{"id":29965,"date":"2015-06-13T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29965"},"modified":"2015-06-13T00:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T05:00:44","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-june-12th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/texas-bicycling-news-june-12th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News June 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local cyclist Craddock has uphill climb in Crit\u00c3\u00a9rium<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Dale Robertson\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h3>\n

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\nPRA LOUP, France – Lawson Craddock has gotten his first true taste of what the Tour de France feels like this week, and truth to tell, he hasn’t found the flavor all that much to his liking.
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Alkek Velodrome<\/a><\/h2>\n

ATTENTION RIDERS – Masters and Junior Regional Championships are being postponed.
\nIt pains me to say this as there has been so much work put into this weekend but weather conditions are going to deteriorate. We have several riders coming great distances and we can’t let it play out like we would for a FNR. The rain is expected to be prolonged and can be quite heavy over the weekend. We have a large number of events and delays would push us back to racing past Midnight Saturday. The outlook for Sunday is even worse. So we are postponing Master and Junior Regionals.
\nThe new date is August 22 and 23. This is …<\/p>\n

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Council hears pitch for bike routes<\/a><\/h2>\n

By MATT DOTRAY\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0A-J MEDIA\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0lubbockonline.com<\/h3>\n

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\nThe City Council heard from Anne Epstein, chairperson of the Lubbock Board of Health, about the need for more bicycle lanes during an afternoon work session on Thursday.
\nOther representatives of the Board of Health and the West Texas Cycling Association were in attendance to showcase their support.
\nEpstein said the board recently passed a resolution in support of the restudy project based on two …<\/p>\n

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Houston Bike Plan Goals<\/a><\/h2>\n

BikeHouston.org<\/h3>\n

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\nBikeHouston sets goal of building a network of safe, continuous bikeways within a half mile of all Houstonians. This network must work for people young and old, and reach all parts of the city. With a safe bicycle network we can address health and traffic concerns by tripling the share of people commuting by bicycle from 0.8 percent to 3 percent in five years. 33% of all trips in Houston are 3 miles or less, a distance which is easily and often faster taken on bicycle than car. If there were safe comfortable bikeways to travel on for these 3 miles, people would begin to use a bicycle rather than a car for these trips \u00e2\u20ac\u201c taking cars off the road, reducing traffic, and getting people healthy and active.
\nThe Houston Bike Plan should embrace these goals and detail how to get there.
\nBikeHouston\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recommended goals:
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PJ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first bicycle experience<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Matthew\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0bike4heck.com<\/h3>\n

Finding time to write
\nWell, today (June 10, 2015) I finished up my last continuing education class for my teacher certificate, so now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got some time to devote to Bike4heck.com
\nLet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start by backing up a little bit and see what changes have taken place in the past 6 months to a year. Well, a bunch of stuff happened, but this post is not about that. So let me sum it up like this: First Born (PJ) arrived in July 2014; Got a new Yuba Mundo 4.3 in February 2015; Purchased Yepp Maxi (Child Seat) last part of March, and PJ had his first ride on April 7th around the block, Then, his first family ride about a month ago and his first group ride this …
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Tweets About Texas Bicycling<\/h2>\n
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Tough time at @tulsa_tough<\/a> … Two crashes for me, but was able to snatch a pretty big crowd prime with 9 laps to go! #MoneyInTheBank<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Pincus \u00f0\u0178\u00a7\u00a2 (@pincus1) June 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n