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Northwest Cycling Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSaturday, October 12
\nTXBRA – CX – SA Cyclocross, It’s a Bexar
\nFall Campout Double Lake Recreation Area
\n8:00am
\nRide Starter-Open
\nSunday, October 13
\nTXBRA – CX – SA Cyclocross, It’s a Bexar
\nFall Campout Double Lake Recreation Area
\nSaturday, October 19
\n8:00am
\nRide Starter-0pen
\nSaturday, October 26
\nTXBRA – CX – Spooky Cross
\n8:00am
\nRide Starter-Adrienne Mynatt
\nSunday, October 27
\nTXBRA – CX – Spooky Cross
\nMonday, October 28
\n7:00pm
\nBoard Meeting<\/p>\n

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METRO Bike & Ride Public Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAttention Bicyclists and Transit Users
\nHouston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is working with METRO to finalize the METRO Bike & Ride Access and Implementation Plan, an effort to better connect bike and transit trips. Please join us on Wednesday, October 9th to learn more about the plan and provide your input.
\nWednesday October 9, 2013
\n6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
\nHouston Permitting Center
\n1002 Washington Avenue
\nHouston, TX 77002<\/p>\n

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Highland Village Mayor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Message – Oct. 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWritten by Patrick Davis, Highland Village Mayor
\n…Our police department is hosting the 6th Annual Fallen Heroes Bike Race on October 12, 2013. The race will benefit the Texas Chiefs of Police Fallen Officer Fund. The event will take place at the Shops at Highland Village. This year they are partnering with the Highland Village Business Association and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound to provide a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Taste of Highland Village\u00e2\u20ac\u009d event to showcase the Shops at Highland Village restaurants. Our event, now titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gears & Grub,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will include food, live music by Emerald City and Superfreak, children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s activities, and a chance to meet some of our race sponsors in the vendor area during the race. This year the bike race is open to civilians to compete against some of the fastest bike officers in the metroplex. If mountain biking is not your thing there is also a 5K before the bike race. I invite all the area runners, bikers and families to come out and join us. Kicking off the event, many of our local restaurants are participating in Highland Village Restaurant Week where they will donate a percentage of their sales that week to…<\/p>\n

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Full List of Cyclesomatic 2013 Events<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
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\nThe ONLY annual bicycle festival of it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind in North Texas, Cyclesomatic is back for it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 5th edition.\u00c2\u00a0 For full information on each event, check out the…<\/p>\n

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Flat Creek Open Saturday Oct 5th<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.AustinBike.com
\nFlat Creek Crossing – Johnson City will be open this Saturday, 10\/5 starting at 9:00AM.\u00c2\u00a0 It is always a good idea to try to go out there whevneer they are open because that does not happen all the time.\u00c2\u00a0 To follow the conversation, …<\/p>\n

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Bike Out Hunger<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.wheelbrothers.com
\nBike Out Hunger invites you to join their rides for 2013 in Athens (Nov 2, 2013) and Mansfield (Nov 9, 2013).<\/p>\n

We were lucky enough to be granted an interview with Rand Jenkins of Out Hunger to ask some questions about the event.
\nWhy join Bike Out Hunger?<\/em>
\nTwo main reasons:
\n1) Great group ride
\n2) Great impact feeding hungry kids in your neighborhood<\/p>\n

How long has the event been around?<\/em>
\nThe first Bike Out Hunger ride was in April 2010 and was a 6-day event. We had 75 participants throughout the week and raised tens of thousands of dollars for ending hunger in Texas. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been adding to and improving every aspect since then. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve added travelling massage therapists, single day events and various attractions\/highlights throughout the ride from serving breakfast to those in need, being recognized from…<\/p>\n

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Highlights from the 2013 National Bike Challenge<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Jenny Rilling\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikedfw.org
\nBikeDFW hosted the local North Texas area for the second annual National Bike Challenge, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists, and Kimberly-Clark. Last year’s national goal was to reach 10,000,000 miles ridden between May 1st and August 31st. This year, LAB upped the ante by challenging us to collectively crank out 20,000,000 miles with one extra month added to the challenge. September 30th was the last day of the 2013 challenge, and folks across the US rolled out an impressive 18.4 million miles in the past five months.<\/p>\n

Our local area pretty consistently put in 1% of the national miles throughout…<\/p>\n

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

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New Event added to the http:\/\/t.co\/qbTDmPlH3h<\/a> calendar: Fallen Heroes Bike Race & 5K – Highland Village, TX 10\/12\/2013<\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 2, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n