{"id":21456,"date":"2013-05-31T23:49:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T04:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21456"},"modified":"2013-05-31T23:49:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T04:49:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-31st-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-31st-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Declare War\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Biking Treasure Hunt<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Declare War\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Biking Treasure Hunt, Saturday June 8, 5:30 p.m.
\ndirected by Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and the Oak Cliff Film Festival
\nTHE BACK STORY
\nTwo teams on bikes: Rumblecore vs. The Raging Bulls
\nPedaling around Oak Cliff
\nScouting 8 different locations
\nBeing quizzed on movie trivia
\nGetting puzzle pieces directing them to the next location
\nPutting it all together to find the location of…<\/p>\n

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Finding Bike Routes via Google Maps<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nRGV Cycling
\nWhile scanning search results on my blog-site, I noticed that people are looking for bike routes in our area. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rather easy to do this with Google Maps, but I figure that not everyone is aware of this. So, here I am writing a short post on how to find bike routes via Google Maps. This will work no matter where you live. The larger the city or metropolitan area your in, the greater chance that someone has mapped out routes on Google.<\/p>\n

Head on over to maps.google.com and search the area you are interested in. On the right side click on the expand arrow below the Traffic box. Next select the…<\/p>\n

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First Impressions: iBike Newton<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nRGV Cycling
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\nI am a big fan of Velocomp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s line of power meters designed around the iPhone. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve used the iDash + Power for over a year now and really like cycling with it, but it does have a few issues. Mainly, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to read the iPhone when the sun at mid-day. The screen just gets washed out completely. Recently, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been thinking of upgrading to the iBike Newton. A stand-alone version of the power meter, no iPhone required. After ordering on Amazon and paying the…<\/p>\n

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New Mountain Bike Trail Opens in Longview<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.ketknbc.com
\nLongview, TX (City of Longview) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The City of Longview and the Longview Bicycle Club will celebrate the opening of the Grace Creek Mountain Bike Trail on Saturday, June 1. The unpaved trail allows users to mountain bike, hike, or run approximately three miles of wooded property owned by the City of Longview. The mountain bike trail begins with a trailhead at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Complex, 100 Grand Blvd., and continues south along the Grace Creek corridor.<\/p>\n

The grand opening of the trail will occur at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 1, at the Maude Cobb Convention Center parking lot. Following a ribbon cutting, the trail will be open for…<\/p>\n

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National Trails Day & Giving Back<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.texasmountainbiketrails.com
\nThis is a short post today as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still getting caught up on everything after last nights wildly popular Erwin Park Summer Series debut.
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Tomorrow, Saturday June 1st is something very important. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Trails Day which is a day setup to highlight trail awareness and advocacy.<\/p>\n

It is also a big workday at many of our Dallas trails, this is your chance to go out there and help maintain the trails that you love so much. Bring work gloves (or MTB gloves), bug spray and dress appropriate for walking through potential poison ivy, mud and more. Long sleeves and pants are recommended.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of several of the trail workdays that we have going on here in DFW. …<\/p>\n

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East Texas cyclist in serious condition after collision with car<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Whitley Bonnette\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.kltv.com
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