{"id":34995,"date":"2017-01-07T05:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T11:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34995"},"modified":"2017-01-06T23:21:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T05:21:22","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-6th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-january-6th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News January 6th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 USA Cycling Cyclo-Cross National Championships — Texas Style<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Texas Bicycle Racing Association | txbra.org<\/h3>\n


\nCongratulations to our Texas ladies, aka 2017 NATIONAL CYCLO-CROSS CHAMPIONS, Kim Chance, Cat Moore and Christina Gokey-Smith. Well done ladies!!<\/p>\n

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Community Bike Share Program, latest national trend in mobility, to be added to Edinburg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growing transportation system, say local leaders<\/a><\/h2>\n

by admin | www.edinburgpolitics.com<\/h3>\n


\nFeatured: The Edinburg Mayor and Edinburg City Council, on Tuesday, January 3, 2016, continued to build on the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growing transportation system by moving forward with another cutting-edge trend in mobility \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a Community Bike Share Program. In general, a bike sharing program is defined as an innovative transportation program, ideal for short distance point-to-point trips providing users the ability to pick up a bicycle at any self-serve bike-station and return it to any other bike station located within the system\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s service area. The station shown here is on the Edinburg Campus of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. …<\/p>\n

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Devon’s Light: A mother’s effort to keep bikers safe after teen son’s death<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Haley Bull | kfdm.com<\/h3>\n

Orange \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Next month will mark one year since Devon Lestage, 19, was struck and killed while riding his bike. Now, his memory is living on through his mother’s efforts to save others from his same fate.
\n“He had a really good heart,” his mother, Chanda Foreman, said.
\nShe is holding onto the teen’s memories, kept in pictures, a garden and now her fundraising.
\n“It’s like when he died a part of me died with him,” she said.
\nFebruary 2016 the teen was riding his bike on the I-10 access road at Adams Bayou in Orange. Troopers said he …<\/p>\n

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BMX Flatland champion brings talents to Frank Erwin Center<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.texassports.com<\/h3>\n


\nTerry Adams relied on the bicycle to overcome childhood challenges like asthma and dyslexia. He discovered a talent for artistic cycling when he was 12 and turned that competitive passion into drive and ambition.
\n“If you want something bad enough, you can do whatever you want in this world,” Adams says. “You just need to believe.”
\nThe 32-year-old Adams is a sponsored Red Bull athlete who …<\/p>\n

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Southern Tier Winter Tour<\/a><\/h2>\n

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Day 12 – Brendan to LaGrange Texas: Lies and Damn Lies
\nFriday January 6, 2017
\nI totally was enthralled with the Tour de France this year. I’d never watched bike racing and found it to be totally awesome to see how the teams tried all sorts of tactics to de-throne Chris Froome and Team Sky. One thing I noticed while watching the three-week long spectacle was that the announcers used the phrase “had a mechanical” to describe when a rider’s bike broke in some fashion.
\nWell, today I had my first mechanical. I’d been really fortunate so far with no flats, but somewhere just after I began my journey this morning I picked up a tiny, tiny piece of metal…like maybe 2 or 3cm long and super-thin…in my tire. And, as any cyclist knows, it doesn’t take much. Now, when your bike tire goes flat, the effect is immediate and unmissable: you KNOW its flat.
\nWell, not so much on a trailer tire.
\nIt wasn’t until about 8 miles into …<\/p>\n

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Weekend Update<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n

Temperatures are expected to be in the 20s both Saturday and Sunday which is not fun for most. That said, there will be some hardcore folks that will ride from Cups & Cones Saturday at 8am (NOT the regular 8:30am). Feel free to freeze yer butt off and join them! There is no scheduled ride for Sunday.
\nIf you want to get a group together to ride later in the …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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What a better way to start the year than Riding your Bike El Paso\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc
Come join EP Cyclists for our Saturday… https:\/\/t.co\/IRexhIO8pE<\/a><\/p>\n

— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) January 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n