{"id":37053,"date":"2017-09-13T23:02:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T04:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=37053"},"modified":"2017-09-13T23:02:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T04:02:15","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-september-13th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/texas-bicycling-news-september-13th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News September 13th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video: Two big cycling tours traveling through Joplin in 2018<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Lauren Lapka | www.fourstateshomepage.com<\/h3>\n

JOPLIN, MO – Start training cyclers, cause two big tours are coming through Joplin next year.
\nAfter the Adventure Cycling Association released bike trail maps along Route 66 back in 2015, cycling started to increase in popularity around the Four States. So the …<\/p>\n

… The Oklahoma Freewheel will start in Texas on June 10th and go through the 16th, however the exact stops have not been mapped out yet. Then on June 17th, Big Bam’s fourth annual Bicycle Across Missouri will start in Joplin and end in Eureka on June 22nd. …<\/p>\n

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EB Pre-Ride #3 – City Park – Sunday 9\/17 @10AM<\/a><\/h2>\n

Austin Bike | www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n

We will be doing the next pre-ride on Sunday, September 17th @ 10AM. This round will be City Park. Meet in the parking lot at 9:45 and be ready to ride at exactly 10am (which means on your saddle and ready to go, not pulling in at that time.)
\nFor those that want some hill climbing, meet at …<\/p>\n

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Video: Pineywood’s Purgatory bike ride canceled<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Haley Squiers | www.ktre.com<\/h3>\n

EAST TEXAS (KTRE) – The Pineywood’s Purgatory bike ride was canceled Tuesday for the first time in 25 years.
\nAccording to the ride’s chair, Mark Dunn, the decision to cancel was based on recent road construction, as well as the number of riders affected by Hurricane Harvey.
\nDunn also added that …<\/p>\n

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