Archive for the 'Oklahoma' Category (Page 2)
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'Craptastic' Trails in Tulsa?
Posted on October 24, 2008 | 1 CommentEd Wagner of CycleDog writes about his experiences on a local multi-use trail: Brian Potter accompanied me on part of the Midland Valley Extension yesterday, a multi-use path that more or less parallels the east side of Tulsa’s inner dispersal loop. It’s difficult to describe this MUP adequately. Superlatives are out …Oklahoma Bicyclist Killed in Hit-and-Run
Posted on October 15, 2008 | 4 CommentsJoseph Purrington, 21, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma was killed when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car being driven at a high rate of speed on a local street. Witnesses report that 32-year-old William Burton Livingston was driving at least 100 miles per hour prior to the collision, before …Police Mountain Bike Competition in Norman, OK
Posted on October 15, 2008 | No CommentsFrom the Norman Transcript comes news of an unusual mountain biking competition, one limited to police officers: The Norman Police Department hosted the first police mountain bike competition to be held in Oklahoma Sept. 30. Thirty law enforcement officers from eight different agencies participated, including one officer from Hamburg, Germany. The purpose …Oklahoma FreeWheel's Impact
Posted on May 6, 2008 | No CommentsThe Oklahoma FreeWheel is Oklahoma’s premier bicycle touring event. It starts June 8th at Marietta near the Texas border, and ends at Caldwell, Kansas on the 14th. This year will be the Oklahoma FreeWheel’s 30th anniversary. Along the way the tour passes through numerous small towns, and with over 1000 cyclists, …Death By Distraction
Posted on May 5, 2008 | 3 CommentsDavid Lee Harrison of Enid, Oklahoma was killed after being struck from behind by a car. Harrison, 46, was riding his Allez Elite Vittoria bicycle when he was hit by a 2008 Toyota Avalon driven by Duard Spleth, 84, of Waukomis. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, the cause …Oklahoma City Discovers Trails as Transportation
Posted on April 24, 2008 | No CommentsHal McKnight, chairman of the Oklahoma City Trails Advisory Committee, says that as more trails are built people are beginning to view them as more than just recreation. “With the warmer weather and high gas prices, we are seeing these trails used for people to get to and from work …In Praise of Oklahoma Mountain Biking
Posted on April 22, 2008 | No CommentsOklahoma is a great mountain biking state, but few people realize it. So says Christian Combs, president of the Oklahoma Earthbike Fellowship, an Oklahoma mountain biking and trail-building club dedicated to the enhancement of off-road cycling. Many people perceive Oklahoma as a relatively flat state, but it has a diverse geography and …Tulsa's Bike-Sharing Program
Posted on March 19, 2008 | No CommentsOn his CycleDog blog, Ed Wagner writes about Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Tulsa Townies bike-sharing program, and the lack of credit Tulsa has received for the initiative. Bike-sharing programs were apparently one of the hot topics at the recent National Bike Summit, with both Portland and Washington, DC close to launching new bicycle-sharing …-
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