{"id":28246,"date":"2014-11-15T22:32:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T04:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=28246"},"modified":"2014-11-15T22:32:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T04:32:41","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/15\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest November 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cyclist to raise funds for Riders for Hope<\/a><\/h2>\n

thesouthern.com<\/h3>\n

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\nAmputee cyclist Helgard Muller will fulfill his American dream of motivating and inspiring others by cycling 3,045 miles on a road bike (and his mountain bike for rough terrain) across the U.S.
\nMuller aims to raise $100,000 for people with disabilities. To his knowledge, he will be the first person with only one leg to do a Christmas Cycling Challenge. He will start in Los Angeles and set course for Ground Zero in New York City. He will be wearing his Riders For Hope golf-shirt and cap to raise awareness for persons with disabilities. …<\/p>\n

… He will head from California to New York, travelling through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He believes the trip will take between six weeks …<\/p>\n

Questions From a Houston Conservative<\/a><\/h2>\n

by L. Wayne Ashley\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0texasleftist.com<\/h3>\n

This was a real occurrence from the week, but it seemed worthy of being published.\u00c2\u00a0 Basically this person and I got into a rather heated discussion on Twitter, and he demanded that I answer this group of questions.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite apparent that he is something of a hard-line Conservative, but even still I gave the questions my best attempt.
\nThe Twitter battle originated from the City of Houston\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to invest in cycling infrastructure through a variety of sources, so that is what these first few questions address.<\/p>\n

How do you justify spending money towards bike trails before repairing our city streets, many of which are in horrible shape?
\nAt no point have I ever suggested such a thing.\u00c2\u00a0 I simply stated that choosing between cycling and automobile transportation in a growing, changing city …<\/p>\n

welcome to handlebar cyclery<\/a><\/h2>\n

WE ARE A Houston, TX BASED bike shop. WE work towards making people find the perfect bike to enjoy the ride.
\nGrand opening November 15 2014 (added to the Texbiker.net Bike Shop List today)
\n26440 FM 1093
\nRichmond, TX. 77406
\nPhone : (832)-437-7584
\nEmail : info@handlebarcyclery.com<\/p>\n

Aftermass: Bicycling in a post-Critical Mass Portland | November 26th, 7:00 PM @ the Texas Theatre<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff<\/h3>\n

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\nA rare opportunity to see the great bicycle documentary, Aftermass, and have the filmmaker, Joel Biel, in house for a Q and A at the end.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get to see it at the legendary Texas Theatre here in Oak Cliff, who is …<\/p>\n

BIKE MASTERS DH2014 MTB RACE<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Masters<\/h3>\n

THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND OUR SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS IN MAKING THIS RACE.
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Colonel’s Double-‘Cross Weekend<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Chris Jennings<\/h3>\n