{"id":3862,"date":"2010-02-14T22:26:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T04:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2010-02-14T22:26:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T04:26:29","slug":"daily-news-roundup-february-14th-texas-bicycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/14\/daily-news-roundup-february-14th-texas-bicycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup February 14th – Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ordinance would give bicyclists safe passage<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Corpus Christi Caller Times
\nA model ordinance supported by the Texas Bicycle Coalition is similar to a bill that overwhelmingly passed both houses of the Legislature last year but was …<\/p>\n

Team Brain and Spine Cycling<\/strong><\/a>
\nTeam Brain and Spine Cycling is proud to present the TxBRA Texas Cup Series Event, The Walburg Classic Road Race on February 20, 2010.\u00c2\u00a0 This year’s event offers a 22-mile rolling course through the traditional bucolic country side around Walburg, TX, featuring false flats, an uphill finish and, of course, wind — the makings of yet another epic adventure. …<\/p>\n

Cycling in Graduate School: Snow\/Icey roads=Indoor trainer<\/strong><\/a>
\nby tx\/nc cyclist
\nIn case you have not seen any news this week, we got a lot of snow in the Dallas TX area. The DFW airport got 12.5 inches of snow (yes that is a record). So despite several hours above freezing yesterday the roads this morning … This mornings trainer ride was the first for the year and my lack of riding in the last few weeks really showed. If nothing else the time I spent on the trainer helped to remind me that I really need to get my training plan set and stick to it. …<\/p>\n

Trike Note #4: Seeing and Being Seen \u00c2\u00ab Easy Street Articles<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Thad Sitton
\n…You can ride your trike or other hpv on bike trails or veloways and\u00e2\u20ac\u201cto a degree\u00e2\u20ac\u201cnot worry about this, but if you ride the streets and roads with with automobiles you need to make arrangements for seeing and being seen. I think that one reason motorists discern trikes so well and give them so much room on the road is because trikers are, as it were, running scared. They feel low-down and potentially unobserved and so take nothing for granted. Instead they fly flags six feet high, wear optic clothing, and display flashing red lights that emphatically grab drivers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 attention. Road bikers will not do things like that, though some non-cutting-edge types wear optic jerseys. …<\/p>\n

Sweat hearts: Healthy relationships are forged with exercise<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Press of Atlantic City
\nWarren and Audre Casteel of Plano, Texas, like to ride a tandem bicycle together. They find it to be great exercise and a great way to be together, …<\/p>\n

\"Sweat<\/p>\n

Veteran Jenison Bicycle Racer Killed in Texas<\/strong><\/a>
\nby WHTC
\n(Rockport, TX) – A 77-year-old veteran bicycle road racer preparing for a 100-mile event was killed last Monday on a Gulf Coast highway near Corpus Christi, …<\/p>\n

Those Good Rides (Follow-up post) \u00c2\u00ab Bike Noob<\/strong><\/a>
\nby rainycamp
\nThere was less response to the post\u00c2\u00a0 about the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153big\u00e2\u20ac\u009d rides you plan for the coming year than I would have liked, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because most of my readers in North America and Europe are still in the depths of winter and perhaps haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t given it much thought.
\nNolan Kuehn mentioned what I hope will become a favorite of mine: The LBJ 100 in Stonewall, Texas. I say I hope it will become one, because I haven’t ridden it yet. Last year, I was all set to head out there for the ride, when I woke up …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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