Texas Bicycling News Digest April 24th 2019
Walmart Says Its High-End Viathon Bikes Will Grow Cycling
By Berne Broudy | gearjunkie.com
Are bike shops scary, elitist, and unwelcoming? Walmart thinks so, and the retail juggernaut is betting its customers do too.
Walmart is not just a brand of box stores that populates every U.S. state. It’s one of the biggest online merchants in the world, No. 3 for online traffic after Google and Amazon. Walmart is also the largest grocer in America and possibly the world. And the company currently sells more bicycles in the United States than any other retailer. …
How to Race an Enduro in Texas – The Texas Enduro Cup Part 1
No Front Brakes | www.youtube.com
Back in November, I raced the Texas Enduro Cup for the first time. I had ridden Reveille Peak Ranch lots of times, and have put out a lot of videos from there, but this is the first time I had entered an enduro race there. I had ridden parts of 5 of the 7 stages, but this is the first time I was going to be …
Outdoors Calendar – Austin
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Saturday, Apr 27, 2019
7a – 9a NWAus- Nelo’s Cycles Shop Weekday Ride (Road)
7:30a – 10a SwAus- Gruppo VOP Saturday Ride (Road)
7:30a – 9:45a Gruppo VOP (Adv)
7:30a – 9:30a SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Road Ride
8a – 1p NwAus- Violet Crown Bagel Ride (Road Ride)
8a – 11a NwAus- Bicycle Sport Shop Parmer Store Saturday Ride
8a – 10a SwAus- Circle C Ranch Cycle Club
8:30a – 12p SoAus- Austin Tri-Cyclist Saturday Shop Road Ride
8:30a – 11:30a ATC Training Ride (Int,Adv)
8:30a – 11:30a Austin Flyers Club Ride
8:30a – 11:30a CenAus- Middle of the Road Ride (MOTR)
9a – 1p CenAus- Yellow Bike Project at the Austin Farmer’s Market (Downtown)
9a – 1p Georgetown- Sun City Cyclists Saturday Ride (Road)
9a – 12p CenAus- Mellow Mountain Ride
9a – 12p Kyle- Hill Country Tri Club Saturday Ride (Road)
9a – 11a CenAus- Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride Shop Road Ride
9a – 11a SwAus- Southwest Cycle Sport Saturday Mountain Bike Ride
9a – 10a NwAus- Saturday Brick Workout hosted by Bicycle Sport Shop
10a – 1p CenAus- Orange Bike Project Shop Hours
10a – 1p Florence- Heart of Texas BMX Weekly Practice Time
12p – 1:30p Farm Tour & Volunteer Orientation
12p – 1p CenAus- Coed Hands-on Flat Fix Clinic
Dallas Critical Mass – April – & Red Star turning 5
by Gottfried Laubichler | www.facebook.com
April 26 Friday at 7:30 PM
Dallas Farmers Market
920 S. Harwood, Dallas, Texas 75201
Red Star Bicycles is celebrating their 5th anniversary and to keep up with tradition Christian is organizing this months CM to celebrate. The ride starts (as usual) at 8 pm sharp. Please bring friends, and please put lights on your bike if you don’t have any yet. The ride officially ends at Texas Ale Project with live music, great food and beer.
Ironman Foundation To Distribute 100 Bikes To Local Youth and Provide $100,00 in Grant Funding in Texas
By: Colby Gorniewicz | www.woodlandsonline.com
HE WOODLANDS, TX — The IRONMAN Foundation® announced today that it will distribute more than $100,000 in charitable giveback to non-profit initiatives and groups in the greater Harris County and Montgomery County regions. This donation will be in conjunction with the 2019 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN® North American Championship Texas triathlon taking place on Saturday, April 27. This year’s grant funding brings the total giveback to more than $1,000,000 in the region since the first event in The Woodlands in 2011. …
UT needs more bike parking, students say
BY BONNY CHU | dailytexanonline.com
An additional 1,700 bike parking spaces have been added over the last six years to accommodate for the high number of campus bikers, according to the most recent Parking and Transportation Services report.
However, students say the University still needs more parking availability due to continuously overcrowded bike racks. There were about 7,000 spaces for the 9,200 registered bikers in 2017, according to the report.
“Parking is not provided at a ratio of one-to-one,†PTS associate director Blanca Gamez said. “Traffic undergoes continuous changes …
New fund honors San Antonio bicycle enthusiasts Bradshaw and Kayruz
By Bruce Selcraig | www.expressnews.com
A new community fund, Live to Ride, is being established at the San Antonio Area Foundation in response to the recent cycling deaths of San Antonio residents Dr. Naji Tanios Kayruz and Tito Bradshaw.
The fund’s creators say it will be used to build public awareness for bicycle safety and support financial grants that move San Antonio toward having safer streets. …
Bear Creek Crit 123
Philip Shama | www.strava.com
My first ever Bear Creek crit
Meggin Crawford | www.strava.com
