{"id":6842,"date":"2010-12-26T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T05:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2010-12-26T23:11:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T05:11:25","slug":"daily-news-roundup-december-26th-texas-bicycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/26\/daily-news-roundup-december-26th-texas-bicycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup December 26th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>This story is very fitting for the Christmas holidays.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/article\/912039--paralympian-can-walk-again-but-no-more-competing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Associate Press: Dutch paralympian walks again<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.thestar.com<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.thestar.topscms.com\/images\/47\/8b\/4faf61154c39945c84078d3f29c9.jpeg?resize=615%2C410\" alt=\"Dutch Miracle\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" \/><br \/>\nIn an incredible story, a Dutch paralympian has regained full use of her legs after a training crash. Monique van der Vorst lost the use of her legs when she was 13 and went on to win two silver medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and hoped for gold in London 2012. But a training accident this summer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/retro-bikes-from-schonebeck\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Retro Bikes from Sch\u00c3\u00b6nebeck<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt<br \/>\nThese are some of the coolest new production bikes I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen in some time. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re hand made in Germany by\u00c2\u00a0 Weltrad. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lugged steel (CroMo) frames and based on 1930s designs.\u00c2\u00a0 Modern appointments include &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?eid=Yjc2ODZkdGY4YmdrZWI3bGtpMDdsZzFsNDRfMjAxMTAxMjJUMTQwMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0&amp;gsessionid=OK&amp;sf=true&amp;output=xml\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?eid=Yjc2ODZkdGY4YmdrZWI3bGtpMDdsZzFsNDRfMjAxMTAxMjJUMTQwMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0&amp;gsessionid=OK&amp;sf=true&amp;output=xml\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>8:00am &#8211; CCC Group Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin<br \/>\nWhen: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8am to 11am\u00c2\u00a0 CST<br \/>\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School<br \/>\nEvent Status: confirmed<br \/>\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 &#8211; 70 miles This is a fast paced group ride at an average speed of around 20mph with faster points. You may get dropped&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.ppolnews.com\/?id=85762&amp;keys=Cycling-Kids-Plano-Charity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ppolnews.com\/?id=85762&amp;keys=Cycling-Kids-Plano-Charity\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Plano Bike Club Giving the Joy of Cycling to Needy Children<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby PPOLNews (press release)<br \/>\nPLANO, TEXAS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c December 17, 2010 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Plano Bicycle Association (PBA) announced that it is donating twenty new kids&#8217; bicycles of various sizes to needy &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/local\/transportation-an-alternative-universe-in-2010-1147632.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Transportation an alternative universe in 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Austin American-Statesman<br \/>\nAs in, the city approved a &#8220;bicycle boulevard&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a corridor where bikes will share the road with vehicles \u00e2\u20ac\u201d linking downtown with West Campus. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/\/events.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/\/events.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Austin Ridge Riders Club Ride &amp; Campout<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nColorado Bend State Park<br \/>\nSaturday and Sunday January 23 &amp; 24<br \/>\nOur club ride in January will be later in the month so that we can enjoy the trails at Colorado Bend.\u00c2\u00a0 Mark your calendar and make camping reservations now for a fun weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 Find details here. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story is very fitting for the Christmas holidays. The Associate Press: Dutch paralympian walks again from www.thestar.com In an incredible story, a Dutch paralympian has regained full use of her legs after a training crash. Monique van der Vorst <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/26\/daily-news-roundup-december-26th-texas-bicycling-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":[617,2293,619,5253,402,1724,2347],"class_list":["post-6842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-bicycle-plan","tag-austin-ridge-riders","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-news","tag-paralympic-games","tag-plano-bicycle-association","tag-retro-bikes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Mm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842","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=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}