{"id":4486,"date":"2010-04-16T23:45:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T04:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=4486"},"modified":"2010-04-16T23:45:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T04:45:15","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/16\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two friends with one goal<\/strong><\/a>
\nWoman have never met, but MS links them
\nBy DALE ROBERTSON, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
\n2010 BP MS 150 RIDE
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 What: the National MS Society’s largest single fundraising event to support MS research<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Where: There are three start-line locations: Rhodes Stadium in Katy, the Omni Hotel (Interstate 10) and Waller Stadium. (There is no Tully Stadium start)<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 When: 6:45 a.m. Saturday for all start lines on Day 1, except for Waller Stadium, which is 8 a.m. Day 2 starts at 6:45 a.m. at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in La Grange<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Updates: Call 281-657-7156 for weather-related updates. Find Tweets at #MS150.<\/p>\n

Karla Zielke and Julianna Dimassis suffer from multiple sclerosis, but they are doing the BP MS 150 together anyway this weekend.<\/p>\n

Zielke, 43, will be the one on the bike, riding from Houston to Austin with 13,000 other cyclists. Dimassis, 39, will be the one in the wheelchair, visiting friends in New Mexico. …<\/p>\n

Banner’s message: Be kind to cyclists<\/strong><\/a>
\nby KVUE
\nAccording to the Texas Bicycle Coalition, an average of 50 cyclists are killed every year in Texas. In 41 percent of those crashes the cyclist is hit from …<\/p>\n

Rainy weekend forecast for Houston area<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Houston Chronicle
\nRiders in the MS-150 bicycle event this weekend can expect to get wet as they near the Austin region. Today, a 20-percent chance of showers is possible in …<\/p>\n

City law requires bicycle lighting<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom www.mysanantonio.com
\nMore than half the bicycle fatalities across Texas occur at night, said Chief Information Officer Richard Varn. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have a lot more people dying at night, …<\/p>\n

Texas\u00c2\u00a0 4000 rides to battle cancer<\/strong><\/a>
\nby UT The Daily Texan<\/p>\n

\"Texas
\nAfter the ride, he showers, goes to class, grabs a bite to eat and then is back on his bicycle for another tour around Austin. Reynolds, who rides around …<\/p>\n

TOYOTA \/ CYCLING TEAM PRESENTED BY GCCA: Drew Hill 3rd Overall at …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Jed Rogers
\nSunday’s road race is a 74 mile loop that begins on mostly flats and rolling hills for the first 30-40 miles, then is broken up into roughly 3 longer, harder climbs, and then finishes with a long descent down the previous hill climb …. is an elite cycling team based in Texas. Among the team’s many goals, one of which is to compete in criteriums and stage races throughout the United States. Criteriums or “crits” are the most common type of bicycle racing in the country. …<\/p>\n

Sunday Night MTB Ride – Bike Mart, Bikemart, Richardson, Dallas …<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom bikemart.com
\nJoin us on Sunday evenings at one of our local mountain bike trails for some fun in the dirt and camaraderie over burgers, dogs and beverages. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two friends with one goal Woman have never met, but MS links them By DALE ROBERTSON, HOUSTON CHRONICLE 2010 BP MS 150 RIDE \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 What: the National MS Society’s largest single fundraising event to support MS research \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Where: There …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[1689,741,660,1149,237,1090,1300],"class_list":["post-4486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-lighting","tag-bp-ms150","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-mtb-ride","tag-texas-4000","tag-texas-bicycle-coalition","tag-toyota-cycling-team-presented-by-gcca"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1am","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486","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=4486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}