{"id":22402,"date":"2013-10-04T23:47:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T04:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22402"},"modified":"2013-10-04T23:47:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T04:47:52","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/04\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPints for Prostates\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBeer, cycling provide way to peddle message
\nBy Jim Haug Herald staff writer\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0durangoherald.com
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\nA white trailer crammed with craft beers from Texas was locked up next to the stage at Ska Brewery on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Colorado liquor-licensing laws would not permit the beers to be tapped at the local brewery, but the locked-up beers symbolized the closed-off cause of the cyclists from Austin, Texas, riding for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pints for Prostates.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The real problem with prostate cancer is men. We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to talk about it. We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get…<\/p>\n

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ROD SANTA ANA: Texas A&M Forest Service played key role in organization<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.themonitor.com
\nMcALLEN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The city of McAllen has won a statewide award for its McAllen Arbor Day Challenge, a bicycle and running competition that drew more than 500 athletes, according to Salvador Alemany, a Texas A&M Forest Service regional urban forester in Weslaco and an organizer of the Feb. 9 event.
\nThe Gold Leaf\u00e2\u20ac\u201cOutstanding Arbor Day Award was presented to city officials Thursday at the 34th Texas Tree Conference in Waco during the…<\/p>\n

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Leisure Trends: Bike sales at IBDs highest since May<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nBOULDER, CO (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Retail merchandise sales grew 1 percent in August to hit $361 million according to Leisure Trends Group’s RetailTrak IBD sales summary.<\/p>\n

Unit sales were down 1 percent, but average retail-selling price continued to climb and was up 3 percent. This growth was still not enough to offset the slow start to the season, with this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dollars off by 3 percent and units down 5 percent.<\/p>\n

The good news is that bike units in August climbed the highest since May, gaining…<\/p>\n

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CycloBia gears up for bikers Sunday<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nHE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
\nVehicular traffic through downtown Brownsville will again be limited Sunday as the city holds its fall CycloBia event whereby pedestrians, cyclists and skaters are encouraged to take over the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s center.<\/p>\n

The event will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and downtown streets will be closed to vehicular traffic from East 12th Street to Palm Boulevard and between East Adams and East St. Charles streets.<\/p>\n

The free event seeks to turn major streets into…<\/p>\n

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New Event Added to the Texbiker.net Calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Event: Tyler SpeedWaves\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 p\/b Richardson Bike Mart – Tyler, TX: When: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8am to 2:30pm\u00c2\u00a0
CDTWh… http:\/\/t.co\/iuQJ2ubLfV<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n