{"id":32902,"date":"2016-04-20T23:14:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T04:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32902"},"modified":"2016-04-20T23:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T04:14:23","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-20th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-20th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest April 20th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orange Bikes Around Town<\/a><\/h2>\n

by RMBL<\/h3>\n

www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n

Thought it was odd to see orange bikes placed like the white ones around town.
\nFound this after searching: https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?sto…31039890334279<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bastrop State Park Cleanup<\/a><\/h2>\n

by kerryp<\/h3>\n

www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n

Received this volunteer request from the park for help clearing hiking bridges of debris from the flooding over the last few days. I can’t volunteer during the week, but thought I would share it here in case anyone else was interested in helping. Email narrative and contact info below:
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\nHello from Bastrop State Park!
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Ride 2 Recovery cycles through post<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.forthoodsentinel.com<\/h3>\n


\nRide 2 Recovery and 159 participants, including 15 from Fort Hood, stopped in the Killeen-Fort Hood area April 13-14, on their way from Georgetown to Waco. Fort Hood hosted the riders for a dinner at Club Hood Wednesday and III Corps hosted a send-off in front of III Corps Headquarters Thursday morning. Soldiers lined the ride’s route through post to show support for the riders. …<\/p>\n

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Wounded warriors pedal through Fort Hood<\/a><\/h2>\n

by JC Jones<\/h3>\n

kdhnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nFor a decade, Master Sgt. Audra Edelen didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get on a bike.
\nLast week, Edelen, along with 150 other riders cycled nearly 500 miles across the state, as part of the United Healthcare Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge for wounded warriors.
\nIt was Edelen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third Texas Challenge and eighth challenge since 2013. …<\/p>\n

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Bicycling is great exercise, way to spend time with friends<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Denessa Leary Midland YMCA<\/h3>\n

www.mrt.com<\/h3>\n

The warm weather is calling and I love being outside. It is time to take the indoor cycling experience to the great outdoors. I had purchased a road bike last year and always had a great excuse to avoid riding it. I even bought a hook for it, hung it up and I looked at it — and it at me — every time I went through the garage. Now I am going to finally experience the outside ride, feel the wind and catch the high that the riders appear to be experiencing. I have a …<\/p>\n

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Biking across Texas with John Burnett and Hawk Mendenhall<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Pam LeBlanc<\/h3>\n

fitness.blog.austin360.com<\/h3>\n


\nIt takes grit \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and a little bit of the crazies \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to pedal a bicycle 1,100 miles across Texas.
\nJohn Burnett, a roving correspondent for National Public Radio, and Hawk Mendenhall, director of broadcast and content for KUT, Austin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NPR station, have both. They set out April 10 on a 1,100-mile ride from New Mexico to Louisiana to raise money for the Nobelity Project\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bikes and Books program. …<\/p>\n

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Solving Austin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Donut of Danger\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Mike Melanson<\/h3>\n

austinonabike.com<\/h3>\n


\nIf you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever traveled by bicycle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or just happen to live on the outskirts of a city \u00e2\u20ac\u201c then you too likely recognize that the roads just outside the city, where country transitions to suburbs, can be some of the most dangerous to deal with on a bicycle. Maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the fact that drivers are used to going 65mph+ on country roads, maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the fact that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve just navigated hours of traffic and have finally hit the open road \u00e2\u20ac\u201c only to encounter you on a bicycle.
\nTravis county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bicycle Safety Task Force has dubbed this area the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Donut of Danger\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and has made recommendations to solve this issue. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll include the full body of the proposal below, but here are some key excerpts. …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Come join EP Cyclists for our Thursday Ride: 4\/21\/16\u00f3\u00be\u00ae\u2014\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc\u00f3\u00be\u00ae\u2014
Meeting Location: GECU – 12801 Edgemere Blvd…. https:\/\/t.co\/UP7Um3srbw<\/a><\/p>\n

— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) April 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n