{"id":6552,"date":"2010-11-29T23:57:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T05:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2010-11-30T00:00:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T06:00:55","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/29\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for November 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"

150,000: where do we go from here?<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom www.peopleforbikes.org
\nThanks so much for taking the time this year to sign the peopleforbikes.org pledge. As of last week, more than 150,000 Americans have taken this important, unifying step to make bicycling safe, convenient and appealing.<\/p>\n

The PFB campaign launched in April. As you can tell from the large number of pledges we’ve collected, the response has been strong and universally positive. We’ve gathered signatures online, at bike stores, and at bike events of all…<\/p>\n

Group Ride<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin
\nWhen: Sat Dec 4, 2010 8am to 11am\u00c2\u00a0 CST
\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School
\nEvent Status: confirmed
\nEvent Description: Corinth Cycling Saturday Group Ride Information All rides depart from Ronny Crownover Middle School in Corinth 1901 Creekside Drive, Corinth, TX 76210 Group A: 50 – 70 miles This is a fast paced group ride at an average speed of around 20mph with faster points. You may get dropped on this ride so be prepared. Ride Leader – markm@utechdallas.com B Killers: 50 – 70 miles This is a intermediate to fast paced group ride of around 17.5 – 19mph.<\/p>\n

I am glad that recreational bike riding does not encourage people to dope. My drive for performance does not demand this type of action.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Landis says clenbuterol use widespread in cycling<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom HoustonChronicle.com — Cycling
\nThe use of the banned muscle-building and weight-loss stimulant that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for is widespread in cycling, according to disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis.\u00c2\u00a0 …<\/p>\n

Simon and Alia’s Tour de North America: El Paso, TX to San Antonio …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Alia and Simon’s Tour de North America
\n\"Austin
\nAustin may be a liberal oasis but it remains surrounded by Republican Texas. We spent five days in Austin before commencing our ride southwest to San Antonio, where we were due to catch a train to New Orleans. After consulting with a local bike expert …<\/p>\n

Justin’s Mountain Bike Team: Palo Duro Canyon – Texas<\/strong><\/a>
\nby directeur-nuthead<\/p>\n

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\nDespite what those nuts who carry their bikes on their shoulders instead of riding, Justin’s Cycling is not done racing mountain bikes yet. Three team members headed south to race in Texas last week bringing home a couple of victories! …<\/p>\n

Bicycle lock climbs poles, encourages would-be thieves to look elsewhere (video)<\/strong><\/a>
\nvia Engadget by Darren Murph on 11\/29\/10
\n\"Bicycle
\nHad your morning cup of Haterade? Get ready to have it flushed out. A team of bicyclists \/ engineers have assembled what might be the best thing to happen to the bicycle since Lance Armstrong, with the (currently unnamed) pole-climbing bike lock created for Germany’s own Conrad. There’s no word on if (or when) this fancy contraption will go on sale, but we know at least one Dutch inhabitant that’ll be parting ways with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

150,000: where do we go from here? from www.peopleforbikes.org Thanks so much for taking the time this year to sign the peopleforbikes.org pledge. As of last week, more than 150,000 Americans have taken this important, unifying step to make bicycling …<\/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":[2281,619,660,1730,2280,2079,2279],"class_list":["post-6552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-lock","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-houston-chronicle-cycling-notebook","tag-justins-cycling","tag-people-for-bikes","tag-tour-de-north-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1HG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6552","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=6552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}