{"id":36013,"date":"2017-04-21T23:40:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36013"},"modified":"2017-04-21T23:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T04:40:17","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-april-21st-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/21\/texas-bicycling-news-april-21st-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News April 21st 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lance Armstrong launches Texas Hill Country Bike ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

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\nInaugural TEXAS HUNDRED set for June 3rd outside Austin,TX
\nAustin, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c WEDU, the endurance sports platform spearheaded by Lance Armstrong, will present the first-ever TEXAS HUNDRED, a non-competitive ride that measures 100 miles but is not your common century ride or grand fondo. Touring the sprawling ranches and wide-open spaces around Burnet (less than an hour outside of Austin), the HUNDRED was designed to satisfy a healthy appetite for adventure on two wheels. Riders will encounter sweeping landscapes and some local wildlife, including zebras, ostriches, llamas and longhorns. There will also be a beginner-friendly 20-mile option, and all participants will be treated to the best after-party out there.
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Pflugerville High grad cycling 4,000 miles to fight cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Christine Bola\u00c3\u00b1os | www.statesman.com<\/h3>\n


\nAdrian Rios\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 life turned upside down when his mother was diagnosed with a non-cancerous but inoperable brain tumor a few years ago.
\nAll seemed hopeless as the tight-knit family of four, whose extended family lives in Puerto Rico, prepared to say goodbye to their matriarch. Then medical staff at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston offered Bruny Rios an experimental surgery that could give her a second lease on life.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153They removed over 99 percent of the tumor and …<\/p>\n

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