Texas Bicycling News Tuesday – July 23, 2024
Video: Waco group repairs donated bikes for Baylor graduate, international students
By Ally Kadlubar | www.kwtx.com
WACO, Texas (KWTX) – A ministry group with First Baptist Church Waco is repairing donated bikes for Baylor international and graduate students ahead of the start of the semester.
“The church made available to us the basement here in our education building and sponsors us for this bike ministry,” Larry Gurley said. “We take in bikes that need repair, fix them up, repair them, make them rideable, and donate them to the needy around town.”
Gurley said the group receives many donated bikes from the community, and Baylor donates abandoned bikes to them at the end of the semester.
“Baylor collects all the bicycles that have been abandoned at the end of the semester,” he said. “They hold them for a few weeks to …
San Antonians invited to final meeting about bike network plan
By Edmond Ortiz | communityimpact.com
San Antonio city officials will offer a final open house July 28 regarding the city’s bicycle network plan.
The gist
City representatives said the open house will be the last public opportunity for community input before local officials finalize their bike network plan, which is designed to foster a more bike-friendly city, reduce traffic congestion, promote healthier lifestyles and ensure safer streets for everyone.
Although an online survey about the plan closed …
Tough Kookie Foundation bike ride to benefit childhood cancer families
by Sharda James | www.texarkanagazette.com
TEXARKANA, Texas – Katina Levingston, founder of the Tough Kookie Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping breast cancer survivors, is preparing to host her first Childhood Cancer Bicycle Ride.
The Yellow Pedal Out Childhood Cancer Bicycle Ride is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at at Spring Lake Park. The ride will last for about an hour.
The registration fee is $25 per person, and the funds raised will go towards childhood cancer families.
A childhood cancer diagnosis is something that no parent wants to hear. Families often have to travel for their child’s treatment, and parents are frequently forced to take time off work to care for their child. This is where the Tough Kookie Foundation comes in.
“Sometimes you have parents who lose their houses, cars, their jobs or are sleeping in their cars because they don’t have the money for hotels,” Levingston said. …
Harlingen mulling options to extend trail amid homeowner opposition
By Fernando Del Valle | myrgv.com
HARLINGEN — Amid some Parkwood homeowners’ opposition, city officials are planning alternative routes aimed at extending the Arroyo Hike and Bike Trail across its most remote, woody stretch.
For more than a year, the homeowners have been standing up against a city proposal to extend the trail’s third phase from McKelvey Park to the Hugh Ramsey Nature Park area, a 1.1-mile span they argue would run the 6-foot asphalt trail across parts of 22 residents’ backyards along the arroyo.
Launched last year, a $216,632 engineering study aimed at determining the span’s route continues. …
Video: Wichita Falls prepares to host more than 10,000 cyclists for Hotter’N Hell Hundred
by: Tyshin Dawson | www.texomashomepage.com
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — In a little more than a month, the streets of Wichita Falls will be filled with cyclists from all over the country for the annual Hotter’N Hell Hundred. According to current registration numbers, they’re on the right track to have an expected 10,000 participants.
With so many cyclists hitting the streets, organizers are aware that bike availability could be an issue. …
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