Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup
Bicycle Astronomy at National Night Out
bike4heck.com
Oct. 1st in Texas was the National Night Out where neighbors were encouraged to go out and talk with one another. My neighborhood decided to have gathering on one of the streets and have a small BBQ. …
PhotoVelo Bicycle Scavenger Hunt | Free! Prizes!
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
The 5th Annual PhotoVelo Bicycle Photo Scavenger Hunt
RSVP
Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 12 p.m.–5:30 ish | Lee Harvey’s
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Register your team online here. Or, arrive at 12:00 to enter your team. …
Federal parks closed
By Kimberly Sutton      www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands
Montgomery resident Mike Finn was riding his mountain bike through the trails of Scott’s Ridge Recreation Area Tuesday when a Sam Houston National Forest Ranger stopped him unexpectedly.
Scott’s Ridge is part of the Sam Houston National Forest and is closed because of the lack of funding amid the federal government shutdown.
Finn is not the only one affected. Texans and citizens throughout the country will not be able to visit George H.W. Bush’s library in College Station, the Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidential library in…
City Park Session
The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
Sunday, October 6, 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 4:00 PM
City Park – Emma Long Motorcycle Trails
7548 Oak Shores Dr, Austin, TX (map)
Meet at the picnic tables.
As the name suggests, we will be hitting some gnarly areas on the trail for some practice concentrating on 20% ascending and 80% descending and over the course of an entire lap.
Bring your helmet and gloves of course and also pads if you have them. The weather should be mild and…
Waco Wild West Century Bike Race
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BRAIN selects cities for 2014 Dealer Tours
by BRAIN Staff      www.bicycleretailer.com
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN) — Bicycle Retailer & Industry News staff will visit retailers in Miami, Salt Lake City and Austin next year as part of the magazine’s popular Dealer Tour program, which first launched in the fall of 2008.
Advanced Sports International, parent company of Fuji, SE Bikes, Kestrel, Breezer, Terry and Oval Concepts, returns as title sponsor of the BRAIN Dealer Tour in 2014, supplying a fleet of bikes for participants to ride. …
…Editors and sponsors will visit stores in Miami, Florida, on Feb. 4-6; in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20-22; and in Austin, Texas, Oct. 21-23. …
Is that VC Member and Sponsor Brad Houston up the road at the states?
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General Meeting-October
GHORBA.org
Star Pizza Party Room
3800 South Shepherd Houston, Texas 77098
United States
Event category: General
Monday, October 14, 2013 – 7:00pm
Come join us for GHORBA’s next general meeting. Why? To meet and welcome (read: haze) our new officers, break bread with fellow riders, celebrate Columbus Day AND Canadian Thanksgiving, and to hear what is going on in your…
October 2, 2013 Walnut Creek Workday Results
Austin Ridge Riders
A solid group of 10 people put in 25 hours of trail work to repair the Main Creek Crossing transition from West to East. The sightlines were also opened up to help minimize the potential for cycling and pedestrian accidents. Afterwards we gorged on…
A cyclist’s dream: Bayou to become much more bike friendly — even the danger bridge is being replaced
By Tyler Rudick         houston.culturemap.com
High above the banks of White Oak Bayou near Shepherd and West 7th Street, city officials broke ground on the first leg a bold public-private initiative to create a 150-miles web of hike and bike trails in the next seven years.
The $215 million Bayou Greenways project — originally conceived in a 1912 master plan for the city — envisions a 1,500-acre network of parkland snaking along Houston’s waterways. Within the greenspace, roughly 80 new miles of trails will be added to an existing 70 miles.
“We are going back to the past and focusing on…
New Events Added to the Calendar
2013 PURE Driveway Week 31- Austin, TX: When: Thu Oct 10, 2013 5pm to Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:30pmÂ
CDTWho: Texas B… http://t.co/hTBYPZPvwh— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
2013 PURE Driveway Week 32 – Austin, TX: When: Thu Oct 17, 2013 5pm to Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:30pmÂ
CDTWho: Texas … http://t.co/DvfPxQlygJ— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
Fort Worth Tuesday Night CX – Fort Worth, TX: Recurring Event
First start: 2013-10-08 17:45:00 CDTDuration: … http://t.co/PfKcsoTxQH
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
BCRCX – Houston, TX: When: Sun Nov 3, 2013 9am to 2pmÂ
CSTWhere: Spotts Park, 401 S. Heights Blvd, Houston, TX… http://t.co/JfGqBcMkGM— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
Texas State Presents the RPR Bobcat Brawl-SCCConference Championships – Burnet, TX: Recurring Event
First star… http://t.co/qAuAkBro2S— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
ConocoPhillips United Way Bike Ride – Fulshear, TX: When: Sat Oct 26, 2013 8am to 1:30pmÂ
CDTWhere: Fulshear B… http://t.co/fDl7Uet2Rg— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
Tour de Donut – Katy, TX: When: Sun Nov 3, 2013 8am to 12:30pmÂ
CSTWhere: Katy Mills Mall, 5000 Katy Mills Cir… http://t.co/jflOXAxP4E— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
Spirit Ride – Livingston, TX: When: Sat Nov 16, 2013 8am to 1:30pmÂ
CSTWhere: Livingston High School, 400 FM 3… http://t.co/oxOtFilOph— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
Tweets
A cyclist's dream: Bayou to become much more bike friendly http://t.co/TUtqHr3KQM #Houston #biking
— CommonBlox (@CommonBlox) October 3, 2013
Can't wait to see our kiddos in action at the TXCX Season opener. "Building a Cyclocross Culture for the riders of tomorrow."
— Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) October 3, 2013
Our own Cameron Lowery showing how it's done at the MSU try the pump track night. 1 pedal stroke in, full wheel ahead pic.twitter.com/cydeqNkWGb
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) October 3, 2013
GREAT @HoustonPBS segment about #Houston #Bcycle http://t.co/SH3QbbFqlX featuring @spanjian! #ridedifferent #bikehouston #bikeshare
— Houston BCycle (@HoustonBCycle) October 3, 2013
If you're going to #ACLFest, a reminder of the argument for biking it: http://t.co/rvYoTalkEw #360acl
— Austin360.com @ ACL (@360acl) October 1, 2013
Cyclocross Project 2015 Race Weekend News!!! #TXCX http://t.co/JYH7dWboTO
— Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) October 3, 2013
Exciting news! Details will be online by the weekend but here's the snapshot: DORBA – Dallas Off-Road Bicycle… http://t.co/LRbWqSURIz
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) October 3, 2013
We love to see kids smile! Join us on Saturday from 1-3pm for the Kids on Bikes event! For full details:… http://t.co/fnEjfoAHZk
— Richardson Bike Mart (@RichBikeMart) October 2, 2013
Corinth Cycling's Big Steamer Final points are up for grabs this Saturday October 5th. We will meet at Crownover… http://t.co/1oTwu1VpUU
— Corinth Cycling (@corinthcycling) October 3, 2013
9 day to race day!! we are using a microchip timing system for all events on south Texas outdoor live festival… http://t.co/To4UZepDJA
— Trek Bicycle Mission (Bike Masters) (@thebikemasters) October 3, 2013