{"id":30468,"date":"2015-08-02T23:19:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30468"},"modified":"2015-08-02T23:19:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:19:46","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-2nd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/02\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-2nd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cycling plans take shape<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Kirsten Crow\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.caller.com<\/h3>\n

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\nCORPUS CHRISTI – When Michael Brodeur moved to Corpus Christi, he took up bike-riding for the first time in at least a decade.
\nIt was a financial decision for Brodeur, a resident doctor at Christus Spohn, to ride to work and forego a second car. The investment has saved him two years\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 worth of insurance and gas. It also has had other benefits.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a pretty pleasant experience and a great form of exercise,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Brodeur said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I feel my mind is little more clear when I ride into work.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nBrodeur would be considered a commuter cyclist.
\nBicycle advocates say there are already many like Brodeur in Corpus Christi who ride for transportation or leisurely recreation, not for a …<\/p>\n

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Paralyzed Lake Travis man aided by hero dog and new UT inventions<\/a><\/h2>\n

By David Scott\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0kxan.com<\/h3>\n

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AUSTIN (KXAN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d This is a medical story about a determined, remarkable Lake Travis man. Paul Horton was paralyzed while mountain biking. Saved by his loyal and heroic golden retriever Yogi, he leads a most active life, loving Yogi and the new inventions brought him by some students from a UT mechanical engineering project.
\nMost days you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find Yogi singing with Paul and Shearon Horton around their piano. But Yogi came through big time four and a half years ago when Paul lay crippled in a ravine, unable to move. Paul recalls, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I remember being in the air, then I woke up on the ground, coughing up a lot of blood. Pretty quickly I tried to roll over and realized I was paralyzed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Only one thing to do, send Yogi for help. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was telling him Yogi, be …<\/p>\n