{"id":9170,"date":"2011-07-21T23:38:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T04:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2011-07-21T23:38:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T04:38:41","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-july-21st-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/21\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-july-21st-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup &#8211; July 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Frisco Cycling Club<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nJeff Ellis started the forum topic Message From BikeDFW in the group Club Members<br \/>\nTo Collin County Area Cycling Organizations, BikeDFW is working with the Collin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office to broadcast cycling-related incident reports and complaints to bicycle organizations and groups that may ride in the Collin County area. The&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/friscocycling.org\/groups\/club-members\/forum\/topic\/message-from-bikedfw\/\" href=\"http:\/\/friscocycling.org\/groups\/club-members\/forum\/topic\/message-from-bikedfw\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Three rabbis bike around US for Friendship Circle<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby thejewishchronicle.net\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 by Toby Tabachnick<br \/>\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sight uncommon to Pittsburgh, much less rural America: three rabbis donned in beards, kippot, tzizit, and \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 bike gear.<\/p>\n<p>Native Pittsburgher, Rabbi Dani Saul, along with former Pittsburgh Yeshiva Schools student-teacher Zalman Perlman and Shmuel Rothstein from Baltimore, are raising eyebrows, along with awareness for Friendship Circle International, as they bike 4,000 miles across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The rabbis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 bicycle trek, which began about two weeks ago in New York City\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Central Park, will continue along the East Coast down to Georgia, then west to Louisiana, through Texas, and will conclude in Los Angeles on Aug. 22. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/thejewishchronicle.net\/view\/full_story\/14776362\/article-Three-rabbis-bike-around-U-S--for-Friendship-Circle-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column\" href=\"http:\/\/thejewishchronicle.net\/view\/full_story\/14776362\/article-Three-rabbis-bike-around-U-S--for-Friendship-Circle-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>$3 million in Trails Grants awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Your Houston News<br \/>\nThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved $3,318,450 to fund 21 National Recreational Trail Grant projects in communities across the state, including in Waller County.<\/p>\n<p>The commission also awarded an additional $485,000 in re-allocated trail funds to underwrite trail improvements in seven state parks and three local communities. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.yourhoustonnews.com\/waller_county\/news\/article_dca6989a-6e44-50b2-a593-a742e17bf567.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourhoustonnews.com\/waller_county\/news\/article_dca6989a-6e44-50b2-a593-a742e17bf567.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Memorial Park Criterium #7 2011<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Ken\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas Racing Life<br \/>\nToday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s race was Clockwise, the preferred direction for most racers.\u00c2\u00a0 There were a couple new notables in the race this week, including Carlos Vargas of Nick Lopez, and Michael Pincus of Metro\/VW.\u00c2\u00a0 The fast strong men on Bike Barn and Proactive were ready to race hard as always!\u00c2\u00a0 With new racers to attack and be aggressive, the&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/texasracinglife.com\/2011\/07\/21\/memorial-park-criterium-7-2011\" href=\"http:\/\/texasracinglife.com\/2011\/07\/21\/memorial-park-criterium-7-2011\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2538\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2538\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycle Club Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nColumbus Road Challenge<br \/>\nDescription: Meet at Rio Plaza and ride to Columbus Road at intermediate pace. At Columbus Road, everyone rides 1\/2 hour west at various paces (going for maximum distance) and turns around, regroups and ride to Gadsden HS and back to Rio Plaza at intermediate pace. About 35 miles. Randy Limbird, 915-542-1422 or 915-328-4110 (cell).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Officer cleared in death of armed bicyclist<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPhotos showed wound in back of man&#8217;s head<br \/>\nBy CINDY GEORGE\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0HOUSTON CHRONICLE<br \/>\nA Harris County grand jury has cleared a Houston police officer who fatally shot an armed bicyclist along a dark Fifth Ward industrial strip last year.<\/p>\n<p>David Butler, 26, was apprehended by a pair of lawmen on Dec. 29 as he rode against traffic at night and without a head lamp. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/metro\/~3\/AZ-7EtJq7aY\/7664256.html\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/metro\/~3\/AZ-7EtJq7aY\/7664256.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frisco Cycling Club Jeff Ellis started the forum topic Message From BikeDFW in the group Club Members To Collin County Area Cycling Organizations, BikeDFW is working with the Collin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office to broadcast cycling-related incident reports and complaints to <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/21\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-july-21st-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":[76,2545,2335,1105,2840,5253,2839],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-across-the-us","tag-bicycle-fatality","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-frisco-cycling-club","tag-memorial-park-criterium","tag-news","tag-texas-parks-and-wildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2nU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","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=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}