{"id":2121,"date":"2009-03-28T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T03:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2009-03-28T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T03:15:19","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/28\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup March 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bicyclists, joggers need ‘safe space’ along Texas roads<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Beaumont Enterprise – Beaumont,tx,USA
\n… in Southeast Texas are not bike-friendly. Laws like this would give them more protection and encourage local governments to build more bicycle lanes. …<\/p>\n

Jake and Marty’s Bicycle Trip Across the USA: Kountze to De Ridder …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Jake
\nAnyway, Marty trucked on into De Ridder on his bike – I am told it was uneventful, but he did make it out of Texas and got in a full 85 miles (Dave you can deduct 45 off my total). Tomorrow AM I decide what to do with me. …<\/p>\n

Texas Hill Country 600km<\/strong><\/a>
\nby John Schlitter
\nJim Snider has one of the most beautiful Recumbent, Bicycle and kayak shops I have visited. Arrived there on a Friday afternoon with plans for a morning ride with some of Jim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s faithful local riders. I think we had a showing of almost …<\/p>\n

The Weekend: Cars, guitars, horses, wise guys : Newstreamz San Marcos<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Bill Peterson
\nThe Bicycle Safety Course at the Center for Cycling Education at Texas State isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t until April 2, but you need to register now. The course consists of practical tips and strategies as well as on-bike training. No matter how old you are, …<\/p>\n

Johnson County stops scheduled on Road 2 Recovery route<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Cleburne Times-Review – Cleburne,TX,USA
\nBy Matt Smith\/msmith@trcle.com A bicycle procession consisting of more than 60 injured veterans will leave San Antonio on Monday and conclude at the …<\/p>\n

DeLamielleure to bike 2000 miles for orphanage<\/strong><\/a>
\nby BuffaloBills.com – USA
\nThe longest one day stretch is scheduled for Day 16 of the 18-day trip as they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re to travel 134 miles from Bay City, Texas to Corpus Christi, Texas. …<\/p>\n

Local fixed-gear cyclists unite<\/strong><\/a>
\nby UT The Daily Texan – Austin,TX,USA
\nAustin Community College student Leo Furmansky hops over a fixed-gear bicycle at the Palmer Events Center during \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sexy Sunday,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a weekly meet-up of …<\/p>\n

Texas bicycle ride reviews<\/strong><\/a>
\nby bicycle-stuff.com
\nView a list of all the bicycle rides in North Texas. I am getting more reviews. … Spring Fever Bicycle Race, Sulphur Springs, TX, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 …<\/p>\n

A Campaign for Common Sense: Friday Odds and Ends<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Miguel
\nCheck out Cyclebum’s blog for more pictures of the ride and the Gingerman. I had other things to put here, but the day has gotten away from me, and it’s another race weekend, so that is all for now. Race Report to come Monday. … Miguel: Austin, Texas: I hesitate to call myself a cyclist, as I fear that conjures up images of skinny, pretentious divas clad in white lycra with flourescent accents, and while I am a part-time subscriber of that club, I consider myself to …<\/p>\n

Cycling, Infrastructure, and Cowboy Culture: An Interview with …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Raj Mankad
\nOur society is very race- and class-conscious, therefore we still cling to mobility mode as a social marker, which is preposterous. CT: One of my friends, who is a graduate student from Peru, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a car and was walking around Houston . …. Why should one kid harass another kid on a bicycle. They pick up this role of enforcer, especially if they are male. Texas teenage boys want to be cowboys. RM: I think bicycles look more like horses than cars and trucks. …<\/p>\n

Tall Lady on a Bike: Day 21, March 26: Fort Davis<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Carol Moehrke
\nWe toured the Harlan Smith telescope, named after the first University of Texas Chair of Astronomy, built from 1966-1968 with a 107\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mirror, then one of the largest in the world. Jan and I are rooming together for this two-day stop. … Cold, wind\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get a current forecast in the morning. And Ann, one of my fellow SAG drivers, has an injury from yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride. Therefore, tomorrow I will ride instead of being the SAG driver, to give her injury a chance to heal. …<\/p>\n

Meredith Hatch and Mike Alfaro Ghost Bike – Grand Prairie, Texas …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Newest Waymarks
\nOn June 8th, 2008, two avid cyclists were enjoying a ride on Camp Wisdom Road in Grand Prairie, Texas. It was Sunday morning around 8:20 on a part of the road that is not heavy in traffic because it is close to the lake and surrounded …<\/p>\n

Coast2CoastUSA: SWEETWATER REPORTER ONLINE<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Coast2CoastUSA
\nAccording to Andy Edwards, a group of friends were sitting around thinking about what would be the next crazy thing to do and the idea snowballed into the coast to coast bicycle ride. … The cyclist team will spend a total of four days in Texas, according to their website. The team flew to Los Angeles on March 17, to prepare for their cross-country tour. The team began in California, on March 20, and will end their cross country tour on April 3, in Florida. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bicyclists, joggers need ‘safe space’ along Texas roads by Beaumont Enterprise – Beaumont,tx,USA … in Southeast Texas are not bike-friendly. Laws like this would give them more protection and encourage local governments to build more bicycle lanes. … Jake and …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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-2121","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-yd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121","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=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}