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Texas Bicycling News Digest June 13th

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On the Road of Life Together: Bicycle Safety in Driver’s Education & Defensive Driving

Donna Hoffman, Program Manager        Texas A&M University

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Cyclist struck, killed while riding in bike lane

Author: Dawn Brooks, Online Editor, Producer        www.ksat.com

Police search for hit-and-run driver
SAN ANTONIO –
Police say a man was riding his bicycle in the bike lane in the 2900 block of West Commerce Street around 12:40 a.m. on May 3 when he was struck from behind by a vehicle.
Jose Macy, who police say was equipped with a safety light, was pronounced dead at the scene.Jose Macy
Officials are now searching for the person that was driving the vehicle that hit Macy and fled the scene without stopping to render aid.

Interscholastic Cycling May 2014 Recap

www.usacycling.org

USA Cycling works with several interscholastic leagues that allow athletes to compete for their schools in the tradition of collegiate cycling. Each league is unique with different disciplines during different seasons but all focus on allowing students to participate in a sport that until recently was not available within a school structure. Read the following recaps from our league directors to find out more about their league and the current racing seasons. …
…Texas High School Cycling League: 8th Annual Scholastic Road Series
By: Andrew Armstrong, Texas High School League Director

Alejandro Joglar and Dalton Walters (Jesuit Dallas) lead Hakon Hanesahd (Seven Lakes) and the rest of the field in the JV Road Race.
From May 10-11 over 50 middle and high school student athletes competed in the 8th annual Texas Road Series Finale and State Championships. Students came from across Texas to compete in the Coldspring Road Race and the Houston Grand Criterium. The state road race, criterium and series overall championships were all on the line and competition was intense.
With three category offerings for boys and two for girls competitors were on par with each other making for good, close racing in fields. Jesuit College Prep Dallas won the coed combined team overall series championship bu Wichita Falls ISD had the chance…

Is bike share bad for business?

by Fred Clements        www.bicycleretailer.com

Editor’s note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, executive director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements’ previous blog posts can be read on bikedealerblog.wordpress.com.
New York City bike shops were in the news last week when Bloomberg wrote that the city’s one-year-old bike sharing program (City Bike) was hurting sales at local bike shops.
The article called bike shops “the collateral damage” of a program that has attracted more than 100,000 people to rent bikes for short-distance use, picking them up and returning them to 324 bike stations for a fee (daily, weekly or annually).
Charlie McCorkell, owner of Bicycle Habitat, was an early proponent of the bike sharing program. He was quoted as saying he supports it “philosophically.” But he has lost sales in the hundreds of units at his SoHo store, located near a bike station, while his…

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