{"id":6154,"date":"2010-10-22T23:34:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T04:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2010-10-22T23:34:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T04:34:29","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/22\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/22\/xtracycle-one-year-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Xtracycle: one year review<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Bike Denton by bikedenton<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/img_1114.jpg?w=604&#038;h=456&#038;fit=604%2C456&#038;resize=604%2C456\" alt=\"Xtracycle\" width=\"604\" height=\"456\" \/><br \/>\n3 words: Desert, Island, Bike.<br \/>\n&#8230;When I sold my car three years ago, I could carry about two bags of groceries home on my road bike in panniers.\u00c2\u00a0 With that much weight over just the rear, steering got wobbly and scary, and I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t carry as much as I wanted to.\u00c2\u00a0 So I bought a used Burley D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122lite trailer off Craigslist for $100.\u00c2\u00a0 Now I could haul 100 lb loads, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/photos-from-the-bfoc-lee-harvey-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Photos from the BFOC Lee Harvey Ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt<br \/>\nThis was yet another great group ride hosted by Bike Friendly Oak Cliff.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The weather was perfect and I was impressed by the great selection of bicycles.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a sucker for racks and baskets and there were great examples to admire.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, when we were relaxing in the Bishop Arts District I kept noticing these gorgeous urban bikes parked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC04406-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"BFOC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.brownwoodnews.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brownwoodnews.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=3479:bicycle-rider-airlifted-after-accident&amp;catid=35:news&amp;Itemid=58\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bicycle Rider Airlifted after Accident<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Brownwood News (blog)<br \/>\nEmergency teams responded to an accident on Hwy 377 South near Brookesmith Friday night after a vehicle collided with a bicycle. A 70-year-old man who was &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.richlandchronicle.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.richlandchronicle.com\/dallas-city-council-considers-2011-bike-plan-1.1722591\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dallas City Council considers 2011 bike plan<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Richland Chronicle<br \/>\n&#8220;One would be the Texas Department of Transportation, Service Transportation Enhancement Program (STEP),&#8221; Kalhammer said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve already got a grant to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2010\/oct\/22\/racers-go-where-dinosaurs-trod\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BILL CULLINS: Racers go where dinosaurs trod<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby San Angelo Standard Times<br \/>\nThe trail running event is cosponsored by the Road Lizards running club and Randy&#8217;s &#8230; Race categories for the cycling event will include solo male\/female &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xtracycle: one year review from Bike Denton by bikedenton 3 words: Desert, Island, Bike. &#8230;When I sold my car three years ago, I could carry about two bags of groceries home on my road bike in panniers.\u00c2\u00a0 With that much <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/22\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-22nd\/\"><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":[492,2194,511,660,240,2193],"class_list":["post-6154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-accident","tag-bike-friendly-oak-cliff","tag-dallas-bike-plan","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-the-san-angelo-bicycle-association","tag-xtracycle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Bg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154","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=6154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}