{"id":7870,"date":"2011-04-04T23:35:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T04:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7870"},"modified":"2011-04-04T23:35:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T04:35:28","slug":"daily-news-roundup-april-4th-texas-bicycling-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/daily-news-roundup-april-4th-texas-bicycling-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup April 4th – Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mellow Johnny’s Spring Classic kick-off party to benefit young racers<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom cyclingnews.com
\nTexas High School Mountain Bike League gets boost from US Pro XCT event
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\nThe third annual Mellow Johnny’s Spring Classic Kick-Off Party, held on the eve of the Mellow Johnny’s US Pro XCT race, will benefit the Texas High School Mountain Bike League for the first time ever. The party…<\/p>\n

How to beat a backlash against bikes: Lessons from Minneapolis<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom peopleforbikes.org
\nAre we witnessing the start of a national backlash against bikes?<\/p>\n

Until recently, everyone seemed to love biking. Cities from Long Beach to Omaha to Greenville, South Carolina, implemented ambitious plans to build new biking facilities. The federal transportation bills of 1991, 1998 and 2005 continually expanded funding to improve biking and walking conditions across the U.S, enjoying…<\/p>\n

Katy Ram Challenge \u00e2\u20ac\u201c April 9, 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom bikebrookshire.com
\nMS150 Recommended Ride – Katy Ram ChallengeThe Katy Ram Challenge is on Saturday, April 9, 2011 starting from Sun & Ski Sports, Katy Mills Mall in Katy, TX at 8 am. It winds it way around Waller County and travels thru podunk towns like Monaville and Pattison. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to check out all the interesting sites as you roll thru on this great MS150 training ride. …<\/p>\n

City to vote on Safe Passing ordinance<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby bikedenton
\nTomorrow at 3PM, city council will hold a work session at which citizens may speak regarding the Vulnerable Road User ordinance, aka Safe Passing. In addition to requiring safe passing distance, the ordinance also criminalizes harassment or intimidation of a vulnerable road user. The ordinance seeks to protect…<\/p>\n

Look for BikeDFW at These Events in April<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby marc@mcmumby.com
\nBikeDFW will be at these great events with information on street smarts for better and safer urban cycling; tips and tricks for bike commuting; and etiquette for safe riding on hike and bike trails. Oh!… and we’ll be giving away…<\/p>\n

NuVinci Continuously-Variable Bicycle Hub<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Justin Husman
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\nAs cyclists, all of us are used to having a certain number of gear choices available to us \u00e2\u20ac\u201c from one to 27. Most of us are also used to never being able to find …<\/p>\n

70 MPH, no shoulder, hilly, turns and Bicycles!!! (near Leakey…<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nOriginally Posted by cinnamon_toast I am a cyclist. Most cars are very courteous and pull out into the other lane to pass me. If they can’t see around. …<\/p>\n

MSU Results<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby League Director, www.texashighschoolcycling.org
\nWeekend and new overall results have been posted from this past weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s racing at MSU in Wichita Falls.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out the race series tab of this website.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Some great racing and once again a bit of a shake-up in the team and individual standings.\u00c2\u00a0 The competition is really heating up so be sure to check out the full league standings and plan to make it out to the remaining races when they visit Lubbock and Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mellow Johnny’s Spring Classic kick-off party to benefit young racers from cyclingnews.com Texas High School Mountain Bike League gets boost from US Pro XCT event The third annual Mellow Johnny’s Spring Classic Kick-Off Party, held on the eve of the …<\/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":[2629,2631,1081,671,5253,2630,981,2210],"class_list":["post-7870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-backlash","tag-bicycle-traffic","tag-bikedfw","tag-katy-ram-challenge","tag-news","tag-nuvinci","tag-safe-passing-law","tag-texas-high-school-mountain-bike-league"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-22W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870","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=7870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}