Texas Bicycling News – September 25, 2023
New pump track coming to Harlingen
by: Brian R Svendsen | www.valleycentral.com
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A new bike track is coming to Harlingen. The City Commission has partnered with the Valley Off-Road Bicycling Association to build a pump track.
A pump track simulates hills and turns. Cyclists can expect to encounter an off-road track located in Arroyo Park, at the entrance to Harlingen’s mountain bike trails.
“The city is donating the land for the construction of the project. And then we’re going to help maintain it with VORBA,” said Javier Mendez, Director of Parks and Recreation for the city of Harlingen,
VORBA was awarded a grant of $150,000 from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation for the project. Part of the agreement with …
Great news! The construction of the Lemmon Av Trail will begin in weeks! The trail will run the length of Love Field on the Lemmon Avenue with sidewalks, bike paths, landscaping and other features. Kudos to #LoveField and the #DepartmentOfAviation for getting this moving! #FoBL pic.twitter.com/AFhzFgtt8w
— Friends of Bachman Lake (@BachmanLake) September 25, 2023
The best days are new bike days! ?
— Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) September 25, 2023
Shop 24/7 at https://t.co/zJcfWFfsJz#NewBikeDay #LetsRide pic.twitter.com/QR8dF8Ddca
Hello #bikeschool students!
— #bikeschool (@bikeschool) September 25, 2023
Fall Semester started; we are back! Homecoming class is this Thursday, 9/28/23 at 9pm ET. Our founders @bikerly @lovingthebike @egggman will be Profs, holding an old school style class! Look forward to seeing you there!
Love & pedals, @twittyboyd pic.twitter.com/6CAT8efhYX
#CarFreeChallenge Day 2:
— Stephanie Brooks (@StephCycle) September 26, 2023
??Kids and I biked tofrom school. – 7.6mi
?Towed four-year-old’s bike back home to wait for her morning bus. She biked 2 miles before being done. ?
??Grocery shopping. It’s my anniversary – sweets over flowers any day. – 4.4mi pic.twitter.com/EWIa0Ogt6V
TWENTY-NINE NATIONAL TITLES AWARDED AT THE 2023 USA CYCLING MARATHON MOUNTAIN BIKE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
By: Matt Waite | usacycling.org
AUBURN, Alabama – The 2023 USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships were held at Chewacla State Park, home to the very first NORBA National race east of the Mississippi River in 1988. Cool and perfect weather greeted racers early, with temperatures warming to the mid-80s by the afternoon. …
… Twenty-five other national champions climbed atop the podium on Saturday, including Ellie Krafft (Prescott, Ariz.; Pivot Cycles) in the Women’s 17-18, Colin O’Neil (Franklin, Tenn.; Gravity Academy) in the Men’s 17-18, An-Mei Ellisor (Auburn, Ala.; Dirt Camp Racing) in the Women’s 19-29, Oakley Griffin (Fayetteville, Ark.; OZ Development) in the Men’s 19-29, Stephanie Whittington (Grapevine, Texas) in the Women’s 30-34, John Whittington (Grapevine, Texas) in the Men’s 30-34, …
… Sara Shannon (Van Alstyne, Texas; Matrix Cycling Club) in the Women’s Singlespeed, and …
Bicyclist dies after hit by 2 vehicles in hit-and-run in Horizon City
by Kristen Jimenez | kfoxtv.com
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14,CBS4) — A bicyclist died after getting hit by two vehicles in a hit-and-run incident in Horizon City Monday morning.
A spokesperson with the Horizon Police Department confirmed that a 44-year-old man was found dead at the scene.
Horizon City Police investigated a crash on Horizon Boulevard near Darrington Road on Monday morning.
Officials said the bicyclist was ran over by a vehicle and by a second vehicle later.
Neither vehicle stopped to help the victim or report it to authorities.
It happened just before 3:00 a.m. …
PM Ride – ‘My Wings are Frayed and What’s Left of My Halo’s Black…Lucky for Me, Your Kind of Heaven’s Been to Hell and Back…’? McAllen, Texas
David Saenz | strava.com
‘You didn’t save me…You didn’t think I needed saving…You didn’t change me…You didn’t think I needed changing’
Chill ride with Carlos V. San Antonio, Texas
Roger Ramon | strava.com
Stopped at the Panaderia for cafecito, and cold water refills
