{"id":11132,"date":"2011-12-17T23:19:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T05:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11132"},"modified":"2011-12-17T23:19:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T05:19:24","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-17th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/17\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-17th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/dallascyclechic.com\/2011\/12\/17\/gearing-up-for-2012-sponsor-our-event\/\" href=\"http:\/\/dallascyclechic.com\/2011\/12\/17\/gearing-up-for-2012-sponsor-our-event\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Gearing Up for 2012 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sponsor Our Event<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby UrbanPedal\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Cycle Chic<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dallascyclechic.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/cycle_chic_sponsor-2012.jpg?w=193&#038;h=240&#038;fit=193%2C240&#038;resize=193%2C240\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\nThe cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty much out of the bag. Remember all the photos from the Cyclist Census back in April? And the lawn movie, the Texas Theatre, the photo exhibit, and the bike polo, and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing it again in 2012, only we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re revamping the plan. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.thecypresstimes.com\/article\/News\/Local_News\/CITY_OF_HOUSTON_HELPS_BRING_HOLIDAY_CHEER_WITH_NEW_BIKES_HELMETS_FOR_8000_STUDENTS\/54057\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecypresstimes.com\/article\/News\/Local_News\/CITY_OF_HOUSTON_HELPS_BRING_HOLIDAY_CHEER_WITH_NEW_BIKES_HELMETS_FOR_8000_STUDENTS\/54057\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>CITY OF HOUSTON HELPS BRING HOLIDAY CHEER WITH NEW BIKES, HELMETS FOR 8,000 STUDENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nwww.thecypresstimes.com<br \/>\nCity Partners with Local Organizations to Encourage Scholastic Improvements, Physical Activity<br \/>\nHOUSTON, TX &#8211; The City of Houston Mayor&#8217;s Citizens&#8217; Assistance Office (MCAO) has partnered with Elves &amp; More, a Houston-based non-profit, and other sponsors to distribute 8,000 brand new bikes and helmets to studnets in more than 36 local schools. Students qualified for the bikes and helmets by improving their grades during the school year.<\/p>\n<p>MCAO raised approximately $25,000 to purchase helmets. Representatives from the Texas Medical Association, the Houston Police Department (HPD) Bike Unit, Texas Children&#8217;s Hospital, ExxonMobil, Association&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=373:boys-and-girls-club-bike-give-away&amp;catid=41:latest&amp;Itemid=148\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=373:boys-and-girls-club-bike-give-away&amp;catid=41:latest&amp;Itemid=148\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Boys and Girls Club Bike Give-Away<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPlano Bicycle Association<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planobicycle.org\/images\/uploads\/article_photos\/BGA3.jpg?resize=522%2C651\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"651\" \/><br \/>\nCongratulations to all the boys and girls who received new bicycles from the PBA at the 2011 Boys and Girls Club of Plano Bike Give-away.\u00c2\u00a0 26 bicycles were raffled off at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gearing Up for 2012 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sponsor Our Event by UrbanPedal\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Cycle Chic The cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty much out of the bag. Remember all the photos from the Cyclist Census back in April? And the lawn movie, the Texas <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/17\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-17th-3\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/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":[2624,660,2129,1724],"class_list":["post-11132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-dallas-cycle-chic","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-elves-more","tag-plano-bicycle-association"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2Ty","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132","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=11132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}