Daily News Roundup May 27th – Texas Bicycling
Team McAllen Cycyling Individual Time Trials Series (Best 3 out of 4)
Individual Time Trials #4 FINAL
Sunday, May 15, 2011
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Individual Time Trials #4Â FINAL
Sunday, May 15, 2011
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Individual Time Trials #3
Sunday, April 3, 2011
by Age Group Place
Individual Time Trials #3
Sunday, April 3, 2011
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Individual Time Trials #2
Sunday, March 6, 2011
by Age Group Place
Individual Time Trials #2
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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Complete Streets Runs Out of Time in 2011
Dear Fellow BikeTexas Members,
The Complete Streets legislative initiative has run out of time.
BikeTexas made great strides in fighting for Complete Streets this legislative session. Thanks for the many key calls and emails made by YOU, our members. We will try again in 2013. …
Carrollton Cycling Club
Uncle Buck Ride Maps for Memorial Day
33 Mile
47 Mile
33 Mile for Garmin
47 Mile for Garmin
The Quest For The Cup
THE SCOFIELD CUP
TIMES, DATES, AND REQUIREMENTS
The Scofield Cup is scheduled to be part of The Bicycle Path Time Trials (BPTT) every Wednesday in June at 6:30 PM (There are 5 Wednesdays!). Participants, male or female, must be at least 40 years of age as of December 31, 2011.
THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. However, there is a heart-smart requirement. All series participants need to have had…
El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Mountain Circuit
Description: Â Â Â Meet at Power Shots, 965 N. Resler. Ride up and over Transmountain then up the east side of the mountains and return via Anthony Gap. 40+ miles, moderate pace. Blanca Harp, 915-422-2238 and Sylvia Mejia, 915-740-9033.
Bike to Symphony in the Park – Thursday, June 2, 2011
by dickdavid Bike Friendly Richardson
Friend of Bike Friendly Richardson, Sharon Bruner, is hosting a fantastic ride next week. It’s called Bike to Symphony in the Park. It sounds like the perfect way to kick off the summer season. …
Bike Poster Contest Winners – Texas 5th Graders
by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford)
Congratulations!
…To all the winning posters from the 2011 Saris Cycling Group’s 5th Grade Poster Contest: “Bicycling is Fun… and Healthy Too!”
1st Place Statewide…
TxDOT installing bike lane and sidewalks on Parmer
by Community Impact Newspaper (Northwest Austin)
By Sara Behunek Friday, 27 May 2011 The Texas Department of Transportation is installing sidewalks and a four-foot-wide bike lane along a five-mile stretch of Parmer Lane between Amherst Drive and RM 620. Samuel Hughes and his wife, Angie, …
Mopac upgrades may help hike and bikers
by Austin News
We want to make sure there is good bicycle and pedestrian connectivity between those neighborhoods,” says Steve Pustelnyk with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority . “It sounds like we’re kind of early in the game, but getting to the point …
Car strikes bicycle; girl in critical condition
By JANELLE STECKLEIN (amarillo.com)
A girl was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in critical condition Thursday afternoon after she collided with a vehicle about 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of 34th Avenue and South Milam Street. …
State Cemetery Committee must yield to cyclists
Ken Herman, Commentary
It’s a peculiar sound, hard to describe, kind of like baby seals being clubbed. It’s the sound of bills thousands of them meeting their demise as the 82nd regular session of the Texas Legislature hurtles inexorably toward its Monday conclusion. The cause of death is…
Amarillo’s Ghost Bike
www.oldtascosacycling.com
Gander Mountain has authorized placement of what I am calling Amarillo’s Ghost Bike as a memory to Cindy Whitney, Tasha Enloe and other residents who have been killed by a motorist while riding their bicycle. Amarillo’s Ghost Bike will carry the names of the people we remember each year at the Ride of Silence.
I need a donated bike and prefer a steel men’s frame and that it be complete with wheels. It would be great if the bike was a vintage Schwinn, Trek, etc. Other conditions of the bike are not important as the rubber items, brakes and derailleurs will be stripped. Some money will need…
Memorial Day Ride 2011
by sooner1Â Â Â Â Â Â Shawnee Trail Cycling Club
Do you want more time on the road? Who doesn’t?
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club is holding another Memorial Day Ride to give us an opportunity to ride some of the roads that aren’t normally traversed with our weekly group rides. We plan again this year to take a northwesterly route starting in Oak Point and heading through parts of Denton, Sanger, Aubrey, Krugerville and Crossroads. If…