Texas Biking March 1st 2020
Young girl killed while biking to school remembered and memorialized by community
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Irie’s Suarzes bike, now painted white, will serve as a reminder to drivers to always be aware of what’s around them.
The Trailist: Devil’s Den Trails Expand Mountain Biking on Leon Creek
by Brendan Gibbons | therivardreport.com
With new trails opening every year along the City’s greenway trails, there’s never been a better time to be a mountain biker in San Antonio.
The latest of these trails to make their debut are at Devil’s Den, a formerly trashed-out spot on the Leon Creek Greenway on San Antonio’s West Side that until recently had been mostly used for partying, off-roading, and illegal dumping.
People have also been mountain biking at Devil’s Den for years, but the recent trail …
Police still looking for driver of deadly hit-and-run almost 6 months later
by Jala Washington | cbs4local.com
EL PASO, Texas (CBS 4 Local) — It has been almost six months, and a family is crying out after one of their loved ones was killed in a hit-and-run accident.
According to police, the man who did it has still not been caught.
On Oct. 2, 2019, police said Hector Leyva was riding his bike on Alameda when a man in his 20s or 30s struck him. …
Houston Half Century
Aaron Russell | rando12051.com
In which the author rides around Houston on bike trails for 50 miles and takes a lot of photos.
Houston, Texas is not known for being one of America’s bike-friendliest cities; it struggles to reach “bike-neutral†on a good day. Hell, it’s not even really “car friendly.†Houston drivers are notoriously hostile toward—or oblivious of—any other moving thing on or near the road, and spend more than their fair share of time driving drunk. When I moved here, I spotted a thread on the r/houston subreddit asking “What items have you had thrown at you during road rage incidents?†(Responses included loose change, a measuring tape, and a snow cone.)
A person I met at a party soon after arriving in town told me that Houstonians frown on public transportation and that “we don’t really like cyclists here.†Or …