{"id":13429,"date":"2012-03-11T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=13429"},"modified":"2012-03-11T22:29:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T03:29:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-11th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/11\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-11th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Repair a Ruptured Hydration Bladder with a Vacuum Sealer [Clever Uses]<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nvia Lifehacker by David Galloway
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\nIf you do a lot of outdoor activities you may use hydration bladders or soft canteens made by Camelback, Nalgene, Platypus, and other brands. They’re great for carrying water, but if the plastic gets punctured you were out of luck until a clever person figured out you can repair damage by sealing the bladder with a food vacuum sealer. …<\/p>\n

Houston Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Vanessa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Birthday Ride on Leon Creek Greenway<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nHill Country Bicycle Touring Club
\nStart:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0March 25, 2012 9:30 am
\nEnd:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0March 25, 2012 11:30 am
\nVenue:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Valero Trailhead
\nSunday, March 25th: Ride begins at 9:30 at the Valero Trailhead across from the Drury Inn Suites.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a 24 mile ride on a protected and shaded trail from the Valero trailhead to the Ingram Park trailhead and back.\u00c2\u00a0 An very good ride for beginners since you can turn back at any point and there is no traffic.\u00c2\u00a0 So come join us and help Vanessa celebrate her birthday.\u00c2\u00a0 The festivities will continue after the ride at Jim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Restaurant at 11006 IH 10.\u00c2\u00a0 Directions: Exit IH 10 on the Frontage Road.\u00c2\u00a0 The parking area is adjacent to the Drury Inn parking lot. For more information contact ride leader Vanessa Leal…<\/p>\n

The City of Allen Rolls Out New Bike Routes and Shared Lane Markings<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby marc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bike DFW
\nThe City of Allen is one of the first in North Texas to install shared lane markings (sharrows) on city streets. These pavement markings are designed to help cyclists and motorists identify streets that are part of the city’s new bike route system.<\/p>\n

From the city’s web site:
\n“Allen residents may have noticed new bike route markings (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153sharrows\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153share the lane\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) being implemented on some of the unmarked bike routes through our community. This project is a three-year initiative to mark select on-street bike routes throughout the city. These markings are intended to enhance…<\/p>\n

SXSW does the social ride: Bike Hugger hosts two big this weekend<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby CultureMap Austin
\nThe Bike Hugger blog publisher from Seattle (who only goes by his last name, Byron), was organizing his sixth annual SXSW social bicycle ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201d one of two that Bike Hugger is hosting this weekend. Last year, the ride was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153magical,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Byron said …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Repair a Ruptured Hydration Bladder with a Vacuum Sealer [Clever Uses] via Lifehacker by David Galloway If you do a lot of outdoor activities you may use hydration bladders or soft canteens made by Camelback, Nalgene, Platypus, and other brands. …<\/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":[1608,3481,660,2559,2319,3431],"class_list":["post-13429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-hugger","tag-city-of-allen","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-hill-country-bicycle-touring-club","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-hydration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-3uB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13429","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=13429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}