{"id":25210,"date":"2014-08-07T23:40:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T04:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=25210"},"modified":"2014-08-07T23:40:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T04:40:06","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Texas cyclists start new safety awareness campaign<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Courtney Friedman\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.cbs19.tv<\/h4>\n

TYLER (KYTX) – East Texas bike riders are asking for your help in making the road a safer place for them.\u00c2\u00a0 A local group that has started an ad campaign to spread awareness.
\n“Student. Brother. Son.”
\n“Father. Firefighter. Husband.”
\n“Caregiver. Grandmother. Volunteer.”
\n“Someone you care about rides a bike.”
\nThese are the words you’ll see on billboards around the Tyler area.\u00c2\u00a0 They’ve been put up to remind you who you’re protecting when you share the road with bicyclists.
\n“Trying to make people aware that cyclists are everyday people. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, kids. It’s your…<\/p>\n

Why 79 Bikers Ride Over 4000 Miles Cross-Country<\/a><\/h2>\n

By JULIA NOEL\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0abcnews.go.com<\/h4>\n

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\nBiking over 4,000 miles in just 70 days may not be your ideal pastime. For a group of students from Texas, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how they choose to spend their summer vacations.
\nStudents from the University of Texas bike ride from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, — all in the name of fighting cancer with Texas 4000. The organization raises money and each biker rides for something greater than themselves.
\nOne of this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s riders, Courtney Schutze, joined Texas 4000 after feeling disconnected from her dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s battle against multiple myeloma. While she was at school in Austin, her dad was home in Dallas fighting for his life. She…<\/p>\n

Sunday August 31st New Berlin Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club \u00e2\u20ac\u201c HCBTC<\/h4>\n

Ride will start at 7:30 from the Brietzke Station Cafe parking lot at the intersection of FM 2538\/Trainer Hale Road and 775.\u00c2\u00a0 Directions: Take I-10 east towards Seguin; turn right at FM 2538\/Trainer Hale Road; follow this road for 8 miles until you come to a T.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Brietzke restaurant parking lot is straight ahead. This\u00c2\u00a0 ride is 30 miles plus on mostly flat terrain with some gentle rolling hills ride.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Lunch will be at Brietzke\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s after the ride.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Hope you can join us for the morning ride and…<\/p>\n

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT<\/a><\/h2>\n

Plano Bicycle Association<\/h4>\n

The PBA is launching 5 new rides this month
\nAll starting and finishing in McKinney at Cadence Cyclery
\nSaturday OAS North
\nSaturday OAS Lite North
\nSaturday CAD Ride
\nFred’s Saturday Ride
\nSaturday McK Java Ride
\nOAS North, OAS Lite North, and CAD rides start August 9
\nFred’s Saturday Ride and McK Java Ride start August 16<\/p>\n

Paceline<\/a><\/h2>\n

Fort Worth Bicycling Association<\/h4>\n

Our most recent Paceline (the club’s online newsletter) was added 8-4-14 and is available<\/p>\n

Gulf Coast Bike Touring Photos<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Rideon\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0biketourings.com<\/h4>\n

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\nOne of the benefits of summer bike touring is being able to travel light. My old Bridgestone MB 1 in photo at left with Detours Grassy Handlebar Basket and two small panniers holds all I need for sight seeing and photographing the Gulf Coast’s scenic areas.
\nThere are however two must have items for this part of the country during summer.\u00c2\u00a0 Mosquito Repellent and Sunscreen.\u00c2\u00a0 A friend who travels regularly to the Phillipines, Thailand and Vietnam commented that the Texas Gulf Coast has the worst mosquitoes he’s ever seen.
\nFor that very reason I carry a bottle of bug spray and a…<\/p>\n