{"id":5524,"date":"2010-08-10T23:05:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T04:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5524"},"modified":"2010-08-10T23:05:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T04:05:06","slug":"daily-news-roundup-august-10th-texas-bicycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/10\/daily-news-roundup-august-10th-texas-bicycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup August 10th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gearlog.com\/2010\/08\/track_exercise_info_on_your_iphone_via_liverider.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fgearlog-ziffdavis+%28Gearlog%29\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlog.com\/2010\/08\/track_exercise_info_on_your_iphone_via_liverider.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fgearlog-ziffdavis+%28Gearlog%29\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Track Exercise Info on Your iPhone via LiveRider<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nvia Gearlog by Fahmida Y. Rashid on 8\/9\/10<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gearlog.com\/assets_c\/2010\/08\/liverider-3-thumb-400x266-14225.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" alt=\"Liverider\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><br \/>\nKnowing how many calories you&#8217;ve burnt on that bike ride is a great motivator. For iPhone-toting cyclists, bike speed data is just a mounting kit away. LiveRider, the mounting system from New Potato Technologies, secures the iPhone (or iPod Touch) to the bicycle handlebars so that the screen is readily visible. The shock-absorbing cradle protects the phone from vibration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/08\/10\/precious\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/08\/10\/precious\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Precious the Tweeting Bike Takes to the Road to Raise Money for Livestrong<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nvia Mashable! by Brenna Ehrlich on 8\/10\/10<br \/>\nEver wonder what your bike is thinking during those, hot sweaty summer rides (aside from wishing you hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t opted for the skin-tight spandex short-shorts)? Well, now you can get a better idea of what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on in the subconscious of the two-wheeled one by following Precious, a tweeting bike that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s currently riding across the U.S. to raise money for Livestrong. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.timesrecordnews.com\/news\/2010\/aug\/10\/cyclist-remembers-sacrifices\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesrecordnews.com\/news\/2010\/aug\/10\/cyclist-remembers-sacrifices\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cyclist remembers sacrifices<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Times Record News<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.timesrecordnews.com\/media\/img\/photos\/2010\/08\/09\/20100809-233540-pic-670188585_t160.jpg?resize=160%2C107\" alt=\"Robert Strober\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" \/><br \/>\nFor the fourth year in a row, New Jersey police officer Robert Stober will ride in the Hotter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122N Hell Hundred Bicycle race Aug. 28 in his Police Unity Tour jersey to remind people of heroes who should never be forgotten \u00e2\u20ac\u201d police officers who give their lives &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/donbynum.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/donbynum.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/10\/cycling-deleon-tx-melon-patch-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cycling \u00e2\u20ac\u201c DeLeon, TX Melon Patch Tour | Don Bynum&#8217;s Blog<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby donbynum<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/donbynum.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/dsc02788.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112&#038;fit=150%2C112&#038;resize=150%2C112\" alt=\"Melon Patch\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><br \/>\nHaving been told by Frank Barrow that DeLeon\u00c2\u00a0 hosts an annual cycling tour and that the 2010 edition was being held on the 7th of August, my friend Eric Brewster and I decided to go ride in it.\u00c2\u00a0 Frank had hoped to join us but family matters overtook those plans so Eric and I would go it alone.\u00c2\u00a0 On Friday afternoon Peggy and I loaded up the truck, tossed my Catrike Road in the bed and headed north from our home in Llano County to DeLeon.\u00c2\u00a0 Eric loaded his Sun EZ-SPORT recumbent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Track Exercise Info on Your iPhone via LiveRider via Gearlog by Fahmida Y. 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