{"id":8184,"date":"2011-05-03T00:14:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T05:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8184"},"modified":"2011-05-03T00:14:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T05:14:25","slug":"daily-news-roundup-may-2nd-texas-bicycling-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/03\/daily-news-roundup-may-2nd-texas-bicycling-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup May 2nd – Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bike Bottle Rack<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nvia Make: Online by Sean Michael Ragan
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\nClever idea from Etsy seller oopsmark<\/strong><\/a>. Perfect for hauling around your ships-in-bottles. Or bottles of wine, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re weird. [via Dude Craft]<\/p>\n

The May 2011 Issue of The Racing Post<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Racing Post May 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

Oblate Trail Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom www.cdob.org<\/p>\n

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Lone Star Cyclists<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nNext Club meeting May 21, 2011 At the annual club picnic, Valley Ridge Park in Cedar Hill.<\/p>\n

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LSC May 2011 Rides<\/p><\/div>\n

TBC Kids Bike Rodeo & Safety Fair<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe East Texas Triathletes and the Tyler Bicycle Club are hosting a Kids Bike Rodeo and Safety Fair on May 21, 2011.\u00c2\u00a0 The TBC is providing a “rest-stop” for the kids which will have fruit, cookies, drinks, etc. just like the real ones so the kids can experience the effect of a ride.\u00c2\u00a0 An army of TBC volunteers is needed for the event so mark it on your calendars.\u00c2\u00a0 More information
\nwill be available soon.\u00c2\u00a0 Event flyer.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Bagel Shop Ride <\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSaturdays
\nEinstein Bros. Bagels, 12400 N. IH-35,\u00c2\u00a0 8:00AM roll-out. Check the VC Yahoo Email Group on Fridays for changes. 3-5 hours (routes decided at the start)<\/p>\n

Performance Geometry: Why a road bike with racing geometry may not be the best fit be the best fit<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Eric Bowen
\nSexy racing bikes featured in ads and displayed in shop windows are hard to ignore. These are the bikes the professionals ride.\u00c2\u00a0 These are usually the lightest bikes. These are often the bikes with the hot paint jobs. These are the bikes that seem to feature all the latest and greatest technological advances. If you want \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the best,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d you…<\/p>\n

Dallas Rides Photo Contest \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Vote Online Now!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfdrom www.bikingindallas.com
\nAs mentioned here, Photopol.us sponsored a photo contest called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dallas Rides\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for the bike riding public to vote on the photo that they feel best represents Dallas Rides.\u00c2\u00a0 So, go here to see all the photos and vote for your favorite one.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy and you have until May 10th to do it.<\/p>\n

Les Cockrell: Man to raise cancer awareness, funds during journey<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Denton Record Chronicle
\nHis goal now is to raise awareness of his organization and find donors, and he plans to do that by riding his bicycle across a large section of the United States. Davenport, who graduated from Texas A&M University at Galveston, recently rode his …<\/p>\n

Gone but not forgotten: Trek honors fallen officers of Calhoun County<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Dianna Wray www.victoriaadvocate.com
\nThe moment the Texas Peace Officers crossed the long bridge between Point Comfort and Port Lavaca was an emotional one for Linda Brush.
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\nThey were riding in honor of two officers from Calhoun County who died in the line of duty – one of those officers was her husband.<\/p>\n

Brush cheered as the group of cyclists rode by. …<\/p>\n

May is Bike Month<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby cdestasio
\nSo, by now, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve likely heard:\u00c2\u00a0 May is Bike Month.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s officially the time to bike to work, bike to school, bike for fun, learn to bike\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0 just get on a bike.\u00c2\u00a0 In honor of Bike Month, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re asking Austinites to join the movement and Commit to Commute.\u00c2\u00a0 You could choose to ditch the car…<\/p>\n

Celebrate National Bike Month 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby sooner1
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\nIt’s here, the month for cyclists across the country to celebrate and demonstrate their love for our favorite activity.\u00c2\u00a0 Beginning to end, the month is packed with all sorts of opportunities for you to get on those two wheels and “GO”!\u00c2\u00a0 Get your bicycle maintained at your local bike shop, if needed.\u00c2\u00a0 Find a rally, a group or just a good friend…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bike Bottle Rack via Make: Online by Sean Michael Ragan Clever idea from Etsy seller oopsmark. Perfect for hauling around your ships-in-bottles. Or bottles of wine, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re weird. [via Dude Craft] The May 2011 Issue of The Racing Post …<\/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":[68,2699,174,1727,2698,2467,121,5253,2697,2488],"class_list":["post-8184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-equipment","tag-biking-dallas","tag-cancer-ride","tag-fallen-officers","tag-kids-bike-rodeo-and-safety-fair","tag-lone-star-cyclists","tag-national-bike-month","tag-news","tag-oblate-trail-ride","tag-the-racing-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-280","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8184","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=8184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}