{"id":2168,"date":"2009-04-05T22:06:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T04:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2009-04-05T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T04:06:10","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/05\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for April 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.cleburnetimesreview.com\/local\/local_story_095184015.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cleburnetimesreview.com\/local\/local_story_095184015.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A room filled with heroes<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Cleburne Times-Review &#8211; Cleburne,TX,USA<br \/>\n&#8230; riding through Cleburne on the Wounded Warriors Road 2 Recovery Texas Challenge. The event, a bicycle procession of more than 60 wounded veterans, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-4729-Dallas-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Tour-Dallas-from-the-inside\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-4729-Dallas-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Tour-Dallas-from-the-inside\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tour Dallas, from the inside<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Examiner.com &#8211; USA<br \/>\nBut as I was standing there freezing I was also warmed with awe by the sight of almost 3000 bicycles streaming past in a seemingly endless procession. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/nancybikeride.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/blowin-in-wind-to-bastrop.html\" href=\"http:\/\/nancybikeride.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/blowin-in-wind-to-bastrop.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bike for Alzheimer&#8217;s Research: Blowin&#8217; in the Wind to Bastrop<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Nancy Kelley<br \/>\nThe friendly West Texans have no counterparts in this part of Texas. The cars and trucks only reluctantly yielded just enough of the edge of the road for us to ride (much of the time there was no shoulder). Thank you Mary Jo for being &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/booksnbikes.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/05\/blanco-tx-to-bastrop-tx-94-miles-1720-total-miles\/\" href=\"http:\/\/booksnbikes.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/05\/blanco-tx-to-bastrop-tx-94-miles-1720-total-miles\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blanco, TX to Bastrop, TX &#8211; 94 miles; 1720 total miles \u00c2\u00ab The &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby booksnbikes<br \/>\nI think that the Texas Hill Country should be renamed the Texas Wind Country. Yesterday we had manageable winds of 9-15 mph. Even though they were mostly headwinds, they were pretty easy to ignore. Not so today. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/thecaffeinatedcyclist.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/austin-unveils-bicycle-sharing-for-city.html\" href=\"http:\/\/thecaffeinatedcyclist.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/austin-unveils-bicycle-sharing-for-city.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Caffeinated Cyclist: Austin unveils bicycle sharing for city &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby The Caffeinated Cyclist<br \/>\nAUSTIN, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A new going green project in Austin, TX involves people power and balance. The city on Thursday unveiled a bicycle-sharing program for municipal workers who need to travel short distances for meetings or other business. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/thethoughtsofatexasbelle.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/hubby-and-mountain-biking.html\" href=\"http:\/\/thethoughtsofatexasbelle.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/hubby-and-mountain-biking.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The thoughts of a Texas Belle..: The hubby and mountain biking<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Texas Belle<br \/>\nBen decided to pick up an old hobby again &#8211; Mountain Biking! After weeks of research, contemplation, saving his pennies and borrowing a bike in the interim he got a new one of his very own. The guys went biking yesterday &#8211; after waiting &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A room filled with heroes by Cleburne Times-Review &#8211; Cleburne,TX,USA &#8230; riding through Cleburne on the Wounded Warriors Road 2 Recovery Texas Challenge. The event, a bicycle procession of more than 60 wounded veterans, &#8230; Tour Dallas, from the inside <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/05\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-5th\/\"><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-2168","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-yY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","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=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}