{"id":14461,"date":"2012-05-31T23:37:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T04:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=14461"},"modified":"2012-05-31T23:37:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T04:37:37","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-31st-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-31st-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop Mellow Mountain Ride<\/strong><\/a> is ON this Saturday starting at 9am. Riding the Barton Creek…<\/p>\n

2012 Viva Streets Festival Recap<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAuthor: Ray Garza\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0RGV Cycling
\nAustin has their first ever Viva Streets Festival and I decided to take a quick road trip to check it out. I also to my bike I could take a spin around town. I always wanted to go cycling there and this was a good opportunity to do so. Mark Pena and his family also went so we represented Ciclistas Urbanos over there.<\/p>\n

My plan was to take off on Friday and come back on Monday. The event itself is on a Sunday so I had plenty of time to check things out. Friday afternoon I decided to go out to South Congress ave and see what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on. Oh man, what a happening place that place is. Besides all the people there, that area is so bike friendly. The format is…<\/p>\n

Georgetown Cyclopaths June Ride Schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Dallas Area Tandem Enthusiasts<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Veterans riding from \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSea to Shining Sea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Ross Farrow\/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
\nLodi seems to be one of the favorite locales to “pass through” town for cross country trips.
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\nDuring the past few years, a young man went through Lodi to collect advice from common folks to present to Barack Obama before he was elected president. Another time, a donkey and his owner traveled through Galt, Woodbridge and Lodi on their way from Washington to Texas. In 2008, a group of American Indians walked through Lodi on a cross-country trip to commemorate the 30th anniversary of The…<\/p>\n

‘Green lanes’ mean ‘go’ for more cities’ cyclists<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Wendy Koch, USA TODAY
\nTo boost transit options, U.S. cities are revving up plans for something that’s long been popular in Europe \u00e2\u20ac\u201d bike lanes protected from traffic.<\/p>\n

“Green lanes” are protected bike lanes that are separated by curbs, planters, posts or parked cars.<\/p>\n

Separated by curbs, planters, posts or parked cars, these “green lanes” are taking off in \u00e2\u20ac\u201d among other cities \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Austin, Chicago, Memphis, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

“We are seeing an explosion of interest in making bicycling stress-free on busy city streets,” says Martha Roskowski of Bikes Belong Foundation, a non-profit touting the paths via its Green Lane Project. She says…<\/p>\n

Gander Mountain Cook Out<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.oldtascosacycling.com
\n“The Cook Out for Gander Mountain Employee’s and MS Riders as well as other riders, will be June 18th after the Monday Night Ride at 7:30. Brought to you by BP\/Old Tascosa Cycling Club\/MS Society spread the word!!!! Bring a friend and sign up for THE MS 150 hang…<\/p>\n

Results are Here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby League Director\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas High School Cycling League
\nFinally, all results have been updated.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out our race series tabs for results from our Houston Weekend as well as our FINAL overall season-long standings & results.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all our competitors and to all our team and individual podium finishers.<\/p>\n

This year we had a record of 94 individual competitors which is an increase of about 28% so that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great news.\u00c2\u00a0 Get ready for…<\/p>\n

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