{"id":37468,"date":"2017-11-16T22:59:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T04:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=37468"},"modified":"2017-11-16T22:59:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T04:59:45","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-16th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/16\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-16th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest November 16th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0W2IPyUEFS8&amp;sns=fb\">WurstCross 2017<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Jason Baker |www.youtube.com<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WurstCross 2017\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0W2IPyUEFS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWurstCross 2017, the last round of the 2017 Austin Cyclocross Cup.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spinistry\/posts\/10156815955772892\" data-width=\"552\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bike.World.SATX\/posts\/1515544531859147\" data-width=\"552\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kxan.com\/2017\/11\/16\/vista-ridge-parents-bike-lane-change-even-more-dangerous\/\">Vista Ridge parents: Bike lane change even more dangerous<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>By Lauren Kravets | kxan.com<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiTElOIiwidiI6IjE1NDk1MjYiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJhbnZhdG9fbWNwX2xpbl93ZWJfcHJvZF80YzM2ZmJmZDRkOGQ4ZWNhZTY0ODg2NTZlMjFhYzZkMWFjOTcyNzQ5IiwicGx1Z2lucyI6eyJkZnAiOnsiY2xpZW50U2lkZSI6eyJhZFRhZ1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM\/c3o9MXgxMDAwJml1PS81Njc4L2xpbi5LWEFOL25ld3MvbG9jYWwvd2lsbGlhbXNvbi1jb3VudHkvdmlzdGEtcmlkZ2UtcGFyZW50cy1iaWtlLWxhbmUtY2hhbmdlLWV2ZW4tbW9yZS1kYW5nZXJvdXMvZGV0YWlsJmltcGw9cyZnZGZwX3JlcT0xJmVudj12cCZvdXRwdXQ9dmFzdCZ1bnZpZXdlZF9wb3NpdGlvbl9zdGFydD0xJnVybD1odHRwOi8vd3d3Lmt4YW4uY29tJmRlc2NyaXB0aW9uX3VybD1odHRwOi8vd3d3Lmt4YW4uY29tJmNvcnJlbGF0b3I9W3RpbWVzdGFtcF0mYWRfcnVsZT0xJmNpdV9zenM9MzAweDI1MCJ9fSwiYW5hbHl0aWNzIjp7InBkYiI6IjQzMDE2ODg2Iiwic2VydmVyVVJMIjoiaHR0cDovL2FuYWx5dGljcy12Mi5hbnZhdG8uY29tL1ZpZGVvQW5hbHl0aWNzL3NyYy92aWRlb19sb2cucGhwIn0sIm9tbml0dXJlIjp7InByb2ZpbGUiOiJsaW4iLCJhY2NvdW50IjoiZHBzZHBza3hhbixkcHNnbG9iYWwiLCJ0cmFja2luZ1NlcnZlciI6ImxpbnR2LjEyMi4ybzcubmV0IiwicGFyZW50UGFnZVVSTCI6Imh0dHA6Ly9reGFuLmNvbS8yMDE3LzExLzE2L3Zpc3RhLXJpZGdlLXBhcmVudHMtYmlrZS1sYW5lLWNoYW5nZS1ldmVuLW1vcmUtZGFuZ2Vyb3VzLyIsInBJbnN0YW5jZSI6InAwIiwicGxheWVyTmFtZSI6IkFudmF0b1VuaXZlcnNhbFBsYXllciJ9LCJnb29nbGVBbmFseXRpY3MiOnsidHJhY2tpbmdJZCI6IlVBLTMyNTA3MzY4LTI2IiwiY2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJBbnZhdG8gV2ViIFBsYXllciIsImV2ZW50cyI6eyJWSURFT19DT01QTEVURUQiOiJDT01QTEVURSIsIlVTRVJfUExBWSI6IlBMQVkiLCJVU0VSX1BBVVNFIjoiUEFVU0UiLCJVU0VSX1JFU1VNRSI6IlJFU1VNRSJ9fSwicmVhbFRpbWVBbmFseXRpY3MiOnRydWV9LCJodG1sNSI6dHJ1ZX0=\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Concerns from parents of school children and those who live in the Vista Ridge neighborhood led to a change in the area\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bike lane \u00e2\u20ac\u201d one that some say is a dangerous alteration.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It takes a situation that was already very dangerous and it makes it even worse,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said parent Nathanael Ferguson. &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/local\/gray-matters\/article\/Unsafe-streets-killed-my-mother-It-s-time-to-act-12363180.php\">Unsafe streets killed my mother. It&#8217;s time to act.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Colleen Corcoran | www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h3>\n<p>This Sunday is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ww1.hdnux.com\/photos\/60\/24\/37\/12666876\/3\/920x1240.jpg?resize=920%2C690\" width=\"920\" height=\"690\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been one year since I have seen my mother, the day after Thanksgiving last year.<br \/>\nJust over two months later we would say goodbye to her for the last time, after she biked into an intersection she knew to be dangerous, in front of an oncoming light rail train, on her way to work in Houston.<br \/>\nThe day after her death, my family and I went to the crash site. We watched more than a dozen people cross this complicated intersection against the &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/index.php\/forums-lists\/17-saturday-novice-ride\/21071-novice-ride-11-18-2017-8am#25591\">Novice Ride 11.18.2017 @ 8am<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>cmathews | www.planobicycle.org<\/h3>\n<p>Novice ride goes at 8 am from Coit and Spring Creek at the Stonewood Professional Office Park parking lot (usual place by the dumpster). We are in for a treat: Guest ride leader Kathy Atkinson will be leading us around the town. I&#8217;ll be there at 7:45 to give the safety speech and get the waivers signed.<\/p>\n<p>I can not ride a bike for another week or so due to a recent heart procedure. All went well and I&#8217;m looking forward to being back in the PBA peloton.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s forecast calls for temps in the low 60&#8217;s and a stiff breeze cropping up from the southeast. Enjoy the ride!! &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ll be doing our Woman Hollering Creek Ride on Sunday. Wheels down at 9 AM. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xS268OosFG\">https:\/\/t.co\/xS268OosFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sawheelmen\/status\/931175515850977282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/web\/status\/931172184294416386<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ricealumni\/status\/931147853422002177\/photo\/1<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brian to lead DB1 weekly ride! (Nov 18, 2017 08:00AM)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PBA Rides (@pbaDB1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pbaDB1\/status\/931162598548164608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2017<\/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>WurstCross 2017 Jason Baker |www.youtube.com WurstCross 2017, the last round of the 2017 Austin Cyclocross Cup. 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