{"id":10497,"date":"2011-11-14T23:15:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T05:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=10497"},"modified":"2011-11-14T23:15:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T05:15:59","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-for-november-14th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-for-november-14th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup for November 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Shop Finds Creative Way to Get Kids Riding<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfirstgear.specialized.com
\nBicycle Sport Shop, a Specialized dealer with three locations in Austin, Texas has been doing terrific work in that community to get more kids riding and walking to school.<\/p>\n

In February of 2010, Bicycle Sport Shop, led by Director of Advocacy Leslie Luciano, began a partnership with the Boltage program at their first school in Austin.\u00c2\u00a0 Boltage uses incentives and…<\/p>\n

Tell the Senate that bikes have a right to the road<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.bikeleague.org
\nThe draft of the Senate’s transportation authorization bill, S. 1813 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, includes language that would introduce a mandatory sidepath law on roads in our National Parks and other Federal lands. It requires cyclists on Federal lands to use a path or trail, instead of roads, if the speed limit is over 30 MPH and a trail exists within 100 yards, regardless of its condition or…<\/p>\n

HBC Christmas Lights Ride Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDecember 10, 2011
\nHermann Park Rose Garden, Houston
\nThis is a liesurely social ride for a couple of hours through Houston neighborhoods with good decorations. We’ll stop somewhere for a light meal on the way back.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Come with good lights, charged batteries and reflective clothes!\u00c2\u00a0 Decorations encouraged.<\/p>\n

Austin Park Foundation Work Day at the Hill of Life<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Laura Scagn\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin Ridge Riders
\nDate: Saturday, November 19, 2011
\nTime: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
\nCome volunteer to rebuild\/bolster the water bars and drainage features at the Hill of Life, located at the far west end of the Barton Creek Greenbelt main trail on Camp Craft Road.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ll be moving and packing rock, gravel and soil to allow the hill trail to drain better.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ll need lots of volunteers as well as extra wheelbarrows, rock bars, rock cradles, picks and more. This is a…<\/p>\n

Gateway Park Trail Extension<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nFort Worth Mountain Bike Association<\/p>\n

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Gateway Park Trail Extension<\/p><\/div>\n

The new Gateway Park trail extension is off to a great start! We had over 20+ volunteers, fantastic weather and good food at the November Workfest. Let’s build on that success by increasing our volunteer turnout and thereby increasing the amount of tasty singletrack at Gateway Park! If you were at the Workfest earlier this month bring a friend. We need boots on the ground in order to get knobbies in the dirt!
\n– Meet prior to 9:00am at the abandoned parking area on East 1st Street immediately east of the Trinity River. Location (turn on satellite view)<\/p>\n

December Rides Announced<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nFort Worth Bicycling Association
\nThe December ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!
\nBurleson and Beyond, Burleson TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:00 am
\nThe Rusty Chain Gang Romp, Benbrook TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:00 am
\nBicycles Inc. Century of the Month, Arlington TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Saturday, December…<\/p>\n

Mountain Bike Results<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby League Director\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Texas High School Cycling League
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\nIn the 2011 Texas High School Cycling League fall mountain bike race series Sachse high school took both the varsity and junior varsity individual titles on their way to beating out Jesuit in the team overall competition.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are just some of the pictures of the action.\u00c2\u00a0 Be sure to check back soon for information about our high school…<\/p>\n

Uberhood First Impressions<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Justin\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Plano Cyclist
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\nMost of you have probably heard about the Uberhood from Bikesnob NYC, who made pretty nasty comments about the ‘hood, and by extension it’s users. Here in Plano we are a more more friendly and accommodating to folks, and we give them a chance before we make broad negative assumptions about a group of people.<\/p>\n

I was very excited when I received my ‘hood in the mail, because it is the first of several products I’ll be giving the old PC gorilla test to over the next couple of months. …<\/p>\n

Seen at the Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 2011 Dallas Tweed Ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dealey Plaza<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Christopher Curnutt\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Biking in Dallas
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\nI have so many photos that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m splitting them into three galleries: Dealey Plaza, Turner House and then Bishop Arts; in the same order we rode.\u00c2\u00a0 The lighting was kind of weird at Dealey Plaza because we were either in the full sun, or mostly shade.\u00c2\u00a0 Not ideal but oh well.<\/p>\n

The weather could not have been more perfect. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing there was a couple of hundred people there, and I…<\/p>\n

Extreme bike race takes over co-op<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Aaron West\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 www.dailytexanonline.com
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\nSome might consider Lance Armstrong to be Austin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s claim to fame as far as cycling is concerned, but when it comes to extreme bike racing, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just say that Armstrong hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ever wolfed down a boiled octopus in 21st Street Co-op\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s infamously brutal MF 100.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think Lance Armstrong would tank in this race,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Will Wolfe, a geology senior and an organizer of the MF 100 bike race. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He probably doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the stomach for it, honestly. Or the technical abilities. This course is basically just a perilous…<\/p>\n

Sandy Springs cyclist rides with Lance Armstrong<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nLocals part of charity battling cancer
\nBy David Rutz\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 www.neighbornewspapers.com
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\nFor a few minutes, Sandy Springs resident John Manser rode alongside the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most well-known cancer survivor and cyclist, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

It was both cycling and the battle against cancer that led Manser, a cyclist for more than 20 years, and friend Kelly Wiggins to Austin for the Ride for the Roses Oct. 14 through 16.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were jacked up about it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Manser said of getting some one-on-one time with Armstrong. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was one of the most amazing…<\/p>\n

New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Tour de Fat raises $400,000<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWritten by David Young\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 www.coloradoan.com
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\nNew Belgium Brewing Co.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tour de Fat, the bicycle oriented party that rolls across the country, is about more than just dressing up, riding a bike and drinking some beer, it is also raises a lot of money for bike advocacy programs and nonprofits.<\/p>\n

New Belgium Brewing announced in a press release it raised more than $400,000 for bike-focused nonprofit organizations with this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tour de Fat that included 13 cities across the country. …<\/p>\n

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