{"id":31291,"date":"2015-10-20T23:42:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T04:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=31291"},"modified":"2015-10-20T23:42:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T04:42:32","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-october-20th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-october-20th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest October 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 RAT Debrief (Promoter’s perspective)<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The RAT is an adventure, no doubt about it. It is a challenge of mind, body and equipment. Luck plays a factor too but that is really a small piece of the puzzle. Most everyone who completed the course had to overcome significant obstacles to get to Tucumcari. I am eternally thankful and honored that people would put themselves through what they did to get as far as they did.
\nNot everyone completed what they intended to this year. Attrition was very high. A record heat wave (over 100 one day),terrible road conditions (sand pits from hell, hundreds of miles of washboard, a carpet of goatheads), with only one day of tailwinds all added up to an extremely …<\/p>\n

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McAllen B-Cycle open for Riding<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Pedro Perez\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.edinburgreview.com<\/h3>\n

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\nMcALLEN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c When commissioner John Ingram was visiting a bigger metro he noticed a bike program and told Mayor Jim Darling the city could do a better job at creating one.
\nWith that conversation the idea was launched to the grants office, the public transportation office, parks and recreation, city manager and city commission. They got together and an idea was realized.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is an example of the great team work that we have in McAllen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the mayor said.
\nThere will be eight stations inside the city limits. Officials with the …<\/p>\n

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Cyclist left with fractured ribs, partially collapsed lung after getting hit by vehicle<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Imelda Mejia\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0valleycentral.com<\/h3>\n

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\nA Valley cyclist spent his birthday recovering from several injuries after a vehicle hit him and drove off, leaving him on the side of the road Saturday morning.
\nThe accident, which happened on 10th street near Freddy Gonzalez in McAllen, left cyclist Raul Guzman Jr. on the side of the road with five fractured ribs, a broken left fibula and a partially collapsed lung.
\n“I knew I had been hit by a car. My bike – I could see my …<\/p>\n

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NPD says IBD bike sales up 6% through August<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The retail tracking service says less traditional bikes are driving sales growth
\nPORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00c2\u00a0 The NPD Group says IBD bicycle dollar sales grew 6 percent in the 12 months ending in August, driven in large part by growth in sales of electric, hybrid, and mountain bicycles.
\n“Bicycle sales typically peak in April and May, but are picking up during the fall and early winter months, which coincides with the fact that cycling, regardless of season, has become embedded in the everyday lives of more consumers,” the group said in a press release Tuesday.
\n“At the same time the number of people traveling to work by bicycle is rising in the U.S., sales of …<\/p>\n

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The inspiring story behind Austin’s iconic and whimsical Bike Zoo<\/a><\/h2>\n

By KLRU-TV\/Austin PBS\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0austin.culturemap.com<\/h3>\n