{"id":18973,"date":"2012-10-13T23:49:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T04:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=18973"},"modified":"2012-10-13T23:49:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T04:49:20","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-13th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/10\/13\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-13th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Bike Park! Please support by signing the petition for a skills park<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby CharacterZero\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0forums.mtbr.com
\nPlease take a moment to sign the petition to get Austin PARD to recognize what we need and are willing to help build!
\nAustin Parks and Recreation Department: Build a Bike Skills Park<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cycling Around The Globe: Houston We Have A Problem<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Rudy Pospisil\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0blogs.theprovince.com
\nIt felt like home in British Columbia. The green grass waving in the wind, trees, streams and cooler weather after the extreme heat in the deserts. I longed to lie in tall grass again so I pulled off the road and dropped my saddlebag down in the tall grass for a pillow and gazed up at the small figures the puffy white clouds made. I drifted off to a short sleep dreaming of bed bugs biting me at a cheap hotel room. I awoke to see vultures that were following me circling over head. The bites in my dream did not stop. I jumped up and my legs were covered in red ants right up into the inside of my cycling shorts and they were biting me with a painful sting.<\/p>\n

Frantically I kicked off my shoes dropped my cycling ginch to my knees jumping and rubbing the thousands of stinging ants from my body.I did what must have seemed like an Indian rain dance to any farmer watching me. Likely I would have been shot…<\/p>\n

Team LIVESTRONG Challenge 2012 in Austin, TX<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby WB admin\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
\nThe Team LIVESTRONG Challenge Austin 2012 invites you to join their ride on October 19-21, 2012 starting at Palmer Events Center – 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX<\/p>\n

We were lucky enough to be granted an interview with Matt Florio of Team LIVESTRONG Challenge Austin to ask some questions about their upcoming ride.<\/p>\n

How long has the event been around?<\/em>
\nThis is the 16th year of the event.<\/p>\n

What was the motivation behind starting the tour and who benefits from it?<\/em>
\nLance Armstrong started the ride, originally called the Race for the Roses, in 1997 to raise money for cancer survivors and their families in Austin.\u00c2\u00a0 The event has blossomed as the Foundation has grown and matured.\u00c2\u00a0 The money raised goes back to LIVESTRONG and is used to fund programs and services for people affected by…<\/p>\n

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Leaving soon for our EPIC adventure. @ageekmom<\/a> #bikems<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/d420FyVi<\/a><\/p>\n

— Justin Moore (@bikegeek) October 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n