{"id":36797,"date":"2017-08-07T22:33:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T03:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36797"},"modified":"2017-08-07T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T03:33:08","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-august-7th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-august-7th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News August 7th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can VBike Help Turn the Tide and Make Dallas a Bike-Friendly City?<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jeremiah Jensen | www.dallasobserver.com<\/h3>\n


\nAs of this summer, slick, modern, slate and yellow bicycles have begun to dot Denton, Dallas and Irving. VBikes is an app-based, station-free bike-sharing service based in Garland, and the startup has ambitions of expanding beyond North Texas.
\nThink of VBikes as two-wheeled versions of Zip Cars. To use a bike, an app user simply waves a phone over a bike’s smart lock and pays one dollar per hour, with a …<\/p>\n

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Texas 4000 Cyclists Complete Longest Charity Bike Ride in the World, Arrive in Anchorage August 11th<\/a><\/h2>\n

PR Newswire | markets.businessinsider.com<\/h3>\n

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 7, 2017 \/PRNewswire\/ — 70 students participating in the 14th Annual Texas 4000 for Cancer ride, the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, will cycle into Anchorage, Alaska Friday, August 11, completing an epic journey raising funds and awareness in the fight against cancer. The 2017 ride began in Austin on June 3rd with cyclists separating into three routes across …<\/p>\n

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