{"id":2971,"date":"2009-09-19T23:15:58","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T04:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2009-09-19T23:15:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T04:15:58","slug":"whats-turning-the-spokes-on-the-net-september-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/19\/whats-turning-the-spokes-on-the-net-september-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Turning the Spokes on the Net September 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heath Blackgrove wins Dallas’ TX TOUGH crit<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom The Journal of Competitive Cycling – by sfrothingham
\nClink. At the lobby bar of Dallas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 W Hotel on Thursday evening, pro bike racers and bike racing fans alike held their champagne glasses high in toast of Team Hotel San Jose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Heath Blackgrove, who scored his second consecutive victory at the TX Tough Grand Prix by out-sprinting a breakaway group of five riders. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We missed two big moves and were able to bring them back. It really speaks to the strength of our squad,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Blackgrove, who placed in front of OUCH-Maxxis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 national …<\/p>\n

Shifting Gears luncheon scheduled for Jan 21 – Wellsphere<\/strong><\/a>
\nby wellsphere.com
\nEnrique Pe\u00c3\u00b1alosa, former mayor of Bogot\u00c3\u00a1
\nI just received word that the Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka Bike Texas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears on Wednesday, January 21. The focus of the luncheon is to learn how we can change the dynamics of transportation in Texas, while building healthy communities and reducing traffic. …<\/p>\n

This sort of a duplicate of the first article but I couldn’t resist the post from a website with this name.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Blackgrove Wins 2nd Straight Texas Tough \/ Wherry Announces …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby trainingfromabarkalounger
\nBlackgrove Wins 2nd Straight Texas Tough \/ Wherry Announces Retirement
\nAt the lobby bar of Dallas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 W Hotel on Thursday evening, pro bike racers and bike racing fans alike held their champagne glasses high in toast of Team Hotel San Jose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Heath Blackgrove, who scored his second consecutive victory at the TX Tough Grand Prix by out-sprinting a breakaway group of five riders. …<\/p>\n

Dallas Council Members Oct 7th Bike to City Hall \u00c2\u00ab Bike Denton<\/strong><\/a>
\nby howard
\nSo I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t yet made a big announcement of the 10-day Cyclesomatic bike fest in Oak Cliff, Dallas, but I should.\u00c2\u00a0 The problem is, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so awesome and so expansive that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a hard time summing it up.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 So whatever, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll break it down and dish it out in ADD-friendly sizes. …<\/p>\n

The Bike Fest \u00c2\u00ab Bike Noob<\/strong><\/a>
\nby rainycamp<\/p>\n

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\nJoe, who leads our Sunday morning A group rides, fits a girl with a new helmet donated by the Texas Medical Association. Stay inside the lines! Pat and I handled the Straight Line \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Scanning station. The kids had to ride a straight line …<\/p>\n

Bike MS riders say new route prettier, more convenient<\/strong><\/a>
\nby www.mysanantonio.com
\nAfter lunch at Texas Lutheran University, they’ll head to Gruene and the Guadalupe River. The cyclists will end the first day at Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, having traveled 72 miles. Those wishing to complete a 100-mile century ride …<\/p>\n

Making Light: My very own Rota Fortunae<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Abi Sutherland
\nI’m close enough to my workplace to bike it, except the insane traffic would end my life, and the SE Texas heat & humidity (for eight months out of the year) would make me want to end it. ….. Long ago I used to ride to work in London, on a very old Dutch bike which I’d inherited from a friend. Nice ride, through Hyde Park, along Rotten Row past the cavalry barracks \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the drum-horse out for exercise, a procession of one… Anyway, that bike had a D-shaped saddle which I …<\/p>\n

I Love Riding My Bike \u00c2\u00ab Let’s Go Ride a Bike<\/strong><\/a>
\nby dottie
\nIt’s been very wet here in Texas the last week or too. But after ChipSeal got us all motivated, I decided to embrace riding in the rain. It’s easy right now; the weather is still pretty warm. So even though I’m wet when I get home, …<\/p>\n

Talking Head talks bikes at Paramount Theatre<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Austin 360 (subscription) – Austin,TX,USA
\n“Yet one more ‘bragging right’ that we’re not so proud of here in Texas,” says Leslie Luciano, community relations manager for Bicycle Sport Shop. …<\/p>\n

Texas Master’s Time Trial Champ to Race at Galena Fest | Reno …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Reno Galena Fest
\nyears since I got on the mountain bike, and probably 5 since I’ve raced one. Reno’s got a huge number of talented riders, and I haven’t adjusted to the altitude yet.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chances of winning? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It depends, mostly on who shows up. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heath Blackgrove wins Dallas’ TX TOUGH crit from The Journal of Competitive Cycling – by sfrothingham Clink. At the lobby bar of Dallas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 W Hotel on Thursday evening, pro bike racers and bike racing fans alike held their champagne glasses …<\/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":[969,968,970,940,971,972,336],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-fest","tag-cyclesomatic-bike-fest","tag-ms-150","tag-shifting-gears-luncheon","tag-talking-heads","tag-texas-masters-time-trial","tag-tx-tough-grand-prix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-LV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971","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=2971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}