{"id":22995,"date":"2014-01-21T00:19:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T06:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22995"},"modified":"2014-01-21T00:19:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T06:19:27","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-january-20th-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-january-20th-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup January 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/urbanvelo.org\/mat-olson-turns-bridge-arches-into-a-pump-track-asks-for-a-bike-park-in-fort-worth\/\" href=\"http:\/\/urbanvelo.org\/mat-olson-turns-bridge-arches-into-a-pump-track-asks-for-a-bike-park-in-fort-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Mat Olson Turns Bridge Arches into a Pump Track, Asks For a Bike Park in Fort Worth<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Krista Carlson\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0urbanvelo.org<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BMX biker rides over Ft. Worth 7th Street Bridge arches\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/twDsdbTe4Hg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhen Mat Olson rode across the 24-foot-high arches of the West Seventh Street Bridge in Fort Worth, city officials were not impressed.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funny, I heard that they were not too happy about it but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just something I do, I like to ride bikes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nsays the 25-year-old BMX rider, who started racing BMX when at 7 and got into freestyle riding a few years later. Now he rides with the professional BMX stunt group Lonestar Action Sports. Before the bridge was even completed Olson and his friends saw an opportunity in the making.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Once it was completed we realized that with a little bit of support between each transition we could possibly ride over the whole thing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Olson says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The boards are at the bottom in between each arch\u00e2\u20ac\u201cyou could reach that from the ground\u00e2\u20ac\u201call we had to do was reach over the arch and&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeingHouston\/status\/424607830125973504\/photo\/1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeingHouston\/status\/424607830125973504\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Being Houston @BeingHouston<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThis guys doing it right riding a rented bike from @HoustonBCycle, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more excuses. #bikehouston<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BeSCklbCIAAWbKM.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikehouston.org\/ai1ec_event\/bikehouston-monthly-board-meeting\/?instance_id=748\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikehouston.org\/ai1ec_event\/bikehouston-monthly-board-meeting\/?instance_id=748\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>BikeHouston Monthly Board Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhen: February 18, 2014 @ 7:00 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 8:45 pm<br \/>\nWhere: Central Market &#8211; Community Meeting Room<br \/>\n3815 Westheimer Road<br \/>\nCentral Market,Houston,TX 77027<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikehouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Board-meeting.png?resize=900%2C306\" width=\"900\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.texasmountainbiketrails.com\/double-lake-recreation-area-trail-review\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texasmountainbiketrails.com\/double-lake-recreation-area-trail-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Double Lake Recreation Area Trail Review<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nTexas Mountain Bike Trails<br \/>\nChris Robbins here, over the next few months I will be adding my personal reviews of the Houston area trials and any other trails that I find my way to.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is the first one of Double Lake Recreation Area.\u00c2\u00a0 Enjoy!<br \/>\nDouble Lake Mountain Bike Trail<br \/>\nI spent this past Sunday morning on one of my favorite trails in the Houston area, Double Lake Recreation Area in Coldspring with a good sized group from WTF (Winkelmann Training Fundamentals). This is the trail that made me fall in love with mountain biking. I have been a triathlete mostly racing long course for the last 6 years and needed a change of pace for my training.\u00c2\u00a0 My friends suggested I check out the TMBRA Big Ring Challenge at Double Lake, so I borrowed a bike and raced. From then on it has been trouble for me&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/event\/bear-moon-bakery-ride-tour-de-cure-trainning-ride\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/event\/bear-moon-bakery-ride-tour-de-cure-trainning-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bear Moon Bakery Ride\/ Tour De Cure Training Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHill Country Bicycle Touring Club<br \/>\nMeet at Leon Springs Park and Ride at 9:00 a.m. for a 31-mile ride with mostly gently rolling hills and a few more challenging hills on Amman Rd.\u00c2\u00a0 The ride will take us through Fair Oaks Ranch and then on to Amman Road towards Boerne.\u00c2\u00a0 We will stop at the Bear Moon Bakery on Main St. in Boerne.\u00c2\u00a0 (Note:\u00c2\u00a0 They ask you not to enter if your shoes have cleats that can scar their wooden floors.)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 For those who wish to avoid the hills on Amman Road, but still want a good excuse to eat pastries at the bakery there is are two&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/news\/ci_24947799\/sergeant-major-at-joint-task-force-north-overcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/news\/ci_24947799\/sergeant-major-at-joint-task-force-north-overcomes\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sergeant major at Joint Task Force North at Fort Bliss overcomes injuries through cycling<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nJTF North NCO had 28 surgeries on arm that was injured in combat<br \/>\nBy David Burge \/ El Paso Times<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/extras.mnginteractive.com\/live\/media\/site525\/2014\/0119\/20140119_094802_SAXoPicture-07BC3384-450533901.jpg?resize=512%2C745\" width=\"512\" height=\"745\" \/><br \/>\nFORT BLISS &gt;&gt; Nearly five years ago, Sgt. Maj. Jerry W. Hochstedler&#8217;s life changed forever when he was severely wounded in combat in Afghanistan.<br \/>\nBut Hochstedler, still on active duty as the operations sergeant major with Joint Task Force North at Fort Bliss, refuses to be stopped by the injuries he suffered on May 19, 2009.<br \/>\nHochstedler, a career Special Forces noncommissioned officer, got into a standoff with a sniper that day and got shot in his arm in Marjah, Helmand Province. Since then, he&#8217;s had to have 28 surgeries on the arm and only has about&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>My husband&#8217;s cycling sunburn&#8230;in January. Gotta love Texas! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bdmcfarling\">@bdmcfarling<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8VyMb5NxNH\">pic.twitter.com\/8VyMb5NxNH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Andrea McFarling (@AndreaKStout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndreaKStout\/statuses\/425456528624074752\">January 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n<span id=\"mce_marker\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><span id=\"__caret\">_<\/span>\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Save the date&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/RICezMK472\">pic.twitter.com\/RICezMK472<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Daniel Cruz (@DCRUZ547) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCRUZ547\/statuses\/425467410640949248\">January 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>\nRoad race season in Texas kicked off with the Megan Baab Memorial RR <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/PP3y5CSy8c\">http:\/\/t.co\/PP3y5CSy8c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d 787 Racing (@787racing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/787racing\/statuses\/425459017410822144\">January 21, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Got a little exploring in on today&#8217;s recovery ride. Photo cred: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Teddy_Gr\">@teddy_gr<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Fw9IaWg7qr\">http:\/\/t.co\/Fw9IaWg7qr<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d David Talley (@rdavidtalley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdavidtalley\/statuses\/425436260485070848\">January 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Dallas Racing at Megan Baab Memorial Road Race <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YUuli1EMsp\">pic.twitter.com\/YUuli1EMsp<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d DR Cycling Team (@dallas_racing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallas_racing\/statuses\/425423335908855808\">January 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n<span id=\"mce_marker\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><span id=\"__caret\">_<\/span><span id=\"mce_marker\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><span id=\"__caret\">_<\/span>\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Holy wind batman! Great ride! Was a two bite pie and skratch labs pineapple hydration kind of day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkratchLabs\">@SkratchLabs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Dail Neely (@90forDad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/90forDad\/statuses\/425395641011798016\">January 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>7 hours outside. 5 hours riding. Rode with most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSUCyclingTeam\">@msucyclingteam<\/a>, in 3 different groups. Feels\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/S8yv7NvMSO\">http:\/\/t.co\/S8yv7NvMSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Caden Burross (@cadenburross) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cadenburross\/statuses\/425394124410195968\">January 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Upgraded my wheels for my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamspecialized\">@iamspecialized<\/a> Tarmac SL4. My &#8220;Vanity&#8221; looks Hot with these&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sexonthestreet&amp;src=hash\">#sexonthestreet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/a5E4NvoCJd\">pic.twitter.com\/a5E4NvoCJd<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Daniel Cruz (@DCRUZ547) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCRUZ547\/statuses\/425361216924434432\">January 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Becvxd9CcAA1unE.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Thanks for the follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PedalAgainstPTS\">@PedalAgainstPTS<\/a>! We love what you do. We hope you&#8217;ll come out for Honor Ride Clay Hunt on March 29! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cycle&amp;src=hash\">#cycle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23veterans&amp;src=hash\">#veterans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Honor Ride (@honorride) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/honorride\/statuses\/425349949073547264\">January 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\"><p>Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMilitaryES\">@USMilitaryES<\/a> n <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VioletCrownATX\">@VioletCrownATX<\/a> &#8211; you&#8217;re the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23teams&amp;src=hash\">#teams<\/a> w entries into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23pbrr&amp;src=hash\">#pbrr<\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23earlybird&amp;src=hash\">#earlybird<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23commitment&amp;src=hash\">#commitment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23txbra&amp;src=hash\">#txbra<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/y5jx6baLQb\">pic.twitter.com\/y5jx6baLQb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Boneshaker Project (@BoneshakerTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoneshakerTX\/statuses\/425266747914993664\">January 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mat Olson Turns Bridge Arches into a Pump Track, Asks For a Bike Park in Fort Worth by Krista Carlson\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0urbanvelo.org When Mat Olson rode across the 24-foot-high arches of the West Seventh Street Bridge in Fort Worth, city <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-january-20th-4\/\"><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":[596,651,2559,4275,3939,4692,5253,3736],"class_list":["post-22995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bikehouston","tag-double-lake-recreation-area","tag-hill-country-bicycle-touring-club","tag-houston-b-cycle","tag-injury","tag-mat-olson","tag-news","tag-tweets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-5YT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22995","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=22995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}