{"id":28574,"date":"2014-12-19T22:17:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T04:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=28574"},"modified":"2014-12-19T22:17:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T04:17:21","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-december-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/12\/19\/texas-bicycling-news-december-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News December 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pedal forward<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h3>\n

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\nA ghost bike stands near the location where bike rider Chelsea Norman lost her life at Waugh and West Gray on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Houston. There have been 23 bike riders killed after being struck by a vehicle in the past 5 years. ( Mayra Beltran \/ Houston Chronicle )
\nThe 15-year prison sentence handed last week to Margaret Mayer for her part in the death of bicyclist Chelsea Norman was not and should not be the final chapter in a story that scarred a city and irreparably changed the lives of at least two families.
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Even Texas princesses love Strider Bike<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Heather Buen\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0dallassinglemom.com<\/h3>\n

Trying to find a way to teach my children how to ride a bike has always been a bigger effort for a single parent than it needed to be. I know nothing about bikes and I often wondered if I was putting it together correctly or if I knew how to properly teach my children to ride a bike. Along came our friends at Strider Bike who gave us a complimentary Strider Bike Sport to try out. …
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Home Is Where The Bike Is 2<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Sue Gray\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Final Report: West Texas wrap-up
\nThursday December 18, 2014
\nWhen I first started writing about this journey, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t capitalize \u00e2\u20ac\u0153west\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when referring to the location, because I thought it was just an adjective. Now I realize there is actually a place called West Texas, with its own identity apart from greater Texas.
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\nIt’s a real place.
\nWest Texas is a place full of myth and reality, death and rebirth, grand vistas and small details, rough roads and smooth ones. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a place peopled with cowboys and Indians, hunters and hipsters, old-timers and newcomers, conservatives and liberals, and at certain times of year\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6bicycle adventurers.
\nFor most cycle-tourists, West Texas is just part of their longer Southern Tier route from California to Florida or vice versa. Only rarely does anyone take on this section of the ST by itself, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good reason for that. Because of its long stretches without services, it is often met with trepidation and seen as something to …<\/p>\n

Christmas Came Early for Milam Elementary, Students Receive 30 Free Bikes from Academy<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Tashara Parker\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.kagstv.com<\/h3>\n

BRYAN, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at one school in Bryan.
\nToday, 30 students from Milam Elementary received free bikes.
\nKAGS HD News takes a look at why the College Station Academy store wanted to spread a little holiday cheer.
\nThe sound of an early Christmas rang true at Milam elementary school said Holly Scott, Principal at Milam Elementary.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153By keeping their perfect attendance, they have an opportunity to be in this drawing for a new bicycle,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Scott said.
\nAnd the elves delivering these free bikes didn’t look anything like …
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