Texas Bicycling News, Events, Experiences – July 14, 2023
Citywide trail feasibility study begins in Katy
By Asia Armour | communityimpact.com
As one of the major components of the parks, recreation and trails master plan, Katy officials have begun planning a walkable, bikeable trail system that will weave through the entire city.
The details
At a June 26 meeting, City Council members approved Phase 1 of a trail feasibility study to connect neighborhoods with parks and other activity centers within the city, costing $14,930. The trail or series of trails would wind from Leyendecker Landing—a passive park dedicated to the city’s former engineer and located north near Pitts and Morton roads—to Avenue C and Third Street in the downtown area of Katy.
The city will use its 2021 park improvement bonds to pay for the feasibility study, per the …
Custom tricycle stolen from teenage girl with Down Syndrome
by Jamie Burch | abc7amarillo.com
AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Amarillo police are looking for a custom tricycle stolen from a teenage girl with Down Syndrome.
“Keep an eye out for this Amtryke,” said APD. “We would love to get it back to Zoe!”
The Amtryke was stolen from the family’s driveway.
Zoe’s mom said they waited two years for the “one of a kind” trike to arrive. …
City buys parkland for $10
By Kevin Limiti | kdhnews.com
The Killeen City Council this week approved 5-0 to purchase 1.3 acres for a greenway trail that is intended to run through a recently rezoned property that is dedicated for retail use.
The land is located to the east of East Trimmier Road and north of Andalucia Lane in south Killeen.
According to the deed, the land was purchased by the city of Killeen for a grand total of $10. The council approved the purchase at Tuesday’s council meeting.
The point of the greenway trail, via the city of Killeen’s presentation on the resolution, is to connect to the Purser Family Hike and Bike Trail to the east and site of the future Preserve at Thousand Oaks to the west, of which there was no information on Thursday. …
Bike MS: Cactus & Crude Ride 2023
events.nationalmssociety.org
July 15-16, 2023 Midland, TX Enjoy a full two-day experience across the flat desert terrain of West Texas and pedal to the finish line at English Newsome Cellars. Along the way, take photos of cactus, a sunrise as far as you can see and your ice cream when you stop to rest in Klondike. The hardest part of this ride isn’t the desert heat or miles – it’s leaving the incredible memories you’ll make with friends new and old as we come together to reach our goal: a world free of MS. 204 participants
Lunch Ride San Antonio, Texas
Steve Gutierrez | strava.com
Leon Creek Greenway Bike Trail… San Antonio
Rickey Garrett | strava.com
Coffee with Friends plus… The Woodlands, Texas
Peter Clark | strava.com
Thanks to San Diego Mike for both organizing and coaching…steady miles was what I needed and what I got…
Nice ride, cloudy and almost cool. Everyone still in take it easy mode. Kerr County, Texas
Charles Strebeck | strava.com
C-MOB L3 Coffee ?? Ride (Garmin Forerunner 255 measured) Harris County, Texas
Christoph Klawun | strava.com
Fun ride, nice to bump into the early riders, and later drafting behind David Reynolds @DigitalKnightProductions and James Ranson to a PR on the C-MOB segment.
I almost deleted this activity, but it measured 1 second faster on the C-MOB segment, so I had to keep it!
And by the way: Allons enfants de la patrie! ?? (Happy Bastille Day!)
Texas Biking from Twitter
HTX Bike Social is back! Chill social ride tonight. RSVP at:https://t.co/ILV0RfhIUg#HTXBIKESOCIAL pic.twitter.com/vSCo6nNE97
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) July 14, 2023
East 5th Street improvements are on the way! @austinmobility is proposing walk, bike, & roll improvements to the @redlineparkway.@CapMetroATX is also adding double-tracking and new Plaza Saltillo Station platforms.
— Red Line Parkway Initiative (@RedLineParkway) July 14, 2023
View and support now: https://t.co/6mKo0dBUhT
Take a look at Austin based https://t.co/35GHzyVOxG E-bike tour https://t.co/OvnASEbiJM
— Austin 360 (@austin360) July 14, 2023
? Bikeway cleanup! ?
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) July 14, 2023
Tomorrow (Saturday) morning, we’re sweeping the recently re-opened trail segment along Chartres Street (under I-69). Meet at Commerce & Chartres at 9 a.m. pic.twitter.com/EyylIhTEuL
The partnership between the Learning Center at The Jordan at Mueller and @texasmutual keeps getting better! Employees built and donated new bikes to the students weeks ago, and yesterday the kids rode the bikes to the TX Mutual corporate headquarters for a tour, lunch and games. pic.twitter.com/49nhs1YdlT
— Foundation Communities (@foundcom) July 14, 2023
Inside the 610 loop, we average 1.16 ped/bike crashes per day ?https://t.co/9XG7pR51Wq pic.twitter.com/5gOv2J9NUH
— Emmanuel Núñez (@emmanume) July 14, 2023
Our athlete Kathleen Hattaway did it again, winning yesterday's @DrivewaySeries Women's Open race! That's win #7 for her this year out of 18 races and equals a 38.889% winning rate!#rothetraining #drivewayseries #womenscycling pic.twitter.com/XHcgHwmi80
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) July 14, 2023
https://twitter.com/BBQ44/status/1679819884518346752
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
Event added to the Texbiker calendar.https://t.co/k3HeDyVrSX
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) July 15, 2023