{"id":33602,"date":"2016-07-13T00:08:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T05:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=33602"},"modified":"2016-07-13T00:08:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T05:08:54","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-july-12th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/texas-bicycling-news-july-12th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News July 12th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

College cyclists set sights on East Texas as cross-country journey continues<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Alex Osiadacz<\/h3>\n

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


\nTYLER, TX (KLTV) – A group of college students biking their way across the country have their sights set on East Texas.
\nCyclists from the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity recently crossed into Texas as they pedal from California to Washington D.C., raising awareness and more than $500,000 for ability programs. The sun beating down and their feet, tired from over 1,500 miles of pedaling, does not keep the southern route Journey of Hope riders from their busy schedule.
\n“It was hard the first two weeks I had moments where I asked …<\/p>\n

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Texas 4000 Team Rolls Into Tillamook As Part Of 70-Day Journey Benefitting Cancer Research<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

On the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team will be rolling through Tillamook on Sunday, July 17, just 44 days after departing from Austin, Texas on their way to Anchorage, Alaska. While in Tillamook, the 2016 Texas 4000 Team will celebrate and share hope, knowledge and charity with friends and family before continuing on their 70-day journey.
\nThe 67 undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Texas at Austin will brave the rain, sleet, wind, snow, heat and …<\/p>\n

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Like predecessor, Barrington teen plans to bike across five states for charity<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Todd Shields<\/h3>\n

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


\nWhen Jan Gierlach was a third grader at Hough Street Elementary in Barrington, he listened to fellow Barrington resident Bob Lee talk about his 6,500-mile bicycle ride from Florida to Maine in 2007 during a classroom presentation.
\nAs the founder of Ride for 3 Reasons Lee, who was 65 years old at the time, was raising funds for cancer and ALS research, and hospice education during his cross-country journey. …<\/p>\n

… Gierlach’s road journey takes him through the Adventure Cycling Association’s southern tier, a bike route that traverses California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and into Florida, according to the nonprofit’s website. The Adventure Cycling Association provides resources to people planning long bike rides through the country. …<\/p>\n

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Bryan public meetings scheduled this week for bicycle, sidewalk plans<\/a><\/h2>\n

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


\nThe City of Bryan is revising its Thoroughfare, Bicycle, and Sidewalk Plans as part of the 2016 Comprehensive Plan update. Citizen input is being sought to ensure that the proposed plans address the needs of the community.
\nPublic meetings will be held at the Municipal Office Building, 300 S. Texas Ave., on:
\nJuly 13 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Basement Training Room,
\nJuly 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers,
\nJuly 20 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers,
\nJuly 27 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
\nA short presentation will be …<\/p>\n

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Vietnam Memorial not complete, Texas man says<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Mike Moore<\/h3>\n

www.sentinel-echo.com<\/h3>\n


\nVietnam vet is riding by bike from Texas to Washington, D.C.
\nThere are 58,272 names on the Vietnam Veterans Wall in Washington, D.C., according to www.thewall-usa.com.
\nDel Francis, 74, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, located about 100 miles east of Dallas, said the wall is missing 74 names.
\nThose 74 names were his shipmates on the USS Frank E. Evans, a World War II era destroyer, that sank some 200 miles off the coast of Vietnam on June 3, 1969.
\n\u00d4\u2030 was on a destroyer, the USS Frank E. Evans, and we were operating with an Australian carrier, the HMAS Melbourne and at 3 o\u00d3\u00a3lock in the morning, we were told to go astern for plane guard because the …<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTexas 4,000\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2 Bicyclists Ride Through St. Cloud [VIDEO]<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Chrissy Gaetke<\/h3>\n

wjon.com<\/h3>\n