{"id":20981,"date":"2013-04-13T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T05:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20981"},"modified":"2013-04-13T00:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T05:01:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-12th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/13\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-12th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Bike to Work Day in Houston!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nabclocal.go.com\/ktrk
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\nHOUSTON (KTRK) — Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of two-wheeled vehicles on the road today because it’s Bike to Work Day here in Houston.<\/p>\n

All over the city, bike shops are planning group rides for people to participate in…<\/p>\n

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Memorial – Work Party<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nGHORBA
\nEvent category: General
\nTrail: Memorial Park
\nSunday, April 28, 2013 – 1:00pm
\nMemorial Park work party will be taking place on Sunday, April 28th at 1 PM.
\nWe will meet at the Dog Wash Station, GHORBA provides the tools. Tasks may vary from removing some of the fallen trees, trimming and some deberming. We’ll probably work for about 2-3 hours and may break out into smaller groups to accomplish other tasks depending on how many attendees we have. …<\/p>\n

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Bike Rodeo\/Safety Fair to be held<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.brenhambanner.com
\nA Bike Rodeo\/Safety Fair, sponsored annually by Brenham High School\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anchor Club, will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Walmart parking lot.
\nActivities include a clinic on bike safety staged by the Brenham Police Department, races, a bike decoration contest and the Brain Minders puppet show in which characters like Gerald Giraffe reminds children to wear helmets when biking or using skates.<\/p>\n

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National Road Racing Standings<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\ncyclingillustrated.com
\nMen’s
\n18Hector Rangel (PLANO, TX)16
\n23Heath Blackgrove (AUSTIN, TX)6
\nWomen’s
\n10Lauren Stephens (DALLAS, TX)50<\/p>\n

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Beautiful wildflowers in Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Pat Rush\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.dailygazette.com
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\nAny cyclist who rides the highways knows about trash. You have your eyes on the front wheel most of the time, gazing a bit to the left or right, sometimes diverting your gaze to the strip of land beyond the shoulder upon which you’re riding.<\/p>\n

There you see the trash, the broken bottles, the beer cans, the soda cans, the dirty diapers, the dead and decaying animal corpses. In the states I’ve been riding through, there are no bottle bills. The Adopt a Highway signs stand forlornly next to the unadopted highways.<\/p>\n

A fortune in cans and bottles litter the roads across the…<\/p>\n

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Scholastic Racing Continues This Weekend in San Marcos, TX<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.usacycling.org
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\nCyclists from 20 different schools across Texas are expected to compete in a weekend of racing hosted jointly by Texas State University and the Texas High School Cycling League.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The weekend is the fifth of seven stops in the statewide scholastic road cycling series.\u00c2\u00a0 Students will compete in team-oriented races by competing in one of four skill-based categories: Boy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s A, Boy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s B, Boy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s C or Girl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00c2\u00a0 Each category will contest three races over the span of the action-packed weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 The action starts at 8:00am this Saturday with a road race followed by a 3 mile mostly uphill individual time trial that same afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Sunday morning…<\/p>\n

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Thursday Ride at Walnut Creek – Beginner\/intermediate ride level<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nThursday, April 18, 2013\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a05:30 PM
\nWalnut Creek Park
\n12138 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX (map)
\nBack to normal summer hours<\/p>\n

This will be a beginner ride and will be doing around 8 -10 miles.<\/p>\n

If someone is willing to lead a faster group then we can have an intermediate group also.
\nPlease be there and be ready to roll by 5:30 pm. We meet in the parking lot near the pool in the middle of the island.<\/p>\n

Any question please call\/text\u00c2\u00a0 me at…<\/p>\n

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The Club Sunday Morning Group road Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWoodlands Cycling Club
\nSunday, April 21, 2013, 08:30am – 11:00am
\nStart time: 8:30 AM.
\nStart location:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153WFNB\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Woodforest National Bank) at the SW corner of FM 1488 and FM 2978, next to McDonalds, the previous location of the Sunday ride, before Tailgators, aka the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBikeLane\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ride.<\/p>\n

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Cycling commute a dangerous proposition until proposal approved<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Tom Zizka, Business Reporter\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.myfoxhouston.com
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