{"id":7519,"date":"2011-03-01T23:55:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T05:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2011-03-01T23:55:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T05:55:43","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-1st-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/01\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-1st-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2446\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2446\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSunday, March 27<br \/>\nGood Luck Ride-8:00 am<br \/>\nMeet at 7779 Rosedale for a Lower Valley ride. Moderate, 30 miles. Breakfast at the Good Luck Caf\u00c3\u00a9 afterward. Emilse Carballo and Al Font, 526-0390.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=107:save-the-date-for-cyclists-in-suits&amp;catid=25:front-page-news\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Register Now for Cyclists In Suits<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom BikeDFW by marc@mcmumby.com<br \/>\nMake plans to attend the Cyclists in Suits event hosted by Bike Texas on March 21, 2011. Registration is now open.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikedfw.org\/uploads\/frntpg_photos\/cinc2011_banner-v5.jpg?resize=550%2C206\" alt=\"BikeDFW\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" \/><br \/>\nSome of us will be leaving early, really early, to arrive in Austin by 8 AM. After a briefing at Bike Texas, we walk to the capitol to visit individual legislators and their staff to talk about the Safe Passing Bill and other&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kfoxtv.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kfoxtv.com\/news\/27034543\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>New Ordinance Requires Sharing The Road<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby KFOX El Paso<br \/>\nI was ejected from my bicycle. I was fortunate, though. I was able to walk away,&#8221; said David Briseno. He survived a collision on his bicycle with a car, but suffered a hairline fracture on his shoulder and left knee. El Pasoans KFOX-14 spoke to say the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2011\/mar\/01\/modified-bike-seat-relieves-cyclists-numb-bum\/life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Modified bike seat relieves cyclist&#8217;s numb bum<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Tbo.com<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www2.tbo.com\/exposure\/ar\/659\/372\/2011\/03\/01\/101728_bikeseat2.jpg?resize=659%2C372\" alt=\"Bike seat\" width=\"659\" height=\"372\" \/><br \/>\nThe original &#8220;comfort&#8221; models are popular with professionals who ride a lot, including police officers in the cities of Tampa, Chicago and San Antonio, Texas. In 2010, the company sold 35000 of the comfort ride seats and a sleek competitive racing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2011\/03\/01\/2888236\/special-panel-to-study-arlington.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Special panel to study Arlington road, bike plan amid cost, safety concerns<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Fort Worth Star Telegram<br \/>\nThe proposal would affect 14 four-lane streets, mostly around the University of Texas at Arlington. At-large council member Gene Patrick said he&#8217;s skeptical about some of the data provided by city staff and the consultants, such as the reported 28000 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.dailynorthwestern.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynorthwestern.com\/campus\/prof-wins-world-cycling-championship-1.2501025\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Prof wins world cycling championship<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Daily Northwestern<br \/>\nLeigh Thompson is a busy woman: The 51-year-old Texas native juggles her time between raising three kids, teaching executives and graduate students, conducting research, writing a book about creativity and working on scientific articles. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/27\/20110415-inks-lake-bike-ride-and-bill%E2%80%99s-birthday-extravaganza\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hill Country Bicycling Touring Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nInks Lake Bike Ride and Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Birthday Extravaganza is the weekend of 15-17 April. Phyllis will lead a 30 (or so) mile ride on Saturday morning (details pending) with the Big Party at her and Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lake house on Saturday evening (details forthcoming). Please contact Phyllis Terry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Paso Bicycle Club Rides Sunday, March 27 Good Luck Ride-8:00 am Meet at 7779 Rosedale for a Lower Valley ride. Moderate, 30 miles. Breakfast at the Good Luck Caf\u00c3\u00a9 afterward. Emilse Carballo and Al Font, 526-0390. Register Now for <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/01\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-1st-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":[2370,49,2394,660,2335,2508,2525,519],"class_list":["post-7519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-arlington-bike-plan","tag-bike-saddles","tag-cyclists-in-suits","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-hill-country-bike-touring-club","tag-leigh-thompson","tag-safe-passing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Xh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519","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=7519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}