{"id":30557,"date":"2015-08-10T23:18:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T04:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30557"},"modified":"2015-08-10T23:18:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T04:18:06","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-august-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/10\/texas-bicycling-news-august-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News August 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Operation Brendo<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

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\nLate Saturday night Brendan was riding home with his wife, JoJo, heading south on Lamar when a car struck him from behind and fled the scene. Brendan got banged up pretty bad. He was rushed to the ER at Brackenridge where he had surgery on his eye Sunday morning. He has a badly broken nose, has missing teeth, a broken sternum, a T12 broken vertabrae and road rash.
\nBrendan is the Fastest Bike Mechanic in Texas. Proven twice by his consecutive State Championship titles.
\nHe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s incredibly kind. Once, while commuting, he saw a raccoon get run over by …<\/p>\n

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S.A. Bike Bash | San Antonio, TX| Aug. 8, 2015<\/a><\/h2>\n

texasbikeracing.com<\/h3>\n

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\nA great night of racing in San Antonio. Props to Jelly & Jam Racing for an excellent new event. Sorry, we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get all the categories or the Sunday races.<\/p>\n

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Negligence Per Se in Texas Bicycle Accident<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Carabin & Shaw, P.C\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.texasinjurylawyersblog.com<\/h3>\n

In the recent appellate case of United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Rankin, the plaintiff and his family sued UPS and one of its drivers. The case arose when the driver parked his UPS vehicle in front of a house to make a delivery on his normal route. He intended to park briefly and left the vehicle partly in a lane of traffic with the hazard lights on. The view was unobstructed for 2,000 feet, but the vehicle was brown and stopped under a tree with brown leaves against the backdrop of a brown hill.
\nThe plaintiff was traveling home by bike and rode into the back of the parked UPS vehicle and suffered severe injuries. He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember what happened, and the driver testified he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see the accident. When the police came, the hazard lights of the UPS vehicle were still flashing. The …<\/p>\n

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Bike stolen in Colorado recovered in Abilene<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Katie de la Rosa\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.reporternews.com<\/h3>\n

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\nFort Collins, Colorado \u00e2\u20ac\u201d At first, Ben Chupik thought his friend was joking.
\nIt was the middle of the day, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been in driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s education class for only a couple hours. How could his red Specialized mountain bike have possibly been stolen?
\nSure enough, the Rocky Mountain High School sophomore learned as …<\/p>\n

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Quick-Thinking Cyclist Helps Nab Two Suspected Robbers<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Amanda Guerra\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.nbcdfw.com<\/h3>\n

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Quick thinking by a Lake Highlands cyclist helped Dallas Police nab two suspected robbers early Tuesday morning, officials say.
\nKen Coutant was riding his bike near the intersection of Overwood Road and Meadowglen Drive when he said a car drove up behind him and nearly hit him.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153They just kinda pushed me to the curb with their car and jumped out, and the guy had a handgun. He pointed it right at my face and said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGive me your phone,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 basically,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Coutant said.
\nThe cyclist said the men …<\/p>\n

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La Loma Trail Clean-Up days<\/a><\/h2>\n

by NadiaB\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0bicycleaustin.info<\/h3>\n

La Loma Trail at the East Boggy Creek Greenbelt
\nAugust 15th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (Small Number of Volunteers)
\nTIME: 8:30am to 12:00pm, September 26th, 2015
\nMEET: Southern Walnut Creek Trail and Jain Lain, near Go Valle Park
\nDESCRIPTION: Community work day organized by Nadia Barrera and JJ Fleury from the Urban Trails program.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll will have K.A.B. tools, community members and help from the TX Blazer leadership.
\nVOLUNTEERS NEEDED:\u00c2\u00a0 10 – 25
\nSeptember 26th, 2015 National Public Lands Day of Service (Large Number of Volunteers)
\nTIME: 8:30am to 12:00pm, September 26th, 2015
\nMEET: Southern Walnut Creek Trail and Jain Lain, near Go Valle Park
\nNAME: La Loma Trail at the East Boggy Creek Greenbelt
\nDESCRIPTION:\u00c2\u00a0 Come help maintain an important social trail used to …<\/p>\n

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Lance Armstrong\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s store Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s makes list of country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best bike shops<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

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\nAn Austin bike shop made The Active Times\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 list of 50 Best Bike Shops in America.
\nMellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, the bike shop co-founded by disgraced Tour de France cyclist Lance Armstrong, came in at Number 23 on the list, which celebrates independent shops. It was the only Texas shop included.
\nAccording to a press release from The Active Times, experts in the field nominated bike shops. Readers then voted for their favorites from the list of nominees. More than 2,525 voters participated.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re honoring the shops that help us reach our full riding potential and keep us cycling to our heart\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s content,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Diana Gerstacker, editor of …<\/p>\n

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August’s Ride-of-the-Month<\/a><\/h2>\n

Greater Dallas Bicycists\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.greaterdallasbicyclists.com<\/h3>\n

Come join us for August’s Ride of the Month on August 20, 2015. This month we have chosen to highlight the the Thursday Downtown Ride.
\nRide Leader Carl McDonald will take us from the start at Forest and Central next to the Office Depot down through Preston Hallow, SMU, Park Cities, Lakewood, Swiss Avenue Historic District, Deep Ellum, downtown’s Central Business District, West End and back up through …<\/p>\n

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New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar<\/h2>\n
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New Event Upper Valley Tour – El Paso, TX El Paso Bicycle Clubhttp:\/\/t.co\/Lo2d5pSdvm<\/a><\/p>\n

Meet at Rio Plaza, 6205 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 http:\/\/t.co\/QmtKTJY04u<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) August 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n