{"id":24983,"date":"2014-07-15T00:06:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T05:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=24983"},"modified":"2014-07-15T00:06:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T05:06:08","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest July 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local\/article\/Park-Police-officer-who-died-in-bike-accident-5619264.php\">Park Police officer who died in bike accident identified<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By J. Almendarez, San Antonio Express-News<\/h4>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The Bexar County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office have identified a Park Police officer who was found dead Saturday afternoon on city&#8217;s Northeast Side as Douglas Rivers.<br \/>\nThe 63-year-old died of head injuries when he reportedly lost control of his bicycle and struck a tree on the Jack White Trailhead in the 3800 block of Seguin Road between noon and&#8230;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#meetup_oembed .mu_clearfix:after { visibility: hidden; display: block; font-size: 0; content: \" \"; clear: both; height: 0; }* html #meetup_oembed .mu_clearfix, *:first-child+html #meetup_oembed .mu_clearfix { zoom: 1; }#meetup_oembed { background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:10px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px;margin:0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; }#meetup_oembed h3 { font-weight:normal; margin:0 0 10px; padding:0; line-height:26px; font-family:Georgia,Palatino,serif; font-size:24px }#meetup_oembed p { margin: 0 0 10px; padding:0; line-height:16px; }#meetup_oembed img { border:none; margin:0; padding:0; }#meetup_oembed a, #meetup_oembed a:visited, #meetup_oembed a:link { color: #1B76B3; text-decoration: none; cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; }#meetup_oembed a:hover { color: #1B76B3; text-decoration: underline; }#meetup_oembed a.mu_button { font-size:14px; -moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px;border:2px solid #A7241D;color:white!important;text-decoration:none;background-color: #CA3E47; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ca3e47, #a8252e); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #a8252e), color-stop(1, #ca3e47));disvplay:inline-block;padding:5px 10px; }#meetup_oembed a.mu_button:hover { color: #fff!important; text-decoration: none; }#meetup_oembed .photo { width:50px; height:50px; overflow:hidden;background:#ccc;float:left;margin:0 5px 0 0;text-align:center;padding:1px; }#meetup_oembed .photo img { height:50px }#meetup_oembed .number { font-size:18px; }#meetup_oembed .thing { text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; }<\/style>\n<div id=\"meetup_oembed\" style=\"height:270px\">\n<div style=\"max-height:230px;overflow:hidden\">\n<h3>Pedernales Falls State Park TRAIL BUILD, RIDE &#038; SWIM!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:5px 0;font-size:16px\">Saturday, Jul 26, 2014,  9:00 AM<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Pedernales Falls State Park<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">2585 Park Road 6026 Johnson City, TX<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span style=\"color:#4F8A10;font-size:16px;\">9 Mountain Bikers Went<\/span>           <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 0 10px\" class=\"mu_clearfix\">\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/4\/1\/5\/f\/thumb_281416735.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/1\/e\/3\/4\/thumb_130927732.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/4\/d\/1\/e\/thumb_35239742.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/c\/8\/c\/9\/thumb_255771401.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/1\/3\/e\/6\/thumb_244565094.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:16px\">Geo is heading this build day at Pedernales Falls State Park. \u00c2\u00a0 TRAIL BUILD, RIDE &#038; SWIM!READ THE DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY. \u00c2\u00a0MEETING TIMES AND PLACES CHANGE EACH BUILD DAY.EARN PAYDIRT! \u00c2\u00a0Bring your forms.Build, RIDE NEW TRAIL &#038; SWIM!MEET AT Park HQ\/Entry Pay station. \u00c2\u00a0Shown as star symbol on this map:\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.tpwd.state.tx.us\/publications\/pwdpu&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/mountainbikes-130\/events\/194766972\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mu_button\"><strong>Check out this Meetup &rarr;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/about\/article\/Houston-bikesharing-program-enjoys-robust-growth-5616067.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&amp;t=a0b7e86d7ad4bfc38c\">Houston bikesharing program enjoys robust growth<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By Dug Begley\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ww4.hdnux.com\/photos\/31\/11\/27\/6591947\/7\/784x2048.jpg?resize=784%2C513\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"513\" \/><br \/>\nFrom meager beginnings, Houston&#8217;s bikesharing program has blossomed into a big draw for visitors and locals looking for a quick ride.<br \/>\nFor the first six months of 2014, Houston B-Cycle logged 43,530 checkouts, according to agency data. The system had about 2,000 checkouts in all of 2012, the year it started with three stations and 18 bikes.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are excited about continuing the expansion and operations,&#8221; Houston B-Cycle director Will Rub said. &#8220;We still feel like we are on track for our&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/news\/national\/ex-president-george-w-bush-has-left-knee-partially-replaced-weeks-after-right-knee-surgery-1.1205519\">Ex-President George W. Bush has left knee partially replaced, weeks after right knee surgery<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>www.timescolonist.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.glaciermedia.ca\/polopoly_fs\/1.1205548.1405357998%21\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_563\/txkj101-714-2014-124734-high-jpg.jpg?resize=563%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\nDALLAS &#8211; Former President George W. Bush has had his left knee partially replaced \u00e2\u20ac\u201d seven weeks after having the same procedure on his right knee.<br \/>\nBush spokesman Freddy Ford says the procedure on Bush&#8217;s left knee took place Saturday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.<br \/>\nFord says the ex-president and his wife Laura were on their way back to Dallas on Monday morning.<br \/>\nFord says this operation and the one May 24 were both outpatient procedures performed by the&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/biketexas-events-calendar\/event\/N2ExMTJzZnRydmtqc2dlZG0zazk0MHVtYTQgYmlrZXRleGFzLm9yZ19zcTQybjM1cTI1OWVjODJ1OWJkczFiM2Rra0Bn\/1?start=1406386800&amp;end=1406394000&amp;lang=en_US.utf8%2C+en_US.UTF-8%2C+en_US%2C+eng_US%2C+en%2C+english%2C+english-us%2C+us%2C+usa%2C+america%2C+united+states%2C+united-states\">Bike Friendly Cedars Tour<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>BikeTexas<\/h4>\n<p>When: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a026.07.2014 10:00 &#8211; 12:00<br \/>\nLocation: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a01510 McKee St, Dallas, TX<br \/>\nBike Friendly Cedars is going to host a tour ride on July 26, 2014 starting in the Cedars. We will be having guest from Flower Mound joining us. This will start at around 10:15 am (depends on rail schedules as some will be coming to the Cedars Station on the DART Rail). We will be riding the streets and trails in Dallas. Bring your cameras if you want. At some time we will stop for lunch so bring some lunch money!<br \/>\nHelmets are recommended (under 18 must wear helmets). Ride at your own risk.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kfoxtv.com\/news\/features\/top-stories\/stories\/cycling-community-asks-better-quality-bike-lanes-5620.shtml#.U8SrCrGTiR0\">Cycling community asks for better quality bike lanes<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By: Chrisdyann Uribe\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.kfoxtv.com<\/h4>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.kfoxtv.com\/template\/flashplayers\/jwplayer\/dev\/files\/embed.js\"><\/script>EL PASO, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cyclists around El Paso are asking for more thought to be put into bike lanes when building them or to revamp them.<br \/>\nVelo Paso, a bike and pedestrian coalition in El Paso, said there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough lanes in the city and when there are lanes created, they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t meet their needs.<br \/>\n&#8216;If the riders don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel safe and if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel comfortable there, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not going to use them,&#8221; said Scott White, Velo Paso policy director.<br \/>\nHe said bike lanes are supposed to be at least 6 feet apart.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ideally you should have 6 feet for a bike lane but what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happened here is they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve included the&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/violetcrown.org\/\">VC Kit Redesign in the works<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>The Violet Crown Sports Association<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3e1a0e40b76c486ba8a5-13e167034d32036fc65dfa32baca6066.r38.cf2.rackcdn.com\/bd0cd419e739abc43584c13899f49773-b755c3f0bc3c952576b94fc2811fb148.jpg?resize=635%2C357\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" \/><br \/>\nTake a look at a couple of new kit designs in the works for 2015. At July&#8217;s Club Meeting, VC clothier extraordinaire Carey Jung provided an update on status of the 2015 VC kit design. In addition to showing 2 early designs, Carey talked about the switch to a&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ghorba.org\/articles\/general\/short-track-racing-jack-brooks-2\">Short Track racing at Jack Brooks<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>GHORBA<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.ghorba.org\/sites\/ghorba.org\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/www\/article\/pic11-web_0.jpg?resize=580%2C437\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"437\" \/><br \/>\nShort track racing is back on the calendar for 2014 and many thanks to Raf and volunteers who helped plan and run the races.<br \/>\nThese are fun, but challenging races for all levels of rider.<br \/>\nFrom the race on July 12th at Jack Brooks here are a few pictures of racers out on the trail. The pictures were taken at the top of a short climb, check for expressions of focused effort and fun on the&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/brazoscyclists.org\/2014\/07\/traffic-skills-101-class-on-july-26th\/\">Traffic Skills 101 class on July 26th<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Brazos Valley Cyclists<\/h4>\n<p>We just received a note that the Northwest Cycling Club, in conjunction with League of American Bicyclists, is offering a class designed to teach adult cyclists how to use a bicycle with confidence and competence for pleasure, utility, and sport under various highway, climate, terrain, and traffic conditions.<br \/>\nThe class is organized into three levels: &#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Tweets<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone, be aware: our new hashtag is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TechFactoryRacing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TechFactoryRacing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas Tech Cycling (@TechCycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TechCycling\/status\/488902943790215169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Out for a night with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Texas4000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Texas4000<\/a> crew as they stop by and catch up on some well deserved rest! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ozarksroute?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ozarksroute<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CYPPQOOrEd\">pic.twitter.com\/CYPPQOOrEd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Nielsen (@RealDanNielsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanNielsen\/status\/488861252488146944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bike Masters MTB ride is on next Thursday 7pm <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qIARoLMpHC\">http:\/\/t.co\/qIARoLMpHC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trek Bicycle Mission (Bike Masters) (@thebikemasters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebikemasters\/status\/488868839354937345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/COHSmtbike\/status\/488855002493235200<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/txbikeracing\/status\/488835392997576705<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park Police officer who died in bike accident identified By J. Almendarez, San Antonio Express-News SAN ANTONIO \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The Bexar County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office have identified a Park Police officer who was found dead Saturday afternoon on city&#8217;s Northeast Side <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-14th\/\"><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":[],"class_list":["post-24983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-6uX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983","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=24983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}