{"id":2481,"date":"2009-06-15T22:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T04:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2009-06-18T19:32:30","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T01:32:30","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/15\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for June 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.texarkanagazette.com\/news\/localnews\/2009\/06\/15\/metropolitan-planning-group-to-hear-inpu-30.php\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texarkanagazette.com\/news\/localnews\/2009\/06\/15\/metropolitan-planning-group-to-hear-inpu-30.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Metropolitan planning group to hear input on bike plan<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Texarkana Gazette &#8211; Texarkana,TX,USA<br \/>\nThe Technical Committee meets at 10 am Tuesday in the City Council Chambers, 220 Texas Blvd. The MPO Policy Committee will meet at 12:15 pm &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/dfwtexas.newstwit.me\/?p=1339\" href=\"http:\/\/dfwtexas.newstwit.me\/?p=1339\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Transportation blog: Is Dallas too hot for bicycle commuting &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Rick<br \/>\nLiving in Austin for a while, I saw plenty of <strong>bicycle<\/strong> commuters down there and it is just as hot in Austin as it is in Dallas. Not to mention that the terrain in Dallas is much flatter, so cycling should be easier in Dallas. <strong>&#8230;.<\/strong> But to  give the reasoning that it is too hot to cycle in <strong>Texas<\/strong> is just bull. Go up to Wichita Falls in August and just see how many people show up for the Hotter Than Hell and ride in over 100 degree weather&#8230;and enjoy it! <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/content\/view\/1202\/71\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/content\/view\/1202\/71\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>wwwbiketexasorg TxDOT Responds to BikeTexas Seal Coat Letter<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBike and Walk to School Day In mid-May at the height of the most hectic part of the Texas legislative session BikeTexas staff were very pleased to receive a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/content\/view\/1203\/71\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/content\/view\/1203\/71\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LAB Ranks Texas 36th of Bike-Friendly States<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMonday, 15 June 2009<br \/>\nLeaque of American Bicyclists The League of America Bicyclists&#8217; Bicycle Friendly State program has ranked the 50 states on their bike-friendliness. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.katc.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=10532416\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katc.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=10532416\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>UL Lafayette Professor Hospitalized<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KATC &#8211; Lafayette,LA,USA<br \/>\n&#8230; Business Administration department, suffered a severe head injury Saturday in College Station, Texas. Tanner was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mtblawgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/best-cycling-workout-collection.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mtblawgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/best-cycling-workout-collection.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>mtb law girl: The Best Cycling Workout Collection<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby mtblawgirl<br \/>\nI have found the perfect DVD collection for those of us who must escape the soaring Texas temps and can&#8217;t afford those high dollar gym memberships or coaches that cater to cyclists specifically. For $75, you can purchase the Global Ride &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/fitness\/article\/fitness-10-cycling-myths-busted-21925\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/fitness\/article\/fitness-10-cycling-myths-busted-21925\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fitness: 10 cycling myths busted<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby BikeRadar.com &#8211; Bath,UK<br \/>\nA team at the University of Texas decided to investigate if rock-hard tyres really make a difference. They asked seven riders to cycle at top speed on a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fitsense.co.uk\/blog\/?p=370\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitsense.co.uk\/blog\/?p=370\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rocket Shower &#8211; Spray body cleaner &#8211; Get Clean When You Can&#8217;t &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Karl<br \/>\nDeveloped by 10 Nine 8, a company started in Austin, Texas, Rocket Shower includes witch hazel, a small amount of alcohol, citrus, mint and vitamin E. Delivered via pump sprayer, it cleans by helping evaporate sweat quickly and killing the bacteria that cause body odour. &#8230; Linda DuPriest, a respected and accomplished Mountain Bike Rider in America developed Rocket Shower initially for her own use while cycling daily to an office with no shower facilities. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Some of the Youtube.com videos from the past week<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wc3TpTiFrW8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Broken Oak Mountain Bike Race Texas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n04:30 -\u00c2\u00a0 6 days ago youtube.com<br \/>\nGreat course no longer open pedalmasher.com &#8230; Broken Oak Mountain Bike Race Texas pedalmasher &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ESdAcUFbeuM\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tyler Texas Mountain Bike Race<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n05:33 -\u00c2\u00a0 7 days ago<br \/>\nElite Cross Country filmed by Pro Jason Sager chasing teammate Nathan Phillips. pedalmasher.com &#8230; Tyler Cross Country Mountain Bike Race Jason Sager pedalmasher &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SnPYtJPWl5M\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Huntsville Texas Mountain Bike Race<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n04:34 -\u00c2\u00a0 7 days ago youtube.com<br \/>\nExpert Cross Country race a on a fast sandy course pedalmasher.com &#8230; Mountain Bike Race Texas Huntsville pedalmasher &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yAcFjAwiQys\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bar H Texas Mountain Bike Race<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n04:26 -\u00c2\u00a0 7 days ago youtube.com<br \/>\nBar H, middle of nowhere. pedalmasher.com &#8230; Bar Mountain Bike Race Texas pedalmasher &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metropolitan planning group to hear input on bike plan by Texarkana Gazette &#8211; Texarkana,TX,USA The Technical Committee meets at 10 am Tuesday in the City Council Chambers, 220 Texas Blvd. The MPO Policy Committee will meet at 12:15 pm &#8230; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/15\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-15th\/\"><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":[660,5254],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-E1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","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=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}