{"id":15040,"date":"2012-07-24T23:23:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=15040"},"modified":"2012-07-24T23:23:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T04:23:10","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-24th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/07\/24\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-24th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 24th"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Price of Gold Launch Party<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nOur own Ian Dille, of Super Squadra fame, has co-authored a book with Olympic track cycling champion, Marty Nothstein.\u00c2\u00a0 Join us on Wednesday, August 1st from 6 to 8 at our Lamar store to meet Ian, snag a book hot off the presses and enjoy some cold beer and munchies.
\nAbout the Book<\/p>\n

Marty Nothstein might be the most successful and talented cyclist that you’ve never heard of. Nothstein was the last American to win an Olympic gold medal in track cycling, and his new memoir, The Price of Gold, is an inspiring and eye-opening look at what…<\/p>\n

Bike Ride at NAACP National Convention<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Susan Wilcox\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeTexas | Texas Bicycle Coalition
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\nAfter pausing for a group photo from across the Kinder Lake at Discovery Green in downtown Houston, approximately 100 riders from the NAACP National Convention set out for a seven-mile early-morning bike ride on July 7.<\/p>\n

Heading southeast out of town past Emancipation Park, the riders paused at the Project Row Houses and Workshop Houston’s Third Ward Bike Shop before taking a midpoint rest stop at the student center at…<\/p>\n

If You’re Into Biking, Just Go Ahead and Move to Fort Worth<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Eric Nicholson\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0blogs.dallasobserver.com
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\nDallas and Fort Worth are similar. They’re both in Texas, both have oversized conceptions of themselves, and both came of age in the automobile era. The cities also developed similar bike plans, involving miles of designated bike lanes, at about the same time. And that’s where, transit-wise at least, the two cities went separate ways. While Dallas all but shelved its bike plan, Fort Worth took the yellow jersey in the Tour de Decent Bike Infrastructure in North Texas. …<\/p>\n

Friends remember avid bicyclist<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Audrie Palmer | Staff Writer\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.mywesttexas.com
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\nFriends who knew Rene Joseph Ulmschneider said it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t unusual for him to take his bicycle on weekend trips and vacations.<\/p>\n

It was on a trip to far West Texas that the 60-year-old member of the Permian Basin Bicycle Association died after being hit by a car.<\/p>\n

Ulmschneider was in Marathon for the weekend with his wife, Emmy, a recently retired science teacher at Carver Center. …<\/p>\n

Fredericksburg Fall Foliage Frolic<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nNovember 3, 2012 8:00 am
\nLady Bird Johnson State Park
\n432 Lady Bird Dr., Fredericksburg, TX
\nRegistration includes a ride souvenir.\u00c2\u00a0 Supported rides with maps, rest stops with snacks, drinks\u00c2\u00a0 and\u00c2\u00a0 port-o-potties.\u00c2\u00a0 Sag support. After the ride lunch.
\nRIDES:\u00c2\u00a0 Not a mass start.
\nRide distances available
\nAPPROX.:
\nSHORT:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 25 miles
\nMedium:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 48 miles
\nLONG:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 60 miles…<\/p>\n

Pooped Pop Enjoys a Post-Pop Pop<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Chris Mathews\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Plano Bicycle Association
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\nGeorge Markus knows how to recover from a Popsicle ride!<\/p>\n

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On July 17th, we attended the public hearing for the proposed 2nd access to South Padre Island, and we were… http:\/\/t.co\/rQsyWknc<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bike Edinburg (@BikeEdinburg) July 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n