{"id":7009,"date":"2011-01-11T23:48:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T05:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7009"},"modified":"2011-01-12T00:07:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T06:07:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beaumont Passes Safe Passing Ordinance!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom BikeTexas | Texas Bicycle Coalition by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford)<\/p>\n

\"Safe
\nBeaumont will become the sixth Texas city to adopt a Safe Passing Ordinance, stipulating that private cars and trucks must give vulnerable road users at least three feet when passing, and commercial vehicles must give at least…<\/p>\n

How To Buy A Used Bike<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt
\nThe bikes in this post are ones I bought used.\u00c2\u00a0 The first two were under $100 each and the third bike was closer to $150. I get email from people who are eager to ride …<\/p>\n

Cyclists in Suits bicycle lobby day scheduled for March 21 and 22<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom austinontwowheels.org
\nToday marks the beginning of the biennial legislative session at the Capitol. While no doubt the looming $25 billion budget deficit will garner the lion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s share of attention, BikeTexas, the statewide bike advocacy…<\/p>\n

New Exercise Machine Mimics Running, Biking, Elliptical<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
\nThe new exercise machine is part elliptical machine, part bicycle and simulates running — and it’s transforming people’s outdoor workout experience. …<\/p>\n

Sprockets Bicycle Shop (Denton, Texas) – Craigslist<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom dallas.craigslist.org
\nWe will be selling used bicycles of all types (road, hybrid, mtb, fixed\/ss…etc ), new and used accessories and parts. As well as general repairs. …<\/p>\n

Preview of upcoming Austin area road racing | Austin On Two Wheels<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby elliott
\nThe good news is that the race calendar has been pretty set for several years and the theme of the courses (crit, road, TT, etc) remain similar year to year. As races approach, check their page on the Texas Bicycle Racing Association …<\/p>\n

Snowbiking<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom Bike Denton by bikedenton
\n\"Snow
\nIt doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t snow often here, so when it does, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a treat to go riding in it.\u00c2\u00a0 The roads are mostly empty…<\/p>\n

Susan G. Komen for the Cure<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is interesting in creating a “Ride for the Cure” here in Lubbock. Representatives from the organization came to our last club meeting to pitch the idea. They would like to have the 1st annual ride take place in 2012. They are looking for ideas and help to get this event off the ground such as how to organize a ride, elements of a ride, costs
\ninvolved, etc. For more information, contact Stephanie Winters.<\/p>\n

2011 NWCC MILEAGE CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nCurrent Standings 2011
\nWeek 1
\nMike B. is WOW
\nWeek 2 Challenge 105 miles
\n2011 Mileage Challenge
\nSend miles to\u00c2\u00a0 Frank Thayer (frankthayer@sbcglobal.net)
\nYour weekly mileage can end Saturday or Sunday or whichever day you like. Try to report your weekly number by Tuesday evening.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 If you find a problem, send an e-mail and I will fix it the following week.
\nChangeable Rules:
\n#1\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Off road miles count 1.5 times actual miles
\n#2\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The total miles for the week, divided by the number of reporting riders will set the next week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mileage goal.
\n#3\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 This is totally on the honor system and for fun!
\nPRIZES:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beaumont Passes Safe Passing Ordinance! from BikeTexas | Texas Bicycle Coalition by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford) Beaumont will become the sixth Texas city to adopt a Safe Passing Ordinance, stipulating that private cars and trucks must give vulnerable road users at …<\/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":[986,2028,2394,660,2395,2399,2398,519,1458,2396],"class_list":["post-7009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-events","tag-biking-in-dallas","tag-cyclists-in-suits","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-exercise-machine","tag-nwcc-mileage-challenge","tag-ride-for-the-cure","tag-safe-passing","tag-snow","tag-sprockets-bike-shop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1P3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009","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=7009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}