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The National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA) has announced the 2022 winners of the Bicycle Retailer Excellence Awards (BREA). 111 retailers from North America have been awarded this recognition in levels of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. These levels were based on application score and online presence, including website and social feeds. BREA is an update on the past Americas Best Bike Shops Program. The rebrand, in 2021, focused on inclusivity while celebrating the diversity in bicycle retail.
Retailers that earn the distinction of Bicycle Retailer of Excellence, the most significant credential of its type for independent bicycle dealers, receive an official certificate, marketing signage for their shop, and digital marketing materials for their websites and social media.
Retailers will be recognized for their …
by: Samantha Jarpe | www.everythinglubbock.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — A retired shop teacher is creating bikes that double as works of art.
Kent Crowell, founder of Crowell’s Creations, uses his love of cycling and extensive background in robotics to create the unique bikes, which have featured in Lubbock’s Juneteenth parade and the Fourth on Broadway parade.
Crowell said the goal is to get kids outside and engage their sense of wonder.
By Bob Hallmark | www.kltv.com
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – Summer is peak travel time, and East Texans are taking trips at home and abroad, but one East Texas group is taking an extreme trip, to cycle the Andes in south America, but with a purpose.
The ‘Stitchin Heaven’ volunteers on their way to a ministry in remote villages of Peru, to ride bicycles 300 miles over the Andes mountains, with a mission.
“Dr. Larry Garman, 85 years old has served as a missionary down in the Peruvian jungle for about 50 years. There’s just no running water there. Interesting there is solar but no electricity,” says team member Rob Appell.
They’ll ride from the Peruvian coast, over the Andes mountains into the jungle to serve the ‘Aguaruna’ tribes.
“Chiclayo Peru to the mission station in Nuevo Horizonte in the Amazon,” Rob says.
They’ll deliver clothing and sewing items and …
By John Ingle 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs | www.sheppard.af.mil
SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Nine Sheppard AFB children were rewarded with new bicycles July 1, 2022, for their efforts in the Commissary’s "Ride into Summer" coloring contest and campaign.
The bikes, donated by the Wichita Falls Disabled American Veterans Chapter 41, were presented during a small ceremony in front of the Commissary. Before trying out their new rides, 82nd Security Forces Squadron Staff Sgt. Jaylynn King provided a safety briefing to the young cyclists.
by Fun Bikin’ Enterprises | www.bikereg.com
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