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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 14th

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The Alligator Ride
Lone Star Cyclists
Pace: Touring with a Fast Pace Option
Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012 – 7:30am
Location: Lowe’s Home Improvement, 4444 N Galloway Ave, Mesquite (Google 32.824358, -96.621881)
Please park as close as possible to Barnes Bridge Road.

Every year the Mesquite Rodeo Ride offers up some great roads to travel, and this weekend we are going to ride on some of them. We have a couple of routes to choose from: 36 and 59 miles. Come enjoy some pretty, rolling countryside in a setting that is a change of pace for us.

Why the funny name? Somewhere on the long route a sign once warned of alligators. You will stand a much better…

Bike Plan update, Oak/Hickory $35,000 study proposed
by bikedenton
At the city council 2:30PM work session today, Public Works staff will report Bike Plan progress to the council, and the council members will discuss and give direction back to staff. The new priorities are listed as:

1. Windsor (Old North to Bonnie Brae)
2. Sycamore (DCTA station to UNT)
3. To Be Determined
4. Oak & Hickory.

The Windsor proposal is simply a redirection of county bike plan funds, and it will add bike lanes without removing any parking. The Sycamore route also uses county money, but from Commissioner Andy Eads, and the focus is on designating a route between the downtown transit center and UNT. Since Sycamore has no…

5 Bike Repair Stations Across UT Dallas Campus
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson

Thea Junt, Energy Conservation & Sustainability Manager for UT Dallas Facilities Management, contacted us with some fantastic news about the UT Dallas campus, located in Richardson.

They just installed 5 Bike Repair stations across campus! According to Thea, the stations are for anyone who needs them – even if you aren’t a student. They are fixed units with a number of tools attached to them. There is…

The Spirit of Texas Ride Benefits Wimberley Band
by Susan Wilcox            biketexas.org
In a situation familiar to schools and parents across the state, Andrea McBeath watched as Wimberley High School’s Spirit of Texas Band budget was cut– twice. “We’re making do,” she says, “but we have a lot less to make do with.”

The band’s usual fundraisers, like poinsettia sales and a concession stand at football games, weren’t quite cutting it for all the…

It’ll Be Getting Easier To Bicycle Tour San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
www.nationalparkstraveler.com

Even if you don’t have a bike, it’ll soon be possible to pedal between the Alamo in downtown San Antonio and the four beautiful missions that stretch south of the city—thanks to a bike share program.

The city’s existing Bike Share program was the first in Texas and is part of an aggressively expanding cycling program. In just more than a year 23 bike stations offer more than 200 bikes for use around town. A Federal Transportation Grant is funding the oft-requested expansion of…

Great American cities for cycling
By ShermansTravel.com        itineraries.nbcnews.com
Pedaling through a major U.S. city is not just the province of daredevil bike messengers. With warmer weather and rising gas prices, there’s never been a better time to hop on a bicycle, especially while you’re on vacation. “It’s also a way to really be local,” suggests Nicole Freedman, director of bicycling programs for the City of Boston, “because when you bike you can stop wherever you want, you can talk to people.”

…1. Austin
Home to seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, Austin is a bike lover’s mecca: The city estimates that more than 6,000 people ride bikes here each day. The Lance Armstrong Bikeway will soon connect East and West Austin with a dedicated bike path for the first time (4.6 miles of the planned 6-mile path is now complete), and the Barton Creek Greenbelt offers a 7-mile mountain biking trail right in the heart of the city. These are just two of the reasons Austin is recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the…

Steven Anthony Steinley
Rapid City Journal
CONROE, Texas | Steven Anthony Steinley died Aug. 10, 2012, at his home in Conroe, Texas. He was 48.
He was born Jan. 18, 1964, in Chowchilla, Calif.

Steve graduated Rapid City (SD) Central High School in 1982. He attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. He graduated from Colorado Technical Institute in Broomfield, Colo. Steve was a Continental Airlines (now United) technician where he celebrated 25 years of employment in June. Steve started his long work career as a Bumper Boy Boss at the Rapid City, SD, Cosmos of the Black Hills before working for several years at the Rapid City Dairy Queen.

Steve was a keen fitness enthusiast, completing marathons and several half marathons; and, he was an avid cyclist. He was a member of The Woodlands Running Club and Bike Lane Cycling Team of Conroe, Texas. Mountain biking, snow skiing, tennis, soccer and swimming were also…

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