{"id":11127,"date":"2011-12-17T00:11:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T06:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11127"},"modified":"2011-12-17T00:11:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T06:11:49","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-16th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/17\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-16th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Dallas Clarifies Its Support for Implementing Bike Plan<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby marc@mcmumby.com \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeDFW
\nThe City of Dallas issued a press release today to help clarify its stance on implementing the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan following the confusion resulting from a briefing of the City Council Quality of Life Committee on Monday, December 12th. See the articles below for more information.<\/p>\n

The press release states, in part that, “You may have heard in the news some confusion about the implementation of the Dallas Bike Plan. The City is enthusiastic about the Dallas Bike Plan…<\/p>\n

8:00am – Harden Dental Team Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nCorinth Cycling Club
\nby Scott Franklin
\nWhen: Sat Dec 31, 2011 8am to 11am\u00c2\u00a0 CST
\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School
\nEvent Description: This is the weekly training ride for the Corinth Cycling\/Harden Dental race team. This is a 62 mile loop on an established route. Expect a fast pace and be prepared to fix your own mechanicals. There are no stops on this ride. -8:00am- http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/337788<\/p>\n

Racers represent San Angelo well in local cyclocross series<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Bill Cullins\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0San Angelo Standard-Times
\nUpcoming Events
\nDec. 17: Abilene cyclocross race, angelo.edu\/asufit.
\nDec. 17-18: Texas cyclocross championships, http:\/\/txbra.org\/events\/?page=texasCup.
\nDec. 31: Resolution Run half marathon, roadlizards.org.
\nFeb. 19: Frost Yer Fanny duathlon, ironheadrp.com.
\nMarch 3: The Crazy Desert Trail 50K\/Marathon\/Half Marathon, roadlizards.org.
\nSAN ANGELO, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The final race of the 2011 San Angelo cyclocross series took place on Dec. 3, with local cyclists battling racers from Abilene, Fredericksburg and Midland\/Odessa for series awards.<\/p>\n

The races were held on the campus of Angelo State University and organized by the university’s ASUFit program in collaboration with the San Angelo Bicycle Association. …<\/p>\n

Euless cycling enthusiast killed in North Carolina accident<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby JONATHAN BETZ\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0WFAA
\nHURST \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A North Texas cycling community is mourning the death of a young college athlete.<\/p>\n

Megan Baab, 19, of Euless was killed Thursday afternoon after a truck hit her while on a training ride in rural North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He hit her head on,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said her father, Chris Baab. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was devastating.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d …<\/p>\n

T.V. Face Time for Matt Brady.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Doc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0McKinney Velo Club
\nEarlier this week, friend of McKinney Velo, Geoff Godsey, appeared on Good Morning Texas to discuss gifts for people with active lifestyles. Geoff brought gift ideas for show and tell, and used MV’s Matt Brady to model use of a stationary trainer. Check out Matt and Geoff’s television appearance here. [MANDATORY FBI DISCLAIMER: Matt was used for display purposes only and is not for sale.]<\/p>\n

Arbor Hills Nature Preserve<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Shawn\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas Mountain Bike Trails
\nArbor Hills Nature Preserve is the perfect place to escape from the hustle of the city. This 2 mile trail sits in the heart of Plano Texas and provides a great piece of singletrack for after work riders and weekend warriors. You can find the trail ocated just south of where Dallas North Tollway and the 121 Tollway intersection.<\/p>\n

Like many of the North Texas trails it has plenty or roots with minor elevation change. The soil is hard-packed and rides very fast in some areas, during the dry summers it can become very dusty and easily crumbles under hard turns at high speeds.\u00c2\u00a0 Arbor Hills Nature Preserve is ideal for beginners…<\/p>\n

The Wheelbrothers Christmas contest \u00e2\u20ac\u201c share your favorite 2011 Texas cycling picture\/story<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Wheelbrothers and Uclear have teamed up for an amazing Christmas contest!\u00c2\u00a0 We are giving away 2, yes TWO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c UCLEAR HBC130 Bike Helmet Communicator units and 3 Wheelbrothers T-Shirts to people that share their favorite 2011 Texas cycling moment with us.<\/p>\n

What is the UCLEAR HBC130?\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine doing the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ride for Heroes 2012? in Aledo and being able to take an important call from a client, patient or your family without pulling over to talk.\u00c2\u00a0 No more worries that your group…<\/p>\n

Participate in the National Launch of the 2012 Benchmarking Report<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAlliance for Biking & Walking: People Powered Blog
\n\"\"
\nThe Alliance is finalizing the last details of the 2012 Benchmarking Report: Bicycling and Walking in the United States and invites you to join us as we prepare for a national release of the report in January.<\/p>\n

The report contains data on the state of biking and walking in the 50 states and 51 largest U.S. cities including data on biking and walking levels, safety, funding, policies, advocacy, and programs.<\/p>\n

The release of the report is an excellent opportunity for you to engage the media and local decision makers and let them know how your state or city stacks up. This report will reveal where…<\/p>\n

USA Cycling announces winners of the 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153CLUB OF THE YEAR\u00e2\u20ac\u009d AWARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nColorado Springs, Colo. (Dec. 16, 2011) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d USA Cycling is excited to announce the recipients of its 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Club of the Year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d awards. In addition to being recognized for outstanding programs, the ten winning clubs will also receive complimentary renewal fees in 2012.<\/p>\n

…Matrix Cycling Club (Dallas, Texas) took the top honors as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Overall Club of the Year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Division I. Founded in 1984, the club has a nearly 30-year history of supporting riders of all ages and ability levels. Of its 210 members, 65 are junior riders. The club\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mission to promote and develop cycling is met through various initiatives like its first-time racer clinics at…<\/p>\n

Chocolate Milk as Recovery?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Kelli\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0lovingthebike.com
\nAfter a super-tough ride on the bike, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your best nutrition option for recovery?\u00c2\u00a0 In the world of sports nutrition, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of buzz about low-fat chocolate milk.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I generally like simple, whole-food nutrition over chemicals and processed foods, the thought of it appeals to me (although many cheap chocolate syrups are made with chemicals \u00e2\u20ac\u201c more on this below).\u00c2\u00a0 While there are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The City of Dallas Clarifies Its Support for Implementing Bike Plan by marc@mcmumby.com \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeDFW The City of Dallas issued a press release today to help clarify its stance on implementing the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan following the confusion …<\/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":[3303,2545,3304,619,5262,511,660,3305,1448,3306,2657],"class_list":["post-11127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-arbor-hills-nature-preserve","tag-bicycle-fatality","tag-bicycling-and-walking","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-cyclocross","tag-dallas-bike-plan","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-matrix-cycling-club","tag-mckinney-velo-club","tag-recovery","tag-wheelbrothers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2Tt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}