{"id":56679,"date":"2021-06-08T23:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T04:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56679"},"modified":"2021-06-08T23:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T04:20:44","slug":"texas-bicycle-news-june-8th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/texas-bicycle-news-june-8th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycle News June 8th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What Texas Cyclists Need to Know to Stay Safe<\/a><\/h2>\n

thekatynews.com<\/h4>\n

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Texas has long been a fiercely independent state. They do things their way, and that often involves big trucks, BBQ, and cowboy hats. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a new element, though, that has crept in over the past couple of decades.<\/p>\n

Some younger individuals with a more politically liberal ideology have made Texas their home. For instance, these Millennials and Gen Z members might head to Austin, a bastion of art and music. The Texans you meet there are more likely to ride a bicycle than to cruise around in a pickup truck.<\/p>\n

Cycling is great exercise anywhere you choose to do it, but if you live in Texas and this is the transportation method you prefer, there are a few things you should understand and acknowledge for your safety. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

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El Pasoan honors her father on 70-day bike ride to raise cancer awareness<\/a><\/h2>\n

Robert Moore | elpasomatters.org<\/h4>\n

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As she prepared for her junior year as a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin, Carolina Mendez\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life was forever altered on July 3, 2019, when her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

Gilbert Mendez, an industrial engineer in El Paso, got world-class treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. But he succumbed to the aggressive disease less than14 months later at age 62.<\/p>\n

As her father battled his cancer in the fall of 2019, Carolina Mendez joined Texas 4000 for Cancer, a program for UT Austin students that aims to raise cancer awareness and funding by a bicycle ride from Austin to Alaska each summer. She has dedicated her ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which will \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

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Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run remembered with ghost bike at crime scene in northeast Harris County<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Mycah Hatfield | abc13.com<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n