{"id":21639,"date":"2013-06-18T23:05:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T04:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21639"},"modified":"2013-06-18T23:05:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T04:05:56","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-18th3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-18th3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

RLAG (Ride Like a Girl)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Claire\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0bicyclesoutbackracing.net
\nRide Like a Girl is a local women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mountain bike program where riders of all ability levels get together to ride, improve their skills, and also hang out and have fun.
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\nRiders split into groups depending on skill level and are accompanied by a RLAG ride leader and a sweeper. Riders of all ability levels show up and it ranges all the way from riders on their first mountain bike that are learning to hop a curb, to riders that race mountain bikes…<\/p>\n

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Cyclists encouraged by city’s initiatives<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Lindsay Peyton\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.chron.com
\nBicycles are becoming an increasingly popular mode of transportation in Downtown, Neartown and in the Heights, where more options have become available for getting around on two wheels.
\nAmong measures expected to boost cycling are the new safe pass law, the B-Cycle bike rental program and plans for a trail system through the Bayou Greenways project.
\nPromoting bicycle commuting has become a priority, said Laura Spanjian, sustainability director with…<\/p>\n

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(Update) This Bicycle Race Is No Aggie Joke<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby DORIAN DE WIND, Military Affairs Columnist\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0themoderatevoice.com
\nAfter cycling 1,550 miles \u00e2\u20ac\u201d halfway into the grueling Race Across America \u00e2\u20ac\u201d since he left the starting gate at Oceanside, Ca., on June 11, after heading off acute kidney failure, after topping mountain passes at nearly 10,000 feet, after fighting a case of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcShermer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Neck,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 after encountering a tornado in the Great Plains, Texas A&M Dean Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Luis Berm\u00c3\u00badez posted on his Facebook page where he has been tracking the progress of his race:<\/p>\n

Time station 27 [Maize, KS] and mile 1550 is the last for me, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m afraid. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been 500 miles since I could hold the handlebars and brakes (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been holding on to the arm rests for the aero bars) and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not making meaningful progress..<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to everyone who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been following. I had a blast and hope some of that came across.<\/em><\/p>\n

He also thanks doctors and nurses who took care of him and thanks his…<\/p>\n

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Pampa children rewarded for wearing bike helmets<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.newschannel10.com
\nPampa, Texas – Ten thousand children between the ages of five and 15 were injured in bicycle accidents in 2011 according to data from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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