{"id":2245,"date":"2009-04-20T22:24:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T04:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2009-04-20T22:24:52","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T04:24:52","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for April 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/texascyclingandsailingwithdennis.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/copper-breaks-rides.html\" href=\"http:\/\/texascyclingandsailingwithdennis.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/copper-breaks-rides.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis: Copper Breaks rides<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Dennis and Michele Starkey<br \/>\nTexas cycling and sailing with Dennis. Our Cycling and Sailing journal, as well as other outdoor and simple living topics. Monday, April 20, 2009. Copper Breaks rides. The bicycle rally our local bike club puts on was a success. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.mudvillegazette.com\/dawnpatrol\/2009\/04\/dawn_patrol_537.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mudvillegazette.com\/dawnpatrol\/2009\/04\/dawn_patrol_537.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Dawn Patrol<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Mrs Greyhawk<br \/>\nA Texas bicycle ride helps wounded veterans rehabilitate and reconnect. Fleming had been planning to make the journey on a hand-cycle, a vehicle that looks like the product of a one-night stand between a recumbent bike&#8211;the kind favored &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/toyotacyclingteam.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/ivan-mukasajames-bailey-p12-race-report.html\" href=\"http:\/\/toyotacyclingteam.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/ivan-mukasajames-bailey-p12-race-report.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TOYOTA \/ CYCLING TEAM PRESENTED BY GCCA: Ivan Mukasa\/James Bailey &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby John Trujillo<br \/>\nTOYOTA \/ Cycling Team presented by Gulf Coast Cycling Association is an elite cycling team based in Texas. Among the team&#8217;s many goals, one of which is to compete in criteriums throughout the United States. Criteriums or &#8220;crits&#8221; are the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7187504@N05\/3458069458\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7187504@N05\/3458069458\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BP MS150 on Flickr &#8211; Photo Sharing!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Eric Swist<br \/>\nTexas flags decorate the roadway as cyclists make their way into Bastrop, TX through Texas Highway 71 on Sunday, April, 19, 2009 during the second day of the BP MS150 charity bike tour from La Grange, TX to Austin, TX. The ride raises &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikenoob.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/19\/ms-150-day-two-success\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bikenoob.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/19\/ms-150-day-two-success\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MS 150 Day Two: Success! \u00c2\u00ab Bike Noob<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby rainycamp<br \/>\nThey could take the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lunch Express\u00e2\u20ac\u009d route, which had them ride the shoulder of Texas 71, a four-lane divided highway, or they could take the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Challenge\u00e2\u20ac\u009d route, which rode less-traveled farm-to-market roads, and wound through two state &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/tiggsintexas.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/ms80.html\" href=\"http:\/\/tiggsintexas.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/ms80.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tiggs In Texas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Tiggs<br \/>\nI guess I am just not cut out to do that type of endurance cycling. After we finished, we went to eat, but my stomach had been giving me issues all day and after I ate a few bites I got extremely sick to my stomach. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/justin-farmer.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/not-your-everyday-training-ride.html\" href=\"http:\/\/justin-farmer.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/not-your-everyday-training-ride.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JF2R: Not your everyday training ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Justin<br \/>\nWho is this cat? My Photo. Justin: Edinburg, Texas, United States: I&#8217;m settling into this cycling thing quite nicely&#8230;..not a bad gig at all. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/cycling\/entries\/2009\/04\/19\/back_to_speed.html?cxntfid=blogs_road_rash\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/cycling\/entries\/2009\/04\/19\/back_to_speed.html?cxntfid=blogs_road_rash\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Changing styles of riding is fundamental fun | Road Rash<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Jason Whaley<br \/>\nExploring Central Texas. And beyond., I got back on the carbon road bike for the first time in a couple of months yesterday. Incredible how fast it felt. I have been commuting on a single-speed Salsa, and while it provides a smooth ride, speed is. &#8230; You have probably read my rants about all of the great things cycling does for health and the environment. But they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all true. And if you want to try different forms of cycling (which can require different bikes) to stay &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis: Copper Breaks rides by Dennis and Michele Starkey Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis. Our Cycling and Sailing journal, as well as other outdoor and simple living topics. Monday, April 20, 2009. 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