{"id":2352,"date":"2009-05-14T22:16:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T04:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2009-05-14T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T04:16:12","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/14\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for May 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/spcycling\/~3\/U1HzEbO5tjI\/6423124.html\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/spcycling\/~3\/U1HzEbO5tjI\/6423124.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cycling Notebook: Tour de Rouge proves to be thrill ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom HoustonChronicle.com &#8212; Cycling<br \/>\nWhat a great adventure the first Tour de Rouge proved to be. A lot can happen over six days spent on a bicycle riding nearly 600 miles from Houston to New Orleans and, to be sure, most of it did. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/texastailwind.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/14\/top-speed-on-a-bicycle-how-fast-can-you-go-downhill\/\" href=\"http:\/\/texastailwind.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/14\/top-speed-on-a-bicycle-how-fast-can-you-go-downhill\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Top speed on a bicycle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how fast can you go downhill? \u00c2\u00ab Texas &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Ben<br \/>\nTuesday night during our Team ThinkCash ride, we had a nice tailwind on the 820 service road descent. So like most cyclists \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we all tried to see how fast we could go. Comparing bike computer results as we soft-pedaled up to Chapin Rd., &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/healthinfoispower.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/14\/husbands-love-for-wife-inspires-a-9000-mile-bike-trek-to-raise-money-for-ovarian-cancer-awareness-cancer-prevention\/\" href=\"http:\/\/healthinfoispower.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/14\/husbands-love-for-wife-inspires-a-9000-mile-bike-trek-to-raise-money-for-ovarian-cancer-awareness-cancer-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Husband&#8217;s Love For Wife Inspires A 9000 Mile Bike Trek To Raise &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Paul Cacciatore<br \/>\nFrom Florida, Craig Broeder will travel west along the southern U.S. states before returning to Austin, Texas. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will ride 6 to 10 hours a day on average,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Broeder said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The shortest [trip leg] is 89 miles in one day and my longest &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/outlook\/6423045.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/outlook\/6423045.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Letters: Cyclists vs. motorists, death row law, Jane Ely<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Houston Chronicle &#8211; United States<br \/>\nRodney Ellis, the owner of seven, count them, seven bicycles, gets a really good deal the next time he gets together with his buddies in Cuba and rents a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling Notebook: Tour de Rouge proves to be thrill ride from HoustonChronicle.com &#8212; Cycling What a great adventure the first Tour de Rouge proved to be. 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