{"id":6846,"date":"2010-12-27T22:50:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T04:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2010-12-27T22:50:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T04:50:42","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-27th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/27\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-27th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bikedenton.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/27\/dirt-jump-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>dirt jump tool<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Bike Denton by bikedenton<br \/>\nI love that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a tool for this.\u00c2\u00a0 Never seen it till now.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5043\/5281576111_7f4980f4d8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"Dirt Jump Tool\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto by Travis Kincaid, local BMX\/DJ photog extraordinaire.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikehouston.org\" href=\"http:\/\/bikehouston.org\/2010\/12\/2011-new-years-masquerade-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>2011 New Years Masquerade Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom BikeHouston \u00c2\u00bb Blog by Aaron Chang<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikehouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2011-New-Years-Masquerade-Ride-717x1024.jpg?resize=359%2C512\" alt=\"2011 New Years Masquerade Ride\" width=\"359\" height=\"512\" \/><br \/>\nBenefiting Workshop Houston \/ Third Ward Bike Shop.\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"http:\/\/bikehouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2011-New-Years-Masquerade-Ride-Registration-Form.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/bikehouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/2011-New-Years-Masquerade-Ride-Registration-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here for registration information<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/article\/dallas-launches-trail-safety-advisory-committee-28787\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Dallas launches Trail Safety Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby BikeRadar.com<br \/>\nTo help spearhead these efforts City Hall has formed a bicycle safety committee, and will be working closely with cycling as well as running groups. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.projectsite.unitedstatesartists.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsite.unitedstatesartists.org\/project\/she_bike_spoke_love\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>She: Bike\/Spoke\/Love by Tammy Gomez &#8211; United States Artists &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.projectsite.unitedstatesartists.org<br \/>\nHi, my name is Tammy Gomez and I&#8217;m an urban bicyclist.\u00c2\u00a0 I live in Texas, a petroleum-oil-obsessed place, yet I don&#8217;t own a car.\u00c2\u00a0 By choice.\u00c2\u00a0 As a published poet, award-winning playwright, and performance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/fwix.com\/austin\/share\/5cf5c16211\/two_new_bike_laws_have_been_proposed_this_session\" href=\"http:\/\/fwix.com\/austin\/share\/5cf5c16211\/two_new_bike_laws_have_been_proposed_this_session\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Two new bike laws have been proposed this session.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom KLBJ 590 News<br \/>\nTexas cycling advocates are supporting two new bike laws proposed this session. Mike Stine with Bike Texas says bike lanes should automatically be part of the design when building new roads or making improvements to existing ones. The other law, safe passage, would create an awareness campaign educate drivers on how to share the road with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\" href=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\/Pages\/RideDetail.aspx?ride_id=19\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>houstonbicycleclub.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSat 01\/08\/11<br \/>\nFulshear South<br \/>\nOne of our regular Saturday club rides. Routes may vary from week to week (maps are available). Flat roads with lots of pretty scenery and a cut through on pecan tree covered Hunt Road. One ride goes west and south to Orchard and Wallis and is about 36-40 miles long. The long&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2421\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2421\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nRides &amp; Events<br \/>\nKilbourne Hole Peridot Hunt<br \/>\nTitle: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Kilbourne Hole Peridot Hunt<br \/>\nDescription: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Meet at River Run and drive to Hunt&#8217;s Hole for mountain bike ride. Slimed tires and curiosity needed. Moderate ride, mileage TBA. Chuck Turner, 204-4831<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>dirt jump tool from Bike Denton by bikedenton I love that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a tool for this.\u00c2\u00a0 Never seen it till now. Photo by Travis Kincaid, local BMX\/DJ photog extraordinaire. 2011 New Years Masquerade Ride from BikeHouston \u00c2\u00bb Blog by Aaron <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/27\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-27th-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":[1855,2349,660,2335,2319,1194,2348,929],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-denton","tag-bike-laws","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-new-years-masquerade-ride","tag-trail-safety","tag-urban-bike"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Mq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846","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=6846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}