{"id":22365,"date":"2013-09-28T22:40:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22365"},"modified":"2013-09-28T22:40:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T03:40:58","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.everythinglubbock.com\/story\/1400-miles-bike-ride-raises-money-for-prostate-cancer-research\/d\/story\/yRUcnvqDVUmSXQxgjmfebQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everythinglubbock.com\/story\/1400-miles-bike-ride-raises-money-for-prostate-cancer-research\/d\/story\/yRUcnvqDVUmSXQxgjmfebQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>1400 Miles Bike Ride Raises Money for Prostate Cancer Research<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nwww.everythinglubbock.com<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/eplayer.clipsyndicate.com\/embed\/iframe?aspect_ratio=3x2&amp;auto_start=0&amp;pf_id=12147&amp;rel=3&amp;show_title=0&amp;va_id=4384899&amp;volume=8&amp;windows=1\" height=\"330\" width=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nNorth by Northwest Restaurant and Brewery owner, Davis Tucker, started the idea of a 1400 mile bike ride on a lark.<br \/>\n&#8220;A conversation with some mutual friends led to on of the friends saying why don&#8217;t you ride your bike to Denver to raise money for prostate cancer and I was like OK.&#8221;<br \/>\nDavis Tucker and whoever else volunteers is biking 1400 miles from Austin, Texas to Denver, Colorado to raise money for prostate cancer research through pints for prostates.<br \/>\nTucker said he became a supporter of the cause after his brew master Don Thompson was diagnosed.<br \/>\n&#8220;The idea was to do something that guys related to. You know beer and bikes are a&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/forums.mtbr.com\/texas\/5th-annual-mellow-swap-november-2-austin-swap-meet-878150.html\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.mtbr.com\/texas\/5th-annual-mellow-swap-november-2-austin-swap-meet-878150.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>5th Annual Mellow Swap November 2, Austin (Swap Meet)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby teoteoteo\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0forums.mtbr.com\/texas<br \/>\nHey everyone,<br \/>\nMellow Swap details are all set. Now booking spaces if you want to sell Follow link for contact and email for cost to have a booth and availability. Booths have sold out every year. More gear from the service course, parts, scratch-n-dents a coupla frames. Stupid cheap and way under cost.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve never been its like our yearly garage sale, except we invite teams and industry reps to&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/ourtown\/home\/headlines\/Waco--Annual-Bike-Ride-Attracts-Hundreds-225655111.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/ourtown\/home\/headlines\/Waco--Annual-Bike-Ride-Attracts-Hundreds-225655111.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Annual Bike Ride Attracts Hundreds<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nwww.kwtx.com<br \/>\nWACO (September 28, 2013)\u00e2\u20ac\u201dHundreds of riders turned out for the 2013 Waco Wild West 100 bicycle tour Saturday.<br \/>\nThe ride started at 8 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of University Parks and Washington Avenue in downtown Waco.<br \/>\nNearly 1,000 bikers signed up to ride the hilly terrain of Central Texas on routes that ranged from 10 to 100 miles in length.<br \/>\nThere were several&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A little more NETT exploring done. We&#39;ve confirmed Roxton as the turn around point for the century (115ish)&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EltgGCL3gL\">http:\/\/t.co\/EltgGCL3gL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Spinistry (@Spinistry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spinistry\/status\/384137388160983040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 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\">The ladies after the Ruidoso century <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Am07grAAM4\">pic.twitter.com\/Am07grAAM4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SWCycleSport (@SWCycleSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWCycleSport\/status\/384077409005219840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 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 big congrats to our buddies at Elbowz Racing Elite Cycling Team on taking the Texas State Road Race by storm,&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nv8DyxdAip\">http:\/\/t.co\/nv8DyxdAip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rozik (@RozikEveryWear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RozikEveryWear\/status\/384039647078543360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 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\">Spotted this cool surlybikes Pugsley with commuter slicks over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theabgb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theabgb<\/a>! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1GTAl8dpv2\">http:\/\/t.co\/1GTAl8dpv2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSS_Austin\/status\/384058051143430144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 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\">Cycling is a hard sport. Sometimes the strongest man wins but today a mid-race split sent the 2nd half of the field scrambling! Not my day!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Johnson (@MJDrive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJDrive\/status\/384039140666269696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikePaulie\/status\/384028796732461056<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stats on STRAVA for 2013 Pedal Against Child Abuse \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2koTjiKLLj\">http:\/\/t.co\/2koTjiKLLj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/strava?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#strava<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cruz (@DCRUZ547) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCRUZ547\/status\/384028792194220032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 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=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">Lori Bergeron, Marlya Briley, Sammi Runnels, and Missy Ruthven in for Cat 3!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ATC Racing (@ATCRacingTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATCRacingTeam\/status\/383932888527278080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 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\">Texas State Championship Road Race today! Kat Hunter and Allison Atkinson in for the Cat 1\/2 race<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ATC Racing (@ATCRacingTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATCRacingTeam\/status\/383932784340770816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1400 Miles Bike Ride Raises Money for Prostate Cancer Research www.everythinglubbock.com North by Northwest Restaurant and Brewery owner, Davis Tucker, started the idea of a 1400 mile bike ride on a lark. &#8220;A conversation with some mutual friends led to <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-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":[3101,5253,4490,3736,4491],"class_list":["post-22365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-mellow-swap","tag-news","tag-prostate-cancer-research","tag-tweets","tag-waco-wild-west-100"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-5OJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22365","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=22365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}