{"id":13492,"date":"2012-03-16T23:29:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T04:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=13492"},"modified":"2012-03-16T23:29:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T04:29:29","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-march-16th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-march-16th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup &#8211; March 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com\/ciclovia-de-dallas-2012\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com\/ciclovia-de-dallas-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Dallas Ciclovia<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n9AM &#8211; 3PM<br \/>\nSaturday, Apil 14, 2012<br \/>\nHouston Street Bridge, Dallas<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/ciclovia_logo_fin.png?w=480&#038;h=200&#038;fit=480%2C200&#038;resize=480%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\nThe Dallas Ciclovia, organized by\u00c2\u00a0 Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, will close down the Houston Street viaduct in Dallas and turn it into a bicycle and pedestrian ONLY street market and fair. BikeDFW will be there with our bicycle-powered smoothie maker along with an urban market, food trucks, live music and more.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/gradedcheeseracing.wordpress.com\/events\/the-whole-damn-loop-mountain-bike-series\/\" href=\"http:\/\/gradedcheeseracing.wordpress.com\/events\/the-whole-damn-loop-mountain-bike-series\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Whole Darn Loop Mountain Bike Series &#8211; Race 2<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nwww.bikewtca.org<br \/>\nDate: March 18, 2012<br \/>\nLocation: Lubbock, TX<br \/>\nContact: Chase Wesley<br \/>\nDetails: The Whole Damn Loop mountain bike series begins at 3 pm at the MLK parking lot. Everybody rides the same course. Enough challenges to keep the skillful people honest and the beginners attention. Lap is approx 12ish miles.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=163:volunteers-needed-for-spring-events&amp;catid=25:front-page-news\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=163:volunteers-needed-for-spring-events&amp;catid=25:front-page-news\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Volunteers Needed for Spring Events<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby marc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeDFW<br \/>\nWe need a few volunteers for two big events coming up in March and April: a Katy Trail safety and membership event on March 24th and the first Dallas Ciclovia on April 14th.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2012\/mar\/16\/steaming-wheels-ready-for-abilene-racetour\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2012\/mar\/16\/steaming-wheels-ready-for-abilene-racetour\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Steaming wheels ready for Abilene race\/tour<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy Bill Cullins\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0San Angelo Standard-Times<br \/>\nSAN ANGELO, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d It&#8217;s time for a cycling road trip! In this case, the trip will be a short drive north to Abilene.<\/p>\n<p>The 2012 Steam &#8216;N&#8217; Wheels cycling race\/tour, one of the best bicycling events in West Texas, will take place on March 24 in Abilene.<\/p>\n<p>Activities will include a 48-mile competitive race, a 32-mile tour and a 12-mile tour, with all rides starting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.allenamerican.com\/articles\/2012\/03\/16\/allen_american\/news\/157.txt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allenamerican.com\/articles\/2012\/03\/16\/allen_american\/news\/157.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>New road markings to encourage bike awareness<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy Conner Hammett\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Allen Americant<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.townnews.com\/scntx.com\/content\/articles\/2012\/03\/16\/allen_american\/news\/157.jpg?resize=425%2C243\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"243\" \/><br \/>\nThe city of Allen is issuing some friendly reminders to motorists and cyclists along the city&#8217;s previously unmarked bike routes.<\/p>\n<p>Share the lane markings, or &#8220;sharrows,&#8221; are being 10 miles of roadway, including Malone Road, Rivercrest Boulevard, Twin Creeks Drive, Suncreek Drive and part of Comanche Drive, and there are more to come over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>The markings are not dedicated bike lanes but markers of the city&#8217;s bike route, a series of roadways recommended to cyclists for their traffic and road conditions and connectivity to parks, trails and schools. In the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/road\/news\/article\/usa-pro-cycling-challenge-partner-with-gran-fondo-texas-tmco-33461\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/road\/news\/article\/usa-pro-cycling-challenge-partner-with-gran-fondo-texas-tmco-33461\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>USA Pro Cycling Challenge partner with Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy BikeRadar US<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.mos.bikeradar.com\/images\/news\/2012\/03\/16\/1331924869104-k0sq4vswo4f-670-75.jpg?resize=670%2C447\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"447\" \/><br \/>\nThe USA Pro Cycling Challenge, one of the largest professional cycling races in the US, have teamed up with the second-annual Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO to create the KOM (King of the Mountain) Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Held on April 1, in Houston, TX, the Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO is both a race, and a recreational ride for people of all ages. The event features a USA Cycling-sanctioned \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gran Fondo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d style ride that consists of a 97-mile route, including a King\/Queen of the Mountain competition. Additionally, the recreational ride options have routes of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/kgnb.am\/news\/livestrong-texas-4000-bicycle-group-seguin-today\" href=\"http:\/\/kgnb.am\/news\/livestrong-texas-4000-bicycle-group-seguin-today\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Livestrong Texas 4000 Bicycle Group In Seguin Today<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nkgnb.am\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0March 15, 2012<br \/>\nThe longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Livestrong Texas 4000, will be rolling through Seguin tonight as part of the training leg for their ride that departs from Austin and ends in Anchorage, Alaska. Beginning June 1st, riders will pedal more than 45-hundred miles while raising funds for cancer research. Along the way they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll visit with cancer survivors, patients, and family members to educate people about cancer prevention and early detection. Since its inception, the Texas 4000 has contributed more than 3-million dollars to the fight against cancer and over 350 riders have ridden their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Ciclovia 9AM &#8211; 3PM Saturday, Apil 14, 2012 Houston Street Bridge, Dallas The Dallas Ciclovia, organized by\u00c2\u00a0 Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, will close down the Houston Street viaduct in Dallas and turn it into a bicycle and pedestrian ONLY <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-march-16th-2\/\"><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":[1081,3490,3076,5253,3491,2290,237,3473],"class_list":["post-13492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bikedfw","tag-dallas-ciclovia","tag-gran-fondo","tag-news","tag-sharrows","tag-steam-n-wheels","tag-texas-4000","tag-the-whole-damn-loop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-3vC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13492","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=13492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}