{"id":21945,"date":"2013-07-19T22:48:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T03:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21945"},"modified":"2013-07-19T22:48:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T03:48:06","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-19th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/19\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-19th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stolen Bikes Sure to Rise in San Antonio: Do Something!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Matthew\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0bike4heck.com
\nAs cycling in San Antonio and across the nation increases so will people willing to cash in illegally on it!
\nThere have been two reported bicycles stolen in the past two days that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m aware of!
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Local Pawn Shop Buying Stolen Bicycles<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
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\nThis summer seems to be a great time for thieves to steal a bicycle in Dallas, as a number of people we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard are losing their rides, left and right.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never a good feeling and you find something that you could have done better to avoid the incident, however we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to offer those who have had their bicycles stolen some new information.<\/p>\n

A friend of BFOC recently had his nice ride stolen, and so like many others he decided to hit up local pawn shops to hold onto that…<\/p>\n

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Texas 4000 charity bike ride heads through GP.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Sara Warr\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0hqgrandeprairie.com
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\nA group of cyclists spent the night in Grande Prairie, on the way to Ancourage, Alaska all the way from Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

The ride is one of 3 routes covered this year as part of the Texas 4000 charity bike ride, raising funds for cancer research.<\/p>\n

Comprised of about 2 dozen University of Texas students per…<\/p>\n

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BIKING AND BELIEVING<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nChristian comedian completes 2,200-mile bike ride to Rockwall
\nBy JIM HARDIN Herald-Banner Staff
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\nFATE \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Chris Quimby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two-month, 2,200-mile biking journey from Maine to Rockwall wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t finished when he reached the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153finish line\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on Nash Street.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was the end of one chapter,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Quimby said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what the rest of the book looks like.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Waiting for Quimby at the finish line on June 21 was Quimby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rockwall friend, Brian Rushing. Joining Rushing was his…<\/p>\n

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The Case of the Missing Roubaix<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Eliot Landrum\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikingindallas.com
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\nThis week has truly been a roller coaster.<\/p>\n

From my perspective, it all started at 7pm on Wednesday evening. I opened the interior door to my garage to find that the garage door was wide open. Assuming that one of my roommates had just accidentally left it open, I went to my car parked in the driveway. Walking back in, I counted the bikes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 1, 2, 3, 4\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 wait.. where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s #5? I left it here, right? Earlier in the week I had it inside, but I moved it to the garage, right? I did a quick scan and looked under \/ around and had a roommate come look and…<\/p>\n

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Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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My "international" cycling tour, having ridden in Italy back in June, continues with a 68mi ride tomorrow in Paris. *cough, Texas, cough*<\/p>\n

— Don E. Soula (@DonSoula) July 20, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n