{"id":50609,"date":"2019-07-20T00:46:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T05:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50609"},"modified":"2019-07-20T00:46:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T05:46:53","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-19th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-19th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest July 19th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/community\/community-health-fair-returns-to-portland-fumc\">Community Health Fair Returns to Portland FUMC<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>By: Mike Gillaspia | www.kristv.com<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"scripps_iframe_embed\" style=\"position:relative;\"><div style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;padding-bottom:56.25%;\"><\/div><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%; height:100%;\" border=\"0\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.scrippsdigital.com\/cms\/videoIframe.html?&#038;host=www.kristv.com&#038;title=Community%20Health%20Fair%20Returns%20to%20Portland%20FUMC&#038;m3u8=https:\/\/content.uplynk.com\/74f15701e4a44562836d564471d945bc.m3u8&#038;purl=\/community\/community-health-fair-returns-to-portland-fumc&#038;story=0&#038;ex=1&#038;s=kris\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><p>PORTLAND, TX \u00e2\u20ac\u201d First United Methodist Church of Portland is hosting its Fifth Annual Community Health Fair this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This event marks the return of yet another ministry for the church, whose building sustained heavy damage by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The congregation was displaced from their campus for eleven months, meaning events like the Community Health Fair had to be put on hold. Now, however, the church is back in their buildings and resuming their outreach efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Coastal Bend Community Foundation has once again provided funding for costs related to the Health Fair, and bicycle helmets for children will be provided through the Hard Hats for Little Heads program of &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/nica-texas-league-cyclefest-fund-raiser-tickets-65739948957\">NICA Texas League Cyclefest Fund Raiser<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.eventbrite.com<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F65773109%2F317508661857%2F1%2Foriginal.20190717-214120?w=800&amp;auto=compress&amp;rect=10%2C0%2C2304%2C1152&amp;s=206e7e96ea959656bead72866892c6be\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sat, September 7, 2019\n5:30 PM \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 10:00 PM CDT\nLocation\nBalcones Country Club\n8600 Balcones Club Drive\nAustin, TX 78750<\/p>\n<p>A Benefit Dinner and Auction supporting the Texas Interscholastic Mountain Bike League. The event ticket includes dinner, wine and beer, and an opportunity to bid on Pivot Bikes, a Colorado Vacation Rental and Silent Auction Baskets worth thousands of dollars! Money raised will be used to cover costs for scholarship students who would not otherwise be able to participate in the program and help purchase of equipment necessary for the league to produce safe race experiences for the students.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/alt1037dfw.radio.com\/blogs\/mark\/friends-katy-trail-announces-major-renovations-coming-popular-dallas-walking-and-cycling\">Major Renovations Coming To Katy Trail In Dallas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>MARK | alt1037dfw.radio.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioimg.s3.amazonaws.com\/kvilfm\/styles\/delta__775x515\/s3\/Walking_Trail_775x515.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Popular Walking And Cycling Park Will Be Getting A New Pedestrian Trail<\/p>\n<p>Katy Trail is about to get a major upgrade. The popular Dallas trail, that sees one million walkers, joggers and bikers each year, will get a brand new pedestrian-only path along a one mile stretch of the trail that currently doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have one. Once completed, the entire trail will have a concrete path for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/steinerranchcycling.com\/weekend-rides-north-austin-shuffle-red-horn\/\">Weekend Rides: North Austin Shuffle &amp; Red Horn<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Brad Weaver | steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n<p>Saturday training rides leaving from Cups &amp; Cones:<\/p>\n<p>7:30 am \u00e2\u20ac\u201c New route revised from one Todack created takes us through Riverplace and up to north Austin. Check it out here: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/routes\/20372912\nEndurance Pace Group leaves Cups &amp; Cones at 8:00 am for a TBD route.\nAfter the ride, we meet up at &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2546344100\">104\u00c2\u00b0F (40\u00c2\u00b0C) Truancy Ride From Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. 30.6 miles &#8230;<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Raul E. | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"770\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/KZaZF1y_bKUEaT572dAS22q3FKYUeF-LXyfhoK_0pxY-2048x1314.jpg?resize=1200%2C770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2545840754\">Joy Ride to Lake Conroe<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Rick Rostkowski | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1597\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/xFIqIZP4cdYqv1Ee8KIReopyePjfLm7Z8zd7AlePBkg-1539x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1597&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Natalia, Christian, John &amp; Nick for a fantastically pleasant ride to the lake. Awesome riding companions, an early start, combined with some unexpected cool breezes and forest shade made for a near perfect ride. Our pace was perfectly matched to our group thanks to Nick who pulled for about 50 miles and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fair to say all thrived today. Stops at Starbucks, a gas station and beers at the end gave us plenty of opportunity to visit and relax. Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait for the next time!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2545056396\">Morning Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Alison Carey | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1597\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/q0dKXKvKO7YWu__YaUUkr-7CUx2FP3Lqavcd2cn9N3E-1539x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1597&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/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\">The city is going back to the drawing board because the designs for the only funded section of Broadway don&#39;t comply with Complete Streets requirements. We need people to sign this petition that will automatically send letters to council members.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MvSvKyCTdr\">https:\/\/t.co\/MvSvKyCTdr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bike San Antonio (@bike_satx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bike_satx\/status\/1152244272084783104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Hey Dallas People!! The Dallas Bicycle Coalition is meeting on Wednesday, 8\/7 from 6:30-8pm at the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeSouth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BikeSouth<\/a> WE-CYCLE Resource Center at 1616 Al Lipscomb Way in Dallas!! Come talk cycling in Dallas, and hear how BFSD, BikeDFW, and the city are working to make it better!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wB0i6SEXho\">pic.twitter.com\/wB0i6SEXho<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BikeDFW (@BikeDFW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeDFW\/status\/1152242970957103104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">TGIF! Come \u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bb\u00e2\u20ac\u008d\u00e2\u2122\u201a\u00ef\u00b8\u008f\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b4\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bd\u00e2\u20ac\u008d\u00e2\u2122\u20ac\u00ef\u00b8\u008f ride with us.\u00f0\u0178\u2018\u008d\u00f0\u0178\u008f\u00bc<br><br>Choose a weekly road, gravel or mountain bike route depending on where your preferred <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sunandskisports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sunandskisports<\/a> store is: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkF7OJNEXg\">https:\/\/t.co\/pkF7OJNEXg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sunandskilife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sunandskilife<\/a> \u00f0\u0178\u017d\u00a5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sunandskiexpert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sunandskiexpert<\/a> d.pollux on IG at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSkiMcAllen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SunSkiMcAllen<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs Sunday Gravel Bike Ride <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhTFN7KvCS\">pic.twitter.com\/NhTFN7KvCS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sun &amp; Ski Sports (@SunAndSkiSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunAndSkiSports\/status\/1152243828184768513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Looking at my Calendar, looks like when I get back from Nationals I am going to have some serious racing to do, I am looking at 1 maybe 2 weekends to deal with no racing<\/p>&mdash; Jesus (@SrCampy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SrCampy\/status\/1152289079721177088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">All travelers should expect increased congestion along San Jacinto &amp; Robert Dedman drive next week. During this time, we ask that motorist &amp; cyclist please share the road. <br> <br>See the map below for suggested detours to navigate the construction on the south end of campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fhc44qUScu\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fhc44qUScu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wnn5AZ3v3R\">pic.twitter.com\/wnn5AZ3v3R<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bike UT (@bikeut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bikeut\/status\/1152301902018809856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">3rd place for RT junior Ethan Benedict in yesterday&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingRacingGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KingRacingGroup<\/a> Cat 4\/5 race in Dallas, TX!<br>.<br>\u00f0\u0178\u201c\u00b8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingRacingGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kingracinggroup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rothetraining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rothetraining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q3WIlmiRaP\">pic.twitter.com\/Q3WIlmiRaP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rothetraining\/status\/1152305698681892864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Join us for a FUNdraiser at Chuy&#39;s River Oaks Monday July 22 4-8pm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hs7mHi1PkZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hs7mHi1PkZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t1tSsygRYI\">pic.twitter.com\/t1tSsygRYI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CYCLE Houston (@CYCLEHouston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYCLEHouston\/status\/1152314840293228544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Ride routes now available for next weekend&#39;s Pflugerville Pfolly Training Ride. We hope to see you there. Bring a friend! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2kMb7Rsk3\">https:\/\/t.co\/g2kMb7Rsk3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RcuJ6hQvjK\">pic.twitter.com\/RcuJ6hQvjK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TX Mamma Jamma Ride (@MammaJammaRide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MammaJammaRide\/status\/1152207463153897472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Bayou Greenways 2020 is bringing 150 miles of connected parks and trails to Houstonians everywhere. Find a trail, share a story &amp; get involved over at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOykYiH60f\">https:\/\/t.co\/VOykYiH60f<\/a>. This website belongs to all of us. Just like our parks and trails. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParksByYou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParksByYou<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/soJisvxme3\">https:\/\/t.co\/soJisvxme3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Houston Parks Board (@houparksboard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houparksboard\/status\/1152221641562382339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Heading into the weekend like&#8230;<br><br>Photo by Simon Vandewiele <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leFZ0zVjvv\">pic.twitter.com\/leFZ0zVjvv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; mellowjohnnys (@mellowjohnnys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mellowjohnnys\/status\/1152194003510661121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\/07\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-july-19th-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-50609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-dah","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50609","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=50609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50610,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50609\/revisions\/50610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}