{"id":20856,"date":"2013-04-03T00:34:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T05:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20856"},"modified":"2013-04-03T00:34:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T05:34:46","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-2nd-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/03\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-2nd-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth Trail Workday – Gateway Park – 4\/6\/2013 – 8:30am<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Cup of Joe Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nCorinth Cycling Club
\nWhen: Sat Apr 13, 2013 8am to 9:30am\u00c2\u00a0 CDT
\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School
\nEvent Status: confirmed
\nEvent Description: The Cup o’ Joe is a beginner level ride of around 15 miles. The ride heads south to Hickory Creek and stops for drinks at Starbucks on the way home. The ride leader for this ride is Bob Troyer. …<\/p>\n

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Big Ring Challenge- a time for thanks<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nGHORBA
\nA time for thanks.
\nGHORBA had its most successful Big Ring Challenge to date with 570 racers giving it their all. As a fundraiser, I anticipate it will also be successful. For the past three years, I have been the last person to leave DL after the race clean-up. I am usually exhausted, tired, and a bit sore. I broke camp around 6 p.m. and managed to lose my keys, requiring me to unshove what I had just shoved in my car to locate them. Then my car would not start because I had drained the battery. Despite…<\/p>\n

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Trail Building- Past and Future<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nThe Big Ring Challenge was a great chance for the past to meet the present. Ross Carrie was originally involved with the building and development of the “old” Double Lake trail. Ross has turned his focus to horses, he wanted to see the MTB community using it first hand. Ross was impressed with both the turnout for the race and how the trail has been maintained and improved over the years. He also had a chance to talk with Susan Stormer and Ryan Spates of S & S Trails, who built the…<\/p>\n

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New Anthills Bridge Courtesy of Boy Scout Troop 993<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nThe old Anthills 4\u00e2\u20ac\u009dx4″ bridge between Dairy Ashford and Kirkwood was replaced this last weekend by Boy Scout Troop 993 as an Eagle Scout project. The scouts also cleared and bench cut about 100 feet of new trail on…<\/p>\n

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Bicycles needed for job-seeking veterans in ETX<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Stephanie Frazier, KLTV Community Web Producer
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\nAccording to The Texas Veterans Commission, there is a need for bicycles in East Texas.<\/p>\n

TVC Local Veterans Employment Representative Teresa Maryska says that at any given time, there are four or five veterans in need of bicycles for transportation to find jobs and\u00c2\u00a0 to get to those jobs.<\/p>\n

If you have a new or good used bicycle to donate to veterans, please contact…<\/p>\n

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Bicycle Tour de Funky Chickens<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nA day for chickenists and cyclists
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\nIt was the first year for an official cycling portion of the Funky Chicken Coop Tour, but not the first year de Leon designed a route through the coops. Last year, he bought a map early and planned a ride between eight stops, then followed it solo, picking up one other person along the way. He said it was so enjoyable, he contacted the Urban Poultry Association of Texas, organizers of Funky Chicken Coop Tour, and Bike Austin to see if he could arrange a public one for this year. Both organizations were supportive and, while de Leon mapped the route and…<\/p>\n

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Cyclists visit with police chief about road safety<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby SHELTON GREEN \/ KVUE News
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