Facebook Helps Retrieve A Stolen Bike

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My favorite source of biking articles, The Wall Street Journal, (laugh, laugh) has an online article about how social media help people find lost bikes. According to this article, Heather McKibbon used Facebook to track down her stolen Cannondale, contact the police and setup a sting operation to trap the thief.

Several organizations that help owners track down their stolen bikes have come to the forefront. If your bike is stolen you might want to enlist your Twitter followers to help apprehend the crook.

Link to the Wall Street Journal article APB to the Web: Find My Bike!

Vuelta a Espana On Local TV

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If you need a fix of European grand stage racing the Vuelta is on Houston TV channel KIAH (39-2 digital channel) courtesy of the Universal Sports Cable network I am not sure of the times but you can check their website for a schedule.

I plan on watching many stages. If you are not in Houston there may be a sister channel in your town that is using one of their back side digital channels to carry the Vuelta.

With the addition of the extra digital channels I am finding it hard to impossible to find out their broadcasting schedules.

Daily Blog and News Roundup for August 25th

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If there was a bill with nine lives this one must be it.

Reaction mixed on proposed bike-passing ordinance
by KVUE
A similar bill made it through the Texas House and Senate this past legislative session, but Governor Rick Perry vetoed it. “I get all the way over because, …

Austin Cycle Camp To Provide Central Texas With The First Skills …
by PRLog.Org (press release)
prlog (Press Release) – Aug 25, 2009 – Austin Cycle Camp today announced the opening of registration for Fall classes. Austin Cycle Camp is the area’s only …

I am signed up. Weather looks like it could be a non-event this year with projections of low 90’s.

Online registrations pouring in for HHH
by Times Record News
As Hotter’N Hell Hundred hit a new record for total number of online registrations early Monday, any cyclists who have not already booked accommodations for the event will probably have a hard time finding any, according to ride organizers and Wichita Falls hospitality agencies. …

Daily Blog and News Roundup for August 24th

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Area highway projects among contracts on Transportation Commission’s agenda
by Boerne Star
Among the transportation planning agenda topics is appointment of public representatives to the Bicycle Advisory Committee. …

New bike lanes
by Austin 360
Perhaps the biggest is the sweeping improvements planned around the University of Texas campus. Here’s what Barrera reports: “The existing bicycle climbing …