{"id":3889,"date":"2010-02-16T23:54:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T05:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2010-02-16T23:54:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T05:54:31","slug":"daily-news-roundup-february-16th-texas-bicycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/daily-news-roundup-february-16th-texas-bicycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup February 16th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.rgv-life.com\/2010\/02\/monte-bella-mountain-bike-race-2-series.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rgv-life.com\/2010\/02\/monte-bella-mountain-bike-race-2-series.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>RGV Life: Monte Bella Mountain Bike Race #2 Series<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Shaine Mata<br \/>\nMonte Bella Trails Park West Alton Gloor Brownsville, TX CATEGORIES FOR EVERYONE! $15 Early Registration $20 Late Registration For Flyer download, race details, and rules&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs007\/1101741302869\/img\/91.jpg?resize=400%2C327\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikelid.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bikelid.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/bikelid-at-austin-park-and-ride.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BikeLid Stories: BikeLid at Austin Park and Ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Kim<br \/>\nAustin&#8217;s Capital Metro is offering commuters at their Pavilion Park &amp; Ride a new, safe and eco-friendly bicycle parking product known as the BikeLid. The BikeLid is an innovative form of bicycle parking that provides protection from vandalism &#8230; Metro may decide to install more BikeLids at passenger facilities throughout city. The lids are a green product, made from industrial plastic waste materials and recycled steel, and is 100% recyclable. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Texas Transit Association &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20100216006675\/en\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20100216006675\/en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National MS Society Raises Handlebar with 26th Annual BP MS 150 Bike Ride &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Business Wire (press release)<br \/>\nAn estimated 13,000 cyclists will make the two-day, 180-mile journey from Houston to Austin as part of the 26th\u00c2\u00a0 Annual BP MS 150, supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Lone Star in its quest to create a world free of multiple sclerosis (MS).<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The passion shared by cyclists, sponsors and volunteers alike is a significant component to the success of this event year after year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout its 26-year history, the Houston-to-Austin MS 150 has experienced monumental&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/fitcity\/entries\/2010\/02\/16\/mike_davis_hand_cycles_austin.html?cxntfid=blogs_fit_city\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/fitcity\/entries\/2010\/02\/16\/mike_davis_hand_cycles_austin.html?cxntfid=blogs_fit_city\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mike Davis hand cycles Austin Marathon<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy Pamela LeBlanc | Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 05:16 PM<br \/>\nI met Mike Davis two years ago, when I wrote an article about how the U.S. Army veteran stays fit despite being paralyzed from the waist down.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt.coxnewsweb.com\/shared-blogs\/austin\/fitcity\/upload\/2010\/02\/Mike%2520and%2520Governor%2520Perry.JPG?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"Mike Davis\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nDavis, 48, was crushed by a military Range Rover during a training exercise in New Mexico 15 years ago. That never changed his need for daily exercise, and now he gets it through swimming and racing his hand cycle. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.worldrecordsacademy.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrecordsacademy.org\/sports\/largest_static_cycling_class_world_record_set_by_Life_Time_Fitness_101550.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Largest Static Cycling Class &#8211; world record set by Life Time Fitness<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.worldrecordsacademy.org\/<br \/>\nHOUSTON, Texas, USA &#8212; Life Time Fitness held the &#8220;Ride of a Lifetime,&#8221; a two-hour long, high-energy outdoor stationary cycle ride which sets the new world record for the Largest Static Cycling Class. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/ryandorsey.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/winter-training-and-upcoming-2010.html\" href=\"http:\/\/ryandorsey.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/winter-training-and-upcoming-2010.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ryan Lee Dorsey: Winter training and the upcoming 2010 season.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Ryan Lee Dorsey<br \/>\nVery few people know and many don&#8217;t, that I recently upgraded from an amateur cyclist to a Professional mountain biker. It has been a very exciting journey. I have always ridden bikes in on form or another, from bmx to fixies and even some downhill mountain bike. Since 2008, I have managed to get most of my time in on road and mountain bikes. On the cross country mountain scene I feel that I can combine the thrill of downhill or bmx riding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RGV Life: Monte Bella Mountain Bike Race #2 Series by Shaine Mata Monte Bella Trails Park West Alton Gloor Brownsville, TX CATEGORIES FOR EVERYONE! $15 Early Registration $20 Late Registration For Flyer download, race details, and rules&#8230; BikeLid Stories: BikeLid <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/daily-news-roundup-february-16th-texas-bicycling\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[1468,1469,1470,1467,5253,1472,1471],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bikelid","tag-bp-ms-150","tag-mike-davis","tag-monte-bella-trails-park","tag-news","tag-professional-mountain-biker","tag-ride-of-a-lifetime"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-10J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","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=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}