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Texas Bicycling News June 22nd

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Transportation officials planning a bike lane for SPI causeway

by Ron Whitlock        riograndeguardian.com

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, RGV – Pete Sepulveda, Jr., executive director of the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority, says it is “extremely doable” to build a dedicated bike lane on the South Padre Island Causeway.
Speaking to SPI economic development leaders on Tuesday, Sepulveda said he will make the case for such a project at CCRMA’s July board meeting. He pointed out that there was a lot of support for a bike lane to be built on the planned second causeway to SPI.
“We had a lot of bicyclists attend the (July, 2012, public) hearing and they requested a bike lane on the second access. We looked at that. It was cost-prohibitive. But, at our July board meeting I will present the board of directors with an option,” Sepulveda said.
“We have got a very, very, rough, preliminary study for adding a bike lane on the …

Bicycle Die-in at Houston City Hall

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Tuesday, June 23 at 1:00pm in CDT
Houston City Hall
901 Bagby St, Houston, Texas 77002
In the past three weeks, there have been 4 bicycle related fatalities in Houston. Three of those deaths were at the hands of someone driving a car. The fourth one was caused by debris leading to a crash on the Elysian Bridge.
I am asking each and everyone one of you to please join me at City Hall on Tuesday – June 23, 2015 at 1pm. At 1:15pm we’ll lie down with our bicycles in a silent protest for 4 minutes.
Together we will show our solidarity and …

Texas 4000 Rides Into Laramie

By David Settle        kowb1290.com

The 2015 Texas 4000 ride will be stopping in Laramie Monday.
This is day 24 of their 70-day journey from Austin, TX to Anchorage, AK. Seventy-two riders are pedaling more than 4000 miles in the fight against cancer. They are divided into three separate rides in the Rockies, Sierra and Ozarks.
After 18-months of leadership development training, volunteering, fundraising, and cycling, riders are put to the test throughout their summer ride to Alaska. Along their journey, they will visit with cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, and communities to make educational …

FrankenBike to mark 10 years of free swap meets on Saturday

by Pam LeBlanc        fitness.blog.austin360.com


Halk up 10 years in the books for FrankenBike.
The free monthly event – part bike swap meet, part keg party and all bike-geek-o-rama – will celebrate its anniversary with a special event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27 at Independence Brewing Company, 3913 Todd Lane, Suite 607.
Besides the usual tabletops spread with cranksets and derailleurs, bike seats, handlebars and used cycling jerseys, FrankenBike officials will unveil their very first FrankenBike video, new websites and …

Ride Interview – Heart of Texas Recumbent Rally and Rodeo 2016 – Austin, Texas

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It may be far off, but the HOT Recumbent Rally and Rodeo taking place in February 2016 has a limited number of spots, and they’re filling up fast! The original HOT mama Jane Knight tells all below and encourages participants to grab their spot for a one-of-a-kind experience!
Why join your ride?
The HOT (Heart of Texas Recumbent Rally and Rodeo) is a three day celebration for those who like to ride reclined! The Hot is NOT an “organized ride” where you arrive, wave to a few people, eat a couple of bananas and a cereal bar and go home.
The HOT consists of three days of being in the recumbent culture. There is a Laid Back Social for everyone to bring a “pot luck” snack and meet and greet the other Bent riders. During the Social, there will be trikes and bikes to test ride, as well as several neat “gizmos” that will …

Austin’s planned “Dutch” interesections

by Jack and Darron        bicycleaustin.info

A pro-Dutch cyclepath blogger has an interesting take on Austin’s plans for “Dutch” intersections.  [http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/20 … tejune2015](http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/20 … tejune2015)  It is part of a larger discussion.  Comments about the Austin plans can be found with scrolling down.

His comments on the Riverside and Lamar intersection should be taken with a grain of salt as his biggest complaint is “In this example there is no safe way of exiting the junction to head East or North”.  He assumes up is North but it is actually West, so he says there is no way of heading West on Riverside or North on Lamar, which is true but that is not where the majority of the cycle traffic would be here.  Northbound traffic is much more likely to take the pedestrian/cycle bridge and westbound traffic is more likely to take the hike and bike trail under Lamar (why would you wait at the light if you can just go under …

Houston deserves better: get involved with the Houston Bike Plan

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The City of Houston is making a new Houston Bike Plan. Get involved, go to a public meeting or give your opinion online. Go to www.HoustonBikePlan.org. Houston deserves better. Also consider to become a member of BikeHouston and fight together for cyclists’ rights. Go visit www.BikeHouston.org and become a member.
There are two public meetings coming up:
Tuesday June 23rd at Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center, 6500 Rookin, Houston, TX 77074. Meeting  starts at 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Look at the Facebook event page for the latest update.
Tuesday June 30th at …

Handlebar Cyclery Group Ride – 37 Miles in Fulshear

Saturday, Jul 4, 2015, 7:00 AM

Handlebar Cyclery
26440 Fm 1093 Rd Ste A100 Richmond, TX

3 SH!FT starters Went

Let’s go meet up with Handlebar Cyclery. It’s a great shop right on the edge of Houston’s best cycling locale. They have a few different speeds. I think most of us (the usual group that actually shows up lol) will be fine in the B Group… if they stay at the posted speed. If anyone wants to jump on with the faster group they are welcome to. We can…

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Pearland Ride – 43 miles – Most Popular Route

Sunday, Jun 28, 2015, 7:45 AM

James’s House
Cr 89 Pearland, TX

2 SH!FT starters Went

Let’s ride Pearland on Sunday morning. Rollout at 8am.We will take a break at CR99 and Hwy 6 at a gas station at mile #15.We will take another break at the gas station in Brookside Village at mile #35.Take a look at the route. Let me know if you want changes.Ice cold Dos Equis at the finish line.https://www.strava.com/routes/2643243

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New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

Tweets About Texas Bicycling

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Texas Bicycling Upcoming Event Reminders

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