{"id":5310,"date":"2010-07-22T23:30:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T04:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2010-07-22T23:30:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T04:30:59","slug":"daily-news-roundup-july-22nd-texas-bicycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/daily-news-roundup-july-22nd-texas-bicycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup July 22nd &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em><strong>Riding this week has been throttled by almost constant rain. This has to be one of the wettest July&#8217;s in many years. Hopefully I can ride tomorrow evening. At least I got to watch stage 17 of the Tour de France in its entirety.\u00c2\u00a0 Andy and Alberto are awesome going up mountains. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/22\/ntx-bike-polo-holds-court-and-youre-all-invited\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NTX Bike Polo holds court, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all invited<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Bike Denton by howard<br \/>\nWhat brings Dentonites out into the blazing sun, once or twice per week, to ride in circles and chase a ball for 4 hours?\u00c2\u00a0 Bike polo.\u00c2\u00a0 I tried it, and I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but continue playing.\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re hearing this from a skeptic, now fully converted.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so fun I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop to take pictures or footage till my third trip. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/greenbelts-hill-of-life-surely-will-be-the-818637.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Greenbelt&#8217;s &#8216;Hill of Life&#8217; surely will be the death of me<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Austin American-Statesman<br \/>\nThere are more than 130 miles of trail in Central Texas, Austin Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Club president Judi Ronkartz says, so living here provides ample &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.statesman.com\/multimedia\/dynamic\/00499\/RBB-Jason-Whaley_499362k.jpg?resize=169%2C113\" alt=\"Greenbelt\" width=\"169\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.setexasrecord.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.setexasrecord.com\/news\/228352-suit-claims-exercise-bicycle-unreasonably-dangerous-for-unattended-minor\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Suit claims exercise bicycle unreasonably dangerous for unattended minor<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n7\/21\/2010 8:50 PM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau<br \/>\nSHERMAN-A mother has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of an exercise bicycle after her unattended child got his hand caught in the equipment and lost his fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Josh and Diane Willeford, individually and as next friend of L.W., a minor, filed suit against Romfab, also known as Four Minute Workout, also known as Fastexercise, on July 19 in federal court in Sherman. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2010\/07\/22\/2355589\/bicyclist-hit-by-truck-is-on-the.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bicyclist hit by truck is on the road to healing<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Fort Worth Star Telegram<br \/>\nAt 53, budding triathlete Terry Woods was in the best shape of her life, her husband, Ron Woods, said.<\/p>\n<p>Before riding her bike in Stephenville&#8217;s Firecracker 100 during the July Fourth holiday weekend, she had been ramping up her game for the past six years, adding speed and endurance and perfecting her nutritional regimen for her break-out race next month. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.connectamarillo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.connectamarillo.com\/news\/story.aspx?list=195065&amp;id=486463\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Remembering cycling advocate who was killed<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby ConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVII<br \/>\nAMARILLO, TEXAS &#8212; She was a cycling advocate in our area who was killed over the weekend in US 87 south of Canyon. Thursday Cindy Whitney was remembered by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riding this week has been throttled by almost constant rain. This has to be one of the wettest July&#8217;s in many years. Hopefully I can ride tomorrow evening. 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