{"id":56848,"date":"2021-06-29T23:46:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T04:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56848"},"modified":"2021-06-29T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T04:46:30","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-june-29th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/29\/texas-bicycling-news-june-29th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News June 29th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Last Tour de France<\/a><\/h2>\n

Ian Dille | www.outsideonline.com<\/h4>\n

I fell in love with cycling while watching the Tour each year with my father. When he was dying last summer, it became so much more than just the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest bike race.<\/p>\n

… A few years after my dad retired, my parents moved back to Texas, where my brother and I lived. They arrived in Austin not long after my first kid was born, in 2013. By the time kid number two arrived a few years later, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d become an integral part of our support system. On weeknights, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d pick up my three-year-old daughter from preschool and drop her off at our house.<\/p>\n

On the warm winter evenings leading into 2020, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d stand at the top of our short but steep driveway and watch them unload. My 76-year-old dad, square bodied with an envy-worthy head of cleanly cut hair, would challenge my daughter, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Race ya to the front door!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d take off before he could finish the sentence.<\/p>\n

One day, I noticed that by the time my dad reached the porch, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d begun breathing heavier than usual. Soon he no longer had to feign a tight race with my daughter. Eventually, despite her pleas, he told her he just wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t up to racing. …<\/p>\n

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Bicyclist dies in collision with truck driver in NW Harris County<\/a><\/h2>\n

Anna Bauman | www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h4>\n

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A bicyclist was struck and killed by a driver early Tuesday in northwest Harris County, officials said.<\/p>\n

Deputies responded around 1 a.m. to the 8600 block of West Little York Road where they found the cyclist dead, said Sgt. Dashana Cheek of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

A 61-year-old man driving westbound in a Ford F-150 struck the cyclist from …<\/p>\n

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Specialized now offers drop shipping with SmartEtailing<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.bicycleretailer.com<\/h4>\n

Boulder, CO \u00e2\u20ac\u201dSpecialized Bicycles has released a new digital service for retailers called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153S-Fulfillment,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which integrates with SmartEtailing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Supplier Fulfillment technology.<\/p>\n

Approved retailers are now able to drop ship select Specialized products directly to consumers who purchased on the bike shops\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 SmartEtailing website.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is tremendous demand for Specialized products and our data clearly shows that customers are buying online from their local shop,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d shares SmartEtailing president Ryan Atkinson. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This integration helps consumers get Specialized products delivered to their homes faster while shops can reduce inventory and payroll costs for ecommerce orders.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d …<\/p>\n

… Neil Bremner, the owner of Texas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Bike Barn and a Specialized dealer is excited to use this program. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Online sales continue to grow and are an important part of our business. We like drop ship programs because they improve our customer experience by providing quicker delivery. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a great solution for Bike Barn.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d …<\/p>\n

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CEO is biking 9,000 miles to bring attention to senior care<\/a><\/h2>\n

KUSI Newsroom | www.kusi.com<\/h4>\n