{"id":7205,"date":"2011-01-27T23:27:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T05:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2011-01-27T23:27:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T05:27:01","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-27th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/27\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-27th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikesbelong.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikesbelong.org\/news\/foundation-launches-bicycle-research-grant-program-\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Foundation launches Bicycle Research Grant Program<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.bikesbelong.org<br \/>\nThe Bikes Belong Foundation announced today the launch of a new grant program to fund research on the economic impact of bicycling facilities and events. The Bicycle Research Grant Program will award a total of $40,000 in grants to academic or\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/nahbs-is-less-than-one-month-away\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>NAHBS Is Less Than One Month Away<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt<br \/>\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re planning a road trip to the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show which runs February 25th-27th in Austin, Texas.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re really excited to attend this year and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re planning to blog live from the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.cycleaustin.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cycleaustin.com\/2011\/01\/empire-bmx-opening-day-set-for-march.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Empire BMX &#8211; Opening Day Set for March 1st<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom CycleATX.com &#8211; Cycling Events, Groups and Bike Shops in Austin, TX by CoreyCarter<br \/>\nEmpire BMX announced via their Facebook page that they hope to open at their new location at 6310 N. Lamar on March 1st. They&#8217;ve also been posting tons of update photos on Twitter. Follow them for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.4-traders.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.4-traders.com\/LIFE-TIME-13433\/news\/LIFE-TIME-Fitness-AEG-Bring-New-Qualifier-Series-to-Internationally-Renowned-Leadville-Trail-100-Mou-13547227\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>LIFE TIME : Fitness, AEG Bring New Qualifier Series to &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby 4-traders<br \/>\nIn 2012 and 2013 additional races will be added in Texas, the Southwest, &#8230; a Tour de France-style cycling road race presented by AEG that challenges the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.cycleaustin.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cycleaustin.com\/2011\/01\/reveille-peak-ranch-burnet-tx.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Reveille Peak Ranch &#8211; Burnet, TX<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom CycleATX.com &#8211; Cycling Events, Groups and Bike Shops in Austin, TX by CoreyCarter<br \/>\nAustinCyclist (twitter.com\/austincyclist) recently posted this video of a new mountain bike park opening soon in Burnet, TX. Here&#8217;s some info from their website: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.rprtexas.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rprtexas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.rprtexas.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ranch looks out on Lake Buchanan and Ink\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lake, two of the prettiest lakes in the chain of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/texasmountaintrail.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/texasmountaintrail.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/hikercyclist-friendly-accommodations.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Texas Mountain Trail Daily Photo: Hiker\/Cyclist Friendly &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Beth<br \/>\nRecently, we stayed at the Chisos Mountain Lodge in Big Bend National Park, and took advantage of our own Texas Mountain Trail cycle-friendly program. We ordered their Veggie Hiker Lunch the night before our hike in the park at the Lodge&#8217;s restaurant, &#8230; The cycle-friendly program is intended to showcase hotels, B&amp;Bs, historic tourist courts and other places to stay that are willing to offer special services to cyclists, such as secure in-room parking for bikes. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foundation launches Bicycle Research Grant Program from www.bikesbelong.org The Bikes Belong Foundation announced today the launch of a new grant program to fund research on the economic impact of bicycling facilities and events. The Bicycle Research Grant Program will award <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/27\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-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":[1287,2448,660,2449,455,1547,2450],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-big-bend-national-park","tag-bikes-belong-foundation","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-empire-bmx","tag-mtb","tag-north-american-handmade-bicycle-show","tag-reveille-peak-ranch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Sd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205","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=7205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}