{"id":9113,"date":"2011-07-16T00:26:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T05:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9113"},"modified":"2011-07-16T00:26:57","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T05:26:57","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-15t-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-15t-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s here and the time is right for biking in the streets<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nfrom www.peopleforbikes.org<br \/>\nImagine diverting traffic from a major street in your neighborhood, then welcoming families on bikes, families on foot, babies in strollers, people in wheelchairs, toddlers on training wheels, grade schoolers on skateboards, teenagers on single-speeds, grandparents on recumbents, couples arm-in-arm and even yoga classes in the middle of the road. What would&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\/blog\/entry\/summers_here_and_the_time_is_right_for_biking_in_the_streets\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\/blog\/entry\/summers_here_and_the_time_is_right_for_biking_in_the_streets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bay area bike shop owner has become a Corpus Christi fitness leader<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Alissa Inman \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.caller.com<br \/>\nCORPUS CHRISTI \u00e2\u20ac\u201d As a guy with a blood pressure problem, a three-soda-per-day habit, and an affinity for doughnuts, Tom Neagli never imagined himself as an athletic community leader. Yet, since moving to Corpus Christi nearly a quarter century ago to sell bicycles, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exactly what he has become. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.caller.com\/news\/2011\/jul\/15\/bay-area-bike-shop-owner-has-become-corpus-christi\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caller.com\/news\/2011\/jul\/15\/bay-area-bike-shop-owner-has-become-corpus-christi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Wednesday Evening Cycling Group Ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201c July 13<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLake Buchanan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Inks Lake Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\nPost Ride Report:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lakebuchanan.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/donkeys-watching-cyclists.jpg?w=500&#038;h=666&#038;fit=500%2C666&#038;resize=500%2C666\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" \/><br \/>\nWednesday Evening Group Ride -\u00c2\u00a0 Dave Rhodes, Mark Cravens, Don Senzig, Jay McGranahan, John Chalmers and Don Bynum made the ride.\u00c2\u00a0 The Lone Grove&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/lakebuchanan.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/lakebuchanan.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/12\/wednesday-evening-cycling-group-ride-july-13\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules of the road: Eight answers for motorists and cyclists<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBy Gordon Dickson\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 www.star-telegram.com<br \/>\nNorth Texas&#8217; love affair with the automobile is a passionate one, as evidenced by the region&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Like little love notes, moments in time serve as reminders of people&#8217;s deep feelings toward their cars. In Arlington, residents celebrated when the first Pontiac rolled off the city&#8217;s new General Motors assembly line in 1954. In Fort Worth, many folks have fond memories&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2011\/07\/15\/3224479\/rules-of-the-road-eight-answers.html#tvg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Recreation ranches benefit owners, athletes<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBy Bill Cullins \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.gosanangelo.com<br \/>\n&#8230;Texas doesn&#8217;t have a lot of state or national forest areas that are open to the public, so it can be difficult for off-road cyclists, runners or event promoters to access good terrain for off-road races or workouts.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is compounded statewide by the bureaucratic regulations for state parks or property owned or managed by cities. State and city requirements make&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2011\/jul\/15\/recreation-ranches-benefit-owners-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s here and the time is right for biking in the streets from www.peopleforbikes.org Imagine diverting traffic from a major street in your neighborhood, then welcoming families on bikes, families on foot, babies in strollers, people in wheelchairs, toddlers on <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-15t-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":[5258,660,2259,2079,2831,2830],"class_list":["post-9113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-shops","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-don-bynums-blog","tag-people-for-bikes","tag-recreation-ranch","tag-rules-of-the-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2mZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9113","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=9113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}