{"id":2611,"date":"2009-07-14T22:17:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T04:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2009-07-14T22:17:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T04:17:39","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/14\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for July 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angry bike riders target Perry<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Houston Chronicle
\n… safer place for cyclists,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Robin Stallings, executive director of Bike Texas, an advocacy group that promotes bicycle access, safety and education. …<\/p>\n

I think there will be more important issues facing the governor’s election than this.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

South Texas Chisme: Cyclists vote, but maybe not in the Republican …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby CouldBeTrue
\n“I have never voted in a Republican primary in my life,” said Hill Abell, owner of Bicycle Sport Shop in Austin. “But more than likely, if Perry has a significant opponent in the primary, I’ll be supporting that opponent with my vote, …<\/p>\n

Some facts I was not aware of.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

CIC \u00c2\u00ab North Texas Vehicular Cyclist<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Herman
\nDuring the recent legislative session, the Texas Bicycle Coalition was spreading the bald-faced lie that fully forty percent of fatal crashes are the result of motorists overtaking cyclists. The truth is that this number is closer to …<\/p>\n

Every so often a new drive train arrives on the scene. Usually it has been tried before and found lacking. I am not sure about this one though.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pedaling Innovation<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Inventors Digest – Charlotte,NC,USA
\nAs a longtime lover of bicycles, this I had to see. Yet as it turns out, there will be no NuVinci-fitted Ellsworth bike to ride. At least not at the beach. …<\/p>\n

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NuVinci from Fallbrook Technologies<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fort Richardson will anchor bike race<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Jack County Herald – Jacksboro,TX,USA
\nThe Texas Forts Tour is a family friendly, three-day, 248-mile bicycle ride made possible … It’s $50 per rider thereafter, up to and including race day. …<\/p>\n

UT quitely slipped in last minute amendment to Master Bike Plan to …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby elliott
\nThis move seems consistent with discussions A2W reporter Marcus Sanford heard at a UT Bicycle Committee meeting earlier this year: the University of Texas wants to remove bicycles from the interior of the campus. …<\/p>\n

2,300 turn out for this ride.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Peach Pedal a record-setting event<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Mineral Wells Index – Mineral Wells,TX,USA
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was amazing to see so many people from all over the state of Texas and beyond here in Parker County. What a day.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The event, organized by the …<\/p>\n

Pursuit: The Act of Striving: Growing Stronger or the Start of a Coup?<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Brittany M.
\nWe did the same 50 mile loop from the Tour d’ Hood about 2 months ago. Coincidentally, all of the hills that were there two months ago were STILL THERE. Amazing isn’t it. They still kicked my butt as well! … I didn’t start running until about 9AM, and that is not the best idea in Texas summers!! To make it worse, yours truly, decided she was tired of the same routes in the neighborhood and so she headed out onto the long run route, the long HILLY run. I’m a bright one, …<\/p>\n

Hey Man, What’s Up!? Women, Movies, Restuarants, Sports, Dallas …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Porkchop
\nI started cycling about seven months ago as a way to stay in shape,or rather get in shape, I mean so I can still eat like crazy and manage not to hit three bills. I have actually started to get into cycling quite a bit as a result and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angry bike riders target Perry by Houston Chronicle … safer place for cyclists,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Robin Stallings, executive director of Bike Texas, an advocacy group that promotes bicycle access, safety and education. … I think there will be more important issues …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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-2611","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-G7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","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=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}