{"id":30528,"date":"2015-08-07T23:01:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T04:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30528"},"modified":"2015-08-07T23:01:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T04:01:29","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-7th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-7th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventy old cyclist takes on 23-mi Hot Rocks course<\/a><\/h2>\n

blueribbonnews.com<\/h3>\n

Back on the bike after 50 years
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\n(ROCKWALL, TX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c August 7, 2015) After a 50-year break, Larry Maddox is back on his bike. The 70-year-old picked up biking again last year and biked a total of 2500 miles, and plans to bike another 4000 miles this year.
\nFor Maddox, biking has plenty of benefits.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It relaxes you, clears all your tension, allows you to see other sights you might not otherwise see, and you meet a lot of nice people and build camaraderie,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. …<\/p>\n

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Man found guilty of manslaughter in bicyclist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Jazmine Ulloa\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.statesman.com<\/h3>\n

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\nJurors deliberated for more than 10 hours before finding a hit-and-run driver guilty of manslaughter in the death of an Austin bicyclist.
\nBrian Adam Mahy was driving a Mustang on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin early Sept. 23, 2012, when he hit and killed Robert \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chops\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ramirez. Mahy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trial began Monday, and jurors, who started deliberating Wednesday, rendered a verdict Thursday afternoon. Testimony in the punishment phase of the trial could continue …<\/p>\n

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Round Rock Parks and Rec<\/a><\/h2>\n

by traube\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n

Round Rock Parks had an expo deal tonight so I went to check it out. Their long term plans are to develop Behren’s as a passive park with a large paved trail, parking (only thing missing today), and primitive trails (very easy flat mountain biking). Thought I’d share.. Nothing exciting, but its my backyard so I try to get involved. I mentioned to multiple folks they should involve ARR. Mayfield was interesting, they had a bmx pump track, swiftwater channel for rafting (apparently a man made river), zip lines, etc. …
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Memorial ride planned Saturday for bicyclist Brian Silva<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Pam LeBlanc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0fitness.blog.austin360.com<\/h3>\n

This from Please Be Kind to Cyclists \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nMemorial to honor teenager killed in auto\/bike crash
\nAUSTIN, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A memorial to honor Brian Silva will take place Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 10 a.m. Brian was killed on June 6, 2015 after a crash with a motor vehicle, he would have turned 17 this week. The memorial ride will begin at Jordan Elementary School and end with a ghost bike placement at 6200 Johnny Morris Road, near the site of the collision.
\nBrian was hit and killed while riding his bike in District 1; Christopher Hutchins, Policy Aide to Council Member Ora Houston, District 1, will join the ride on Saturday.
\nFrom January through June of this year, there have been 86 reported bike\/auto crashes in Austin. Brian was the second person on a bicycle hit and killed in Travis County in 2015, the first was Thomas Wilkinson who was hit …<\/p>\n

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Memorial to honor teen killed in auto vs. bike crash<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.kvue.com<\/h3>\n

AUSTIN — A memorial will honor a 16-year-old old bicyclist who died after colliding with a vehicle in East Austin in June.
\nAustin-Travis County EMS transported the bicyclist, Brian Silva, to University Medical Center Brackenridge after he swerved and hit the side of a vehicle while they were both traveling southbound at 5600 Johnny Morris Road on June 6. Silva succumbed to his …<\/p>\n

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New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar<\/h2>\n
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New Event GEAR UP TO END HUNGER – Fort Worth, TX http:\/\/t.co\/YA0QnT3iwu<\/a><\/p>\n

Families, weekend enthusiasts and more \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 http:\/\/t.co\/2S6jby7a6P<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) August 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n