Texas Biking News December 5th 2020
Fort Worth YMCA, Bike Gangs of Fort Worth to Provide Free Bike Repairs for Families
www.nbcdfw.com
The YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth is partnering with the Bike Gangs of Fort Worth to provide free bicycle repairs to children and families.
The bike repairs, called "rehabs," will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 9 a.m. in the parking lot of the Northpark YMCA located at 9100 North Beach Street in Fort Worth.
The 100-bike rehab event is seeking volunteers to set up in socially-distanced stations and help to repair bikes to get back in an effort to encourage children and families to ride bikes and get outside.
Welcome to Texas
Seth Davidson | citsb.com
I crossed the state line just before noon; the road from Las Cruces to El Paso was flat and slightly downhill with very little wind. Still, the day had been bitingly cold and never got much above the mid 30s for most of the morning. Fortunately, I had a thick pair of wool gloves. They were made in Sweden, knitted triple thick, and able to keep out all of the cold, all of the time.
There was a small convenience store in Canutillo, so I pulled in, laid my gloves on the ledge, went in, and bought some beef jerky, Gatorade, and chocolate milk to go with my stale English muffins and pizza heartburn. Behind the convenience store it …
Keep San Angelo Beautiful completes many projects since it was created in February 2020, plants to finish the year with bicycle giveaway
by: Senora Scott | www.conchovalleyhomepage.com
SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Keep San Angelo Beautiful organization, or KSAB, has only been around since February of this year, however, they’ve already made a big impact on the community.
On Friday, December 4, 2020, they announced they received a grant which will be used to extend their children’s program to include more education and a bicycle giveaway just in time for the holidays.
Charlotte Anderson is the Executive Director of KSAB. She says the organization has done a lot for the community despite being in the midst of a pandemic and only being operational for a short period of time.
“I think this vision has come to life, that Harry Thomas had, of bringing back our Keep San Angelo Beautiful programs. Our first Household Hazardous Waste event was just wonderful we had a great …