{"id":36899,"date":"2017-08-20T22:58:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T03:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36899"},"modified":"2017-08-20T22:58:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T03:58:03","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-august-20th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-august-20th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News August 20th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

VBikes no longer require deposit<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

VBikes, the company in charge of all the yellow-wheeled rental bicycles around Denton, has made a major change.
\nNow, the company will not require users to put in a $99 deposit to use the bicycles, and will only charge the $1 an hour fee for usage. In a press release …<\/p>\n

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Eagle, butterfly bikes to take wing at Hotter’N Hell<\/a><\/h2>\n

Lana Sweeten-Shults | www.timesrecordnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nWhen it comes to the Hotter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122N Hell Hundred, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a zoo out there, considering the 10,000 to 12,000 cyclists that show up annually to the largest single-day biking event.
\nBut it will be even more of a zoo, thanks to an appearance by the Austin Bike Zoo, a group of engineer artists that do more than tinker with bikes. They morph them into pedal-powered creatures.
\nThink an 80-feet-long bike snake.
\nOr a bike bat with an 8-feet-long wingspan.
\nOr a 12-feet-high, light-’em-up praying mantis.
\nThe group \u00e2\u20ac\u201d an interesting amalgamation of engineer-artists who create these …<\/p>\n

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