Students from the University of Texas passed through Whitecourt on July 16, 2013 while on the Texas 4000 charity bicycle ride. On their journey they will travel approximately 4,500 miles, beginning on June 1, in Austin, Texas and ending on Aug. 9, in Achorage, Alaska. Three teams departed from Texas for this event taking three […]

The ride is long. For many, the battle against cancer is much longer and with much more at stake. Students from the University of Texas are sacrificing much of their summer to help raise more than half a million dollars through the Texas 4000 for Cancer, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. About two dozen riders on […]

LINCOLN CITY – As Bucky Ribbeck led a pack of 22 cyclists into the parking lot at St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church last Wednesday evening, his message was clear. Ribbeck, and about 20 fellow students from the University of Texas, had just ridden a taxing 70 miles through hilly Oregon highways and side streets […]

Every summer, a group of students from The University of Texas at Austin set out on a more than 4,000-mile bike ride across the country to share hope, knowledge and charity in the fight against cancer. Cycling for 70 days from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, the Texas 4000 is the world’s longest annual charity bike […]

“Everybody is touched by cancer,” Bucky Ribbeck said. “Whether it is someone you know or whether you are a survivor; cancer touches everyone. That’s why we ride, to kill cancer.” Ribbeck, as the ride director for the Sierra group of the Livestrong Texas 4000 ride against cancer, is leading a group of 22 riders from […]

A group of cyclists gathered on the lawn of the AmericInn in Fergus Falls on Friday morning wearing an assortment of funny socks, bike shorts and bright red and white tan lines. They had just woke from a much-needed night of sleep around 1,700 miles away from home. The 20-member group was part of the […]

After traveling 1,300 miles with just a few inches of rubber between themselves and the sometimes scorching road, a group of college students pedaled into Palos Heights last month roughly one-quarter of the way to their final destination. The riders on the Ozark Route of the Livestrong Texas 4000 for Cancer passed through the Chicago […]

ST. CLOUD – A group of college students from Texas will be riding their bikes through St. Cloud tomorrow (Wednesday). The longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the LiveStrong Texas 4000, will arrive at St. Cloud State University late in the day tomorrow, peddling up from the Twin Cities. Now in it’s 10th […]

“It’s incredibly encouraging for the riders to be supported by the people of Eureka, and have the opportunity to share their stories about how they pursue this ride in hopes of living in a cancer-free society.” In its 10th year, 69 student riders began their journey in Austin on June 1 with a 70-mile community […]

The 69 members of 2013 LIVESTRONG Texas, the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, were scheduled to be roll through Eureka today, Tuesday, just 32 days after leaving Austin and well on their way to the final destination, Anchorage, Alaska. While in Eureka, the cyclists will celebrate and share hope, knowledge and charity […]