{"id":49657,"date":"2019-05-30T23:14:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=49657"},"modified":"2019-05-30T23:14:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:14:25","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-30th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/30\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-30th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest May 30th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkcitiespeople.com\/2019\/05\/30\/troops-70-125-577-introduce-new-eagle-scouts\/\">Troops 70, 125, 577 Introduce New Eagle Scouts<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.parkcitiespeople.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"445\" width=\"800\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.parkcitiespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Photo-by-Amanda-Neuhoff-Eagle-Scouts-from-ESD-800x445.jpg?resize=800%2C445&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These area Boy Scouts have earned the Eagle Scout rank, Scouting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highest. Doing so typically takes several years and requires earning a combination of 21 or more badges plus a special project.\n(ABOVE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c FROM LEFT: Episcopal School of Dallas students Christopher Talbot, Scott Neuhoff, Cooper Newsom, Luke Logan, William Greening, Trey Brooks, Reece Breaux, Luke Stanford, Will Beck, John Carrie, Jackson Mecham, and Miles Cavitt. Photos by Amanda Neuhoff)<\/p>\n<p>Troop 125\nGrace Bible Church\nJackson Samuel Mechem, the son of Jack and Shirley Mechem, is a senior at the Episcopal School of Dallas and plans to attend Texas A&amp;M University. His Eagle project: building a bicycle repair station along Northaven Trail. &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownhouston.org\/calendar\/bayou-bikers\/\">Bayou Bikers SUN JUNE 02 2019   8 A.M.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.downtownhouston.org<\/h3>\n<p>Market Square Park\n301 Milam\nHouston<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.downtownhouston.org\/media\/filer_public_thumbnails\/filer_public\/ec\/e0\/ece0c8fd-c65d-49fe-8155-608bbe200a11\/credit-buffalo-bayou-partnership.png__398x530_q90_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The first Sunday of every month, Bayou Bikers meet at Market Square for 25 to 40 mile bike rides to explore the bayous of Houston.  These rides are open to all comers and riding abilities. Mountain bikes or bikes with fat tires are necessary.  This is an informal group whose purpose is to show Houstonians and visits the beauty of Houston&#8217;s waterways.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.road-results.com\/race\/11626\">Critmas Day 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 May 25 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.road-results.com<\/h3>\n<p>Categories\n\u00c2\u00bb Cat 1\/2\/3\/4\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Cat 3\/4\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Cat 4\/5\n\u00c2\u00bb Men P\/1\/2\/3\n\u00c2\u00bb Women Cat 3\/4\/5\n\u00c2\u00bb Women P\/1\/2\/3<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.road-results.com\/race\/11625\">King Racing Group Thursday Night Crits \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 May 23 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.road-results.com<\/h3>\n<p>Categories\n\u00c2\u00bb Cat 3\/4\n\u00c2\u00bb Cat 4\/5\n\u00c2\u00bb P\/1\/2\/3<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epcyclists.com\/event\/show\/446212270?dy=1&amp;mth=6&amp;yr=2019\">Memorial to Northeast with Roly<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>EP Cyclists | www.epcyclists.com<\/h3>\n<p>8:30am MDT &#8211; 12:00pm MDT June 1st, 2019  Download\nShort &#8211; Medium and Long Routes&#8230;\nLocation: Memorial Park, N Copia St, El Paso, TX, USA &#8211; 1701 N. Copia St<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/bicycleaustin.info\/forum\/viewtopic.php?pid=7134#p7134\">Why no contiguous paved trails?<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>madmax951 | bicycleaustin.info<\/h3>\n<p>Austin is suppose to be a &quot;Golden Bike City&quot; yet there are really no loops or even contiguous paved trails for road bikers. It seems to me after looking at the map and the City of Austin Transportation plan of 2014 that there are no plans to tie anything together that forms any trip longer than a few miles?? This is why i&#8217;m posting to ask If anyone knows of &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h1>Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last nighy was the final race of the bearcreekcrits which means Memorial Park Crits start next Wednesday. A highlight of Bear Creek was sponsoring first-time women and also seeing our teammate Elena race her very\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/84Liwf1n1J\">https:\/\/t.co\/84Liwf1n1J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Haute Wheels Racing (@hautewheelsrace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hautewheelsrace\/status\/1134306775182692354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The boys may be on a beach thousands of miles away but I still have bike partners in Dallas. (Trying to to remember if she made those footprints in the concrete) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfiVd3AWy5\">pic.twitter.com\/pfiVd3AWy5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Martin Russell \u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b2\u00f0\u0178\u0090\u009d\u00f0\u0178\u0090\u00bf\u00ef\u00b8\u008f (@russell_dallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/russell_dallas\/status\/1134234873470828545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of racing within two hours of Austin. It&#39;s great. just <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeReg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BikeReg<\/a>&#39;d for University Oaks Criterium &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ToFwcSLMs\">https:\/\/t.co\/1ToFwcSLMs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Wenger (@wengernation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wengernation\/status\/1134125353906180096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have you seen Houston Avenue or White Oak lately!? Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tirz5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TIRZ5<\/a> for giving me a safe ride home yesterday! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/build50challenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#build50challenge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Owqny8eo7s\">pic.twitter.com\/Owqny8eo7s<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeHouston\/status\/1134135409145987074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Change your Sunday plans and take a group ride around the city to The Ensemble Theatre to see Pipeline. They are hosting a ride centered around their show starting at 11:00am. Half off show tickets for riders! RSVP here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8k0jh0PPZJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/8k0jh0PPZJ<\/a><br>(Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoogieRoux?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DoogieRoux<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WbMmXTRT2g\">pic.twitter.com\/WbMmXTRT2g<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Houston BCycle (@HoustonBCycle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonBCycle\/status\/1134135788919316480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Check out our website for latest updates, race schedule and rider profiles: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ikYcw77BSK\">https:\/\/t.co\/ikYcw77BSK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/elbowzracing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#elbowzracing<\/a> \u00f0\u0178\u201c\u00b8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeeMPhoto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeeMPhoto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njamvMHNlr\">pic.twitter.com\/njamvMHNlr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ELBOWZ Racing (@elbowzracing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elbowzracing\/status\/1134147162558861313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CM Friday is upon us! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/criticalmass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#criticalmass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/criticalmasshouston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#criticalmasshouston<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NiQ8EWDqS8\">pic.twitter.com\/NiQ8EWDqS8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Critical Mass Houston (@HoustonCM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonCM\/status\/1134179747804721152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make plans to join us for our Bear Moon Bakery Ride on Sunday. Wheels down at 8 AM! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZokCFP2XGc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZokCFP2XGc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vGqvE2WuSo\">pic.twitter.com\/vGqvE2WuSo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sawheelmen\/status\/1134097651954270208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bike of the Day!  Another Yeti rolling out and hoping to dry trails \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u00ac\u00f0\u0178\u00a4\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4OqxLgXzkp\">https:\/\/t.co\/4OqxLgXzkp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HtROSjhPEU\">pic.twitter.com\/HtROSjhPEU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mad Duck Cyclery (@MadDuckCyclery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadDuckCyclery\/status\/1134099942203699200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet our latest Commute Hero, Matt! Mat works at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siliconlabs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@siliconlabs<\/a> and commutes by e-bike several days a week. Check out this KXAN story about Matt and his commute!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wJmjZac5JX\">https:\/\/t.co\/wJmjZac5JX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Movability (@Movability) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Movability\/status\/1134052080019267584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cyrus to lead DB1 weekly ride! (Jun 01, 2019 07:00AM)<\/p>&mdash; PBA Rides (@pbaDB1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pbaDB1\/status\/1134068382733611009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h1>New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Event 2019 LIFETIME Driveway Series Week 13 &#8211; Austin, TX 2019 LIFETIME Driveway Series Week 13 at Austin, TX<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/40udh8IABt\">https:\/\/t.co\/40udh8IABt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lTXdQxkGnB\">https:\/\/t.co\/lTXdQxkGnB<\/a><br><br>5PM Juniors &amp; Women 3\/4\/5<br>Combined Field Limit: 75<br>CATEGORYSTART TIMEDISTANCEFIELD LIM\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gv4XIcjSAj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Gv4XIcjSAj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1134305878319013888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/30\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-30th-2019\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","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":[],"class_list":["post-49657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-cUV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49657","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=49657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49671,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49657\/revisions\/49671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}