{"id":6056,"date":"2010-10-12T23:45:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T04:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2010-10-12T23:45:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T04:45:44","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-12th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/12\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-12th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/oakcliffblog.dallasnews.com\" href=\"http:\/\/oakcliffblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2010\/10\/representatives-of-the-dallas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CityDesign team presents concept for Continental Bridge pedestrian gateway<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Dallas Morning News (blog)<br \/>\nRepresentatives of the Dallas CityDesign Studio continued their public information efforts today with an update on early planning for a bicycle\/pedestrian &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/extremes\/ci_16314083\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>High school mountain bike league taking off<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Denver Post<br \/>\nThe league has inspired Texas, Washington and Minnesota to begin similar programs next year. Rau hopes to see it recognized by the Colorado High School &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/extras.mnginteractive.com\/live\/media\/site36\/2010\/1011\/20101011__20101012_C10_SP12OEXMAIN~p1_200.JPG?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Texas High School Cycling\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.aetc.af.mil\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aetc.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123225605\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Airmen switch gears on daily commute<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base<br \/>\nBoth ride a road\/cycling bike, although Colonel Peddicord said it doesn&#8217;t really matter which bike to ride as long as it&#8217;s well made and dependable. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kvue.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kvue.com\/news\/Experimental-Bicycle-Traffic-Devices-appear-to-be-working-104829809.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Experimental bicycle traffic devices appear to be working<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KVUE<br \/>\nThe Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas worked with city employees in Austin&#8217;s Transportation Department to study and collect &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mineralwellsindex.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mineralwellsindex.com\/homepage\/x1324601947\/Fort-Tour-ride-rolls-through-PPC\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fort Tour ride rolls through PPC<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Mineral Wells Index<br \/>\nFor a second year cyclists took the challenge of the 225-mile Texas Forts Tour. In three days they traversed six counties, passed at least three early forts and met welcoming citizens along the way.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mineralwellsindex.com\/archive\/x1156730519\/g0a00000000000000003bc02bdcec26ca4d50b2f4d99d1e7eb5af21c4d2.jpg?resize=160%2C242\" alt=\"Texas Forts Tour\" width=\"160\" height=\"242\" \/><br \/>\nThe bike tour is not a race, but a fun ride for all types of cyclists. Those like Mineral Wells residents Iris Stagner and Neal Reddick \u00e2\u20ac\u201c both racers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c burned up the road. Stagner rolled into the Mineral Wells&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/durangotexas.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/durangotexas.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/bobcat-her-baby-playing-at-river-legacy.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Durango Texas: A Bobcat &amp; Her Baby Playing At River Legacy Park<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Durango<br \/>\nThis time was also on the mountain bike trail. I&#8217;d gotten a flat and was taking a short cut back to civilization when I saw a big bobcat laying in the shade of a big bush. We stared at each other for awhile. I got out my camera. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_rTd-h7IfTf8\/TLNup2Xxu4I\/AAAAAAAAJdg\/ZvoAkHuS7kY\/s320\/River%2BLegacy%2BBobcat.jpg?resize=320%2C243\" alt=\"Bobcat and cub\" width=\"320\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CityDesign team presents concept for Continental Bridge pedestrian gateway by Dallas Morning News (blog) Representatives of the Dallas CityDesign Studio continued their public information efforts today with an update on early planning for a bicycle\/pedestrian &#8230; High school mountain bike <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/12\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-12th\/\"><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":[550,2173,2171,660,854,1543,2172],"class_list":["post-6056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-commuting","tag-bobcats","tag-continental-bridge","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-texas-forts-tour","tag-texas-high-school-mountain-bike-racing-league","tag-traffic-device"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1zG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056","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=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}