You might notice a new installation in Wichita Falls in front of the Vitro facility. This is what is known as a 'ghost bike' and many may not know the story behind why these go up.
a Wichita Falls man has been sentenced after he stole a bicycle from a local store, and tried to outrun the store’s employees who chased him down the road.
It’s never a good idea to outrun the police. However, if you are going to try to get away from the cops, then at least use something faster than a bicycle.
From the beginning, the plan was to host a 90-mile bicycle ride each year for 10 years, with a projected goal of $10,000. To date, more than $220,000 in cash and in-kind gifts have been generated for Hospice of Wichita Falls.
A friend of mine pointed this video out to me. It's an amazing helmet-cam perspective of a downhill bicycle race in Chile. But it's not done on a mountainside. It's done on the twisting, winding, only slightly wider than your handlebars sidewalks and alleyways of urban Chile...