{"id":6010,"date":"2010-10-08T23:48:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T04:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2010-10-09T00:23:27","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T05:23:27","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-8th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/08\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-8th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.grahamleader.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grahamleader.com\/index.asp?Story=20387\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bicyclists heading to Graham for forts tour this weekend<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Graham Leader<br \/>\nDuring the Texas Forts Tour, having fun is the real key. She said seeing North Texas on a bicycle is an enjoyable experience. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On a bike, you get to count &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/texascyclingandsailingwithdennis.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/texascyclingandsailingwithdennis.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/disaster-at-faifield-lake-state-park.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis: Disaster at Faifield Lake &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Dennis and Michele Starkey<br \/>\nDisaster at Faifield Lake State Park<br \/>\nOn this trip to Fairfield State Park we found the place almost empty and scored the spot we had always wanted but had never been able to get. We shared the Park with only 8 other camping groups and were in a pull through close to my fishing hole. The weather was perfect and I headed out for a fabulous mountain bike ride. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4lOQ467Df0c\/TK-IknYCuvI\/AAAAAAAAA_Q\/tIaSwoLSF-g\/s400\/P1000990.JPG?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"Texas Cycling\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em><strong>I am not a fan of the electric bicycle because I ride for fitness and how does this bike help with that?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gearlog.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlog.com\/2010\/10\/electric_bike_runs_on_water_an.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fgearlog-ziffdavis+%28Gearlog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Electric Bike Runs On Water And Sodium Silicide<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Gearlog by Andrew Webster<br \/>\nA new electric bike from SiGNa is able to run on a combination of water and fuel cartridges, giving it the ability to run for 60 miles on just one charge. The cartridges contain sodium silicide, which, when combined with water, are able to produce hydrogen gas that can create the electricity needed to power the bike. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodcleantech.com\/e-Bike.jpg?resize=450%2C375\" alt=\"Electric bicycle\" width=\"450\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bicyclists heading to Graham for forts tour this weekend by Graham Leader During the Texas Forts Tour, having fun is the real key. She said seeing North Texas on a bicycle is an enjoyable experience. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On a bike, you get <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/08\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-8th-2\/\"><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":[660,1073,2165,854],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-electric-bicycles","tag-faifield-lake-state-park","tag-texas-forts-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1yW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010","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=6010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}