{"id":5214,"date":"2010-07-07T23:23:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T04:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5214"},"modified":"2010-07-07T23:23:43","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T04:23:43","slug":"daily-news-roundup-july-7th-texas-bicycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/07\/daily-news-roundup-july-7th-texas-bicycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup July 7th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.seguingazette.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seguingazette.com\/story.lasso?ewcd=3bf03b3267695b63\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SPD bike patrol hitting the streets<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Seguin Gazette-Enterprise<br \/>\nIt was tough \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a prospective bike officer rides 30 miles per day in the course offered by Texas Parks and Wildlife \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and it wasn&#8217;t for someone who wasn&#8217;t &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/2010\/07\/07\/ride-virtual-texas-hill-country\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ride The (Virtual) Texas Hill Country | Bike World News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Ron<br \/>\nEpic Texas Hill Country takes you on a Virtual Training Ride with a team of cyclists from the Austin Cycle Camp of nearby Austin, Texas. This 1:25 training ride is all rolling hill country with over two dozen climbs and 3000 feet of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatespringtx.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatespringtx.com\/2010\/07\/siblings-race-toward-2012-olympics\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Siblings race toward 2012 Olympics | Ultimate Spring<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Michael Golden<br \/>\nIt was so hot, and she finished last in the bicycle races at the Alkek Velodrome. She&#8217;d been riding bikes her whole life, and her mother raced at the velodrome. So, Cristin, 10 at the time, stuck with the track-race trainings. &#8230; After graduating from Tomball High in 2006, Cristin was enrolled at Texas State University when she won a spot at the Junior World Championships in Belgium. She&#8217;d been cycling competitively since 12, and she had to decide between going to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.wheelbrothers.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelbrothers.com\/2010\/07\/07\/man-drowns-in-trinity-river-trying-to-save-wife-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man drowns in Trinity River trying to save wife, daughter<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom The Wheel Brothers &#8211; Cycling in Texas<br \/>\nFORT WORTH \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A man drowned in the Trinity River near Trinity Park Monday afternoon after jumping into the river to rescue his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>A bicyclist passing by was able to rescue the mother and daughter from the river, police said.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.star-telegram.com\/smedia\/2010\/07\/05\/18\/jeffharrison.standalone.prod_affiliate.58.JPG?resize=610%2C420\" alt=\"Tim Hardeman\" width=\"610\" height=\"420\" \/><br \/>\nFort Worth Fire spokesman Tim Hardeman said the incident occurred at a walkway of stones that crosses the river at Trinity Park. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sebastianjunger.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sebastianjunger.com\/forum\/topics\/a-ride-till-the-end-afghan\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A ride till the end &#8211; afghan vet on his bicycle &#8211; Sebastian Junger &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.sebastianjunger.com<br \/>\nFrom New York I caught up with him in a reststop in Houston, Texas, &#8230; he told me the bike tour was the most liberating thing he&#8217;s ever done in his life, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.krtv.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.krtv.com\/news\/texas-cyclists-overnight-in-great-falls-en-route-to-alaska\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Texas cyclists overnight in Great Falls en route to Alaska<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KRTV Great Falls News<br \/>\n&#8230; Great Falls on Tuesday night; they are part of a group called &#8220;Texas 4000 For Cancer&#8221; that has two teams cycling through different parts of the country. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.krtv.com\/images\/thumbnails\/8A70F534ACBD4BE0C4085C498AA5CD1B_250_250.jpg?resize=250%2C187\" alt=\"Texas 4000\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingdirt.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingdirt.org\/articles\/view\/2059-mountain-bike-nationals-live-pb-mellow-johnnys-bike-shop\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mountain Bike Nationals LIVE p\/b Mellow Johnny&#8217;s Bike Shop<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Colt From Cyclingdirt<br \/>\nCyclingdirt.org and has teamed up with Mellow Johnny&#8217;s Bike Shop to bring you Live streaming video coverage from the 2010 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in Granby, Colorado, July 15-18! Cyclingdirt will be on-site bringing you all the great race coverage you&#8217;ve come to expect along with Live video streaming of the Cross Country, Mountain Cross, Short Track, and Down Hill! &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPD bike patrol hitting the streets by Seguin Gazette-Enterprise It was tough \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a prospective bike officer rides 30 miles per day in the course offered by Texas Parks and Wildlife \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and it wasn&#8217;t for someone who wasn&#8217;t &#8230; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/07\/daily-news-roundup-july-7th-texas-bicycling-2\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[1892,1894,1895,1893,5253,438,770,1891],"class_list":["post-5214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-2012-olympics","tag-afghan-vet","tag-cyclingdirt-org","tag-heroic-deed","tag-news","tag-seguin-texas","tag-texas-4000-for-cancer","tag-virtual-training-ride"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1m6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}