{"id":9438,"date":"2011-08-16T00:29:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T05:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9438"},"modified":"2011-08-16T00:29:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T05:29:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-august-15th-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-august-15th-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"

City council considers allocating $192,000 to bicycle plan<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby bikedenton
\nDenton has a budget surplus of $192,000, and some city council members suggest allocating it to the Bicycle Plan. , vote on Sept 20.<\/p>\n

Council member Dalton Gregory advocated using the money to help implement the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing bicycle plan, which would receive only $50,000 under the proposed budget.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I completely agree with Chris that we need to not spend money that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not there,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Gregory said…<\/p>\n

More Renner Road Underpass Progress<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby dickdavid\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bike Friendly Richardson
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\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a couple of weeks since we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve checked on the progress of the Renner Road trail underpass. We were quite surprised to see so much progress in such a short amount of time. Now that the retaining wall is going up, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re starting to get a better idea of how this trail is going to look. …<\/p>\n

Plano City Council Votes for Bicycle Facilities and Connections<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby marc@mcmumby.com\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeDFW
\nThe Plano City Council voted last night to approve two contracts to provide new bicycle facilities within Plano and new bicycle connections to neighboring cities. Both projects are part of Plano’s “Goal of Great Neighborhoods – 1st Choice to Live” community enhancement program.<\/p>\n

The Citywide On-street Bicycle Route Signage Project involves the manufacture and installation of signs and sign post assemblies for on-street bicycle routes throughout…<\/p>\n

Who Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Want a Full Weekend on the Bike?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby djcurtin\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0It’s Time To Ride
\nAny enthusiast road cyclist worth their weight in carbon fiber has thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I sure would love to spend a few days just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6riding.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 Even if you read all the magazines, spend lunch hours skulking around your local bike shop, hit up your local club rides, done a few charity rides, and maybe even pinned on a number at a race or two, when it comes done to it, you just want to…<\/p>\n

Chocolate Increases Endurance<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nFitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
\nA recent symposium at the American College of Sports Medicine 58th Annual Meeting June 2, 2011 and other recent studies show that chocolate improves endurance training in mice and humans. Taking small amounts of a chocolate extract, called epicatechin, twice a day for two weeks shortened recovery from intense exercise and…<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving in the Davis Mountains<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.lonestarcyclists.org
\nNovember 24, 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c November 27, 2011 Tim Williams has long wanted to ride the Scenic Loop of the Davis Mountain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and the Goerner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s have joined him to make this opportunity for the Lone Star Cyclist Bicycle Club.\u00c2\u00a0 The Davis Mountain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s offers challenging climbs, wonderful scenery with all the variety west…<\/p>\n

North Texas cyclists keep pedaling even in the record-setting high heat<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Dallas Morning News (subscription)
\nBy JEFFREY WEISS On a day when simply standing in the sun-baked parking lot was an endurance test, Dr. George Markus limbered up for a brisk 34.5-mile bike ride. The leader of a regular twice-weekly event called, no kidding, the Popsicle Ride, …<\/p>\n

Bicycling firefighters ride for 9\/11<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy RUSSELL ANGLIN
\nrussell.anglin@amarillo.com
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\nFor a group of fundraising, bicycling Los Angeles firefighters headed to Amarillo, the West Texas wind was a welcome ally Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153(The wind has) been the best thing absolutely ever,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jorge Ostrovsky, 54, a founding member of the Ride For 9\/11 organization, said as he sat atop his bike, his face drenched in sweat. Ostrovky is part of a group of…<\/p>\n

Legislators take a bike tour<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWheels turn in effort to show ‘that it can also be transportation.’
\nBy Colin McDonald
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\nThe legislators were quick to gather Thursday for the predawn photo op before the Alamo, but their attention faded during the subsequent safety speech about not braking abruptly while riding a bike.<\/p>\n

BikeTexas art director Jack Sanford saw an opportunity and quickly performed an awkward cartwheel to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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