{"id":5790,"date":"2010-09-09T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T04:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2010-09-09T23:48:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T04:48:29","slug":"daily-news-roundup-september-9th-texas-bicycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/09\/daily-news-roundup-september-9th-texas-bicycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup September 9th – Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice St hit-and-run update<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom Bike Denton by bikedenton
\nWe now have a description of the car that intentionally backed over a cyclist on Alice St on Aug 30:\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153White, Mazda 4-door, unknown model, driven by a middle-aged, white, male\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The description is vague, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s better than nothing, so keep an eye out, especially in the Alice\/Egan area.\u00c2\u00a0 This driver is obviously dangerous, so if you see him, avoid confrontation and call the police.\u00c2\u00a0 That assault could have easily become murder, had the cyclist been fatally injured. …<\/p>\n

2010 Texas cyclocross race calendar announced | Austin On Two Wheels<\/strong><\/a>
\nby elliott
\nThe folks over at TXBRA recently released the upcoming calendar of cyclocross races in Texas. Outside of the Dirt Derby, cyclocross racing will begin mid-October as part of the Texas Custom Bicycle Show and run through mid December. …<\/p>\n

Plan for Amarillo’s Future<\/strong><\/a>
\nby KFDA
\nRounding out the highest priority goals is increasing pedestrian and bicycle safety. Along with each of those goals, they also presented plans with what …<\/p>\n

First H.S. Mountain Bike Race Texas High School Cycling League …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby League Director
\nOnly seven racers entered the first high school mountain bike race in Texas last weekend at the Camp Eagle Classic Mountain Bike Festival but the buzz of the weekend was that high school mountain biking is finally getting started. …<\/p>\n

Sassy & Thin in 2010: Starting the day right and new commitments…<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Olivia
\nBike Around the Bay is a fully supported two-day, 150-mile bicycle ride around Galveston Bay. The ride starts in Anahuac, Texas, and continues along a scenic route that includes many fascinating sights and highlights. …<\/p>\n

Austin Hill Country Bike Ride | The Organic Climber – Blogging …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby OrganicClimber
\nThis past Saturday, I went on my first bike ride since moving to Austin. I teamed up with a group ride that left from Mellow Johny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0 bike shop in downtown Austin \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the shop is owned by Lance Armstrong. I was torn between two different rides they offered, one of them being a slower paced ride that explored the bike routes of Austin, the other being a faster paced ride that leads you outside of town through the scenic hill country. I ended up opting for the second ride, because I figured…<\/p>\n

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Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS Celebrates 10 Years of Cycling to …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby shawnpwilliams
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This year’s routes will take riders through some scenic North Texas countryside and offer a few challenges as well,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said David Minehart, LSRFA event manager. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have fully supported training rides monthly to help cyclists prepare so …<\/p>\n

Frustrated by anti-cycling attitude<\/strong><\/a>
\nby The Cross Timbers Gazette (blog)
\nI moved to the Cross Timbers area over 30 years ago and our family has enjoyed many thousand miles cycling together in North Texas and neighboring states.\u00c2\u00a0 Now retired and 76 years old, I still cover over 6,000 miles a year on the bike.<\/p>\n

In a nation plagued with obesity and Texas being high on the list, I feel saddened by the Bartonville anti-cycling attitude.\u00c2\u00a0 Other towns like Flower Mound, Lewisville, Grapevine and even Dallas are building hike and bike trails to meet the community\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interest in cycling and promote health.<\/p>\n

The recent press and TV coverage of the Bartonville situation has failed to point out that the problem is mainly the result of widening FM 407 by eliminating much of the shoulder on each side…<\/p>\n

Spokes for Folks Wrench Day | DORBA<\/strong><\/a>
\nEvent Date & Time:
\nSun, 10\/17\/2010 – 8:00am – 12:15pm
\nNext Spokes for Folks Wrench Day!
\nPass on the joy of cycling by rebuilding donated bikes to give to kids and adults in need.\u00c2\u00a0 We will be repairing bikes on Sunday October 17, 2010 from 8 AM until noon or there abouts. No experience necessary, if you have not repaired bikes before, come on out and we will team you up with experienced Spokes for Folks volunteers.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want to help but prefer other duties, come help us organize parts, clean bikes, or check bikes post-repair.\u00c2\u00a0 It will be a rewarding experience and you will have a great time with the fantastic DORBA members, the North Texas Mountain Bike Patrol, other volunteers, and at…<\/p>\n

Durango Texas: Village Creek Is Way Out Of Its Banks In Arlington<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Durango
\nThis flood is the worst I’ve seen since I’ve been in Texas. It will take a long time for the River Legacy mountain bike trails to recover. When the river recedes it does not take all the water with it. The water stays in the low spots. …<\/p>\n

Pounding the pedals to promote event<\/strong><\/a>
\nNew ride aims to foster growth of Tour du Rouge
\nBy DALE ROBERTSON
\nCopyright 2010 Houston Chronicle
\nIt’s said the time to retire is when you have enough and you’ve had enough, and Alan Bazard met both criteria when he took his leave from Shell this summer after 31 years. Only 53, the now former IT project manager said he’s “going to see where my dreams lead me.”<\/p>\n

To be sure, he’ll be pursuing them on a bicycle.<\/p>\n

Bazard said he took up cycling “16, 17 years ago” just to get some exercise. His love of the sport grew to the point that his new “job,” post-Shell, will be his ASB Cycling Company, an online business…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alice St hit-and-run update from Bike Denton by bikedenton We now have a description of the car that intentionally backed over a cyclist on Alice St on Aug 30:\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153White, Mazda 4-door, unknown model, driven by a middle-aged, white, male\u00e2\u20ac\u009d …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[148,2075,492,871,2074,609,1730,778,5253,2076,2041,991],"class_list":["post-5790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-amarillo-texas","tag-austin-hill-country-bike-ride","tag-bicycle-accident","tag-bike-around-the-bay","tag-camp-eagle-classic-mountain-bike-festival","tag-durango-texas","tag-houston-chronicle-cycling-notebook","tag-lone-star-ride-fighting-aids","tag-news","tag-spokes-for-folks-wrench-day","tag-texas-bike-bans","tag-texas-cyclocross"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1vo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790","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=5790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}