{"id":7934,"date":"2011-04-12T22:09:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T03:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7934"},"modified":"2011-04-12T22:09:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T03:09:05","slug":"daily-news-roundup-april-12th-texas-bicycling-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/12\/daily-news-roundup-april-12th-texas-bicycling-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup April 12th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/7517877.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fmetro+%28chron.com+-+Houston+%26+Texas%29\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/7517877.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fmetro+%28chron.com+-+Houston+%26+Texas%29\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Pickup truck hits bicycle, killing 1 on Eldridge<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy DALE LEZON HOUSTON CHRONICLE<br \/>\nA bicyclist died after a pickup hit her as she rode her bicycle along the outside of a road in west Harris County Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Chioma Chinnaya Ogbonna, 30, was hit in the 6000 block of N. Eldridge Parkway about 6 a.m., according to the Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/blog.pedalr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.pedalr.com\/2011\/04\/hell-of-the-texas\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hell Of The Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom pedalr<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pedalr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/20110411-021634.jpg?resize=643%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nThis past weekend was fairly exciting if you enjoy cycling as a sport. Paris Roubaix took place on Sunday. The race lived up to it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name and was thoroughly entertaining. For those of you who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what I happened I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spoil the fun. We managed to get a Fanchatter box up on the blog all day, following the race live while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/donbynum.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/donbynum.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/13\/cycling-1st-10-days-of-april-3-rides-starting-w-pedal-power-wildflower\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cycling \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1st 10 days of April, 3 rides starting w\/ Pedal Power Wildflower<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby donbynum<br \/>\nSaturday April 2nd brought the Hill Country Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Advocacy Center\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pedal Power Wild Flower fundraiser ride.\u00c2\u00a0 Turnout was good, with most riders opting for the shorter courses.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe 30 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 40 sturdy souls joined fellow geezers Doug Miller,\u00c2\u00a0 Gil Jones and me on the 61 mile route.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a link&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\/ride_pop.cfm?ride=1742\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Beginner&#8217;s Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFort Worth Bicycling Association<br \/>\nSaturday, April 16, 2011 9:00 am &#8211; Art&#8217;s Park Trail Head in Benbrook -\u00c2\u00a0 Where: Art&#8217;s Park Trail Head in Benbrook. Go south on Winscott to Memorial Oak. Trail Head is at the end of the road. Cost: 1 dollar for entrance to the State Park. Distance: up to 20 miles all on trails and park roads. Ride will normally be from Trail Head up thru Benbrook Lake park to HI 377 and back. This is primarily a training ride for those new to cycling. Any level cyclist is welcome and club members will be on hand to provide guidance and answer questions. The goal is to introduce riders to the club and to help those new to our sport gain the skills they need to allow them to enjoy the normal club rides.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/27\/20110415-inks-lake-bike-ride-and-bill%e2%80%99s-birthday-extravaganza\/\" 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>2011\/04\/15 Lake Buchanan Bike Ride and Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Birthday Extravaganza<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nLake Buchannan 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 to the Fall Creek Vineyards with the Big Party at her and Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lake house on Saturday evening starting about 6 PM. Please contact Phyllis Terry or (210) 383-5196 to let her know that you plan to attend.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>2011\/04\/24 Laura and Roy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Floresville Ride<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSunday April 24: Join Laura and Roy on this Easter Sunday ride through the relaxing countryside north of Floresville.\u00c2\u00a0 Ride starts at 8:30 from their house.\u00c2\u00a0 A potluck lunch follows the ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201c meat and drinks will be provided.\u00c2\u00a0 Partake in Lawn games and an Easter Egg Hunt after lunch.\u00c2\u00a0 If you plan to swim, use the hot tub, and\/or sauna, please bring appropriate attire.\u00c2\u00a0 Let Roy know how many plan to attend so Laura and he can plan accordingly \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Children of all ages welcome.\u00c2\u00a0 Contact Roy at royal@munro-online.com or (210)416-8485.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/biketernity.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/biketernity.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/april-11-alpine-tx-day-of-rest.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>April 11: Alpine, TX &#8211; Day of Rest<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom biketernity.blogspot.com<br \/>\nA well deserved day of rest for the group. The motel is great with clean rooms and hard beds. I prepared eggs to order for breakfast at 8:30 AM and Dave and I were on the cooking crew for the evening. We like easy so dinner would be pasta shells, sauce, and salad with cookies for dessert. I failed to mention that last night we had order in pizza for dinner as we arrived at the motel at 6:30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pickup truck hits bicycle, killing 1 on Eldridge By DALE LEZON HOUSTON CHRONICLE A bicyclist died after a pickup hit her as she rode her bicycle along the outside of a road in west Harris County Monday morning. Chioma Chinnaya <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/12\/daily-news-roundup-april-12th-texas-bicycling-4\/\"><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":[2545,2647,43,2646,2508,5253,2580],"class_list":["post-7934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-fatality","tag-biketernity","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-hell-of-texas","tag-hill-country-bike-touring-club","tag-news","tag-pedal-power-wildflower-ride"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-23Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934","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=7934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}