{"id":35521,"date":"2017-03-06T23:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T05:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35521"},"modified":"2017-03-06T23:10:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T05:10:26","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-march-6th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/06\/texas-bicycling-news-march-6th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News March 6th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Double Bayou Greenways 2020 Celebration<\/a><\/h2>\n

Houston Parks Board | houstonparksboard.org<\/h3>\n

Ribbon Cutting and Groundbreaking on Brays Bayou Greenway
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\nWe’re celebrating the opening of a new segment of Brays Bayou Greenway as well as the start of construction of a new pedestrian and bike bridge near University of Houston.
\nThe new trail segment is funded through a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant awarded to the City of Houston, and stretches between Old Spanish Trail and Martin Luther King Blvd. The pedestrian bridge will cross the bayou parallel to MLK and connect the newly built trail to the existing trails at MacGregor Park.
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\nJoin Houston Parks Board, University of Houston and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department as we celebrate the opening of a new segment of trail and the start of construction of a pedestrian and bike bridge on Brays Bayou Greenway.
\nThursday, March 9
\n10:00 a.m.
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FR512 El Gato ride\/film\/shoot sesh this weekend – pics<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Seths Pool | www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n


\nAwesome ride sesh with part of the crew on friday! the site keep getting better and better.<\/p>\n

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It all starts with a bike and a route from Texas to Alaska; all for a cause<\/a><\/h2>\n

BY CATHERINE BUTSCHI | www.tylerpaper.com<\/h3>\n

EDITOR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NOTE: Catherine Butschi, a 2012 Robert E. Lee High School graduate and graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, is training for the cross-country Texas 4000 charity bicycle ride. This is the first in a series of stories she plans to write about her experience.
\nI am doing something that gives me goose bumps.
\nIt involves a bike, a route from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, and a good cause. When I first told my family I had been accepted into Texas 4000, they thought I was pretty crazy. Physically the biggest challenge I had experienced was playing high school tennis matches at Robert E. Lee when temperatures were over 100 degrees.
\nNow, I am challenged with completing more than 2,000 training miles in Austin and then …<\/p>\n

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Simply on a Bike: the Southern Tier<\/a><\/h2>\n

By David Dalley | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Austin to Bastrop state park
\nMonday March 6, 2017, 58 miles (93 km) – Total so far: 1,697 miles (2,731 km)
\nA diverse day. Urban Austin meandering with too many turns and stops and starts. It takes so long to figure out where I am and where the route is. Thank goodness for Gaia. I downloaded the route from ACA into Gaia before I started and it has saved my butt many times and today maybe 20 missteps averted.
\nThe steep climbs out of Austin were much more difficult than i expected. It seems my energy was low and the effort required more than available to me. Maybe the …
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Old Stone Fort cycles out again on March 18<\/a><\/h2>\n

By NICOLE BRADFORD | dailysentinel.com<\/h3>\n


\nThe Nacogdoches Rotary Club is planning a repeat of its Old Stone Fort Bike Ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a multi-route event set for March 18.<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Check out our "Safe Cycling 101"
This Saturday, Mar\u00c2\u00a011, 8:00\u00c2\u00a0AM
Are you ready to become a #SafeCyclist<\/a>?https:\/\/t.co\/xT9OHZfxsO<\/a><\/p>\n

— VeloPaso (@velopaso) March 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n