{"id":9734,"date":"2011-09-17T22:28:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T03:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9734"},"modified":"2011-09-17T22:33:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T03:33:17","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-17th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/17\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-17th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking of Racks \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Velo Orange Bike Rack Prototypes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Christopher Curnutt\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking in Dallas
\nVelo Orange touring racks
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\nRacks have been an active topic here recently and I am liking what I see over at Velo Orange<\/strong><\/a>. …<\/p>\n

8:30am – Corinth MTB Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nCorinth Cycling Club
\nby Scott Franklin
\nWhen: Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:30am to 10am\u00c2\u00a0 CDT
\nWhere: Corinth City Hall
\nEvent Description: Mountain bike trail ride open to all skill levels. Helmets required on all rides. Ride leader is Lance Hendrick. 8:30am lance@brasrep.com<\/p>\n

6-year-old gears up for Mamma Jamma Ride to support breast cancer patients<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nPam LeBlanc, Fit City
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\nThe training wheels only came off 6-year-old Ella Hall’s bicycle in March, but already she’s preparing to pedal 27 miles at the Mamma Jamma Ride on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

It won’t be her first trip around the block. The past two years, Ella has pitched in from her seat on the back of a tandem bike steered by her mother, Rhonda Hall. …<\/p>\n

Wichita Falls gets to an even 100 triple-digit days just as Dallas area joins record books<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Associated Press
\nDALLAS \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Wichita Falls became the latest Texas city to have 100 days of triple-digit temperatures in one year.<\/p>\n

Not far from Oklahoma state line in North Texas and home to the Hotter \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcN Hell Hundred bike race every summer, Wichita Falls broke its one-year record for 100-degree days weeks ago. The previous mark of 79 came in 1980, which was the benchmark for Texas heat waves before this year. …<\/p>\n

Mayor Price Kicks off Bicycle Ride at Texas Wesleyan<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDarren White
\nStaging for the ride begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17
\nFort Worth Mayor Betsy Price will start a nine-mile bicycle ride at Texas Wesleyan on Saturday, Sept. 17, and will travel through east Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

The ride is the first in a series of neighborhood cycles that Mayor Price plans for coming months. The University\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Oneal-Sells Administration Building parking lot will be the parking and staging area for the ride. Staging begins at 8 a.m. and the ride starts at 9 a.m. …<\/p>\n

Austin Downtown REI \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Central Texas Mountain Biking Basics<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDate: 10\/19\/2011
\nEvent Location: Austin Downtown REI
\nEvent Fee: Free
\nTime: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (CDT)
\nPresenter: REI Specalist
\nGroup Size: 35
\nDescription: Central Texas is a great place to take your bike off-road! In this free presentation, an REI mountain biking specialist will give an introduction to the basics of mountain biking. We will share…<\/p>\n

Hammered at the La Vernia Hammerfest<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Bike Geek
\nBeing overtaken by a thunderstorm is quite an experience.<\/p>\n

The sudden tailwind of the thunderstorm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gust front was a temporary blessing followed by the loud collision of fat water droplets bouncing off my bicycle helmet.\u00c2\u00a0 Seconds later, I was riding in a deluge.
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\nThat was the experience for me during the last six miles or so of the 2011 La Vernia Hammerfest.\u00c2\u00a0 As the heavens opened up, the country roads turned into small streams.\u00c2\u00a0 I remember 30mph, white…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of Racks \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Velo Orange Bike Rack Prototypes by Christopher Curnutt\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking in Dallas Velo Orange touring racks Racks have been an active topic here recently and I am liking what I see over at Velo Orange. … …<\/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":[1029,2028,619,660,2963,2109,2965,2964,1025,2962,2961,71],"class_list":["post-9734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-geek","tag-biking-in-dallas","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-fort-worth-mayor-betsy-price","tag-la-vernia-wild-west-hammer-fest","tag-mountain-biking-basics","tag-rei","tag-texas-mamma-jamma-ride","tag-texas-wesleyan","tag-velo-orange-racks","tag-wichita-falls-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2x0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9734","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=9734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}