Texas Bicycling News, Events – August 23, 2023
Rice renovates bike track
By Spring Chenjp | www.ricethresher.org
Rice is currently renovating the bike track used for Beer Bike, which involves repaving the asphalt and repainting track markers, according to an Aug. 9 email from the Facilities and Capital Planning department. The project began on Aug. 8 and is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 6.
According to communications and event specialist Faith Neyra, renovations are completed on an as-needed basis.
“The very nature of asphalt subjects it to wear and tear, especially when continuously …
FEMALE CRITICAL AFTER BICYCLE CRASH
By Scott Engle | montgomerycountypolicereporter.com
1115pm-A woman in her 40’s has been struck on a bicycle on Butera Drive and South Heaton in the Stage Coach area. Magnolia Fire responded to the scene. She has been transported to Memorial Herman in The Woodlands in critical condition with multiple multiple fractures.
Coffee & Bikes “When We Give You Lemons” Alleycat LAUNCH PARTY!
By EaDo Bike Co | www.eventbrite.com
Saturday, September 2 · 12 – 5pm CDT Location EaDo Bike Co 912 St. Charles St. Houston, TX 77003 About this event
We’re throwing a party to celebrate Coffee & Bike’s 2nd Annual Labor Day Alleycat!
What you can expect:
Food vendors
Beer provided by our friends at Equal Parts Brewing and Bad Astronaut
Vendor Market
Swap Meet
What is a “Swap Meet?”
Well, back in the good ol’ days people used to get together at the local school gym or community center with their belongings that they no longer have a use for to trade/barter with others!
If you’d like to set up a table sign up at this link: https://forms.gle/qLNRv6zh2Cdwne4P7
If you’d like to bring items to swap and trade, you are free to do so without signing up!
Very Successful Bike Shop For Sale.
www.bizbuysell.com
Popular, Established Bike Shop in a Growing Bike Friendly Area Successful, popular, well established bicycle shop located just south of the DFW Metroplex in beautiful Cedar Hill Texas. We are only minutes away from the Cedar Hill State Park, which offers 1,200 acres open to bikers and Big Cedar Wilderness Trail that consist of twenty miles of single track mountain bike loops. Whether you are looking to hike or bike around Cedar Hill we have miles of trails and bikeways that are the most sought-after recreational amenities in the region. Our newest addition is the beautiful Balcones Trail that runs parallel to Joe Pool Lake and will eventually connect Cedar Hill to neighboring communities. …
Hotter’N Hell Downtown Criterium Race
happeningnext.com
The 2023 Hotter’N Hell Hundred Cycling Races will take place in Downtown Wichita Falls, TX from August 25th-27th. All three days of racing this year will be spectator-friendly criteriums in downtown Wichita Falls. Starting Friday afternoon at 5:30 p.m., hundreds of spectators will line the streets to watch some of the fastest professional male and female cyclists in the country race in a 1.2 mile loop taking sharp corners and hitting speeds up to 30mph+. The Saturday …
Turkey Burn 100 Adventure Challenge
Spinistry | www.bikesignup.com
Sun November 26, 2023 Euless, TX 76039 US Full Bird 100 Mile+ Challenge
Light Weight White Meat Only 50ish Mile Challenge
Fort Worth Gravel Crits Week 1
Spinistry | www.bikesignup.com
Thu September 7, 2023 Fort Worth, TX 76164 US This is a test ride/dress rehearsal. Free for Club Spinistry members. Not a member yet? We offer a one month trial membership which includes access to all Spinistry rides/events in September for only $30.
2 mile loop all gravel with zero motorized traffic. This is meant to be …
Dallas Gravel Crits Week 1
Spinistry | www.bikesignup.com
Thu September 14, 2023 Dallas, TX 75212 US This is a test ride/dress rehearsal. Free for Club Spinistry members. Not a member yet? We offer a one month trial membership which includes access to all Spinistry rides/events in September for only $30.
2 mile loop all gravel with zero motorized traffic. This is meant to be …
Pflugerville secures 5-year contract for Texas Nationals BMX races
By Mike Christen | www.bizjournals.com
The event will be supported by Texas’ Event Trust Funds, a state initiative meant to attract events in the state. Funding from the program has gone toward major sporting events such as the annual Formula One U.S. Grand Prix outside Austin and the 2017 NFL Super Bowl in Houston. …
MPC with a legit pro! Houston, Texas
Philip Shama | strava.com
3rd lap in I stopped for a team mate that crashed. Then got back in after he was picked up. Neilson Powless was probably nose breathing. Haha
Texas Biking from X
Harris County Precinct One owns a fleet of 350 bicycles & is constantly moving around communities teaching children how to safely ride & showing adults that there are safe facilities in their community.
— Jay Blazek Crossley (@JayCrossley) August 19, 2023
Terrific leadership from @RodneyEllis & contribution from @woombikesUSA. pic.twitter.com/Cse7Wpvu8w
It’s kinda funny or sad that this message on the back of the Harris County van is only true inside the City of Houston & not the unincorporated parts of the county or other cities.#txlege should ensure a consistent Safe Passing law statewide. Right @raylopezfortx? pic.twitter.com/ak7Q5GpDa2
— Jay Blazek Crossley (@JayCrossley) August 19, 2023
We are just ONE WEEK out from our Bicycle Maintenance Clinic!
— Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) August 23, 2023
Join us at the shop next Wednesday, August 30th at 5:00pm where our certified mechanics will go over the ins and outs of caring for your bike in between tune ups so you can keep rollin' smooth! pic.twitter.com/9cNz64pZsK
Saturday 8/26/2023 The Bagel Ride
— The Bagel Ride (@thebagelride) August 23, 2023
7:00am ride start
Starts behind Little Woodrow's, 12601 Tech Ridge Blvd, Austin TX 78753
53mi (86km). Store stop at 28mihttps://t.co/jpX2o74Q7d