{"id":2307,"date":"2009-05-01T22:08:33","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T04:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2009-05-01T22:08:33","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T04:08:33","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/01\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for May 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New month and the prospect for new riding adventures. Enjoy the road or trail.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/home\/headlines\/44172032.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/home\/headlines\/44172032.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aggie Alumni Completes Cross-Country Trek On Bicycle<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KBTX<br \/>\nWhen he made it to Silsbee, Texas, Cooke again connected with an Aggie and band classmate, Ed Hendrix &#8217;62. With final stops in Shepherd, New Waverly, Richards, Texas, Cooke is on his way to the final destination\u00e2\u20ac\u201dCollege Station. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mellowvelo.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/01\/hot-days-heavy-items\/\" href=\"http:\/\/mellowvelo.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/01\/hot-days-heavy-items\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hot Days + Helmet Stories \u00c2\u00ab two wheels. one love. no rush.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby 10thousandfeet<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s springtime here in south Texas, meaning days of sun with temperatures in the 90s are already upon us. I&#8217;ve decided to invest in white shorts and wear white gloves and very short socks to help get me through the season &#8211; which will &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/fitcity\/entries\/2009\/05\/01\/pedaling_to_work_snakes_in_a_c.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/fitcity\/entries\/2009\/05\/01\/pedaling_to_work_snakes_in_a_c.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pedaling to work &#8230; Snakes in a Creek<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Austin 360 &#8211; Austin,TX,USA<br \/>\n&#8230; along with the Austin Commuter Challenge, Austin Cycling Association, Bicycle Sport Shop, Bike Texas, Capital Metro, the Political Pedal, Austin Police &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/01\/reunion-arenas-bike-racks-saved\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/01\/reunion-arenas-bike-racks-saved\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Reunion Arena&#8217;s Bike Racks Saved by BFOC! \u00c2\u00ab Bike Friendly Oak Cliff<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby mannytmoto<br \/>\nOne is set to be installed at the Kessler School in North Oak Cliff, and we just finished installing the second rack at the Historic Texas Theatre on Jefferson Boulevard this afternoon! Just in time for the Hunchback of Notre Dame show &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/drc\/localnews\/stories\/DRC_cyclists_0501.96dcfdf.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/drc\/localnews\/stories\/DRC_cyclists_0501.96dcfdf.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Supporting safe passage<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Denton Record Chronicle &#8211; Denton,TX,USA<br \/>\nRobin Stallings, director of the Austin-based nonprofit Bike Texas, said that if the bill had focused on vulnerable users to the exclusion of bicyclists, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fulshear.com\/archives\/458\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fulshear.com\/archives\/458\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bike For Mike This Weekend! | Fulshear.com<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Daniel<br \/>\nJoin us at the Union Chappel Vineyards\/Bar O Ranch on Saturday, May 2nd when the City of Fulshear will hold its first annual Michael T. McCann Memorial Bike Ride throughout our great community. &#8230; The City of Fulshear is proud to be a member of the Keep Texas Beautiful campaign and annually selects a special project specifically for the beautification of the city. In the spring of each year, city employees, council members and volunteers from the community gather to work &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/331miles.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/hardest-miles-ive-ever-logged-on-bike.html\" href=\"http:\/\/331miles.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/hardest-miles-ive-ever-logged-on-bike.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>331 Miles: The Hardest Miles I&#8217;ve Ever Logged on a Bike<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby 331 Miles<br \/>\nI really hate it when it gets to be this hot in Texas, because 96 oz of fluid just looks clunky on the bike, but I needed the fluids&#8230;with multiple refills. I wanted to leave at 7am, which is when it gets light enough to not &#8230; That helped, and I continued to ride hard when I had the wind. I felt good. But as I neared home, an anomaly of GPS tracking occurred. I wasn&#8217;t at 100 miles. I had ridden exactly the same route out and back, but I need about another 0.2 miles. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.icis.com\/blogs\/icis-chemicals-confidential\/files\/2009\/05\/texas-tornadoes-play-havoc-wit.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icis.com\/blogs\/icis-chemicals-confidential\/files\/2009\/05\/texas-tornadoes-play-havoc-wit.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Texas tornadoes play havoc with ICIS cyclists &#8211; ICIS Chemicals &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Barbara Ortner<br \/>\nThen, on the eve of the ride severe thunderstorms brought flooding and the threat of tornadoes to the central Texas corridor. The route&#8217;s midway overnight spot at La Grange was washed out and managing editor Stephen Burns and wife Caro &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/news\/local\/44194867.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/news\/local\/44194867.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Ride for Fallen Texas Officers | KIII TV3 South Texas | Local News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KIII TV3<br \/>\nBut, for a group of bike riders it&#8217;s a way to pay tribute to fallen officers, Texas officers who died in 2008 in the line of duty. The memorial trek began Monday in Amarillo and passes through 12 cities where fallen officers worked and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New month and the prospect for new riding adventures. Enjoy the road or trail. Aggie Alumni Completes Cross-Country Trek On Bicycle by KBTX When he made it to Silsbee, Texas, Cooke again connected with an Aggie and band classmate, Ed <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/01\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-1st\/\"><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-2307","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-Bd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307","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=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}