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Texas Bicycling News Digest November 26th

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Austin to Alaska for cancer research

By Deborah Martin        www.mysanantonio.com

O’Connor grad will lead one of three teams on part of 70-day ride

The Texas 4000 pitch — “Do you want to bike from Austin to Alaska?” — got Alexander Zwaan’s attention.
“I said, ‘That sounds crazy,’ but it got me interested,” said Zwaan, a native San Antonian currently studying international relations and global studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
He was intrigued enough to look into the program. And he liked the sound of it so …

Cycle-In Cinema, Edinburg’s First Try

by Ray Garza        rgvcycling.com


A few months ago a friend of mine posted an article on Facebook about San Antonio’s Cycle-In Cinema being a great success. After reading it, I thought to myself, “We can do that!”. It was a neat idea that could work here in the Rio Grande Valley. I’ve been to other outdoor movie venues in the Sharyland area and enjoyed watching the free movies outside. Those events were well attended so I knew it could work again but this time with a cycling element. I had visions of cycling power games before the movie to see who could generate the most power. Similar to the old carnival games of ringing the bell with that sledge-hammer. Or maybe charging the batteries on the generator and the movie won’t start until the batteries are topped off. Or just cycle to provide the power to the …

Cypress Creek MTB Trail

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Featured Ride near Cypress, Houston area, Texas
“A very diverse, technical trail considering the terrain.”
— Scott Dammitt on Nov 25, 2014
Overview
The folks who have designed, built and maintained this trail over the years have taken careful consideration to include as much fun technical riding as possible, while also providing some fast flowy tracks, sometimes right next to each other. The trail sits on several blocks of forested land, and there are a multitude of places to enter the trail, so it can be confusing. Pay special attention …

Biking Houston on a Quiet Sunday Downtown

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Terry Hershey Park 11/26/14

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UT Austin’s Adventure Activities Comes to BikeTexas

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The University of Texas at Austin Adventure Activities class with Dr. Tere Ramirez participates in a variety of adventures through out the semester. The class hikes, rock climbs, and goes fishing and kayaking. The class also learns basic bicycle safety and goes on a bike ride with BikeTexas staff.
At the BikeTexas office, Dr. Rameriz presented the College Active Transportation Safety power point to the students. The program goes over the Texas Laws that pertain to riding a bike and gives recommendations of …

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In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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