Texas Biking January 6th 2020
NAHBS 2020 = Dallas, March 20
Wildwood | www.bikeforums.net
Never too early to make plans to attend. Dallas is the largest city ever for The Show. Will it draw the largest crowds?
Who is your favorite builder that regularly displays at NAHBS?
Craig Calfee has been a regular with unique bikes and components.
Dallas to take first steps to connect trails from White Rock Lake to South Dallas
By Hayat Norimine | www.dallasnews.com
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Designs for the $18 million, 9-mile Trinity Forest Spine Trail are underway, starting with the north phase.
Construction on a long-awaited trail that would connect White Rock Lake to South Dallas could start as early as September.
After the Circuit Trail Conservancy secured $43 million to build The Loop — a beefed up hike-and-bike trail system that would create 10 miles of new paths to connect with 40 existing miles around the city’s urban core — the nonprofit’s next steps are to …
Dr. Inge Ford On Drop Bar Texas Podcast
by Matt Southey | bikehouston.org
Tune into the “Drop Bar Texas†podcast with Paul Negrete and BikeHouston’s very own Inge Ford! In the episode, Inge talks about BikeHouston and her own experience as a cyclist in Houston (among many other topics). Here’s a small selection of interesting points covered in the podcast:
– 11:20 – The social impact of public transportation and biking
– 20:00 – Safety and education for all users
– 25:30 – The different types of cyclist use-cases (recreational, commuter, etc.)
– 33:40 – Less visible campaigns of BikeHouston …
Upcoming Rides
Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com
Track Night [Running] Wednesday, January 8, 2020 @ 6:15 PM
Sunday Blendin Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM
Sunrise Sunday Service Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:00 AM
Kingwood STBX Sunday Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM
Sugar Cycle 521 Training Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM
Sunday BlendIn Coffee Club Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 AM
Maximizing bike-share ridership: New research says it’s all about location
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | www.sciencedaily.com
The popularity of bike-share systems has grown in popularity thanks to the younger, more environmentally conscious generation. While they have garnered considerable attention in cities from Paris to Washington, D.C., their promise of urban transformation is far from being fully realized.
New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science found a key reason is that while companies have focused on bike design and technology aspects, there has been minimal research done on …
Laredo is starting a bicycle revolution on the border
American Bicyclist eNews | issuu.com
Mountain Bike race series concluding at State Park
Amanda Duforat | www.bigspringherald.com
Prep the bikes, grab your helmets and get ready for the first race of the year atop Scenic Mountain State Park. The race will take place Jan. 11 at 10 a.m.
“This is the first race on the new trails,†State Park Ranger Ron Alton said. “This is the first mountain bike trail race, but it is just the beginning. Later this year, there will be a foot race on the new trails and more information will be coming on that race.†…
Monday Training Rides
Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava.com
