{"id":3057,"date":"2009-10-10T22:39:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T03:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2009-10-10T23:23:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T04:23:32","slug":"daily-texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/10\/daily-texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/vodpod.com\/watch\/2307880-cross-club-bike-race-austin-tx&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNHMexB0coG3bhSyNUNtMB3CDZVxDA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/vodpod.com\/watch\/2307880-cross-club-bike-race-austin-tx&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNHMexB0coG3bhSyNUNtMB3CDZVxDA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cross Club Bike Race (Austin, TX)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDirected and Shot by Adrian Zamora; Edited by Gabriel Diehl<br \/>\nThis is a short documentary on a nighttime bike race around Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas during rainy conditions. Only in Austin!!!By &#8230;<br \/>\nvodpod.com<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"415\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/openfilm.com\/flvplayer5.swf?link=http:\/\/openfilm.com\/player\/video\/%3Fvideo%5Fid%3D17589%26lang%3Den_us%26sort%5Fid%3D1&amp;color1=0x555555&amp;color2=0x000000&amp;autostart=false&amp;reload_on_video_click=true&amp;fullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.9em;\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3D34JhIBUSSTw&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGh7GidMt43bN2HAzHWzwzYR6qwQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3D34JhIBUSSTw&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGh7GidMt43bN2HAzHWzwzYR6qwQ\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3D34JhIBUSSTw&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGh7GidMt43bN2HAzHWzwzYR6qwQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3D34JhIBUSSTw&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGh7GidMt43bN2HAzHWzwzYR6qwQ\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Irving Police on Bikes<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.youtube.com<br \/>\n04:45<br \/>\nThe Irving Police Department is now using bicycles to make Irving even safer. &#8230; Irving Police Cops Bikes Bicycles &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/34JhIBUSSTw\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/jimsbikeblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/10\/we-saw-miles-and-miles-of-texas\/\" href=\"http:\/\/jimsbikeblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/10\/we-saw-miles-and-miles-of-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We saw miles and miles of Texas \u00c2\u00ab Jim&#8217;s Bike Blog<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby jimsbikeblog<br \/>\nTexas flag EL PASO \u00e2\u20ac\u201d We crossed on Friday into the fourth state on our transcontinental bicycle journey and what did we see? We saw miles and miles of Texas, more than 1000, in fact \u00e2\u20ac\u201d more than a third of our cross-country trip from San &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.dallasobserver.com\/unfairpark\/2009\/10\/bicycle_race_angela_hunt_expla.php\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dallasobserver.com\/unfairpark\/2009\/10\/bicycle_race_angela_hunt_expla.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bicycle Race: Angela Hunt Explains the Rift Over Separate Cyclist-Only Lanes<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Dallas Observer<br \/>\nAnd so we headed to the Texas Theatre last night for a movie screening to find out why bike lanes rub some the wrong way. &#8220;People are not upset,&#8221; council &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/hsvbike.com\/?p=436\" href=\"http:\/\/hsvbike.com\/?p=436\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Huntsville Bike Committee \u00c2\u00bb Why we have a bicycle committee &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Peter<br \/>\nRobin Stallings, executive director of BikeTexas, the educational arm of the Texas Bicycle Coalition, notes the prevailing sentiment among the many prosecutors and judges he&#8217;s consulted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If we can&#8217;t win, we&#8217;re not going to try to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/media\/press\/bfb_fall09_press.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/media\/press\/bfb_fall09_press.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The League of American Bicyclists Announces Bicycle Sport Shop as a Platinum Bicycle Friendly Business<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; President John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>Austin, TX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (September 17, 2009) Wednesday, September 16th the League of American Bicyclists announced Bicycle Sport Shop as a Platinum Level Bicycle Friendly Business. Bicycle Sport Shop received the Platinum designation because of their commitment towards a smaller carbon footprint and increased corporate social responsibility. In addition, the store, exceeds requirements for bike parking, showers and a percentage of employees who commute.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/atxbs.com\/?q=node\/2263\" href=\"http:\/\/atxbs.com\/?q=node\/2263\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ACA looking for volunteers for this year&#8217;s Wurst Ride | Austin &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom atxbs.com<br \/>\nThe ACA folks have recently been given the opportunity to take over the production of the annual Wurst Ride, a fund-raising ride from Austin to New Braunfels which cumulates with beer and sausages for everyone! Not that most&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.travelpod.com\/travel-blog-entries\/cindysellsjohns\/1\/1255094741.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelpod.com\/travel-blog-entries\/cindysellsjohns\/1\/1255094741.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LSCOL Day 7 &#8211; Salado to Austin &#8211; Austin, United States Travel Blog<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.travelpod.com<br \/>\nAlmost everyone fit around a round Texas size table for some Texas size portions. . After our delicious lunch, it wasn&#8217;t raining but it was cold and windy and we wouldn&#8217;t have enough time to ride our bikes all the way to Austin. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/elpasonaturally.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/jobe-destroys-mountain-to-river.html\" href=\"http:\/\/elpasonaturally.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/jobe-destroys-mountain-to-river.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>elpasonaturally: Jobe Destroys the Mountain to River Corridor<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Jim Tolbert<br \/>\nJust this past Monday evening Jobe met with the Borderland Mountain Bike Association who first discovered his clandestine slashings of huge swaths of desert. He told them pointedly that he intends to quarry 480 acres of the land that the State of Texas General Land Office &#8230; It is a real place such as my hometown of El Paso, Texas along the frontera in the Chihuahuan Desert beneath the Franklins, near the Hueco, Sacramento and Organ mountains, along the Rio Grande . &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2009\/oct\/09\/some-not-ready-to-climb-that-mountain\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2009\/oct\/09\/some-not-ready-to-climb-that-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ANTHONY WILSON: Some not ready to climb that mountain<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby San Angelo Standard Times<br \/>\nWhich came as a devastating and complete surprise when I discovered this about 0.3 miles into my first and only mountain bike ride last fall. &#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross Club Bike Race (Austin, TX) Directed and Shot by Adrian Zamora; Edited by Gabriel Diehl This is a short documentary on a nighttime bike race around Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas during rainy conditions. 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