{"id":2820,"date":"2009-08-18T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T02:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2009-08-18T21:51:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T02:51:29","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-august-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/18\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-august-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for August 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

A helmet cam view around the Cynthia Woods Pavilion at The Woodlands.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Woodlands bike trails<\/strong><\/a>
\nby hairygoomer
\nwww.youtube.com 02:39
\nA fast ride through the bike paths by the pavillion. Put on Led Zeps, The Song Remains the Same for this one.<\/p>\n

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EcoVelo \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb The Economic Benefits of Bicycle …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Alan
\nAccording to the Texas Transportation Institute, gridlock costs the average peak period traveler almost 40 hours a year in travel delay, and costs the United States more than $78 billion each year. The results of a study of 33 large …<\/p>\n

A sad story about a senseless accident.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Dead Cyclist Found Lodged in Back Seat<\/strong><\/a>
\nby NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
\nBy FRANK HEINZ A 59-year-old Grand Prairie man was found dead in the back seat of a car after he was struck on his bicycle, police said. …<\/p>\n

Biking fund-raiser set for lung cancer victim<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Marshall News Messenger
\nBob Patel poses with his bicycle in his front driveway. The former hotel owner has Stage 4 lung cancer. A fund-raiser is set for Saturday, Sept. …<\/p>\n

MapMyHike.com | View Tim’s Route In South CS in College Station, Texas<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Tim
\nMap of a hiking trail in College Station, Texas. Find other hikes in College Station, Texas. Planning a hike? Map your Hike. Map your trail.<\/p>\n

Ride (or Tri!) Like a Girl!: Race Report: 2009 Sweet & Twisted …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Donna
\nThe fact that I’m twisted enough to even do a tri in Texas, in August, I think qualifies me as well. Thank goodness Elysha is as twisted as I am, because at the least I had someone to commiserate and celebrate with, because you know you …<\/p>\n

Local cyclist to compete in Tour of Utah<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
\nLeaping head-first into the sport, Trant began to ride in the Central Texas area with the Camino Real Cycling Team out of New Braunfels, finding the other …<\/p>\n

Cyclists say sponsor deals not just for Lance, RadioShack<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Fort Worth Business Press
\nBicycles Inc. (the store) and Moritz Chevrolet (soon ThinkCash) are the sponsors of the Texas State Criterium Championship, hosted annually in the Cultural …<\/p>\n

Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body, Ride to the River Coming Up …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby peter.ray@valero.com
\nThis is the 20th Anniversary edition of this South Texas cycling tradition, which is our team’s flagship ride – Valero is the title sponsor of this event, and we’ve been both the largest team and the top fundraising team for almost a …<\/p>\n

Keith Burgess-Jackson: Tempus Fugit<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Keith Burgess-Jackson
\nI had spent the previous year in College Station, teaching philosophy at Texas A&M University while I completed my Ph.D. dissertation. Before that, I lived for five years in Tucson, where I studied philosophy at the University of Arizona … I could race all summer if I wanted, but I focus on cycling during the summer. All in all, I’ve had a wonderful two decades in the Metroplex. I hope I have 20 more.\u00c2\u00a0 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A helmet cam view around the Cynthia Woods Pavilion at The Woodlands. Woodlands bike trails by hairygoomer www.youtube.com 02:39 A fast ride through the bike paths by the pavillion. Put on Led Zeps, The Song Remains the Same for this …<\/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":[83,892,660,852,246,894,438,893,891,890],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-college-station-texas","tag-cyclist-death","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-keith-burgess-jackson","tag-marshall-texas","tag-ride-to-the-river","tag-seguin-texas","tag-texas-state-criterium-championship","tag-texas-transportation-institute","tag-the-woodlands-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-Ju","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820","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=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}