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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 26th

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Bike Cave sells refurbished bicycles
by Zach Mayer        star.txstate.edu
Transportation woes consisting of constant construction, rerouted buses and an increase in parking fees have led to many students trading in four wheels for two.
Commuter biking has seen an increase in participants over the past school year, offering students a fast and easy way to arrive and navigate campus. Bikes can be an expensive investment for the average student. However, the university-owned Bike Cave is attempting to make bicycles a more viable option for Bobcats strapped for cash.
The cave offers used and refurbished bicycles at discounted rates, acquired through the University Police Department’s bike pick-up program. The program consists of collecting unclaimed bicycles chained to bike racks throughout campus.

The program was implemented for campus beautification, preventing 50 or more abandoned bikes from accumulating each…

Baylor med student biking to Houston arrives after 2,100 mile journey
www.chron.com

On May 30, I wrote a post about Jared Rammell, a Baylor College of Medicine student who was leaving on a bicycling trip from his home in Boise, Idaho to Houston for his school orientation. On Sunday, after riding 2,100 miles, Rammell arrived in Houston, riding the last eight miles of his trip to the college’s CullenBuilding with some of Baylor’s most avid cyclists.

Rammell was accepted into the college’s new master of science in Orthotics and Prosthetics program. The program, in the School of Allied Health Sciences at…

Drag Race II – Houston TX. Texas Summer Race Series
by hamfoh            www.bikeforums.net

Drag Race II
Join us for the second annual drag race as we kick off the Texas Summer Race Series
Drag Race?
-Single Speed bikes only. There will not be a geared and non geared category. You may race on your road bike IF you can show that your shifting has been disabled at the time of registration
-A timed sprint race – 2 riders at a time over a 1000ft drag strip.
-Riders with the fastest times will advance to a 16 rider, elimination style bracket
-Points awarded to each of the 16 riders who advance to the bracket
-Prizes

Le Tour de Woodlands registration opens July 1
www.chron.com

Registration will open Monday, July 1, for the Interfaith of The Woodlands-hosted annual Le Tour de Woodlands fundraising event to be held at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at The Woodlands Township offices. The event will include a 2-mile ride and a 20-mile ride, which is for more experienced riders.

The registration costs are $35 for single riders and $50 for a family ride, which includes two to four cyclists and $10 per additional family member, according to…

KaBike to Kaboomtown Ride (Addison fireworks) Wed July 3rd
www.bikingindallas.com

Richardson Urban Bike Club presents…

We hope you’ll come out en force to join us for our annual Ride-White-and-Blue short and leisurely ride to Addison’s fabulous Kaboom Town! holiday fireworks event! 5 miles round trip.

We gather the clans at 5:45ish at Torchy’s Tacos at Preston & Alexis:
http://www.torchystacos.com/locations/dallas/
Happy Hour is 4-7pm, which means $1 off some beers, and $4 house and swirl margaritas.

Around 7:00pm, as a group we will ride out north to Arapaho and west to the Frost Bank parking garage at 5002 Arapaho Road, up to the top of the garage and then down 2 levels to where our…

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