{"id":22394,"date":"2013-10-03T23:11:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22394"},"modified":"2013-10-03T23:11:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:11:57","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bicycle Astronomy at National Night Out<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nbike4heck.com
\nOct. 1st in Texas was the National Night Out where neighbors were encouraged to go out and talk with one another. My neighborhood decided to have gathering on one of the streets and have a small BBQ. …
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PhotoVelo Bicycle Scavenger Hunt | Free! Prizes!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
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\nThe 5th Annual PhotoVelo Bicycle Photo Scavenger Hunt
\nRSVP
\nSunday, October 6, 2013\u00c2\u00a0 |\u00c2\u00a0 12 p.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c5:30 ish\u00c2\u00a0 |\u00c2\u00a0 Lee Harvey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\nHOW IT WORKS
\nRegister your team online here. Or, arrive at 12:00 to enter your team. …<\/p>\n

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Federal parks closed<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Kimberly Sutton\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.yourhoustonnews.com\/woodlands
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\nMontgomery resident Mike Finn was riding his mountain bike through the trails of Scott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ridge Recreation Area Tuesday when a Sam Houston National Forest Ranger stopped him unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

Scott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ridge is part of the Sam Houston National Forest and is closed because of the lack of funding amid the federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Finn is not the only one affected. Texans and citizens throughout the country will not be able to visit George H.W. Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s library in College Station, the Lyndon B. Johnson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential library in…<\/p>\n

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City Park Session<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nSunday, October 6, 2013\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a04:00 PM
\nCity Park – Emma Long Motorcycle Trails
\n7548 Oak Shores Dr, Austin, TX (map)
\nMeet at the picnic tables.<\/p>\n

As the name suggests, we will be hitting some gnarly areas on the trail for some practice concentrating on 20% ascending and 80% descending and over the course of an entire lap.<\/p>\n

Bring your helmet and gloves of course and also pads if you have them.\u00c2\u00a0 The weather should be mild and…<\/p>\n

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Waco Wild West Century Bike Race<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nPhoto gallery
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BRAIN selects cities for 2014 Dealer Tours<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby BRAIN Staff\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bicycleretailer.com
\nLAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Bicycle Retailer & Industry News staff will visit retailers in Miami, Salt Lake City and Austin next year as part of the magazine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popular Dealer Tour program, which first launched in the fall of 2008.<\/p>\n

Advanced Sports International, parent company of Fuji, SE Bikes, Kestrel, Breezer, Terry and Oval Concepts, returns as title sponsor of the BRAIN Dealer Tour in 2014, supplying a fleet of bikes for participants to ride. …<\/p>\n

…Editors and sponsors will visit stores in Miami, Florida, on Feb. 4-6; in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20-22; and in Austin, Texas, Oct. 21-23. …<\/p>\n

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Is that VC Member and Sponsor Brad Houston up the road at the states?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nvioletcrown.org
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General Meeting-October<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nGHORBA.org
\nStar Pizza Party Room
\n3800 South Shepherd Houston, Texas 77098
\nUnited States
\nEvent category: General
\nMonday, October 14, 2013 – 7:00pm<\/p>\n

Come join us for GHORBA’s next general meeting. Why? To meet and welcome (read: haze) our new officers, break bread with fellow riders, celebrate Columbus Day AND Canadian Thanksgiving, and to hear what is going on in your…<\/p>\n

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October 2, 2013 Walnut Creek Workday Results<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAustin Ridge Riders
\nA solid group of 10 people put in 25 hours of trail work to repair the Main Creek Crossing transition from West to East. The sightlines were also opened up to help minimize the potential for cycling and pedestrian accidents. Afterwards we gorged on…<\/p>\n

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A cyclist’s dream: Bayou to become much more bike friendly \u00e2\u20ac\u201d even the danger bridge is being replaced<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Tyler Rudick\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0houston.culturemap.com
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\nHigh above the banks of White Oak Bayou near Shepherd and West 7th Street, city officials broke ground on the first leg a bold public-private initiative to create a 150-miles web of hike and bike trails in the next seven years.<\/p>\n

The $215 million Bayou Greenways project \u00e2\u20ac\u201d originally conceived in a 1912 master plan for the city \u00e2\u20ac\u201d envisions a 1,500-acre network of parkland snaking along Houston\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s waterways. Within the greenspace, roughly 80 new miles of trails will be added to an existing 70 miles.<\/p>\n

“We are going back to the past and focusing on…<\/p>\n

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New Events Added to the Calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2013 PURE Driveway Week 31- Austin, TX: When: Thu Oct 10, 2013 5pm to Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:30pm\u00c2\u00a0
CDTWho: Texas B… http:\/\/t.co\/hTBYPZPvwh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n