{"id":32771,"date":"2016-04-07T00:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T05:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32771"},"modified":"2016-04-07T00:58:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T05:58:02","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-6th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-6th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest April 6th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

New city traffic ordinance to protect Waco cyclists<\/a><\/h2>\n

By J.B. SMITH www.wacotrib.com<\/h3>\n

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\nThe Waco City Council on Tuesday green-lighted an ordinance requiring motorists to give cyclists wide berth.
\nThe council voted 6-0 on the first of two required readings to support the ordinance to protect \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vulnerable road users,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d including those on bicycles, mopeds, scooters \u00e2\u20ac\u201d even unicycles. Motorists would be required to change lanes to pass such a vehicle if there …<\/p>\n

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Day 33: Richards (Mexican Hill Ranch) to Shepherd, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 62 miles<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Tres Smith tressmith.com<\/h3>\n

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\nA bittersweet roll out of the rest day at Mexican Hill Ranch and the great hosts, Erny and Doris. They could not have been sweeter or more hospitable. Imagine letting me milk and associate with their livestock. It was a life event. I am a better person for meeting them. We rolled out under cloudy skies, with our rider that had been ill and …<\/p>\n

Day 31: La Grange to Richards, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 89 miles
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\nA good sleep and away I went with the fellow I have been riding with the last week or so, Rich Niewald and his wife Chrysa. They are RAGBRAI veterans from outside of St. Louis. Rich is a great rider and has a big motor. His wife had gotten food poisoning and was not riding today. We seemed to ride possessed today with a fairly reliable tailwind for our 89 miler. We flew to the first …<\/p>\n

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Huntsville mountain biking team keeps up hard work<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

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\nAbove left, Huntsville senior Megan Gautreaux placed second in the varsity girls race in Burnet. Above right, Huntsville\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Riley Harrell poses atop the medal stand after placing third in the sixth-grade girls race in Warda. The Huntsville High School mountain bike team has been hard at work competing in two races in the past month. The second race was in Warda and Gautreaux took fourth place in the varsity girls division, keeping hold of the leader position. Junior Destyne Dismuke placed fifth in the junior varsity girls division and …<\/p>\n

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