Texas Cycling News Digest April 13th
Photos of the Lancaster Country Ride are posted
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Denton Bicycle Coalition
Friday, May 1 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm in CDT
1223 Bellemead Drive, Denton, TX 76201
I think and feel that the time is right to organize and grow a unified voice for bicyclists of all kinds to encourage more bike ridership and make the streets of Denton more bike-friendly. I am interested in getting the wheels turning to organize the Denton Bicycle Coalition (DBC) for the purpose of engaging in advocacy, education, and community building in the City of Denton. There are many bicycle-friendly businesses, groups, and individuals, but no …
Photos of Ride Ataxia Dallas are Posted
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Mountain biking in Texas
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Nice Trail- amateur mountain biking- Bastrop Texas-Rob
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Central Texas Bicycle Racing
CYCLING IN THE WOODLANDS
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Success! Mirror Provision Removed from HB 383
BikeTexas
Thank you! Thanks to your calls and emails, Rep. McClendon has removed the mirror provision from HB 383. Great work!
We expect some of the bills that matter to people who ride bikes in Texas to come before the House Transportation Committee later this week. Is your representative on the transportation committee? (Find out who your representative is here.) If so, keep an eye on your inbox and the BikeTexas pages for a call to reach out to your rep and ask for his or her vote.
Thanks again, Texas! Because of you, our …
thinkEAST Got Me Thinking About Divides
Austin On A Bike
This past weekend, I made it out to the thinkEAST festival for the final day, somehow crawling out from the rock I’ve apparently been hiding under to not know this awesome thing had been going on for weeks.
For those of you similarly uninitiated, the property where the festival resides and soon a community will sit, according to the thinkEAST blog, “is a 24 acre site located on a former EPA Brownfields that housed jet fuel storage tanks for the nearby Air Force base (now Austin Bergstrom International Airport). For years, the neighborhood smelled of gasoline, residents were getting sick, and …
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Mountain Biking Social Ride – Millican, TX http://t.co/gHDzXcSMzu http://t.co/Wqs9Gcpl7H
Social rid… http://t.co/wdTRQ3yAM1
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 13, 2015
New Event Go for an easy beginner ride – Houston, TX (West) You’re invited to join our Saturday morning, beginners… http://t.co/RdzyHOoaMd
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 13, 2015
New Event Mission San Jose – San Antonio, TX http://t.co/BcdCcwW1pe
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Start 9am at Mission San… http://t.co/Wh5qpZuMps— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 14, 2015
New Event Bike-Friendly Friday Breakfast – College Station, TX http://t.co/aj63az6vnm
Join us for bike-friendly… http://t.co/qUPn9Ct0C3
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 14, 2015
Tweets
EP Cyclists Ride Schedule April 14-19
3/14 Tuesday 6 PM – Album Park to Ft Bliss – Cat A/B/C
Bring ID to clear… http://t.co/IFZyhFCX2S— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) April 14, 2015
For those of you not riding the MS 150 this weekend and are looking for something fun to do on a bike, come to… http://t.co/0iyh3zbWaB
— Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome) April 14, 2015
Laundry day #carless #bicycle #biking #cycling #commute https://t.co/iXFcCFFWg7
— Ernest Gonzalez (@EGHtown) April 14, 2015
This Sunday! Open Streets! Near Southside, Fort Worth! http://t.co/y7PusRIEgk
— Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) April 13, 2015
— VeloPaso (@velopaso) April 13, 2015
Cycling in Texas preparing for Climate Ride in the NE. Sure is beautiful this time of year. pic.twitter.com/wRNV2IlQEq
— Cynthia Silverthorn (@csfitchick) April 13, 2015
An image from my last MS150 training ride. B group hammered! https://t.co/YM8lKCLP8d
— Russell Pecot (@rpecot) April 13, 2015
Devo Ride! About 2.5hr from Bikehaus, 10a on Wednesday.
— Durata Training (@DurataTraining) April 13, 2015
Lance Armstrong Bikeway closed until next year: AUSTIN (KXAN) — Crews are building sidewalks along Cesar Chave… http://t.co/STLAwWieWO
— Cycling Digest (@cyclingdigest) April 13, 2015
Awesome shots from last month's CM ride, courtesy of Doogie Roux: https://t.co/rPiLerfjGp
— Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) April 13, 2015
.@mandydugan explains: @LanceArmstrong Bikeway closed. Signs of growth, some say. http://t.co/CBvJVTap80 #ATXTraffic pic.twitter.com/CrcmKODJ68
— Jackie Vega (@TheJackieVega) April 13, 2015
A ride leader Sunday Funday Bridges Tour #LACBC #SMSpoke #30daysofbiking pic.twitter.com/6C3Nfojg2I
— Eileen Schaubert (@eileenstx) April 13, 2015
Hey @ChetTripper where'd you get this shirt? Seems like a shirt that a guy like me should wear! #ArlingtonEpisode pic.twitter.com/JJ76XWEtYu
— Jim Cycle Across TX (@CycleXTexas) April 13, 2015
A sea of cyclists pic.twitter.com/MvVOwFwcBR
— Bike MS: Texas MS 150 (@TexasMS150) April 13, 2015
.@BikeHouston members with shovels and gloves cleared bike lanes of debris https://t.co/E1Ixrq0yYp pic.twitter.com/dXANA105Aq
— StreetsblogTexas (@StreetsblogTex) April 13, 2015
My bike was even more of a rolling circus than usual this morning. I'm getting good at carrying packages.
— Su Wilcox (@cheekysu) April 13, 2015
Countdown to Texas! expect warm weather, routes are ready to go. Are you ready?
— Project Hero (@R2RProjectHero) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/TerrenceHenry/status/587618607560962048
Great opening race of year for Mad Duck Racing Family Member William Huffman, claiming 5th in CAMTRI… https://t.co/MvGTDxtjPb
— Mad Duck Cyclery (@MadDuckCyclery) April 13, 2015
@BSS_Austin Awesome day racing at Pace Bend! Thank you Bicycle Sports Shop! pic.twitter.com/alIIChY0Nb
— Mike (@blaz47) April 13, 2015
Event Reminders
2 Day Alert: Bicycles Inc. Wednesday Night Crits – Fort Worth, TX, Apr 15, 2015 05:15PM – Jack Newell Drive S and Gravel Road, Forth Wor
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 13, 2015
2 Day Alert: Bear Creek Crits – Houston, TX, Apr 15, 2015 05:30PM – Bear Creek Park, 3535 War Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77084, United Sta
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 13, 2015