{"id":33039,"date":"2016-05-06T00:05:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=33039"},"modified":"2016-05-06T00:05:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:05:50","slug":"texas-bicycle-news-digest-may-5th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/texas-bicycle-news-digest-may-5th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycle News Digest May 5th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet our board members: Nicky Stevens<\/a><\/h2>\n

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


\n1. What made you want to join Bike Friendly Fort Worth?
\nI joined BFFW after I had already started working with children and bike safety on my own. I found that it was something I really enjoyed doing and felt that I could do more by working with BFFW.
\n2. When and why did you start cycling?
\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always had a bike. As a young adult, I would ride across town on my BMX for fun, but after I had my first child I started to look at cycling as transportation as well. …<\/p>\n

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Cancer survivor hopes his 968-mile ride to Houston will inspire others<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Nancy Tipton<\/h3>\n

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


\nKen Sidenblad believes that cycling saved his life.
\nAfter three recurrences of the cancer that was diagnosed in 2002 and a long bout of depression, Sidenblad found the Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Cycling affiliate of Adaptive Adventures, a green recumbent trike and a purpose in life.
\nThis week, he left the Duke City to ride 968 miles to Atascocita, Texas, (a northeast Houston suburb) in 25 days \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in time for his grandson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s graduation. As of Wednesday, Sidenblad was in …<\/p>\n

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Cummings students turn out for National Walk & Bike to School Day<\/a><\/h2>\n

By GARY LONG<\/h3>\n

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


\nCummings Middle School turned out in force Wednesday morning for the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second observance of National Walk & Bike to School Day.
\nMore than 200 students congregated around the fountain in WashingtonPark at 7:15 a.m. to walk and ride bikes down Sixth Street to their school, which sits off Ringgold Street next to Dean Porter Park.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our hope is that with events like this, our kids will start …<\/p>\n

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CYCLING, LOVE AND A SECRET.<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Audria Perez<\/h3>\n

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


\nPedal To Padre is known as an annual 30-mile bicycle tour from Brownsville to South Padre Island.
\nBut, for one couple, it was much more.
\nThis year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 20th anniversary of the event will never be forgotten by a pair of cyclists as well as those who watched the special occasion.
\nOrganizers of the Pedal To Padre and cyclist Roberto Aleman joined together to organize a very special surprise. This well-kept secret took …<\/p>\n

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Have a Bike? VIA Metro Will Give You A Free Ride on Friday<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Mark Reagan<\/h3>\n

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


\nIf you love bicycling and are passionate about alternative transportation you’ve got a two-wheeled ticket to celebrate two decades of the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Walk & Roll Rally day.
\nSince 2005 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in support of National Bike Month \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the organization has …<\/p>\n

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