Texas Bicycling News May 8th 2022
Opinion: Bike lanes are useless unless you maintain them
Letters to the Editor | www.houstonchronicle.com
A lawn service truck blocks a bike lane on Elysian Street near Egypt Street Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Houston. Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Bike lanes
Regarding “Is Houston becoming more bike-friendly? A car-free developer says yes,” (May 1): I rode the route described in this article and have a few comments.
If Lava Sunder and Joe Cutrufo are comfortable riding on a six-lane thoroughfare and cutting through a residential street that crosses two busy streets without street lights then I don’t see why they need bike lanes of any kind. .
They finally get to the Waugh Drive protected bike lanes with the green paint. These are fine when they’re not blocked by residents’ garbage cans as they were when I rode there or when they are not covered with debris which they …
Lone Star Circle of Life Bike Tour
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Lone Star Circle of Life Bike Tour kicks off in Waco
by: Malley Jones | www.fox44news.com
WACO (Fox 44) — The 19th annual Lone Star Circle of Life Bike Tour kicked off in Waco Saturday morning.
Throughout the tour, LOSCOL brings awareness to the need for life-saving donations of blood, marrow, organ, and tissue.
The cyclists will ride each day in honor of a Texan who has been a donor or recipient of blood, marrow, stem cells, organs, tissues or for someone searching for a donor.
Donate Life Texas says just one organ donor can save up to eight lives and impact 75 others.
Sarah Pipkin-Love is one of the cyclists for LOSCOL…something she is able to do thanks to her …
May proclaimed Bike Month, MPO envisions city-wide interconnected bike trails
Christian Alejandro Ocampo | www.lmtonline.com
Laredo proclaimed May 2022 as National Bike Month this week while councilmember Alberto Torres advocated for bike safety and active transportation through the city.
In conjunction, Laredo/Webb County MPO planner Jason Hinojosa announced the city received a grant that would help facilitate increased connectivity between bike trails.
“We’re here to proclaim National Bike Month, a celebration that focuses on individual and community well-being by highlighting the use for …
Grant and Voss win inaugural titles at Red Bull Rio Grande Gravel
By Jackie Tyson | www.cyclingnews.com
Pre-race favourite Colin Strickland finishes third in new Texas off-road event
Emma Grant and Paul Voss entered the record books as the inaugural winners of the Red Bull Rio Grande Gravel, which started and finished at the Cibolo Creek Ranch outside Marfa, Texas on Saturday.
Dubbed as the “dule among gravel’s best in the far out west”, the new 127-kilometre event offered 1,275 metres of climbing across dirt and gravel roads.
Grant dominated the small women’s field in the Rio Grande Gravel, sealing the victory in 4 hours, 40 minutes and 47 seconds for a 25-minute advantage over runner-up Jenn Real. The two competed a week ago at the Belgian Waffle Ride in California, Real finishing 18th and Grant following one spot behind in 19th position. In Texas, Grant made a statement by finishing well ahead of Real, while Celene Oberholzer finished third.
In the men’s division, Voss hammered across the bumpy, dry terrain in the …
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2022 @Usacycling @usacollegiate Criterium National Championship – Club Women OMNIUM FINAL #CollNats pic.twitter.com/LOgolKaszv
— One2Go_Results (@One2Go_Results) May 8, 2022
2022 @Usacycling @usacollegiate Criterium National Championship – Varsity Men OMNIUM FINAL #CollNats pic.twitter.com/PmHOxsXhgU
— One2Go_Results (@One2Go_Results) May 8, 2022
#CollNats Varsity Team Omnium Podium:
— USA Cycling LIVE (@usacyclinglive) May 8, 2022
???? @CyclingCMU 448 pts
???? @MarianCycling 424 pts
???? @MilliganBuffs 411 pts https://t.co/0oMEg3PYlY