{"id":5857,"date":"2010-09-18T22:24:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T03:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5857"},"modified":"2010-09-18T22:24:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T03:24:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/18\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big rig runs over and kills bicyclist in NW Harris<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy ANITA HASSAN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
\nSept. 18, 2010, 8:00PM
\nA bicyclist was run over and killed by an 18-wheeler in northwest Harris County early Saturday, authorities said. Because of mechanical troubles, the bicyclist was stopped in the 14100 block of Stuebner Airline around 2 a.m. The cyclist, who was wearing a helmet, was then struck in the head by the turn signal on the trailer of an 18-wheeler, knocking the unidentified person to the ground…<\/p>\n

Biking In Dallas \u00c2\u00bb October 1, 2010 Great State Fair of Texas Group …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Michael W. Hubbard
\nSo, doesn’t that sound like a PERFECT day to go riding your bicycle to the Great State Fair of Texas? See the details of the ride on the related story on this site. If you live in North Texas, and you don’t go to the State Fair of Texas …<\/p>\n

All of your bicycle racing news: September 17, 2010<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Bike World News
\nEric Marcotte (Pista Palace) lapped the field and got the better of his former ProTour breakaway companion Pat McCarty in the finale of the Texas Tough GP …<\/p>\n

Durango Texas: A River Legacy Park Sunset With Bugs & Floods<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Durango
\nThis does not bode well for the mountain bike trails. It’ll be a long long time before they are back in pedal mode. So, that has been my exciting Saturday night, so far. A beautiful sunset, a bike ride. And a lot of bugs. …<\/p>\n

Hillsboro’s Cotton Pickin’ Fair Sept 24 & 25 | The Squawker – a …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Amanda Warr
\nThe charming Texas town of Hillsboro is recognized for its outlet malls, rich cultural history and natural resources. As a way of showcasing its diversity and juxtaposing modern with antiquity, Hillsboro is hosting the Cotton Pickin’ Fair … A bike ride that allows riders to work off all that BBQ on 10, 26, 40, 54, or 66 mile routes that cover scenic Hillsboro trails. Functional\/non-functional, eccentric, whimsical, and flavorful arts and crafts made with lots of love, …<\/p>\n

life on the bike<\/strong><\/a>
\nby michaelhang
\nHe said he had heard about the bike ride and sponsored my clinic visit and some antibiotic eye drops. I immediately put a few drops in and went to meet up with the team 60 miles in at our sponsored lunch at Chipotle. We’ve had a couple lunches at … We arrived 20 miles later in Arlington, TX with a police escort and a nice welcome. Here at Arlington City Hall, the mayor proclaimed today as Push America Day and we were treated to really nice smoothies and protein bars. …<\/p>\n

\"Life<\/p>\n

Yes, I’m addicted, but don’t harp on my triathlon sprees<\/strong><\/a>
\n* ANTHONY WILSON
\n* San Angelo Standard Times
\n* Posted September 17, 2010 at 7:36 p.m.
\nSAN ANGELO, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I danged sure better be invited to Randy Rangel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daughter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s college graduation.<\/p>\n

By my calculations, my investment in little Cee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s education falls somewhere between four years of textbooks and an associate degree.<\/p>\n

Randy is the owner of Randy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bike & Run Shop \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and of a goodly percentage of my disposable income.<\/p>\n

In other words, triathlons ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t cheap. Consider yourself warned.<\/p>\n

The Big Man failed to alert me of this four years ago, when he urged me to get a bike and start racing. So, I researched and searched and bought a good, barely-used, entry-level tri bike \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for a reasonable (believe it or not) $1,200. I was set. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Big rig runs over and kills bicyclist in NW Harris By ANITA HASSAN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE Sept. 18, 2010, 8:00PM A bicyclist was run over and killed by an 18-wheeler in northwest Harris County early Saturday, authorities said. Because of mechanical …<\/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":[492,2105,660,609,2104,680,2106,961,240],"class_list":["post-5857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-accident","tag-cotton-pickin-fair","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-durango-texas","tag-great-state-fair-of-texas","tag-hillsboro-texas","tag-life-on-the-bike","tag-texas-tough-grand-prix","tag-the-san-angelo-bicycle-association"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1wt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5857","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=5857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}