{"id":3198,"date":"2009-11-23T23:30:48","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T05:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2009-11-23T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T05:30:48","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/23\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for November 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/singletrack.competitor.com\/2009\/11\/features\/mellow-johnnys-classic-09-the-slideshow_4584\" href=\"http:\/\/singletrack.competitor.com\/2009\/11\/features\/mellow-johnnys-classic-09-the-slideshow_4584\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc09: The Slideshow<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom singletrack.com by Singletrack.com<\/p>\n<p>The husband-and-wife duo of Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger made the most of a late November trip to Texas for the Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic.<\/p>\n<p>But dontcha fret if ya didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it to Juan Pelota\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ranch. Singletrack.com will take ya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll to Lance\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spread in big Texas-style with, what else? Big ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 photos. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.veoh.com\/collection\/ClipSyndicate-Health\/watch\/v19365425XWYhh3EA&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjUd-snb8YL4SC6tSUMm2St4OD7A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.veoh.com\/collection\/ClipSyndicate-Health\/watch\/v19365425XWYhh3EA&amp;source=video&amp;vgc=rss&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjUd-snb8YL4SC6tSUMm2St4OD7A\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mysterious Bike Signs Appear on Roads<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n01:36<br \/>\nSeveral new signs have been placed on Austin roads as part of a bike safety study. Researchers have not explained what they mean because they are &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/11\/23\/wanting-more-cyclists-on-the-road-look-to-what-women-want\/\" href=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/11\/23\/wanting-more-cyclists-on-the-road-look-to-what-women-want\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wanting more cyclists on the road? Look to what women want &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby elliott<br \/>\nThe article quotes several reports that show cities and countries with high bicycle usage also have a near equal male\/female usage ratio The U.S. by contrast has a 2:1 ratio. By focusing on safety and practicality, cycling will appeal &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/drc\/localnews\/stories\/DRC_Pedaling_1123.2e466b73d.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/drc\/localnews\/stories\/DRC_Pedaling_1123.2e466b73d.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pedaling with purpose<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Denton Record Chronicle<br \/>\nRiders leave the North Texas State Fairgrounds and head up Sherman Drive during the Denton Breakfast Kiwanis Club Turkey Roll bicycle rally on Saturday in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.the-dispatch.com\/article\/20091123\/ARTICLES\/911209979\/1005\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-dispatch.com\/article\/20091123\/ARTICLES\/911209979\/1005\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Former county resident runs, bikes to fight cancer<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Lexington Dispatch<br \/>\nAndrea Poag rides her bicycle during the Austin (Texas) livestrong Challenge, which raises money for the fight against cancer. Poag&#8217;s helmet and jersey &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/connie98.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/23\/a-wheely-busy-weekend\/\" href=\"http:\/\/connie98.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/23\/a-wheely-busy-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Wheely Busy Weekend!! \u00c2\u00ab Connie&#8217;s Bike MS: Sam&#8217;s Club 2010 Ride Blog<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby connie98<br \/>\nI feel, if he can do it, if Rodney (fellow MS Ambassador \u00e2\u20ac\u201c rider with MS http:\/\/no2ms.wordpress.com\/) can do it, we can surely grow this ride to be the biggest and the best in Texas. So, please, get the word out, bring in your friends &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/beginningcyclecommute.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/land-of-thousand-commutes.html\" href=\"http:\/\/beginningcyclecommute.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/land-of-thousand-commutes.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Beginning Bicycle Commuting: The Land of a Thousand Commutes<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Doohickie<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what Texas feels like this time of year. This morning was chilly, foggy and damp. I started out before sunrise and rode in. Here are a few scenes from my commute. Below: My new headlight that puts out 255 lumens is a big &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/cozybeehive.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/60-of-cycling-hour-records-due-to.html\" href=\"http:\/\/cozybeehive.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/60-of-cycling-hour-records-due-to.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cozy Beehive: 60% Of Cycling Hour Records Due To Engineering<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby (Ron)<br \/>\nRichard Neptune is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Looking at the way Fabian Cancellara has been performing lately, if he mounts a specially made bike and gives this event a try in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.jasonsager.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/riding-lances-tractors.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonsager.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/riding-lances-tractors.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>jasonsager.dork.net<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby jsager<br \/>\nTexas showed North America we could do a real mtb race in &#8217;04 and &#8217;05&#8230;its time to remind everyone again. JHK rode really small tires and didn&#8217;t flat. Lance had big tires and did. After Wed&#8217;s tire shred, I went with the sturdiest UST &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc09: The Slideshow from singletrack.com by Singletrack.com The husband-and-wife duo of Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger made the most of a late November trip to Texas for the Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic. But dontcha fret if ya didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/23\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-23rd\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/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":[1130,550,660,1083,1129,1133,1132,250,1131],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-roads","tag-bicycle-commuting","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-livestrong-challenge","tag-mellow-johnnys-classic","tag-richard-neptune","tag-sams-club-ms150","tag-turkey-roll","tag-women-cyclist"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-PA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","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=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}