{"id":2068,"date":"2009-03-22T21:48:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T03:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2009-03-22T21:48:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T03:48:47","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/22\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup March 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sanmarcosrecord.com\/local\/local_story_081120929.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sanmarcosrecord.com\/local\/local_story_081120929.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX &#8211; American Legion post to host &#8230;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nby San Marcos Record<br \/>\n&#8230; to the American Legion Hall (1705 IH-35 N., San Marcos) at 6 p.m. Monday, March 30, when San Marcos American Legion Post 144 hosts a dinner for the men and women participating in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Road 2 Recovery\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bicycle ride&#8217;s Texas Challenge. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/jkruzit.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/ferdericksburg-texas-week.html\" href=\"http:\/\/jkruzit.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/ferdericksburg-texas-week.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jim&#8217;s Phredly Blog: Ferdericksburg Texas Week<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Jim K<br \/>\nI am an uninteresting and overly-ordinary guy that spends an inordinate amount of time riding my bicycle. I created this blog only because everyone else has one. Sunday, March 22, 2009. Ferdericksburg Texas Week &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfirm.com\/2009\/03\/bike-riding-in-austin-can-be-dangerous\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharpfirm.com\/2009\/03\/bike-riding-in-austin-can-be-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bike Riding in Austin Can Be Dangerous | Austin Personal Injury &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby christy<br \/>\nUnfortunately, a large number of bicycle accidents are the result of hit and run drivers who leave the scene and the carnage behind them. In many instances, the drivers are not found, but in cases in Texas where they are found, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.usacycling.org\/news\/user\/story.php?id=4068\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usacycling.org\/news\/user\/story.php?id=4068\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.usacycling.org &#8212; Rogers, Daniels claim BMX national titles in &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby alee@usacycling.org<br \/>\nDesoto, Texas (March 21, 2009)\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe third-annual USA Cycling BMX National Championships welcomed nearly 500 athletes to suburban Dallas on Saturday as competitors of all ages and abilities raced for national titles in the newest Olympic &#8230; Hosted by the American Bicycle Association, the 2009 USA Cycling BMX Championships comprised the second of three consecutive days of world-class racing in Desoto. Sunday will feature another UCI North American Continental Calendar event &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.theeagle.com\/am\/A-amp-amp-M-plans--10-bike-fee\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theeagle.com\/am\/A-amp-amp-M-plans--10-bike-fee\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A&amp;M plans $10 bike fee | Bryan\/College Station, Texas &#8211; The Eagle<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA&amp;M plans $10 bike fee was published on 3\/22\/2009 inside the The Eagle in Bryan \/ College Station, TX.<br \/>\nA proposal drafted by a Transportation Services Advisory subcommittee would impose a $10 fee on all bicycles that are &#8220;parked, stored or operated&#8221; on the A&amp;M campus. A mini-populist revolt is unfolding at Texas A&amp;M University. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bicyclecommutehouston.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/traffic-skills-101-coming-up-soon.html\" href=\"http:\/\/bicyclecommutehouston.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/traffic-skills-101-coming-up-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bicycle Commute Houston: Traffic Skills 101 coming up soon!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Peter<br \/>\nThis is the course that teaches you how to mix it up safely with cars on everyday roads, not on the law-enforcement-controlled pay-ride routes.This is the one that you really need to have if you want to be a bicycle commuter, for example. &#8230; Location: REI Willowbrook, 17717A Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX 77064. Fee: $60 class fee (waived if hardship; family discount) Description: Do you want to learn to cycle confidently and safely in the Houston area? &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/inmyopinioniamright.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/my-weekend-15-mile-run-48-mile-steam-n.html\" href=\"http:\/\/inmyopinioniamright.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/my-weekend-15-mile-run-48-mile-steam-n.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>In My Opinion, I am right: My Weekend: 1.5 mile run, 48 mile Steam &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Kevin W<br \/>\nYes, it is normal to feel every single bump in the road. 6. When they say it feels terrible to be &#8220;dropped&#8221;, it is the truth. 7. Flying down hills is as much fun now as it was when you were a kid but now it&#8217;s faster. 8. When I am wearing my bike shorts and stop at a convenient store people avoid making eye contact. 9. Padding cycling shorts are awesome. 10. No it does not hurt them because I don&#8217;t sit on them. &#8230; 2009 Steam-N-Wheels&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/keithburgess-jackson.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/cycling-16.html\" href=\"http:\/\/keithburgess-jackson.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/cycling-16.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Keith Burgess-Jackson: Cycling<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Keith Burgess-Jackson<br \/>\nCycling. Two of my friends met me in Mineral Wells, Texas, this morning for a training ride in the beautiful countryside west of Fort Worth. It was windy and overcast, but the temperature was good and there was no rain. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX &#8211; American Legion post to host &#8230; by San Marcos Record &#8230; to the American Legion Hall (1705 IH-35 N., San Marcos) at 6 p.m. Monday, March 30, when San Marcos American Legion Post <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/22\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-22nd\/\"><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":[660],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-xm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068","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=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}