{"id":43968,"date":"2018-08-20T23:03:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=43968"},"modified":"2018-08-20T23:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T04:03:39","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-20th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-20th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 20th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Register for Gear Up to End Hunger ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

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\nStart training for Mayor Betsy Price\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gear Up to End Hunger challenge bike ride on Oct. 6 at Rockwood Park.<\/p>\n

Riders who finish the course within 15 percent of the mayor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time will earn bragging rights and a high-performance jersey. Proceeds from the race benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank.<\/p>\n

Registration is open through Sept. 6. Costs for the 30-, 10- and 2-mile rides is $30. Registration for ages 5-12 is $10. …<\/p>\n

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Video: Ofo bicycle donation presents new challenge for Yellow Bike Project<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Amanda Dugan | www.kxa.com<\/h3>\n


\nAustin (KXAN)- – AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 300 yellow dockless bikes are lined and stacked outside The Yellow Bike Project waiting for their future owner.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been here for about eight years and this is by far the largest donation I’ve ever seen,” says Yellow Bike volunteer Mike Conti. “You don’t really know what kind of problems you’re going to run into.”<\/p>\n

In order to make their dockless bicycles less prone to theft, Ofo equipped their bikes with non-standard equipment e.g. pentagonal axle nuts. In order to make …<\/p>\n

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Whole Foods Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

Leo Vela | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n


\nThe 11 MPH winds took at least 2 mph from today’s average. Tough winds out there guys! Unless you can find the sweet spot….I didn’t.<\/p>\n

Space City Cycling Recovery Ride to the Levee-My legs are feeling so much better!!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Rosa Guerrero | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Beautiful riding this morning capped off with meeting Clo Co for the first time.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Rick Rostkowski | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Tacos Machina\/ Punk Brunch<\/a><\/h2>\n

Jessica Danielle | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Baby Fulshear Recovery Ride with Abraham & Joe<\/a><\/h2>\n

Martha Morin | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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A little bit of this, a little bit of that<\/a><\/h2>\n

Ekaterina (Katya) Morzhueva | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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ROTHE Recovery Ride (RRR) with clouds today! #rothetraining<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/buraISQ28a<\/a><\/p>\n

— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) August 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n