{"id":21990,"date":"2013-07-24T23:05:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21990"},"modified":"2013-07-24T23:05:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:05:22","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-24th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/24\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-24th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 24th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biking at Sam Houston today! With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobrowland123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jacobrowland123<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haleyharless7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@haleyharless7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megan_mcguire97?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@megan_mcguire97<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/15fontenotc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@15fontenotc<\/a> and maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejohnhurley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thejohnhurley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Austin James (@arayjames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arayjames\/status\/360044718010286082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice turnout for tonight&#39;s ride.  Thanks for coming out!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bikesport (@BikesportTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikesportTX\/status\/360185794566160384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NASA is using the same wind tunnel at Texas A&amp;M to test their new technology that Cobb Cycling uses to test ALL&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/aqBVXlqMTd\">http:\/\/t.co\/aqBVXlqMTd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cobb Cycling (@CobbCycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CobbCycling\/status\/360075109823811585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Training ride this Saturday! We will meet at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSS_Austin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BSS_Austin<\/a> on Lamar and start riding at 7:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MammaJamma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MammaJamma<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vwlsDyij4c\">http:\/\/t.co\/vwlsDyij4c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TX Mamma Jamma Ride (@MammaJammaRide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MammaJammaRide\/status\/360067891472764929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m considering a new route for another solo ride this fall. CycleXTexas2.0 or maybe another state? Give me some ideas, twitterverse!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Cycle Across TX (@CycleXTexas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CycleXTexas\/status\/360065149782081536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another fun &amp;  hot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tuesdaynighter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tuesdaynighter<\/a> last evening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/787racing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@787racing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillRoss15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@willross15<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shivatron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shivatron<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XGNTVjbgLL\">pic.twitter.com\/XGNTVjbgLL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stefan Rothe (@stefanrothe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefanrothe\/status\/360049907576471552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Urban Bicycling Is For Lazy People <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EQ8uVqDXc4\">http:\/\/t.co\/EQ8uVqDXc4<\/a> a fresh take on cycling for transportation <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theurbancountry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theurbancountry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fort Worth Bike Sharing (@fwbikesharing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fwbikesharing\/status\/360030436447096832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeTexas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@biketexas<\/a> Really terrific effort, re: community bike maps.  Working on a few in our region, but will take a few months.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beth Nobles (@trailgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailgirl\/status\/360021630858182658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/star.txstate.edu\/node\/7147\" href=\"http:\/\/star.txstate.edu\/node\/7147\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bike Cave to lose majority of university funding<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Weldon McKenzie\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0star.txstate.edu<br \/>\nThe Bike Cave, Texas State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on-campus bicycle shop, will lose a majority of its funding in August as a result of the cancellation of the Bobcat Tram Interurban services, but is in no immediate danger of closing.<br \/>\nThe Bike Cave, which opened in 2007, encourages its patrons to work on their own bikes under the supervision of trained employees in order to instill sustainable skills in the customer. Paul Hamilton, manager of shuttle service for Transportation Services, said the student-operated bicycle repair shop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funding will be affected by the elimination of the Bobcat Tram Interurban services on August 26. Hamilton said a large portion of the Bike Cave\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funding comes from the income of the BTI service.<br \/>\nAccording to a Jan. 31 University Star article, the BTI service is discontinuing transportation to&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123357077\" href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123357077\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Air Force Cycling Team pedals across Iowa<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Staff Sgt. Abigail Klein\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.af.mil<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.af.mil\/shared\/media\/photodb\/web\/2013\/07\/130721-F-FC636-044.jpg?resize=340%2C178\" width=\"340\" height=\"178\" \/><br \/>\nCOUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AFNS) &#8212; Come rain, wind or an average temperature of 90 degrees, 94 Airman began pedaling across Iowa as part of the Registers Annual Bicycle Ride across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI, July 21.<br \/>\nThe Air Force Cycling Team, under the leadership of Senior Master Sgt. Larry Gallo, assigned to 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, donned team jerseys complete with the Air Force symbol on their backs and started their trek at Council Bluffs, Iowa. This is the 19th year the Air Force has participated as a team in the event.<br \/>\nOne of the longest rides of the seven-day event, took place July 22 and was&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/Corpus-Christi-suggests-cyclists-address-4683865.php\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/Corpus-Christi-suggests-cyclists-address-4683865.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Corpus Christi suggests cyclists address hit-and-run problem with a camera<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy Craig Hlavaty\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.chron.com<br \/>\nCorpus Christi police are suggesting to bicycle riders in the coastal bend city that they start attaching video cameras to the back of their bikes in order to catch hit-and-run drivers.<br \/>\nA report by Corpus outlet KRIS-TV this week showed off GoPro camera footage that could be used to identify vehicles and drivers that hit bicyclists.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have a city ordinance already saying you need to pass bicyclists safely in place, but we continue to have them struck by vehicles,&#8221; says Michael Alanis, spokesman for the Corpus Christi Police Department.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s distressed by how many drivers don&#8217;t stop after accidents, either because they got scared or thought that they hit an animal or&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/news\/community\/1536-ttu-bicycle-education-team-seeks-feedback?lang=en_US.utf8%2C+en_US.UTF-8%2C+en_US%2C+eng_US%2C+en%2C+english%2C+english-us%2C+us%2C+usa%2C+america%2C+united+states%2C+united-states\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/news\/community\/1536-ttu-bicycle-education-team-seeks-feedback?lang=en_US.utf8%2C+en_US.UTF-8%2C+en_US%2C+eng_US%2C+en%2C+english%2C+english-us%2C+us%2C+usa%2C+america%2C+united+states%2C+united-states\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>TTU Bicycle Education Team Seeks Feedback<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBikeTexas.org<br \/>\nDo you work or learn at Texas Tech? If so, the TTU Bicycle Education Team wants to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech University is considering offering free Bicycle Skills Certificate employing a League of American Bicyclists curriculum. The planning team would like to survey Texas Tech community in order to&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/jimsbikeblog.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/23\/le-tour-de-fort-worth\/\" href=\"http:\/\/jimsbikeblog.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/23\/le-tour-de-fort-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Le Tour de Fort Worth<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\njimsbikeblog.wordpress.com<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/jimsbikeblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/with-mayor-betsy-price-at-naval-air-station-fort-worth-jont-reserve-base-july-13-2013.jpg?resize=480%2C516\" width=\"480\" height=\"516\" \/><br \/>\nOne of the cool new fixtures of a Fort Worth summer is the Tour de Fort Worth, a daily series of bicycle rides led by the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bike-riding mayor, Betsy Price, to coincide with the Tour de France.<br \/>\nTour de Fort Worth logoOn Sunday, as Briton Chris Froome was heading for Paris and a victory lap on the Champs Elysees as the winner of the 100th edition of the Tour de France, about 150 cyclists were tooling through Fort Worth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s west side neighborhoods and along the Trinity Trails in the finale of the third annual Tour de Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Price, an avid cyclist for a quarter-century, had for years been marking the&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweets Biking at Sam Houston today! With @jacobrowland123 @haleyharless7 @megan_mcguire97 @15fontenotc and maybe @thejohnhurley &mdash; Austin James (@arayjames) July 24, 2013 Nice turnout for tonight&#39;s ride. Thanks for coming out! &mdash; Bikesport (@BikesportTX) July 24, 2013 NASA is using the <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/24\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-24th-3-2\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[4403,2446,660,2442,4404,1721,3736],"class_list":["post-21990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-air-force-cycling-team","tag-bike-cave","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-helmet-camera","tag-le-tour-de-fort-worth","tag-texas-tech-university","tag-tweets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-5IG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21990","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=21990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}