{"id":30329,"date":"2015-07-20T23:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T04:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30329"},"modified":"2015-07-20T23:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T04:28:16","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-july-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-july-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News July 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Austin to Alaska for charity<\/a><\/h2>\n

William Stodalka \/ Alaska Highway News<\/h3>\n

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\nAbout 27 riders stopped in Fort St. John this weekend on a cross-country charity bicycle trip from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday.
\nThese University of Texas students have helped raise $670,000 so far for cancer research as part of this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s annual Texas 4000 trip \u00e2\u20ac\u201d named for the 4000 miles it will take to complete their journey.
\nOne of these riders is Ryan Terrebonne. He said he was riding to honour his grandpa, who died of colon cancer when Terrebone was very young.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He let us do everything we wanted to do, basically, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s someone I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d …<\/p>\n

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Waco cyclist, cancer survivor overcomes obstacles to set world record<\/a><\/h2>\n

By BRIAN CROWNOVER\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.wacotrib.com<\/h3>\n

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\nCatherine Moore\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story starts nearly 1,300 miles away in a town outside of Detroit. When she was a senior in high school, Moore had a friend making the long trek to Central Texas to attend Baylor University.
\nHer curiosity was aroused because she ran track in high school. She decided to contact Baylor, just to gauge its interest level.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really sure if my times were going to be good enough, but I called them and gave them my workout numbers and …<\/p>\n

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Focus at Four – Bicycle Safety<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Kathleen Witte\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.kbtx.com<\/h3>\n

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\nCindy Kovar with the Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition shares tips for staying safe and avoiding accidents while riding a bike around town.
\nMore tips and information from a release from the TAMU Safety City Program are below.
\n“Texas is among the top three states with the highest number of bicycle and pedestrian fatalities, while Brazos County is currently experiencing an increase in bicycle and pedestrian injuries. In Brazos County from 2013-2014, there was less than a 1% increase in motor vehicle crashes, but from 2013-2014 crashes involving pedestrians have increased by 48% and …<\/p>\n

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Rolling My Wheels To A New Woodhaven Swimming Hole While Thinking About A Blue Mound Move<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Durango Texas\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0durangotexas.blogspot.com<\/h3>\n

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\nIt seems as if it has been at least a day since I rolled my wheels around my Woodhaven neighborhood, so with the memory fading of my most recent having done so, today I took my handlebars on a roll around the Woodhaven Country Club Golf Course.
\nToday I came upon a new view, that being that which …<\/p>\n

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Memorial Park – Work Party<\/a><\/h2>\n

GHORBA<\/h3>\n

Work Party – Saturday, July 25 – 8am-12pm
\nMeet at the Dog Wash entrance.
\nWe will be doing a lot of trimming and filling in of some areas on Blue and Red trails.
\nWhat to bring – I will have spare tools with me: …<\/p>\n