Texas Bicycling News August 30th 2022
Bicycle trails and maps
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The following is a list of local bikeway maps. Where standalone bikeway maps are not available, bicycle planning maps that show existing and future bikeways are included. The list is not comprehensive. Ask your local city, county or Metropolitan Planning Organization about bikeways in your area. Local or regional governments that have bikeway maps available on their website may contact us and request to be added to the list. Bikeway maps and bicycle planning maps …
This Wylie man should be dead. Instead, he’s making ice cream
By Sarah Blaskovich | www.dallasnews.com
Nothing about Will Gibson’s past prepared him to own an ice cream business.
He’s a former home theater salesman and a dedicated road cyclist. Gibson liked to eat ice cream but he’d never made it, much less sold it — not until he established Sweet Pearl’s Ice Cream, first from his home in Wylie and now inside a commercial kitchen in Garland.
Making ice cream might have saved his life, he says. For the second half of 2020, Gibson was bedridden following a life-threatening bicycling accident where he mistakenly pedaled into a bollard and landed on his head. He had a traumatic brain injury, despite wearing a helmet. He broke nine ribs and was hospitalized for three weeks.
“Doctors would say, ‘I don’t know what to do with you. I’ve only seen these kinds of injuries on a cadaver,’” he says. …
Video: New rodeo bike lane fills gap in high-demand area
Anavid Reyes | www.click2houston.com
HOUSTON – Rodeo Houston should be prepared to welcome lots of bike traffic in 2023 because when this project is finished, anyone who can ride to Brays Bayou will be able to ride all the way into NRG Park. Here’s what it is:
This bike lane was announced in March just before the start of this year’s rodeo season– but the project didn’t make it to the finish line.
“Last year, BikeHouston approached the city of Houston looking for a better way to get people to and from the rodeo. They weren’t able to get something built in time for last year’s rodeo but told us that there were some plans in the works to improve the right of way for people on bikes coming down from Hermann Park and Brays Bayou along Almeda to NRG,” Joe Cutrufo with BikeHouston said. …
FrankenBike Austin # 194: SATURDAY
by Chris | frankenbike.net
FrankenBike Austin # 194 – Presented by BikeTexas, Independence Brewing Company, Trudy’s, Ruta Maya Coffee and Junior’s Beer and Wine – will be held at the future home of BikeTexas on SATURDAY, November 26, 2022 from 10am-4pm.
BikeTexas is located at 900 Springdale Rd, Austin, Texas 78702. …
New Mexico, Texas officials visit Olathe hoping to replicate lowrider after school program
By: Megan Abundis | www.kshb.com
OLATHE, Kans. — Olathe, Kansas, is getting the spotlight from the Drug Enforcement Agency and other cities nationwide for all of the right reasons.
The Olathe Public Schools Hispanic Leadership Lowrider Bike Club is a program created for teens where mentors are committed to kids, and kids are committed to their goals.
The club focuses on mentoring students, lowrider bike riding and participating in community events.
KSHB 41 has followed the club for years when the program was just a couple of years off of the ground.
But this year, the nation is starting to realize the special connection happening out in Olathe.
“You know little old Olathe, Kansas, working with big cities like Albuquerque,” said Erik Erazo. …
Paris teen wins BMX Texas State Finals
eparisextra.com
Just two years after taking up the sport, 16-year-old James Carlton just won the BMX Texas State Finals. The Paris, Texas native credits his long hours of intensive training, supportive parents and a flexible schedule provided by homeschooling.
The teen began biking amid the pandemic as a way to get fresh air. When his parents realized he not only had a passion for BMX, but excelled at it, they worked to find him a proper BMX bike, which was no easy feat during the height of shipping delays and shortages.
The long hours on the track were not a concern in the early months when all schools were virtual, but when schools reopened in 2021, Carlton was faced with a decision – choose BMX or school.
It was at a race that a …
How to Hold a Fast Cycling Pace 8272022
Veloharmony | www.youtube.com
Prologue: 00:00 Route Map: 01:23 FM 1488 Westbound – The open Road: 02:41 Approaching & Climbing Mount Magnolia: 15:20 Heading North on FM 149: 21:57 Jackson Road: 29:58 Jackson Road Hills: 39:51 FM 1846 to Dobbins, TX: 43:22 MT. Mariah Road: 49:45 FM 1486: 1:00:34 FM 1486 Dog Attacks the group: 1:04:08
Thursday Night Social Ride – Thursday September 1st, 2022 from socialcyclingaustin
Tnc short edition, Team cup champs
Corey Ray | strava.com
Texas Biking from Twitter
Just 3 month post-crash & spinal surgery RT athlete @C_D_4 claimed two 2nd places (Crit & Road Race) & 2nd in the Women's Open Omnium @HotternHell100! Teammate Sheri Rothe scored two 4th places and 3rd Overall behind Omnium winner Emily Newsom of Women's WT Team @EF_TIBCO_SVB! pic.twitter.com/YLORRterSh
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) August 30, 2022
Head of the Hotter 'n Hell Hundred bicycle events this year was pleased with the weekend, which has been a tradition in Wichita Falls for 41 years. https://t.co/C7w4iWCEBb
— Times Record News (@timesrecordnews) August 30, 2022
GIVEAWAY: Interested in attending @COTA Bike Night next Tuesday, Sept. 6? Comment below with how many tickets you’d need and who you’d take for a chance to win entry! https://t.co/YITFM23UTP pic.twitter.com/uYzCVALtzD
— Mobility Authority (@CTXMobility) August 30, 2022
Our 2022 HHH Steering Committee! pic.twitter.com/iREjfN1d2N
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) August 30, 2022
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event River Legacy Reimagined – Arlington Join us for a great local ride! We'll head west then north through Trinity bottom land before riding east toward the airport. Roads around the airport are good, without much traffic and come with a live show… https://t.co/Sy9biVrTWp
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) August 30, 2022
New Event LABOR DAY RIDE! Valley Ridge To Maypearl – Cedar Hill September 5, 2022 at 07:30AM https://t.co/WgyxYPwDww
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) August 30, 2022
New Event Bike ride, art, birds and a bit of nature UH/Braes Bayou – Houston September 4, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/9Cv4sf9H8U
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) August 30, 2022