{"id":21628,"date":"2013-06-18T00:33:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T05:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21628"},"modified":"2013-06-18T00:33:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T05:33:37","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-17th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-17th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston: Tanner Road to Addicks Dam Trail: Need to contact frequent users<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby flangehead\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikeforums.net
\nI am working with a group to re-establish the connection between Tanner Road (about 1\/2 way between North Eldridge Parkway and Brittmoore) and the Addicks Dam. We are identifying users or potential users of the trail to show local support for the project. This would be of particular interest to cyclists and hikers in the subdivisions Lakes on Eldridge, Lakes on Eldridge North, Twin Lakes, Eldridge Park, and Villages at Lakepointe as well as the business parks Brittmoore Park and Brittmoore-Tanner.<\/p>\n

This connection, which will require about 1000′ of trail, will provide access to the concrete top of spillway south to Clay Road, then the gravel top-of-dam road to…<\/p>\n

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Livestrong Texas 4000 rolls through Fort Collins<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.coloradoan.com
\nThe longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world will hit Fort Collins on Thursday as part of 70-day ride from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska.<\/p>\n

The ride, called the 2013 Livestrong Texas 4000, will cover 4,500 miles in an effort to raise awareness about and fight cancer. The 69 cyclists participating in the ride are undergraduates and graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin and will…<\/p>\n

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Veterans Romney and Manning Ride with President George W. Bush<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nVeterans Omar Romney and Michael Manning rode with former President George W. Bush during the third annual Warrior 100K Ride in Texas May 23-25.
\nwww.prweb.com
\nArmy Staff Sergeant Omar Romney was impressed. As one of 15 participants in the George W. Bush Presidential Center\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Warrior 100K Ride May 23-25, he had the opportunity to not only meet the former president, but also ride with him.
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\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The President says this is not a race but he sure likes to go fast,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Romney recalled, noting that Bush fondly called him \u00e2\u20ac\u0153his wing man.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Injured during deployment to Iraq in 2003, Romney was sent to Fort Campbell in Kentucky for rehabilitation. Medically retired from the…<\/p>\n

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Groundbreaking Tuesday on Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge at Katy Trail<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nYears of planning, negotiation and problem solving will culminate Tuesday in a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction this fall of the Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge at Katy Trail.
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\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is kind of the big critical piece that connects the existing Katy Trail,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jared White, a Dallas transportation planner. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is how we can get across Mockingbird and get everybody out to the northeast Dallas White Rock Lake area.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The $7 million construction project is the last phase of the popular Katy Trail, which now runs 3.5 miles from American Airlines Center downtown to near the…<\/p>\n

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Gravel, fsr, smooth dirt, etc in central TX<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby mack_turtle\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0forums.mtbr.com\/texas
\nI have a sscx bike that is mostly used on the road and i would like to put some knobbies on it and grind some gravel. Where can i set out on a long stretch of dirt that is smooth enough for a non-mtb but not too brutal for this bike? I might even take it on relatively smooth songletrack. …(replies)<\/p>\n

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I'll be in Austin this weekend, can anyone recommend a good road bike route around 30-50mi.? @mellowjohnnys<\/a> @FullServiceATX<\/a> @BonesawTX<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jim Cycle Across TX (@CycleXTexas) June 18, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n