{"id":20612,"date":"2013-03-10T23:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20612"},"modified":"2013-03-10T23:01:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T04:01:05","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-10th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/10\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-10th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hop to the Gap<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nEl Paso Bicycle Club Ride<br \/>\nSunday, March 31\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0TBD<br \/>\nDescription: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Meet at Rio Plaza, 6205 Upper Valley Rd (at Artcraft). Moderate-pace (15-17) ride to Anthony Gap via the Rollers and Upper Valley. 38 miles. Larry Reid, 915-241-xxxx<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/Net\/18956\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/Net\/18956\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>2013 Volunteer Sign-Up Bicycle Sport Shop Pace Bend Race<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPresented by The North Face and the Austin Ridge Riders<br \/>\nAustin, TX<br \/>\nSaturday, April 20, 2013 to Sunday, April 21, 2013<br \/>\nVolunteer benefits (besides a lot of fun and some great riding!):<br \/>\nComplimentary park entry fees for all volunteers.<br \/>\nOne night complimentary camping for each day of scheduled volunteer work.<br \/>\nAwesome PBR tshirt.<br \/>\nSack lunches on the days worked.<br \/>\nPotluck dinner Saturday night.<br \/>\nExamples of volunteer duties include:&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikehouston.org\/2013\/03\/join-bikehouston-on-a-road-trip-to-the-state-capitol\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikehouston.org\/2013\/03\/join-bikehouston-on-a-road-trip-to-the-state-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Join BikeHouston on a road trip to the State Capitol.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Chris Lockwood\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0BikeHouston<br \/>\nBikeHouston is inviting members of the cycling community to join us on a trip to Austin for BikeTexas Cyclists in Suits \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Texas Bike Lobby Day.<\/p>\n<p>A chartered bus will transport attendees, departing early Monday morning and arriving in Austin to join cyclists from all over Texas to take part in this biennial event. Once there, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be briefed on the issues that are currently vital to cyclists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 interests and best practices for meeting with state legislators. Our goal is to help BikeTexas rally cyclists from every legislative district in Texas to remind lawmakers that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FfB5utnR23E\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FfB5utnR23E\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Short clip of mountain bike trails at Canyon Lake Park, Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby tx78666<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Short clip of mountain bike trails at Canyon Lake Park, Texas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfB5utnR23E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAfter a series of 6-12&#8243; drops, my camera ended up pointing at the ground. I kind of like the angle<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sawheelmen.com\/caldetail.cfm?sec_id=87965&amp;frm=87965&amp;calendar_id=813674\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sawheelmen.com\/caldetail.cfm?sec_id=87965&amp;frm=87965&amp;calendar_id=813674\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>New Berlin Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSan Antonio Wheelmen<br \/>\nDate: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a003\/17\/2013<br \/>\nTime: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a008:00 AM-11:00 AM<br \/>\nLocation: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Brietzke Station<br \/>\n9015 FM 775<br \/>\nSeguin, TX 78155<br \/>\nDetails: New Berlin Ride (E) [F to R]. Routes of 22, 34, 43, and 70 miles.<br \/>\nThis ride is essentially a reverse of the popular Woman Hollering Creek Ride with a few new twists.\u00c2\u00a0 The ride begins and ends at Briezke Station in New Berlin.\u00c2\u00a0 After the ride, there will be an opportunity to have lunch at&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/content\/reveille-peak-ranch-march-9-2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/content\/reveille-peak-ranch-march-9-2013\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Reveille Peak Ranch March 9 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAustin Ridge Riders (Photo gallery)<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/node-gallery-display\/grpclose.jpeg?resize=600%2C450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcyclists.org\/bike-ride\/alligator-ride-0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcyclists.org\/bike-ride\/alligator-ride-0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Alligator Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nLone Star Cyclists<br \/>\nPace: Touring with a Fast Pace Option (Touring is a varied pace with frequent stops averaging 12-15 mph)<br \/>\nDate: Saturday, March 16, 2013 &#8211; 8:30am<br \/>\nLocation: Lowe&#8217;s Home Improvement, 4444 N Galloway Ave, Mesquite<br \/>\nPlease park as close as possible to Barnes Bridge Road.<br \/>\nDistances: 36 and 59 Miles<\/p>\n<p>Every year the Mesquite Rodeo Ride offers up some great roads to travel, and this weekend we are going to ride on some of them. We have a couple of routes to choose from: 36 and 59 miles. Come enjoy some pretty, rolling countryside in a setting that is a&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A sampler album from the 2013 Kenny Hill Autowerks Spring Classic by Jim Hicks. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FfDfKu1nhY\">http:\/\/t.co\/FfDfKu1nhY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HOLLAND RACING (@HOLLANDRACERS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HOLLANDRACERS\/status\/310946446532829184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good day for the Corinth Cycling\/Harden Dental Boyz out at the Jesuit Ranger Round Up road race today.  In the&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/RplX0fbPYd\">http:\/\/t.co\/RplX0fbPYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corinth Cycling (@corinthcycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corinthcycling\/status\/310934943322734592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday night rides start this Wednesday. Be ready to leave the store at 6PM sharp.  22 miles at 16-18 mph&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6pjg8IDyRI\">http:\/\/t.co\/6pjg8IDyRI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bikesport (@BikesportTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikesportTX\/status\/310901829514977281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tried to ride this morning. Winds thought contrary and almost blew me onto the sidewalk&#8230;..Rest Day!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/neverfoolwithmothernature?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#neverfoolwithmothernature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cruz (@DCRUZ547) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCRUZ547\/status\/310830751220379649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Austin group has fled <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sxswi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sxswi<\/a> madness and ready to hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mtb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mtb<\/a> trails! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/H29lll2KA4\">http:\/\/t.co\/H29lll2KA4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reveille Peak Ranch (@RPRTexas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RPRTexas\/status\/310826175092097024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These noble steads are waiting for a knight or fair lady to take em out. It&#39;s free. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/demoday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#demoday<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/S3MzeI5pca\">pic.twitter.com\/S3MzeI5pca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BWoutdoors (@OutdoorWaco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutdoorWaco\/status\/310808922367881216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s beautiful out, Austin! Get out and enjoy it! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/cRDpPlBIwk\">http:\/\/t.co\/cRDpPlBIwk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSS_Austin\/status\/310778416947408896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark your calendars&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/lgUYlyJybt\">http:\/\/t.co\/lgUYlyJybt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bikesport (@BikesportTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikesportTX\/status\/310758813357715456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielcurtin\/status\/310740468164075521<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBQ44\/status\/310739687906111489<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hop to the Gap El Paso Bicycle Club Ride Sunday, March 31\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0TBD Description: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Meet at Rio Plaza, 6205 Upper Valley Rd (at Artcraft). Moderate-pace (15-17) ride to Anthony Gap via the Rollers and Upper Valley. 38 miles. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/10\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-10th-3\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[1381,4217,2394,660,2335,2467,2450,1829,3736],"class_list":["post-20612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-sport-shop-pace-bend-race","tag-canyon-lake-park","tag-cyclists-in-suits","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-lone-star-cyclists","tag-reveille-peak-ranch","tag-san-antonio-wheelmen","tag-tweets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-5ms","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20612","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=20612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}