{"id":9238,"date":"2011-07-26T23:55:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T04:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2011-07-27T00:00:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T05:00:44","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-july-26th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-july-26th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup &#8211; July 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Free bicycle helmets offered to kids in RGC<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGail Burkhardt<br \/>\nThe Monitor<br \/>\nRIO GRANDE CITY \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Physicians from the Texas Military Forces are giving out 500 free bicycle helmets to children here this week.<\/p>\n<p>The helmets are available at Fort Ringgold Middle School, at 1 S. Fort Ringgold St., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Col. Robert Morecook with Texas Military Forces said physicians gave away about 11&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.themonitor.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themonitor.com\/news\/rio-53186-grande-helmets.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Building a Home Decor Business on Recycled Bicycle Parts<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA Texas designer uses her passion for sustainable living to strike out on her own.<br \/>\nBy Michelle Juergen\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 |\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Entrepreneur Magazine<br \/>\nEntrepreneur: Krystal O&#8217;Mara, founder of ReMain Eco Design and Consulting. O&#8217;Mara began transforming bikes into living room d\u00c3\u00a9cor in February 2010.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.entrepreneur.com\/dbimages\/article\/remain-eco-design-metal-to-the-pedal.jpg?resize=220%2C321\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"321\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;Aha&#8221; moment: O&#8217;Mara created a table out of bicycle rims early last year to raise money for the silent auction at 24 Hours in the Canyon, an annual bike race in&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/220021\" href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/220021\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bike Rentals in Austin<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nfrom Texas Cyclist by Lars<br \/>\nLooking for a bike rental in Austin, Texas?<br \/>\nHere are some bike shops that offer bike rentals. If we missed any, please let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Bicycle Sport Shop<br \/>\nBicycle Sport Shop offers bike rentals on many types of bikes. Triathlon bikes, road bikes, mountain bikes, cruiser bikes, kid bikes, electric bikes, tandems and more. Prices start around $22 for a half day. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.texascyclist.com\/bike-rentals-in-austin\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texascyclist.com\/bike-rentals-in-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bike Rentals in Dallas<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nfrom Texas Cyclist by Lars<br \/>\nLooking to rent a bike in Dallas, Texas?<br \/>\nHere are some local bike shop options for bike rentals in the Dallas area.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson Bike Mart<br \/>\nAt Richardson Bike Mart, you can rent road bikes, triathlon bikes, mountain bikes, tandems, hybrid bikes and even bike racks. Rates run from around $30 to $50 per day, or double if you want to rent the expensive models. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.texascyclist.com\/bike-rentals-in-dallas\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texascyclist.com\/bike-rentals-in-dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free bicycle helmets offered to kids in RGC Gail Burkhardt The Monitor RIO GRANDE CITY \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Physicians from the Texas Military Forces are giving out 500 free bicycle helmets to children here this week. The helmets are available at Fort <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-july-26th-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":[528,2845,2846,2844,5253],"class_list":["post-9238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-helmets","tag-bike-rental-austin","tag-bike-rental-dallas","tag-home-decor","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2p0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238","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=9238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}