{"id":38163,"date":"2017-12-29T23:13:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T05:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=38163"},"modified":"2017-12-29T23:13:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T05:13:07","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-december-29th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/29\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-december-29th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest December 29th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video: Christmas prank draws stern words after LimeBikes planted in Dallas front yard<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bradley Blackburn | www.wfaa.com<\/h3>\n


\nDALLAS — Those ubiquitous, brightly colored rental bikes have piled up in places around Dallas, but one family woke up Christmas morning to find more than a dozen of them in their front yard.<\/p>\n

On Vanderbilt Avenue among the manicured lawns and Christmas decorations, 14 bright green LimeBikes were placed in front of the house belonging to the Hale family. …<\/p>\n

A Family In East Dallas Woke Up To One Heck Of A Present On Christmas Day \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A Lawn Full Of Green Bikes From Bike Sharing Company LimeBike<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

At first, pranksters used toilet paper, crank calls and stink bombs to get their laughs. But now it seems they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve moved to a more environmentally conscious product: bicycles, and, more specifically, bikesharing bikes.<\/p>\n

One of the first victims of the prank to make the news was the Hale family of East Dallas. The members of the family woke up on Christmas Day to find that their front yard had become just like seemingly every sidewalk in …<\/p>\n

Dallas bike-share companies are doomed<\/a><\/h2>\n

David Blewett | www.dallasnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nMany years ago, a wise old business professor liked to tell us young students how companies worked. He would tell us companies should always know who their customers were, and that companies could never survive without making a profit. Never.<\/p>\n

Now that I am a bit older and have worked for and owned a few different …<\/p>\n

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Video: Caldwell shop to serve candy, ice cream and service bikes<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Dan Beedie | www.kbtx.com<\/h3>\n


\nCALDWELL, Tex. (KBTX) – With the help of Main Street, the City of Caldwell is welcoming another new business to the downtown area.<\/p>\n

The Sweet Shop will sell a variety of local candies, ice cream, and will even sell bicycles. The shop is located at on Buck Street catty-corner to the courthouse. The shop will replace the old Tribune building, which has been left vacant since 2003.<\/p>\n

“I saw the potential in this this town,” says Cesar Mora, Sweet Shop co-owner. “I have been asking myself for the …<\/p>\n

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This weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rides: Scenic to MJs, attempt #2! Red Horn!<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n

This Saturday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weather looks to be the best we are going to get for a while. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s try again for MJs via Mt. Bonnell! Last weekend this was attempted, but the poor weather degraded the ride into just a plain Dam Loop and missed all the good parts. The route is 62 miles and …<\/p>\n

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