{"id":31073,"date":"2015-10-01T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=31073"},"modified":"2015-10-01T00:37:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T05:37:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-september-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/01\/texas-bicycling-news-september-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News September 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bike Barn, Bayou City Adventures named exclusive providers for Buffalo Bayou Partnership<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.yourhoustonnews.com\/west_university<\/h3>\n

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\nBuffalo Bayou Partnership announced a five-year exclusive partnership with Bike Barn \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a Houston-based bike retailer servicing the biking community since 1983 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and Bayou City Adventures \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a popular provider of outdoor recreational equipment and services \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to begin offering bicycles, canoes, and kayaks for rent along Buffalo Bayou between Shepherd Drive and Fannin Street. Rental stations will be located along major points of interest along Buffalo Bayou Park, namely Lost Lake and The Water Works, and also at the foot of Sunset Coffee Building at Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Landing in downtown.
\nThis agreement comes as the improvements to the 160-acre, 2.3-mile Buffalo Bayou Park are nearing …<\/p>\n

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Give bikers a break, and more lanes<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.paisano-online.com<\/h3>\n

As the price of parking permits rise and temperatures begin to fall, more UTSA students choose bicycles as their muscle-powered method of transportation.
\nCycling to class is a great way to save money, energy and time that would otherwise be spent hunting down a parking spot. Students who bike to class burn calories while reducing their carbon footprint \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a choice beneficial to cardiovascular health and the environment.
\nHowever, the benefits of biking do not come without …<\/p>\n

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Palestine gearing up for 2nd Annual Gravel Grinder Cycling Event<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

The Camino 205, a long distance cycling adventure through the Piney Woods of East Texas, will kick off on Saturday, October 3, in Old Town Palestine.
\nAccording to event organizer Dave Morrow, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cyclists in the upper Midwest have been putting on gravel grinder events for about ten years. One of the most notable being the Dirty Kanza, which traverses the Flint Hills National Grasslands in Kansas, and has over 1,200 riders.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nThe popularity of gravel grinders is …<\/p>\n