{"id":8362,"date":"2011-05-19T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2011-05-19T00:02:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:02:23","slug":"daily-news-roundup-may-18th-texas-bicycling-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/19\/daily-news-roundup-may-18th-texas-bicycling-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup May 18th – Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWednesday night ride
\nDescription: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Leaderless rides leave 6 pm from River Run Plaza, 1071 Country Club Rd. 20-24 mile Upper Valley ride, at various paces. Optional dinner afterward at Hello Pizza.<\/p>\n

Happy Bike to Work Week!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nEven though different communities celebrate it at different times, this week is officially National Bike to Work Week — an important part of National Bike Month. We hope you’re riding to work this week, and maybe even taking a friend along who hasn’t tried bike commuting before!<\/p>\n

Bicycling for transportation is at an all time high in the U.S: the number of bike commuters rose by 64% from 1990 to 2009. Now that gas prices are rivaling record-high 2008 levels, we think bike commuting will…<\/p>\n

Marine’s Cross Country Ride For The Fallen Ends In North Carolina<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby WNCT<\/p>\n

\"\"
\n“California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and now here,” said Levi Aho, a former Marine riding a bicycle across the country. He takes daily trips as short as 22 miles and as long as 160. …<\/p>\n

Into THE Wild<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby FireEngineering.com
\nBack in the park I found the paved scenic trail fun, but serious two-wheeled thrill-seekers will want to try out the eleven miles of track that volunteers from the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association built in the park. Steep and rocky, these trails are…<\/p>\n

Cyclists remembered at memorial ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Austin News
\nThe Texas Transportation Institute started Cycle Tracks , and put Austin as a pilot city. it’s a free application which allows the City to obtain information such as bicycle routes, distance and speed, that other cyclists are recording. …<\/p>\n

Arlington revises hike-and-bike plan<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Fort Worth Star Telegram
\nThe proposed on-street bicycle lanes are concentrated downtown, around the University of Texas at Arlington and near Lake Arlington. Councilman Robert Shepard, who headed the subcommittee, said that, as a bike rider, he would have liked more on-street …<\/p>\n

Bikers Ride to Remember 5\/18\/11<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby KOSA
\n“Drive your bicycle like it’s a car, stop at stop signs and lights like cars are expected to,” explains Crowell. For these bikers, the ride is a memorial and a reminder to drivers because, they say, cyclists aren’t going away any time soon. …<\/p>\n

Cycling to work gaining speed in Central Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nGlenn Putnam is a rare site in Waco: he rides his bike to and from work every day.<\/p>\n

“Every once in a while I’ll see someone else commuting on a bike, but not a lot. It’s kinda lonely out there,” he said with a smile.<\/p>\n

But that’s all about to change. …<\/p>\n

Super Squadra Skills Clinic<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n\"\"
\nBicycle Sport Shop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Super Squadra headed out to the Driveway last night to share a few of their secrets.\u00c2\u00a0 And although there was lots of talk, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t all talk.\u00c2\u00a0 This was a hands-on education for sure, and ended with a really great race.\u00c2\u00a0 In case you missed it,\u00c2\u00a0 there are a few more Squadra clinics on the horizon, and here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a recap from…<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.kcentv.com\/category\/170056\/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5864496<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride Wednesday night ride Description: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Leaderless rides leave 6 pm from River Run Plaza, 1071 Country Club Rd. 20-24 mile Upper Valley ride, at various paces. Optional dinner afterward at Hello Pizza. Happy Bike to …<\/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":[76,550,123,506,2335,5253,179,2717],"class_list":["post-8362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-across-the-us","tag-bicycle-commuting","tag-bike-to-work-day","tag-dorba","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-news","tag-ride-of-silence","tag-skills-clinic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2aS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362","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=8362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}