{"id":2129,"date":"2009-03-29T20:47:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T02:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2009-03-29T20:47:16","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T02:47:16","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/29\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup March 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sanmarcosrecord.com\/local\/local_story_088103621.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sanmarcosrecord.com\/local\/local_story_088103621.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX &#8211; Recovery Roadtrip<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby The Sn Marcos Record<br \/>\nThe public is invited to come out to the American Legion Hall (1705 IH-35 N., San Marcos) at 6 p.m. to give a San Marcos-style welcome to 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:\/\/tallladyonabike.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/day-22-march-27-fort-davis-to-marathon.html\" href=\"http:\/\/tallladyonabike.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/day-22-march-27-fort-davis-to-marathon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tall Lady on a Bike: Day 22, March 27: Fort Davis to Marathon, TX<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Carol Moehrke<br \/>\nTonight we stay at the Gage Hotel, a Texas classic. It was built in 1926 for Vermont native Alfred Gage, a cattleman. Gage founded the largest ranching operation in the Trans-Pecos area and was a successful banker in San Antonio. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/cyclingacrosstexas.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/rosedale-ride-2009.html\" href=\"http:\/\/cyclingacrosstexas.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/rosedale-ride-2009.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Texas Trek: Rosedale Ride 2009<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Texas Trekker<br \/>\nCarle Aldrete: Austin, Texas, United States: Training for the Tour de Cure in May 2009. I want to be a lean, green, cycling machine. Anyone want to ride? View my complete profile &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/runutsadventures.com\/bike\/?p=947\" href=\"http:\/\/runutsadventures.com\/bike\/?p=947\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R U Nuts Adventures \u00c2\u00bb \u00c2\u00bb Cold, clear, windy day in Texas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Craig<br \/>\nrear tire flatted after yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride: side wall blow out &amp; tube abraded. Couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find tube leak. Used only spare tube, no spare in my pack. Gritted my teeth &amp; hoped for no flat. Patched w\/ duct tape boot on both sides of tire. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/nancybikeride.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/headwinds-to-del-rio.html\" href=\"http:\/\/nancybikeride.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/headwinds-to-del-rio.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bike for Alzheimer&#8217;s Research: Headwinds to Del Rio<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Nancy Kelley<br \/>\nShe thinks she might be able to ride again tomorrow. (Although without the boa!) Tidbit for the non-Texans following this blog: speed limit on I-10 in west Texas is 80. Speed limit on the 2-lane U.S. 90 is 75. Fortunately there has been &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mellowvelo.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/history-and-kulture.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mellowvelo.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/history-and-kulture.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mellow Velo: History and Kulture<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KM<br \/>\nThe plan was to drive to the LBJ Ranch and do one of the loops offered up on the second annual LBJ 100 Bike Ride. We, of course, had not brought clothing adequate for cycling in Minnesota &#8211; like conditions so opted instead for the &#8230; After a short speech, Luci led over 100 cyclists on a short but fascinating tour of the Texas White House. It was very interesting to hear her tell the stories and anecdotes about her father who, by reputation alone, was quite the character. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX &#8211; Recovery Roadtrip by The Sn Marcos Record The public is invited to come out to the American Legion Hall (1705 IH-35 N., San Marcos) at 6 p.m. to give a San Marcos-style welcome <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/29\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-29th\/\"><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-2129","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-yl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129","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=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}