{"id":34083,"date":"2016-09-18T22:15:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34083"},"modified":"2016-09-18T22:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:15:36","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-september-18th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/09\/18\/texas-bicycling-news-september-18th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News September 18th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/local-news\/local-news-headlines\/20160917-veterans-900-mile-ride-ends-in-aubrey.ece\">Veteran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 900-mile ride ends in Aubrey<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>By Matt Payne<\/h3>\n<h3>www.dentonrc.com<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/local-news\/local-news-headlines\/20160917-bike-1.ece\/BINARY\/w460x307\/BIKE+%281%29\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" \/><br \/>\nWith sweat streaming, James Dennis doused himself with bottled water as the lower half of his body ached Saturday after a bicycle ride over the course of two weeks from Chicago to Aubrey.<br \/>\nHis journey extracted a heavy toll. A severed back tire mid-trip demanded immediate maintenance, and a late trip to the emergency room was made at his last overnight stop in Oklahoma on Friday because the physical pain he endured exacerbated from the constant strain. &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikemojo.com\/speak\/14-austin-voodoo\/99724-tour-das-hugel-hell-back.html\">Tour Das Hugel &#8212; To Hell and Back<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>by damicoaustin<\/h3>\n<h3>www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/t31.0-8\/14232020_1177367168975836_7683022510374612256_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1393\" height=\"889\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/331475953860420\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/331475953860420\/<\/a><br \/>\nTour Das Hugel &#8211; Welcome to Pain!<br \/>\nWhat the hell is Tour Das Hugel?<br \/>\nA ride to Hell and back. Does anyone have a roadmap to hell or a Garmin file? Das Hugel is at least 110 miles of Austin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most brutal hills. (Some swear it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s up to 113 miles and climbing varies from 10k-13k, but who is counting?)<br \/>\nWhile the ride features some notable (and memorable) individual hills with steep gradients, there are also hills and more hills leading to those hills.<br \/>\nTake solace, however, in that most of the hills are very short in length, so this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/us9.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=f40fddc0cbc7aa00de72cb79e&amp;id=e01c6cbb44\">RoadRunner Rocks Coming 10\/1!<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>The Spinistry<\/h3>\n<h3>campaign-archive2.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/f40fddc0cbc7aa00de72cb79e\/images\/41fdbc4f-5b18-420a-93e9-7dc5fbc3a86d.png?resize=1200%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"435\" \/><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve been looking for something new and special, this is it! Gravel grinders in the morning, short track MTB and CX racing in the afternoon. 4R Ranch Vineyards &amp; Winery is our host and the property is amazing. Routes from 17-70 miles with custom podium awards sure to be special, T-shirts, goody bags, brunch, lunch and wine tastings at this fabulous, brand new facility. Club Spinistry members receive a &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvue.com\/news\/local\/biking-for-prostate-cancer-awareness\/320447757\">Austin bikers start 1,400 mile trek to Denver for prostate cancer awareness<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>by Jenni Lee, KVUE<\/h3>\n<h3>www.kvue.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kvue.com\/img\/resize\/content.kvue.com\/photo\/2016\/09\/18\/prostate%2520cancer%2520bike%2520ride_1474243947102_6120077_ver1.0.JPG?resize=534%2C401\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\nAUSTIN &#8211; Around two dozen cyclists started their 1400 mile bike ride from Austin to Denver on Sunday morning as part of the fourth annual 1400 miles project. The goal is to get men to start talking about prostate cancer and more importantly, to get tested for it.<br \/>\nRiders left the parking lot of the Red Horn Coffee and Brewing House in Cedar Park and &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/epcyclists\/posts\/714696545345417\" data-width=\"552\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=714695138678891\"><\/div>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h1>Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sundayfunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sundayfunday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NightRide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NightRide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Downtown_EP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Downtown_EP<\/a>  on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunCycleEP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SunCycleEP<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Active?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Active<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lifestyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lifestyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HealthyLifestyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HealthyLifestyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/family?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#family<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkRM0u5tAu\">pic.twitter.com\/pkRM0u5tAu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VeloPaso (@velopaso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/velopaso\/status\/777691226082385920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RoadRunner Long Route. Awards top 3 overall\/top female. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDDHuK9Nk5\">https:\/\/t.co\/MDDHuK9Nk5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BPJNkUfG7U\">https:\/\/t.co\/BPJNkUfG7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Spinistry (@Spinistry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spinistry\/status\/777677486566084608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RoadRunner Medium route. Awards top 3 male\/top 3 female. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ehlJQt5Y6R\">https:\/\/t.co\/ehlJQt5Y6R<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TGjt5BlgpR\">https:\/\/t.co\/TGjt5BlgpR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Spinistry (@Spinistry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spinistry\/status\/777677276624384000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RoadRunner short\/beginner route <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5YOaiSpsB\">https:\/\/t.co\/n5YOaiSpsB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3NK2X0sl1z\">https:\/\/t.co\/3NK2X0sl1z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Spinistry (@Spinistry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spinistry\/status\/777677057178341376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coach Mike here; congrats to all the kiddos who made it out to Elgin today with their parents for the Cyclocross&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MyiCdhxTcZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/MyiCdhxTcZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasCXProject\/status\/777655766337654784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another fun ride today in northern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Galveston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Galveston<\/a> county <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeagueCityTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeagueCityTX<\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreatWeather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GreatWeather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GhirardiComptonOak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GhirardiComptonOak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cW15OuFUy9\">pic.twitter.com\/cW15OuFUy9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Cycle Across TX (@CycleXTexas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CycleXTexas\/status\/777628303037374464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Batlings were in the action <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CXScuffle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CXScuffle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TXCX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TXCX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cyclocross?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cyclocross<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j0jjNHiJtC\">https:\/\/t.co\/j0jjNHiJtC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JM6yn4TbI1\">pic.twitter.com\/JM6yn4TbI1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bat City Cycling (@batcity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batcity\/status\/777589907166466048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bicyclesplus\/status\/777579934336229376<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I found Lucio at Bike Fest today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AzRF8ZQU83\">pic.twitter.com\/AzRF8ZQU83<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fudgelump\/status\/777357847805833216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Event Tour Das Hugel 2016 &#8211; Austin, TX <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lkjMq1mByP\">https:\/\/t.co\/lkjMq1mByP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The annual ride that everyone wishes would ju\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mU8wtiInwI\">https:\/\/t.co\/mU8wtiInwI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/777651597367250945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Event Brenham Ride &#8211; Brenham, TX <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rycUI0W7DA\">https:\/\/t.co\/rycUI0W7DA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ride Starter: Don Johnson<br \/>  Several distances rangi\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B3VD7B4x1p\">https:\/\/t.co\/B3VD7B4x1p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/777700583197270016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Event Pattison-Sealy Ride &#8211; Pattison, TX <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJG0Wx3CAV\">https:\/\/t.co\/sJG0Wx3CAV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ride Starter: Don Johnson<br \/>  Ride descriptio\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGVk1U5E87\">https:\/\/t.co\/CGVk1U5E87<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/777700585202184192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 900-mile ride ends in Aubrey By Matt Payne www.dentonrc.com With sweat streaming, James Dennis doused himself with bottled water as the lower half of his body ached Saturday after a bicycle ride over the course of two weeks from <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/09\/18\/texas-bicycling-news-september-18th-2016\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[5248],"class_list":["post-34083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-texas-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-8RJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34083","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=34083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}