{"id":22307,"date":"2013-09-18T23:54:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T04:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22307"},"modified":"2013-09-18T23:54:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T04:54:35","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-18th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/18\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-18th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waco: Retired Marine Bikes Across U.S. To Honor Fallen Troops<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.kwtx.com
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\nWACO (September 17, 2013) — A retired Marine of 15 years has made it her mission to ride her bike across the country in three months.
\nShe is biking and driving from Camp Pendleton, California to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
\nMaj. Jennifer Marino has completed her 38th day on her 77 day journey of honoring our fallen troops.
\nMaj. Marino not only wanted to complete her journey across the country but she also wanted it to have more meaning to it.
\nShe decided to attempt to meet with…<\/p>\n

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‘Bikes, Bats and Brews’ ride along bayou next week<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Megan Mattingly-Arthur \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.chron.com
\nThe Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Bayou City Outdoors will host the educational bicycling social event “Bikes, Bats and Brews” from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25.
\nThe event will include a scenic bike ride, which will depart from Market Square Park, 300 Travis St.
\nParticipants will ride through Buffalo Bayou trails and over Waugh Drive Bridge, where they can…<\/p>\n

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Green crusader biking to Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.manitoulin.ca
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\nHONORA BAY\u00e2\u20ac\u201dHonora Bay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Justin Tilson is known as a champion of green causes (his run in the 2011 provincial election for the Green Party in Ontario made this well known) and next month he plans to create awareness regarding climate change and what ordinary folk can do to make a difference by cycling from Manitoulin to Texas.
\nThe trip is over 3,000 kilometres, but Mr. Tilson hopes to see it accomplished in seven to 10 days. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want to prove that this is doable,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. That means putting in at least 300 kilometres and six or seven hours of pedaling a…<\/p>\n

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Bikes Belong rebrands<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Lynette Carpiet\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bicycleretailer.com
\nNational nonprofit boosts local and state support.
\nLAS VEGAS, NV (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Bikes Belong is rebranding as PeopleForBikes to bring clarity and simplicity to the organization. The Bikes Belong Coalition and Bikes Belong Foundation will be renamed the PeopleForBikes Coalition and the PeopleForBikes Foundation. Starting Wednesday, the opening day of Interbike, the Bikes Belong brand will no longer be used.
\nA new PeopleForBikes website, launched concurrently, will take the place of the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three existing sites.
\nPeopleForBikes was a campaign of the Bikes Belong Foundation that started in 2010 to get one million pledges in support of bicycling.
\nThe name change and restructuring will streamline the organization to a single brand and connect its industry-backed programs to…
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Griggs and City Staff Explain 5th St Bicycle Sharrows<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
\nPlease see FAQs prepared by Staff regarding shared bike arrow markings or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sharrows\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Kidd Springs.
\nPlease let me know if you have any questions.\u00c2\u00a0 The FAQs below were prepared by City Staff.\u00c2\u00a0 We are also in the process of preparing additional maps showing bike facility development in North Oak Cliff.
\nThank you for your continued support for more bike facilities in our community.
\n1)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Why was 5th St selected for an east-west route in this area?
\nThe 2011 Dallas Bike Plan identified multiple bicycle routes in the Kidd Springs Park area, specifically on Bishop and Zang.\u00c2\u00a0 The Bishop Ave. bike lane is already complete from Colorado to just north of Davis.\u00c2\u00a0 The proposed bike route on…<\/p>\n

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New Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Event added to the http:\/\/t.co\/qbTDmPlH3h<\/a> calendar: Cranksgiving 6-Hour Ride at Pace Bend – Spicewood, TX 11\/23\/2013<\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) September 18, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n