{"id":25315,"date":"2014-08-17T23:08:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T04:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=25315"},"modified":"2014-08-17T23:08:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T04:08:45","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-and-blog-digest-august-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/17\/texas-bicycling-news-and-blog-digest-august-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News and Blog Digest August 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deer Flies and Fire Ants<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Noob<\/h4>\n

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\nIf you ride for any length of time, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re bound to have an encounter with bees. But sometimes, inhabitants of the insect world can be other types \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and cause even more discomfort than a bee sting.
\nWhile pedaling beside a stormwater runoff basin during the week, I felt a sharp stinging sensation in my right arm \u00e2\u20ac\u201d as though a red-hot needle had just pricked the surface of my skin. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t react right away, because the path took a turn into some woods and I needed to concentrate on my line. But shortly after, I looked down at my arm and saw a deer fly just sitting there. It hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t moved, but also didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to have done any more damage than the initial prick. Good thing about…<\/p>\n

Driveway Crit Series | Austin, Texas | August 14, 2014<\/a><\/h2>\n

texasbikeracing.com<\/h4>\n

A gallery of pics from last Thursday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Driveway Crit in Austin.
\nPhotos \u00c2\u00a9 Dick Van Hooser
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