Texas Bicycling News – February 15, 2023
A gift for cyclists: San Antonio man creates map of the city’s creekside hike-and-bike trails
Scott Huddleston | www.expressnews.com
Cyclists Lorraine and Tom Stehn of Aransas Pass, ride on the Salado Creek Greenway near the Jack White Trailhead in 2021. A local cyclist has created his own version of a local greenway trails map after hearing from users of the hike-and-bike trails who said a comprehensive map was needed.
Anyone trying to find the newest hike-and-bike greenway trails in Bexar County has probably looked for a map online to plan their day trip.
But even with the city’s official map, users of the greenway trails have gotten lost. A local cyclist’s creation of a map of the nearly 100 miles of creekside hike-and-bike trails in Bexar County posted this week has gotten a lot of love.
Davey Bemporad, a transportation planner and member of the SATX Social Ride group, said he made the map, in a format resembling a rail transit graphic, as a Valentine’s Day gift for the public Facebook group, which “promotes safe and social bike riding everywhere, especially downtown.”
Bemporad said …
Man to bike across Texas starting in Lubbock for organ donation awareness
by: Kamryn Mendoza | www.everythinglubbock.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — To bring awareness to organ donation, Mark Scotch decided to bike across the state of Texas to Louisiana.
In early 2020, Scotch met Hugh Smith, 56, a former professional horse jockey, at Cane River Brewing in Smith’s hometown of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Smith was in need of a kidney due to frequent injuries from his work.
Although Scotch’s kidney wasn’t a direct match for Smith, he wanted to donate a kidney to someone who needed one. He became a “voucher donor” through the National Kidney Registry Voucher Program, where he would be matched with a recipient somewhere in the country. …
Superflying the leeve Fort Bend County, Texas
jack snider | strava.com
Dennis About to Destroy! Travis County, Texas
Carlos A. Moreno | strava.com
Dennis said he will beat everyone at driveway on his new bike! Be ready!!!!
Black History Month: Celebratory bike ride highlights Houston’s Black history
Moriah Ballard | www.click2houston.com
HOUSTON – Organizers held an event last Saturday where members of the community got the chance to pedal through some of the historic Black sites around the Houston area.
Event organizer Pervis Hall said the ride was created to allow guests to learn about historically Black locations around the city.
The 20-mile-long celebratory ride began at 8 a.m. sharp on Feb. 11, beginning in the 500 block of Clay Street.
Texas Biking from Twitter
Thanks, @KENS5 for helping spread the good news! The City was awarded $4.4 M from @USDOT for its Zarzamora Corridor #SS4A grant! Zarzamora is one of SA’s 10 roadways with high numbers of pedestrian and bicyclists deaths. #VisionZeroSA #COSATransportation https://t.co/RJh5adVzbk
— COSATransportation (@COSATranspo) February 15, 2023
Saturday 2/18/2023 The Bagel Ride
— The Bagel Ride (@thebagelride) February 15, 2023
8:30am ride start
Starts behind Little Woodrow's, 12601 Tech Ridge Blvd, Austin 78753
54mi (86km). Store stop at 31mihttps://t.co/9jDCtHIdjH
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Sun City Crit – Nocturne Cycling Series – El Paso Sun City Crit – Nocturne Cycling Series – El Paso at El Paso, TXhttps://t.co/pEMSQORqNihttps://t.co/mZSObuGmE9
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 15, 2023
Men Cat 4-5 11:30 AM 30 minutes $200/Awards 75 … https://t.co/K528Zab5ca