{"id":9664,"date":"2011-09-07T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T02:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9664"},"modified":"2011-09-07T21:00:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T02:00:45","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-7th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/07\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-7th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silverback’s Starke city bikes charge your gadgets, firm your thighs<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Joseph Volpe\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.engadget.com
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\nCyclists have a lot to be proud of — what with their terrific gams, above average lung capacity and eco-friendly locomotive choice. But tech isn’t exactly an area that falls under their outdoors-y province, unless they’re sporting one of Silverback’s Starke bicycles. The line of city bikes offers up four models for…<\/p>\n

Bicycle Rodeo & Child Fingerprinting Sponsored by Target & Tyler P D\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSaturday, September 10th, 2011 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a09 am – 1 pm
\nBicycle officers will inspect bikes & provide safety information.\u00c2\u00a0 Children will have the opportunity to ride their bike through a cone course, review common road signs and practice safe bike-handling skills.\u00c2\u00a0 Officers will also be…<\/p>\n

White Rock Creek Trail Clean Up Day on September 10th<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby dickdavid\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bike Friendly Richardson
\nBFR friend Sean posted this on our Facebook group page. From the Friends of the White Rock Creek Trail website:
\nThe Friends of the White Rock Creek Trail is organizing a trail clean up day to coincide with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s My Park Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Please contact your friends and neighbors, homeowner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s associations, crime watch groups, running friends, bike clubs, etc, and…<\/p>\n

Texas A&M bike permits identify stolen cycles in case of theft<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAggie Safety Week encourages student practices for students’ safety
\nBy Amber Jaura
\nThroughout the year bike accidents thefts affect many students on campus. Neglecting bicycle traffic laws and safety measures aren’t worth the trouble of putting yourself and others in danger.<\/p>\n

Debbie Hoffman, associate director for Transportation Services,, said a new bike program has been put in place this year to accommodate…<\/p>\n

Recreational Sports Calendar & Sign-up Sheet – Sept. 7, 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSan Antonio Express-News
\nBicycling: Today, 8 a.m., Wheelers Senior Ride, 30 miles, Floore\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Country Store, Helotes. 210-643-0314.
\nBicycling\/Running: Saturday, 7 a.m., Poth Ride to Remember, 12, 22, 44 and 66 miles bike rides\/5K run, city park, Poth. 830-542-9797, CityofPoth.org
\nBicycling: Saturday, 8 a.m., Boerne Ride, 25 to 70 miles, city hall, Boerne. 210-325-2500, 210-524-9393. …<\/p>\n

Op-ed: Expand Transmountain Road, then zone to preserve mountain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s character<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Jose M. Landeros\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.whatsuppub.com
\n…The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) released its plan a year ago in an attempt to accommodate current traffic and future growth on the road\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s western reach. The plan was slammed partly for a perceived lack of public input.<\/p>\n

But environmental groups and some elected officials also balked on environmental and aesthetic grounds. The road would go from a two-lane highway to a four-lane freeway, including overpasses, flyovers, hike\/bike lanes and a median. …<\/p>\n

L.B. Houston Nature Trail, Dallas Texas<\/strong><\/span> <\/a>
\nby Shawn\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas Mountain Bike Trails
\nDescription
\nL.B. Houston, we have liftoff.
\nThis trail has got to be the Nascar track of DFW mountain bike trails. It is fast and flat with plenty of twists and turns. Located just off of Highway 114 and Northwest Highway, L.B. Houston is only minutes from downtown Dallas. The terrain is hardpacked when dry but typically very sticky after a…<\/p>\n

2011 Tour of Austin<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Ken\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas Racing Life
\nThe Tour of Austin is a race put on by Holland Racing over Labor Day Weekend, consisting of the only thing that Holland Racing puts on, well organized Crit\/Circuit Races.\u00c2\u00a0 Over the 3 days, lots of spectators and racers had fun in the heat, wind, and sunshine.<\/p>\n

My experience can best be described as mildly disappointing, eye opening, and hard.<\/p>\n

Saturdays race was at the Driveway, a car race course in southeast Austin.\u00c2\u00a0 We raced the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153long course\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which I have always thought more of a circuit race than a criterium.\u00c2\u00a0 75 minutes of fast paced racing.\u00c2\u00a0 I found it easy to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silverback’s Starke city bikes charge your gadgets, firm your thighs By Joseph Volpe\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.engadget.com Cyclists have a lot to be proud of — what with their terrific gams, above average lung capacity and eco-friendly locomotive choice. But tech isn’t …<\/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":[220,2344,660,2429,2915,1140,2912,2913,104,2456,1991,2914],"class_list":["post-9664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-rodeo","tag-bike-friendly-richardson","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bike-plan","tag-l-b-houston-nature-trail","tag-san-antonio-events","tag-silverback-b","tag-silverback-starke-bicycle","tag-texas-a-m","tag-texas-racing-life","tag-tour-of-austin","tag-white-rock-creek-trail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2vS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664","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=9664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}