{"id":36470,"date":"2017-06-25T22:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T03:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36470"},"modified":"2017-06-25T22:45:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T03:45:51","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-june-25th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/25\/texas-bicycling-news-june-25th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News June 25th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barton Creek bike bridge built, but few coming so far<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Ben Wear | www.mystatesman.com<\/h3>\n


\nI tweeted out just after sunrise Friday that I was hanging out at the new Barton Creek bike bridge in Southwest Austin to see how many cyclists and others might be using the $14.5 million edifice. I noted that in the half-hour or so I was there, I had seen one commuting cyclist cross the 1,045-foot span over the creek gorge.
\nNot surprisingly, the qualifiers quickly started appearing in my feed. Well, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing your count on a Friday, clearly a light commuting day. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you know the kids are out of school? The high is supposed to be 100 degrees for …<\/p>\n

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Video: Charity Donates New Bikes to Tornado Victims<\/a><\/h2>\n

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


\nSpokes 4 Hope donated new bikes to the children who live near Canton, after many of the childrens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 homes were damaged in the tornado outbreak.
\nAfter the donation, several of the children shared what it was like as those deadly storms approached them.
\n“We saw a tree and it was going in a circle and we all ran into the bathroom and when my dad shut the door, that’s when you could …<\/p>\n

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