{"id":19985,"date":"2013-01-17T23:38:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T05:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=19985"},"modified":"2013-01-17T23:38:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T05:38:12","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-17th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-17th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

PeopleForBikes.org survey underscores need for better infrastructure<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nPeople for Bikes Blog
\nLast fall, we surveyed PeopleForBikes.org supporters (about 500,000 of you at the time) about your bicycling habits, preferences, and behaviors. Our neighbors at the Leisure Trends Group crunched the data from the nearly 20,000 responses received. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what they found. (If you prefer pictures to words, scroll down to the infographic.)<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, you like to ride bikes. On average, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been riding for a while (16+ years) and you ride often (up to 13 times per month on average for some types of riding). Our survey respondents own three bikes on average and ninety percent self-identify as cyclists. Men and older riders are more likely than women and…
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Triathlete to ride 75 miles to celebrate birthday, raise money for Prostate Cancer Foundation<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Pam LeBlanc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Fit City
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\nAustin triathlete Jody Kelly will pedal 24 loops on the Veloway this Saturday to raise money to fight a disease that killed her father.<\/p>\n

The fund-raiser, dubbed \u00e2\u20ac\u015375 Miles for 75 Years to Help Cure Prostate Cancer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d comes a few days before Kelly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own 75th birthday. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll start her ride at 7:15 a.m. and hopes to finish at about 1:15 p.m. Friends will join her for some of the laps.
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Kelly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father died of prostate cancer in…<\/p>\n

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Bembrook Elementary Ride hosted by Tour de Hood, January 12, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Chris Lockwood\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeHouston
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\nOn a not-so-rainy Saturday morning in January, some members of BikeHouston and folks from Tour de Hood, met up with some of the young recipients from this past year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Elves and More bike program for a ten-mile bike ride.<\/p>\n

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Sunday 2-5PM is the Alkek Awards Party! Looking forward to seeing everyone during the off-season in normal… http:\/\/t.co\/3e2FhjZx<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome) January 18, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n