{"id":42026,"date":"2018-06-03T23:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T04:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=42026"},"modified":"2018-06-03T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T04:06:50","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-june-3rd-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/03\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-june-3rd-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest June 3rd 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trailist: Lose Yourself On Leon Creek\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mountain Bike Trails<\/a><\/h2>\n

BRENDAN GIBBONS | therivardreport.com<\/h3>\n


\nI thought the left turn might be a bad idea, but I took it anyway. I followed the neglected trail through knee\u00e2\u20ac\u201chigh grass and over a dry creek bed, my helmet scraping branches as I crossed the bank. The ground grew squishy, the mosquitoes thicker, the grasses and wildflowers now up to my waist.<\/p>\n

There I was again, lost somewhere along the Leon Creek Greenway, but enjoying it. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ridden the mountain bike trails along the …<\/p>\n

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Video: 24 Hours in the Canyon 2018<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Kaley Green | www.myhighplains.com<\/h3>\n


\nCANYON, Texas (KAMR) – For a decade, Ryan Parnell and his family have used their love for biking to raise more than $1.6 million for cancer patients in the Texas Panhandle.<\/p>\n

“24 Hours in the Canyon is a fundraiser that we put on to fund a free cancer survivorship program that is for adults and children when they’re diagnosed with cancer,” Parnell said, “and then through their treatment and beyond, it provides free resources for them and it’s all about raising money for cancer.”<\/p>\n

740 participants came from …<\/p>\n

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Marshall Lions Club hears presentation from Mission Marshall<\/a><\/h2>\n

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


\nThe Marshall Lions Club met at Noon on Tuesday, May 29, at the Panola-Harrison meeting room, 410 E. Houston. President Cody Holloway called new Lion P. A. Almquist and her sponsor, Lion Jimmie Van Norden, to the podium. Lion P. A. joined Lions earlier in the month and was presented with her certificate, a Lions window sticker, a writing pen and some literature about Lionism. She was given her Lions lapel pin by her sponsor. …<\/p>\n

… Scott began by thanking Lions for inviting her to speak to the Club and also for their support of Mission Marshall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Read to Ride program. She said that MM\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work strengthens families, providing economic empowerment with reading enhancement. Read to Ride began in 2015 with a Leadership Team Retreat, and reviewed literacy ideas. One idea \u00e2\u20ac\u201c BIKES! Third grade was targeted because it has been proven that that is the last year kids will learn to read instead of reading to learn. …<\/p>\n

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UT Students bike 4000 miles to fight cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n

Author: Andrew Moore | www.kcentv.com<\/h3>\n


\nUniversity of Texas student Rachel Boaz found out her grandmother was diagnosed with cancer the summer before her junior year. It was difficult. But in her grandmother’s last days, Boaz made a decision that she would use her grandmother’s story to fight back against cancer.<\/p>\n

She joined the Texas 4000 Atlas Ride — A 4000 mile journey, on bicycles, from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska. At every major stop, the team will …<\/p>\n

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Unified regional bike-sharing program recommended by agency<\/a><\/h2>\n

CRISTINA M. GARCIA | www.themonitor.com<\/h3>\n


\nIn an effort to improve mobility and transportation regionally, the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council board last month committed to unifying bike-sharing programs in the region.<\/p>\n

Currently, McAllen utilizes BCycle while Harlingen, Edinburg and Brownsville contract with Zagster \u00e2\u20ac\u201d bike-sharing programs that allow residents to rent bikes at docking stations throughout the cities.<\/p>\n

The new dockless system would allow for the …<\/p>\n

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New Blitz Bottles!!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Remi – Blitz Racing | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Messing around Spring Branch<\/a><\/h2>\n

Francisco Simas | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Sunday Morning White Oak Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

Nona Drake | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Improvise Sunday 29mile Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

Ryan Tiffin | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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