the Rockets for 17 seasons and won four state …
Texas Gravity Enduro
Orlando Hernandez | www.facebook.com
Had a blast at Rocky Hill Ranch !
Definitely got some reps in.
Tour de Honey, Beeville, Texas – October 31, 2020
Roy and Christine | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com
Line up time was 0830; even so it was a chilly 47 as I recall.
Chilly forecast did not deter the cyclists, and a good number of riders showed for the tour.
I forgot how many layers of clothing Christine had, but she wasn’t complaining of the chill…yet.
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The Trailist: Medina River Greenway now has 14 miles of connected trail
by Brendan Gibbons | sanantonioreport.org
After the completion of several bridges and trail connections, the Medina River Greenway trail on the South Side is essentially complete.
On Saturday, I rode the 13-mile stretch from Highway 281 to Palo Alto Road almost entirely on this concrete trail made for pedestrians and bikes, part of San Antonio’s roughly 80-mile trail network. With the heavy heat of late summer finally gone, the autumn sun felt light on my shoulders. I rode through streams of snout butterflies on their daily meanderings and …