{"id":24910,"date":"2014-07-05T22:47:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=24910"},"modified":"2014-07-05T22:47:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:47:49","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/05\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest July 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"

3136-01-174 Construct Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.texasbids.net<\/h4>\n

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Road races for para-cycling and juniors mark day 4 of 2014 Amateur Road Nationals<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.usacycling.org<\/h4>\n

\n Rockdale, Wisconsin (July 5, 2014) — Stars-and-Stripes jerseys were awarded in 28 road race categories Saturday at the 2014 USA Cycling Amateur & Para-cycling Road National Championships. Competitions began in the morning with para-cyclists taking to the six-kilometer course in Rockdale, Wis. …
\n …Junior Riders Conclude the Day
\n The 9-10 year old races kicked off the afternoon session with two laps (12km) of the Rockford course. In the men’s event, it was Luke Swan (Alpine, Calif.\/Strive Racing) taking the victory by just over a second ahead of Stephen Heath (Alpharetta, Ga.\/Frazier Cycling). Zayk Cronyn (Tucson, Ariz.\/Rock Creek Velo) finished eight seconds back of Swan to claim the bronze medal, while Ryan Hoppenfeld (Atlanta, Ga.\/Frazier Cycling) and Christiano Migliaccio (College Station, Texas) rounded out the top five. …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rolling My Wheels In Fort Worth’s Gateway Park Before Getting Peppered At Town Talk<\/a><\/h2>\n

Durango Texas<\/h4>\n

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\n I went rolling on the Gateway Park mountain bike trails today for the first time since the rains of June.
\n In times past at my favorite Gateway Park photo opportunity location my inferior photographic skills have thwarted my attempts to successfully capture on film, I mean, digitally, the steep precipice the mountain bike trail suddenly comes to without warning.
\n Today I took video of my favorite Gateway Park photo opportunity location. That video is…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Welcome New Members – Special Edition<\/a><\/h2>\n

Plano Bicycle Association<\/h4>\n

\n Please extend a big welcome to our 41 new members who joined the PBA in the month of June. This is a record number of new monthly additions to our club. At the end of June 2013, our total club membership was 573. At the end of June 2014, our new members bring the total membership to 685.\u00c2\u00a0 Compare this to our total membership in 2002 of 110 members. Come Ride With Us! …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tweets<\/h2>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/RparkerTSA\/status\/485540979470901250<\/p>\n

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Thwarted bike thieves! They cut my cable, not my Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit! @bikehouston<\/a> @salsacycles<\/a> #carfreecommute<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NoIUrQzaGt<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jake Kushner MD (@JakeKushnerMD) June 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n