Texas Bicycling News Digest May 12th 2022
FRESH Racing Juniors are headed to Championships
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FRESH Racing Juniors are headed to the National Interscholastic Cycling Association Championships.
The cycling team of 13 juniors have put in eight months of practice and four weekends of racing against 24 other teams. Through their hard work, the team earned second place overall, landing them a spot in the championship race in Troy from May 14 to 15.
Along with all of the hard practice, FRESH Racing Juniors put in over 190 volunteer hours and raised over …
Video: Organ donors, recipients and families bike to share the importance of helping
By Morgan Riddell | www.kbtx.com
BRENHAM, Texas (KBTX) – When a loved one dies, it can be followed by many questions, decisions, and planning by family. But, one decision can be taken off their plate if it’s talked about soon enough.
A person can choose to be an organ donor by signing up when they get their license, but a family will always be asked about their wishes after a person dies. One group in Texas is working to spread the word about the life-saving decision they made, or someone made to their benefit.
The Lone Star Circle of Life is in the middle of a bike tour around the state, each of the 12 riders being organ recipients, donors, or donor families. The group arrived at their stop in Brenham Wednesday where they met up with a local donor family.
“I’ll tell anybody Molly’s story at the drop of a hat,” Tracy Hammac said. …
City of Austin holds free Bike Month events, releases new bike map
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AUSTIN, Texas – Get There ATX, a City of Austin Transportation resource that helps residents and visitors discover transportation options throughout the area, is celebrating Bike Month this May with several events and helpful tips.
Austin Public Works helped celebrate Bike Month with the little ones on May 4 with a Bike to School Day group ride in Northeast Austin. Next up is Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 20.
For National Bike to Work Day, the city will hold a free breakfast event at the City Hall outdoor plaza from 8-9 a.m. Free breakfast tacos and coffee will be available, along with swag giveaways from local bike groups. Members of the …
Gravel Locos is this weekend’s pre-Unbound showdown
Betsy Welch | www.velonews.com
The Texas gravel race debuted last year with a star-studded startlist. This year is the same with Ian Boswell, Laurens ten Dam, Mo Wilson, and Sarah Sturm lining up to start.
On May 14 in a tiny town in central Texas, a pre-Unbound Gravel showdown is about to go down.
Gravel Locos, the new event that stormed onto the scene in 2021, returns to Hico, Texas this weekend in what promises to be a harbinger of things to come in Kansas in three weeks. However, with four distances ranging from 30 miles+ to more than 150 miles, the weekend of bike racing has something for everyone. …
Driver on the run after killing cyclist in north Houston
Jay R. Jordan | www.lmtonline.com
Investigators are still looking for video evidence to try and narrow down their search.
Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a 40-year-old man on a bicycle early Thursday in north Houston.
The cyclist was pedaling west in the eastbound lanes of West Mt. Houston Road underneath Interstate 45 North around 5 a.m. when the driver hit him head-on, according to Houston Police Department crash investigators. The driver sped away without checking on the man or calling 911. A person nearby witnessed the hit, although police said Thursday they did not have a good description of the vehicle.
Witnesses of the crash performed CPR on the man before paramedics and …
##nNorth Freeway feeder reopens hours after bicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash on Thursday morning that left a bicyclist dead.
The crash was reported around 5:10 a.m. in the 700 block of West Mount Houston Road, at the I-45 North Freeway underpass.
According to Houston police, the 40-year-old victim was riding his bicycle westbound in the eastbound lanes of West Mount Houston when a driver struck him.
Police did not …
Bike To Work Week Kicks Off May 16
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Bike to Work Week begins May 16, and there are many ways to celebrate the joys of two-wheel transportation, even if pedaling to the office is not an option for everyone.
The North Central Texas Council of Governments encourages residents to embrace active transportation, whether they are going to work, school or meeting a friend for lunch down the street. It is a safe, healthy and fun alternative to traditional transportation.
As the nation continues dealing with the effects of the pandemic, the League of American Bicyclists, which sponsors this annual event as part of Bike Month, is again asking participants to …
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Race Team Ride @ Horseshoe – Grapevine, TX https://t.co/jjg5thHlHH
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 12, 2022
DSS Race Team AND our speed loving sisters, this ride is exclusively for you!
Join us at Horseshoe for a team training ride. You don't have to be on the race team to join us… https://t.co/ivlR59ZaH1