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Texas Biking News December 6th 2021

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Weekend CX roundup: Pan Am successes and another strong World Cup

Matt Hansen | cyclingmagazine.ca

There was plenty of ‘cross racing this weekend, despite the UCI World Cup being cancelled in Antwerp. On Saturday, the next round in the Superprestige in Boom, Belgium. On Saturday and Sunday, the Pan Am Champs took place in Texas. Pan Am Championships: Holmgren wins title

Over twenty Canadian cyclists competed at the 2021 Pan American Cyclocross Championships in Garland, Texas, over the weekend, with athletes bringing home five medals, including a junior title for Orillia’s Ava Holmgren.

Ava shared the podium with her twin sister, Isabella, who took home the bronze in the same event. The pair have had a tremendous start to the …

Nuss wins elite women’s Pan-Am Cyclo-cross title

By Cyclingnews | www.cyclingnews.com

Raylyn Nuss (Steve Tilford Foundation Racing) rode solo across the line to win the elite women’s Pan-American Cyclo-cross Championship on Saturday in Garland, Texas. Canadian Ruby West, who captured the women’s U23 Pan-Am title in 2019, battled for a second place result.

The final spot on the podium went to Caitlin Bernstein (Easton Overland/ McGovern Cycles) as she was able to hold off a charging Hannah Arensman (Sycamore Cycles).

The Pan-Am Cyclo-cross Championships returned to the US for the first time since 2016, which was followed by two consecutive years in Ontario, Canada and …

Thursday Night MTB Rides

Hangover Riders | allevents.in

Thu Dec 9 2021 at 7:00 pm Oak Cliff Nature Preserve – Texas Land Conservancy, 2875 Pierce St, Dallas, TX

Let’s get some night mountain bike rides going again. We can have 2 groups, a more advanced group that want to shred the trail at a faster pace and we can have a more social pace group. It is a no-drop ride. Bring lights, helmet, water and extra tubes. Everybody is responsible for their bike repairs and safety. We’ll hit up Oak Cliff Nature Preserve this week. Lets meetup at 6:45 and wheels down 7:15. Alex Natareno will be leading this ride. We can have another person helping with the more advanced ride as well.

Paths to bike on in Houston? from bikehouston

183 North Project set to bring more toll lanes to northwest Austin

by: Amanda Dugan | www.kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As areas like Cedar Park, Leander and Liberty Hill grow more popular for people to move, traffic is increasing along a stretch of US 183.

Specifically, between State Highway 45 North and the MoPac — a route that many take to reach downtown Austin.

The 183 North Project, a new $612 million project in northwest Austin and will reduce travel times and improve mobility for commuters, local drivers, visitors to the region, and people who prefer to use public transit, ride their bike or walk. …

Cleburne rebuild cheered as latest renewal of Third Ward

Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com

Cars and bicyclists travel east along Cleburne Street next to Texas Southern University on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, in Houston. City, county and university officials celebrated the completion of the $12 million construction project on Cleburne Street between Ennis and Scott during an event Monday morning.

Not long after she arrived in Houston in June, new Texas Southern University President Lisia Crumpton-Young said campus and elected officials in Third Ward should be “walking the walk and not talking the talk.” Along Cleburne Street, adjacent to the university, meeting that challenge in large part was about making it possible to walk at all.

Officials on Monday cheered completion of the first of a series of street improvements in Third Ward — historically neglected when sidewalk and street money was doled out — aimed at making streets safer, smoother and more able to remain open rather than flooded during Houston’s frequent storms. The work was paid for mostly by …

Letter: Bicycle safety

Mike Ford, Longview | www.news-journal.com

Please be aware of bicyclists on Longview thoroughfares!

Earlier this week, my wife and I were stopped at the intersection of Fourth Street and Hawkins Parkway. As the driver, I was attempting a right turn on red from Fourth onto Hawkins. I looked right and left prior to making the turn. Both directions were clear of traffic, but as I began the right turn, my wife shouted “Bicycle!” I promptly hit the brake and stopped before hitting a young girl riding across Hawkins against the red light and oncoming traffic.

She was not wearing a helmet! This is not unusual because the helmet will mess up your hair. Please wear a helmet! Many Longview people ride bikes for pleasure, exercise and …

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In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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