{"id":2302,"date":"2009-04-30T22:48:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T04:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2009-04-30T22:48:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T04:48:51","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/30\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for April 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/30\/benefits-cycling-brings-more-riders\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/30\/benefits-cycling-brings-more-riders\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Benefits of cycling brings more riders<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby San Angelo Standard Times &#8211; san angelo,tx,USA<br \/>\nThese were all in San Angelo, and many local cyclists also traveled to other Texas locations (and other states) to participate in rides or races. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/inthesaddlewithku.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/let-it-go.html\" href=\"http:\/\/inthesaddlewithku.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/let-it-go.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>In the Saddle with KU: Let It Go<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KU<br \/>\nQuestioning my ability to race a bike, I was looking forward to giving it another try at our local Tuesday nighter. I roll up and was completely caught off guard when I saw Michael kitted-up and ready to race. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/health\/story\/1350141.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/health\/story\/1350141.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mayfest, other events canceled over flu concerns<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Fort Worth Star Telegram &#8211; Fort Worth,TX,USA<br \/>\n&#8230; rerouting of the Bike MS: Sam&#8217;s Club Frisco to Fort Worth bicycle ride, &#8230; of the ride, from Frisco to Texas Motor Speedway, would go on as planned. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/showustheworld.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/big-bend-national-park-in-texas.html\" href=\"http:\/\/showustheworld.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/big-bend-national-park-in-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Show Us The World: Big Bend National Park in Texas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby little castle<br \/>\nOnce down in the desert, Austin and I went for a bike ride and Nathan and Ace went on a hike. To say that biking and hiking in the desert is different than other places seems like such a silly, understatement to put here. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikenoob.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/30\/ear-buds-do-you-use-them\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bikenoob.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/30\/ear-buds-do-you-use-them\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ear buds \u00e2\u20ac\u201d do you use them? \u00c2\u00ab Bike Noob<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby rainycamp<br \/>\nThe prevailing wind in Central Texas is from the southeast, as it was today. And when you&#8217;re pedaling into the wind, the earbuds do nothing to cut wind noise. If anything, the airflow swirls around the earpieces and amplifies the wind noise . &#8230; One other earbud effect I noticed: I didn&#8217;t feel as connected to my bike as I am on a typical ride. The earbuds blocked out the little noises that the bike makes \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the noises that remind you to feather the front derailleur, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.mtbracenews.com\/2009\/04\/vince-lombardi-prepares-to-defend-gt.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtbracenews.com\/2009\/04\/vince-lombardi-prepares-to-defend-gt.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MTB Race News: Vince Lombardi Prepares to Defend GT Golden Bike &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby mtbracenews.com<br \/>\nLombardi&#8217;s biggest competition in Texas will be David Hanes. Hanes is an amateur but he races with the Pro field in the local Texas series and has multiple top-5 finishes this year. MTBracenews racing reporter Sean Sindt will be bringing you &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/spcycling\/~3\/KHyyM8p8E7s\/6400078.html\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/spcycling\/~3\/KHyyM8p8E7s\/6400078.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cycling notebook: Ike-postponed Tour de Rouge ready<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom HoustonChronicle.com &#8212; Cycling<br \/>\nPostponed by Hurricane Ike last fall, the inaugural Tour de Rouge finally pedals 65-strong out of Humble Sunday morning as another 50 riders have signed up for the single-day, 82-mile excursion from Humble to Beaumont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits of cycling brings more riders by San Angelo Standard Times &#8211; san angelo,tx,USA These were all in San Angelo, and many local cyclists also traveled to other Texas locations (and other states) to participate in rides or races. &#8230; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/30\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-30th\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[660],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-B8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","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=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}