{"id":34450,"date":"2016-11-09T22:57:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T04:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34450"},"modified":"2016-11-09T22:57:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T04:57:51","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-november-9th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/11\/09\/texas-bicycling-news-november-9th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News November 9th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/news\/local\/2016\/11\/09\/melbourne-cyclists-pedal-across-us\/93496554\/\">Melbourne cyclists pedal across the U.S.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>LYN DOWLING<\/h3>\n<h3>www.floridatoday.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/33a5a7b2aa156eb0b930a85d2fc5c00434c28847\/c%3D0-0-958-720%26r%3Dx404%26c%3D534x401\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/11\/08\/Brevard\/B9324671613Z.1_20161108172608_000_GFQGBBBQO.1-0.jpg?resize=534%2C401\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\nSometime, many months ago, John Fahnestock, Don Hemmenway and Matt Kerr decided they wanted to be challenged. The dedicated bicyclists were inspired by Kerr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction to the death of a 29-year-old friend.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always enjoyed cycling and I asked myself, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhat guarantee do you have that you will live another month?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kerr said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI want to cycle across the country.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nHe asked his friends, all &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#meetup_oembed .mu_clearfix:after { visibility: hidden; display: block; font-size: 0; content: \" \"; clear: both; height: 0; }* html #meetup_oembed .mu_clearfix, *:first-child+html #meetup_oembed .mu_clearfix { zoom: 1; }#meetup_oembed { background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:10px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px;margin:0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; }#meetup_oembed h3 { font-weight:normal; margin:0 0 10px; padding:0; line-height:26px; font-family:Georgia,Palatino,serif; font-size:24px }#meetup_oembed p { margin: 0 0 10px; padding:0; line-height:16px; }#meetup_oembed img { border:none; margin:0; padding:0; }#meetup_oembed a, #meetup_oembed a:visited, #meetup_oembed a:link { color: #1B76B3; text-decoration: none; cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; }#meetup_oembed a:hover { color: #1B76B3; text-decoration: underline; }#meetup_oembed a.mu_button { font-size:14px; -moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px;border:2px solid #A7241D;color:white!important;text-decoration:none;background-color: #CA3E47; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ca3e47, #a8252e); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #a8252e), color-stop(1, #ca3e47));disvplay:inline-block;padding:5px 10px; }#meetup_oembed a.mu_button:hover { color: #fff!important; text-decoration: none; }#meetup_oembed .photo { width:50px; height:50px; overflow:hidden;background:#ccc;float:left;margin:0 5px 0 0;text-align:center;padding:1px; }#meetup_oembed .photo img { height:50px }#meetup_oembed .number { font-size:18px; }#meetup_oembed .thing { text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; }<\/style>\n<div id=\"meetup_oembed\" style=\"height:254px\">\n<div style=\"max-height:214px;overflow:hidden\">\n<h3>Veterans Day Ride<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:5px 0;font-size:16px\">Friday, Nov 11, 2016,  8:30 AM<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Reveille Peak Ranch<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">2046 County Road 115   Burnet, TX<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span style=\"color:#4F8A10;font-size:16px;\">8 Mountain Bikers Went<\/span>           <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 0 10px\" class=\"mu_clearfix\">\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/b\/c\/2\/2\/thumb_217128162.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/c\/4\/0\/6\/thumb_127370182.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/5\/6\/5\/f\/thumb_260662111.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/secure.meetupstatic.com\/photos\/member\/b\/a\/5\/6\/thumb_278447702.jpeg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:16px\">For anyone that has Veterans Day off and wants to ride, we missed it last year but hope people can come this year. Any questions contact me at[masked]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:10px 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/mountainbikes-130\/events\/235323590\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mu_button\"><strong>Check out this Meetup &rarr;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikemojo.com\/speak\/14-austin-voodoo\/99842-looking-hire-2x-mountain-trail-bikers-wimberley-saturday-nov-12th.html\">Looking to hire 2x Mountain\/Trail Bikers in Wimberley this Saturday, Nov 12th<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>tscaal<\/h3>\n<h3>www.bikemojo.com<\/h3>\n<p>Good Afternoon!<br \/>\nI&#8217;m hoping to connect with 2 proficient mountain-bikers to come out to join us in Wimberley this Saturday, November 12th!<br \/>\nWe are having a cross-country meet and are needing 2 mountain bikers to serve as leads for each of our races. We&#8217;re needing some capable bikers that can lead our runners through a trail system at Blue Hole Regional Park. These trails are not especially rigorous but you do need to be &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazyguyonabike.com\/doc\/page\/?page_id=487308\">Southern Tier, October to December 2016<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>By Jared Keeman<\/h3>\n<h3>www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n<p>Day 29: The Woodlands to Silsbee: Fairly long day, great roads<br \/>\nTuesday November 8, 2016, 100 miles (161 km) &#8211; Total so far: 1,896 miles (3,051 km)<br \/>\nOn the road by 8. Mostly on the 105 all day, huge shoulder. Dodged most of the rain. Short entry today because I was watching the election and forgot to do this till too late.<br \/>\nNot sure where I&#8217;m going to tomorrow, 80 to 100 miles east depending how early I get up. Started raining so I guess everything will be wet in the morning too.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvue.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/prop-1-goes-to-the-voters-in-travis-county\/349836002\">Austin&#8217;s Prop. 1 passes<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.kvue.com<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-width: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/interactive.tegna-media.com\/video\/embed\/embed.html?id=2418003&amp;type=video&amp;title=Prop.%201%20mobility%20bond%20passes&amp;site=269&amp;playerid=6918249996581&amp;dfpid=32805352&amp;dfpposition=Video_prestream_external\u00c2\u00a7ion=home\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN &#8211; Proposition 1, a $720 million mobility bond package designed to improve traffic in Austin, will pass by a margin of 59.6 percent in favor to 40.4 percent against, the Travis County elections website said Tuesday. The results are with 213 of the county&#8217;s 231 precincts reporting.<br \/>\nThe mobility bond is separated into three major sections: Local mobility, regional mobility and corridor improvement projects. The majority of the money, $482 million, is designated to corridor improvement projects. Several major roadways such as Lamar Boulevard, Burnet Road, Airport Boulevard and Guadalupe Street will see improvements at &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/steinerranchcycling.com\/this-weekends-rides-tour-das-hugel-red-horn\/\">This weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rides: Tour das Hugel! Red Horn!<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>by Thomas<\/h3>\n<h3>steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n<p>A very busy last few months of organized rides is wrapping up and we will soon be back on our regular weekend schedule. We have one last organized ride this Saturday\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Tour das Hugel! This is a nasty ride, but it is built in such a way that you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to do the whole thing. The ride starts by the pedestrian bridge near Austin High School and makes two loops. You can do either or both loops and end up at your car. The full ride is about 110 &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.txbra.org\/events\/\">Upcoming Event<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Texas Bicycle Racing Association<\/h3>\n<p>November 9 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n10 Thu Waco Fun Series (CX) (c) Waco, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n11 Fri BestCross (c) San Antonio, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n12 Sat Texas Cup WurstCross Cyclcross &amp; Beer Festival (c) New Braunfels, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n13 Sun Texas Cup Veterans Day Cyclocross (c) Belton, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n15 Tue Panther Island Cyclocross Series (c) Fort Worth, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n16 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n19 Sat Texas Cup Texas State Cyclo-cross Championships (c) Georgetown Scheduled<br \/>\n20 Sun Texas Cup Texas State Cyclo-cross Championships (c) Georgetown Scheduled<br \/>\n22 Tue Panther Island Cyclocross Series (c) Fort Worth, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n23 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n30 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\nDecember 1 Thu Waco Fun Series (CX) (c) Waco, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n3 Sat Texas Cup Buda CX (c) Tentative<br \/>\n3 Sat SandMan Beach Festival (c) Galveston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n7 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n10 Sat Resolution CX (c) Tentative<br \/>\n11 Sun Resolution CX (c) Tentative<br \/>\n14 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<br \/>\n21 Wed Alkek Wednesday Night Cyclocross (c) Houston, TX Scheduled<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"95%\" \/>\n<h1>Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikePaulie\/status\/796554214164008960<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes Bike Austin! Great work on the part of staff and many great volunteers. Thank you for going all out to win big.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AwgiK5HiCe\">https:\/\/t.co\/AwgiK5HiCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hill Abell (@HillAbellATX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillAbellATX\/status\/796520823632916480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 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\">We have lights out north of Lemmon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oncor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@oncor<\/a> says it could be 48 hours before they can resolve the issue. Please use caution on the Trail!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katy Trail (@KatyTrail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatyTrail\/status\/796490805389033472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 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\/BBQ44\/status\/796433502401085441<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today&#39;s riding kit. @ Gulf Terrace Hike And Bike Trail <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ahgY9OIwA0\">https:\/\/t.co\/ahgY9OIwA0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Vargas (@BigPapi241) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigPapi241\/status\/796402099240239105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 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\">\u00f0\u0178\u201d\u203aDON&#39;T FORGET YOUR LIGHTS\u00f0\u0178\u201d\u203a<br \/>Come join EP Cyclists for our Thursday Winter Night Ride: 11\/10\/16<br \/>Let&#39;s keep&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oz0cuuNrDN\">https:\/\/t.co\/oz0cuuNrDN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPCyclists\/status\/796385193124884480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 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\">Texas CX Project Announcements for 11\/10\/16: WurstCross &amp; Texas State Cyclocross\u00c2\u00a0Championship! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HvTvqgpT2e\">https:\/\/t.co\/HvTvqgpT2e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasCXProject\/status\/796381020463464449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 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\">Fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/badass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#badass<\/a> winter night ride with EP Cyclists&#8230;Best of the Best!!!-)<br \/>Making El Paso a better happy&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VyJDu7G2Ex\">https:\/\/t.co\/VyJDu7G2Ex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPCyclists\/status\/796232092707385344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New Event 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 Holy Guacamole Cyclocross &#8211; El Paso, TX <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XD2NwtRzzt\">https:\/\/t.co\/XD2NwtRzzt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MS0A3lbtjp\">https:\/\/t.co\/MS0A3lbtjp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Course: Mix o\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UAYBqFiMbb\">https:\/\/t.co\/UAYBqFiMbb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/796489722055065600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 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>Melbourne cyclists pedal across the U.S. LYN DOWLING www.floridatoday.com Sometime, many months ago, John Fahnestock, Don Hemmenway and Matt Kerr decided they wanted to be challenged. 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