So my district rep Greg Travis, for district G - which is basically the entire western corridor between I-10 and Westheimer from downtown to HWY 6, strongly opposed the plan, voted no, and said he didn't support any bike infra in his district at all. I mean, what in the holy f***?? His entire district is exactly the place it's needed - plus it already had terry hershey, memorial park, and buffalo bayou - it's like - what planet do you live on dude???
I'm so pissed. I'm writing him a letter - a non confrontational one- to tell him he's out of his idiot mind. |
Originally Posted by the sci guy
(Post 19460269)
Houston bike plan passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Houston City Council approves new bike plan | abc13.com |
Originally Posted by Tommy1955
(Post 19461798)
I guess this is what you're talking about. I wonder where the bike plan will go?
Houston City Council approves new bike plan | abc13.com It's been available to the public for over a year. Sadly, not enough people knew about this either - we could have used even more letters and emails and phonecalls to the reps. I'm glad it passed but it took a lot of time. If you're on Facebook I highly recommend joining the Critical Mass group - even if you don't ride in it (I don't) it's a great page for lots of info. Also follow Bike Houston on Facebook, and Twitter. |
This happened on Saturday:
Driver accused of plowing down bicyclists - Houston Chronicle At least two of my teammates where on that route when it happened. Most of us were out at Chappell Hill. |
Blue Bonnet Express is less than a week away!
... haven't rode in a week. Nervous, but very excited! |
i haven't ridden in over 3 weeks - knee is still in a brace. hoping to try to pedal maybe by thursday this week. if it holds, I MAY try a shorter route for the bluebonnet. but, i may just have to skip it and wait another week. sigh. this sucks so bad. why couldn't i have dislocated my knee in august?
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Originally Posted by mtb_addict
(Post 19471615)
What ever happened to the case last year of Waller County cops writing 200 tickets at a charity ride? Were tickets dismissed? Are they gonna to write tickets again?
From what I have heard, Waller cops are now following groups of riders through town and writing tickets any time they ride more than single file. This is counter to the law, which says we can ride two abreast if we are not hindering the flow of traffic. It sounds like pure harassment to me, and I would love to see a bike friendly attorney take them to court. I honestly think the County Judge and some of the other leadership are doing a good job trying to reach out and build some bridges between cyclists and motorists, but there are obviously some others, specifically in law enforcement roles that have decided they are just going to try to harass cyclists to the point that they will stop riding there. I would encourage every rider who is ticketed for borderline stuff (like riding two abreast when there is not anybody else trying to pass) to challenge the ticket in court. The key to any effort to push back is building a case that the tickets they are writing are not legit and are being written to harass, not to enforce the law. Now if you got a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign, or for riding two abreast when others are trying to pass, well then shame on you. |
Riding two abreast in a lane where you are impeding the flow of traffic is illegal. If there are two lanes going your direction and you are in one, and traffic is light enough that you aren't impeding them, it is legal. It is also legal in a single lane if cars can easily pass. What Waller appears to be doing is just writing tickets anytime riders are two abreast, regardless of the flow of traffic around them.
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As for stop signs, are you asking what the law says or what I do? Law says if your tires don't come to a complete stop behind the line/sign before proceeding, you are breaking the law. I will come to a nearly complete stop so that it is obvious I am able to look both ways and yield to traffic that has the right of way. I don't know the details of who is getting tickets for that, but I believe they are leaning more towards if the rider didn't completely stop, they get a ticket. I have seen the NWCC Zube riders completely blow through stop signs AND stop lights on old 290 at times with no pretense of stopping. I would find it hard to argue against a ticket for those kinds of infractions if an officer decided to write one.
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2017 BBX postponed
UPDATE:
The 2017 BlueBonnet Express has been postponed from April 2nd to April 15th. Blue Bonnet Express website |
Aye, saw that on FB yesterday. Good news for my knee. Hopefully I'll be able to make it now.
$10 says the weather Sunday is gorgeous. |
Originally Posted by the sci guy
(Post 19478679)
$10 says the weather Sunday is gorgeous.
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Originally Posted by the sci guy
(Post 19478679)
Aye, saw that on FB yesterday. Good news for my knee. Hopefully I'll be able to make it now.
$10 says the weather Sunday is gorgeous. |
Originally Posted by Tommy1955
(Post 19479280)
If you're talking about this Sunday, Channel 13 is calling for a 90% chance of strong storms and a 30% chance of rain late Saturday. I'm gonna try to get 35 to 45 miles in at Hershey Park/George Bush Park Saturday morning. I see the construction of the bike way between Wilcrest & Beltway 8 is almost done.
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I hope Sunday is beautiful. We have a ride planned from the brewery to Kemah and back. I love that ride. Very boring road, but it goes past a big chunk of my childhood. And there's the Kemah bridge at the turn around point.
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You are likely to be disappointed. Tomorrow is very likely to be ugly. SPC has Houston right in the middle of a bullseye of "moderate" risk, the first time they have used the moderate risk level since February 2008. Pretty unique combination of factors coming together that are likely to produce hail, high winds, tornados, and heavy rain.
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Originally Posted by txags92
(Post 19483136)
You are likely to be disappointed. Tomorrow is very likely to be ugly. SPC has Houston right in the middle of a bullseye of "moderate" risk, the first time they have used the moderate risk level since February 2008. Pretty unique combination of factors coming together that are likely to produce hail, high winds, tornados, and heavy rain.
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Originally Posted by txags92
(Post 19483136)
You are likely to be disappointed. Tomorrow is very likely to be ugly. SPC has Houston right in the middle of a bullseye of "moderate" risk, the first time they have used the moderate risk level since February 2008. Pretty unique combination of factors coming together that are likely to produce hail, high winds, tornados, and heavy rain.
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Well that was a bust. We cancelled our ride on Sunday due to weather and then the storms never came. At least we got some beer training in.
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Yea. Around 4:00 that afternoon, I decided to go out for a quick 15 mile ride so I got a little time in.
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Originally Posted by memebag
(Post 19485833)
Well that was a bust. We cancelled our ride on Sunday due to weather and then the storms never came. At least we got some beer training in.
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Originally Posted by memebag
(Post 19485833)
Well that was a bust. We cancelled our ride on Sunday due to weather and then the storms never came. At least we got some beer training in.
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did 3.6 miles around the neighborhood on Friday, and 4.3 miles around the neighborhood yesterday to test out the knee - can't stand and mash yet, but regular pedaling seems pretty alright.
pretty sure i'm going to try one of the shorter routes at the Bluebonnet Exp this weekend. |
Originally Posted by mtb_addict
(Post 19501283)
What about taking some drugs? Would it help?
except maybe heroin. |
if you want to park on the side of the stadium where the registration and start line is (far side of the stadium from entry point), get there early. I will probably try to get there around 7am. It's an open start at 8am, so you can roll out when ready. I usually park, walk to the tables to sign in and stuff, then go back to the car and put my number on and then get the bike out. Then wander back over to meet up with people.
You may regret taking a single speed townie. There are hills on this ride, and it's noted for having some terrible winds. Last time I did it I did the 55, and that shares most roads with the 45, and once you turned North on 359 it was death the whole way until you turned to face south/east again for the last handful of miles. |
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