Texas Bicycling News March 20th 2022
Fifth Ward bike tours aim to educate community about gentrification, displacement in historically Black neighborhood
Sam González Kelly | www.houstonchronicle.com
Our Afrikan Family takes people through the "Storytime Bike Line" tour, a bike tour of Fifth Ward to teach residents and non-residents about the rich history of one of Houston’s oldest Black neighborhoods, on Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Houston.
Kendra London and Felicia Latson looked like captains of a Houston cycling team on a sunny Saturday morning, leading a peloton of riders in matching T-shirts down Lyons Avenue in a de facto Tour De Fifth Ward.
This race, however, didn’t culminate with medals. Instead, the goal for the Fifth Ward activists is to use the bike tour to educate fellow residents on gentrification and displacement, and encourage them to make their voices heard before the fabric of their neighborhood is irrevocably changed.
“If you don’t start coming to meetings and assisting with your voice, we are …
Family of Galveston doctor, hit and killed while cycling call for justice
By Gabby Hart | www.fox26houston.com
GALVESTON, Texas – The loved ones of a prominent doctor in Galveston hit and killed as she rode her bicycle, are speaking out.
67-year-old Nancy Hughes went on a bike ride Friday morning, something she often did, but this time she never returned.
"My son just found out about it today, and it was really hard giving him that news," said Laura Hughes, Nancy’s oldest daughter. …
Strickland ‘all lungs and heart’ for off-road test to start Life Time Grand Prix
By Jackie Tyson | www.cyclingnews.com
Gravel veteran to continue gearing up form for Unbound with racing at new Red Bull Rio Grande Gravel series
Texas-based gravel guru Colin Strickland opened the season last weekend at MidSouth Gravel in Oklahoma, pushing through some ‘wild weather per usual’, snow-melt mud and multiple punctures for a 13th-place finish. Strickland came off a hard training camp in Jalisco, Mexico three days prior to the Oklahoma race, where he was runner-up in 2020, and is still working into his peak season form.
In three weeks Strickland will line up against many of his MidSouth Gravel competitors, including winner Cole Paton, third-place finisher Adam Roberge, John Borstelmann, Peter Stetina and Ted King, in Monterey, California for the …
Man arrested in death of Galveston doctor struck while riding her bike, police say
abc13.com
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is arrested in connection to the death of a physician who was struck by a vehicle while riding her bike in Galveston, according to police.
Logan Llewellyn, 21, was arrested for an accident involving death by the Seguin Police Department at about 4:40 a.m. on Sunday.
Galveston police are transporting a car from Seguin, Texas that is believed to be connected to the fatal hit-and-run.
Llewellyn is being held in …
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Equipment (Discussion, For sale) » Pawn shops pretending that stolen bikes aren’t?
MichaelBluejay | bicycleaustin.info
Came across this review for Mustang Pawn. My understanding is that pawn shops are required to give the serial numbers of their bikes to APD so APD can match against reported bike thefts. The bike owner here claims that Mustang intentionally gave the wrong serial number of his bike to APD. While intent is hard to prove, the bike owner also says that Mustang forced him to sue to get his bike back, which isn’t likely something he’d make up, and if Mustang is that shady, then the idea of the …
Steel is real…ly heavy
Michelle ? Mishka | strava.com
Afternoon Ride
Lars Betancourt | strava.com
Bicyclist fatally struck by vehicle after veering off North Side trail identified by medical examiner
Cody King | www.ksat.com
The bicyclist reportedly died from blunt force injuries
SAN ANTONIO – A bicyclist who was hit and killed by a vehicle after veering off of a trail on the North Side last week has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner.
Craig Steven Gulledge, 53, died from blunt force injuries he sustained in the incident, according to the ME.
Police were called around 7 p.m. Thursday to the Salado Creek Greenway in the 1900 block of NE Loop 410 near Post Oak Lane.
Gulledge was riding his bike when he disregarded a stop sign at an access road and rode into the path of a westbound vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle was unable to avoid Gulledge, striking him, police said.
Authorities said the driver stayed at the scene until officers and first responders arrived. Gulledge died from his injuries at the scene.
Nothing malicious is suspected, according to SAPD.
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After a long week, Sundays with VC are something special.
— Violet Crown (@VioletCrownATX) March 20, 2022
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Amazing weather in Houston today! Rode my bike 50 miles and made numerous stops along the way????????? pic.twitter.com/RpdLuxBViP
— Rodney Ellis (@RodneyEllis) March 20, 2022