{"id":44552,"date":"2018-09-07T23:17:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T04:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=44552"},"modified":"2018-09-07T23:17:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T04:17:12","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-september-7th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-september-7th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest September 7th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public input welcome on bike lanes connecting downtown, South Waco<\/a><\/h2>\n

By MIKE COPELAND | www.wacotrib.com<\/h3>\n


\nA youngster wearing a big grin was pedaling his bicycle near Gurley Lane and South 18th Street on Wednesday, while officials meeting in the nearby South Waco Library discussed installing bike paths from downtown to his neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Using a state grant of almost $500,000, plus almost $200,000 from city coffers, Waco proposes placing 6-foot-wide bike lanes along the 11th and 12th street corridor from Columbus Avenue to Gurley Lane. Accessible ramps would also be installed at …<\/p>\n

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Brownsville firefighters host 9-11 bike ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Mark Reagan | www.brownsvilleherald.com<\/h3>\n


\nThe Brownsville Fire Department will honor fallen first responders who died when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in the deadliest attack on America since Pearl Harbor with a 32-mile bike ride that will benefit the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Christmas toy drive.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This event honors not only the firefighters that lost their lives on 9-11, but all other first responders, as well as all …<\/p>\n

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Abilene ministry peddles bikes at no cost<\/a><\/h2>\n

Loretta Fulton | www.reporternews.com<\/h3>\n


\nWith his mother sitting on a makeshift seat behind him, Marco Gomez pedaled to the Community Bike Shop in hopes of finding another bicycle for himself and tires for a bike that used by his stepfather.<\/p>\n

Marco, 15, and his mother, Nikki Jimenez, weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t looking for expensive, flashy bikes for leisure riding. The family\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two vehicles were …<\/p>\n

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SRC Weekend Rides \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Bee Creek and Lamppost!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Brad Weaver | steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n

Weather Watch<\/strong>
\nSaturday there will be two group ride levels leaving at different times (from Cups & Cones) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Faster Pace and Endurance Pace. We try to accommodate various levels of rider interest and recently there are folks seeking a more moderate paced and less total miles on Saturdays. We hope that this will attract area riders who want to learn group riding at a moderate pace.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Faster Pace 7:30am ride will down south to …<\/p>\n

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