Texas Bicycling News Digest April 9th 2019
Bicyclist Struck At Texas And Harvey
by Bill Oliver | wtaw.com
A bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle Monday night at Texas and Harvey in College Station was taken to the hospital with injuries that are incapacitating but not believed to be life threatening.
College Station police report the bicyclist did not yield the right of way and the vehicle had the green light when the collision occurred.
According to a CSPD news release, while the bicyclist did commit a traffic offense, he was not issued a …
Just how many bike shops are there, anyway?
by Ray Keener | www.bicycleretailer.com
Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared in the April 1 edition of BRAIN.
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (BRAIN) — It’s a frequent, obvious, and frustrating question from anyone trying to get a handle on our industry: "Just how many bike shops are there in the U.S.? And how fast is that number shrinking?"
Our answer to the first depends on how you define "bike shop." But no matter your definition, the number is almost certainly larger than those that many industry pundits have been tossing around in recent years.
And our answer to the second question is … no one’s really sure how fast the number is shrinking — there’s even some evidence the number is going the other way. …
Is the number of shops shrinking?
by Ray Keener | www.bicycleretailer.com
Editor’s note: A version of this piece appeared as a Guest Editorial in the April edition of BRAIN.
As described in a separate BRAIN article, Christopher Georger is “pulling back the kimono,†as he puts it, offering his dealer list of 7,000-plus names to the industry through his company, Georger Data Services. This sheds new light on an accepted reality for a couple decades: That there are fewer than 4,000 bike shops in America, and their numbers are declining.
That’s not to say that the “conventional wisdom†hasn’t been questioned before. I wrote an opinion piece for BRAIN a few years ago repeating the (at the time) 3,950 NBDA retail store number, and got a call from Pat Cunnane of ASI. “Ray, that dealer number is way too low. Talk to Christopher.†I did. …
STOLEN YETI SB150 – RECOVERED
By Seths Pool | austinmountainbiking.com
stolen SB150 recovered last night by my good bros at Lakeline mall.
local social media platforms had been flooded with the shared news of this bike having been stolen, and the dumbass who stole the bike posted it on craigslist the same day for sale WITH HIS PHONE NUMBER to text him. $3000. look at the ad. so another friend of ours started texting him as an interested buyer last night around 8:30PM. by 10:00 pm they arranged a meet up at Lakeline mall in north Austin to do the transaction, (im waiting on more specific details today from my two buddies who were there)and actually had the police intercept the buyer at the meeting point instead of meeting themselves. the idiot was arrested and my buddy Steven got his beloved brand new warranty replacement SB150 back. hadn’t even been ridden! …
Rails to Trails event scheduled for Saturday in Highland Village
by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com
People across the U.S. will kick off the spring trail season on Saturday by visiting their favorite trails for a walk, run or ride in observance of national “Opening Day for Trails,†and Highland Village is joining in on the spring fun.
The city is partnering with the Denton County Transportation Authority and the cities of Denton, Lake Dallas, Corinth, and Lewisville to host a “Rails to Trails†event on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon to get residents out and moving on its A-train Rail Trail to kick off the spring season, according to a …
Addicks Bike Ride – Houston, Texas Cycling
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Texas freeride! Smithville, Tx is home to Freeride512 and it’s growing more all the time. Shameless plug, my friend is the one in the red helmet and I’m following him. from MTB
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Police searching for the thief that fled with a young boy’s bike
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POST 📎: VARKS SCRAMBLE
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Circuit of the Americas
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Northeast Texas Trail celebrates opening day on April 13 || Activity-filled day in Lamar County
by Trent Reed | eparisextra.com
Friends of Trail de Paris is hosting Opening Day for Trails, Trail de Paris Trail Fest set for April 13 in conjunction with the city of Paris.
Kelly Whitley, NETT Coalition Board Secretary, said the Northeast Texas Trail Coalition’s strives to have an event in “all of the trail towns to encourage folks to get out and enjoy this wonderful asset of Northeast Texas. …