{"id":8098,"date":"2011-04-23T22:57:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T03:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2011-04-23T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T03:57:12","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/23\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2011\/04\/moving-bikes-stay-uprightbut-not-for-the-reasons-we-thought.ars\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Moving bikes stay upright\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut not for the reasons we thought<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy John Timme<br \/>\nThe phrase &#8220;just like riding a bike&#8221; is used to refer to something that, once learned, you never forget how to do. As it turns out, bikes make that easy on us. If a typical bicycle is moving forward fast enough, it tends to remain upright and steer in a straight line, even if the rider takes his or her hands off the handlebars. In fact, you can&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyrichardson.org\" href=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyrichardson.org\/2011\/04\/23\/took-a-ride-under-central-expressway-today\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Took A Ride Under Central Expressway Today<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby dickdavid<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5265\/5647968814_917f804212_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nIt isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t finished yet, but the underpass just south of Renner Road is now paved. Hopefully, it will be open soon.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/recreation\/austin-fosters-growing-cycling-community-with-infrastructure-events-1427540.html?srcTrk=RTR_1337713\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Austin fosters growing cycling community with infrastructure, events<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Austin 360<br \/>\nTexas Transportation Institute has been counting bike riders in key places around Austin to help the city better plan infrastructure for cyclists. If you&#8217;ve pedaled a bicycle around Austin lately, you might have noticed something: You&#8217;re not alone. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving bikes stay upright\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut not for the reasons we thought By John Timme The phrase &#8220;just like riding a bike&#8221; is used to refer to something that, once learned, you never forget how to do. As it turns out, bikes <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/23\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-23rd\/\"><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":[617,68,2656,660],"class_list":["post-8098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-bicycle-plan","tag-bicycle-equipment","tag-bike-richardson","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-26C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098","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=8098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}