{"id":5304,"date":"2010-07-21T23:12:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T04:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2010-07-21T23:12:30","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T04:12:30","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/21\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

White Rock Trail bicycle crossing at Lawther still open for now …<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom www.txcn.com
\nBut West Lawther still will be closed to motorized traffic at that intersection, said Texas Department of Transportation spokeswoman Cynthia Northrop. …<\/p>\n

Return to the Alamo: Music, food and a benefit ride<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Dallas Morning News (blog)
\nBicycle and motorcycle competitions. Stunts. Free admission. Time: 5 to 9 pm, starting with bicycle and motorcycle ride from the Grassy Knoll downtown. …<\/p>\n

\"Return<\/p>\n

A Reverence for Riding<\/strong><\/a>
\nby The Interior News
\nBy Andrew Hudson – Smithers Interior News When 55 University of Texas students roll through Smithers July 22 on an Austin-to-Anchorage charity bicycle tour, …<\/p>\n

Touring West Texas<\/strong><\/a> – For the bicyclists, there was the joy of sweet tiredness, never wearisome, for a worthwhile cause.
\nfrom www.mywesttexas.com
\nIt was an amazing heartiness devoid of tedium yet whacked, but not defeated, by the weekend ride in the summer heat, challenged by the rising landscape, a hill that never seemed to end horizon after horizon. The last endurance climb came in the rolling plains, neighboring the Cap Rock Escarpment, west of Gail and meandering upward toward Lamesa’s vast cotton country. …<\/p>\n

Encourage people to walk, cycle | palo, cycle, alto – Viewpoints …<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom www.brownsvilleherald.com
\nI am grateful to our city for providing the excellent bike trail from the Palo Alto Battlefield to Brownsville\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s old cemetery. It is thrilling to ride along the trail and watch birds, rabbits, ground squirrels and the occasional snake as well as see happy families and friends bicycling, jogging and walking their cheerful dogs. Of course, we need to extend…<\/p>\n

Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis: Lake Mineral Wells Trailway …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Dennis and Michele Starkey
\nMichele and I had planned a trip to ride the Lake Mineral Wells Trailway on Saturday the 17th, the weather forecast was for hot, hot, hot, and we were glad when Marla and Rick accepted our invitation to ride with us. We met at the trail head to find the gate locked even though the sign on the gate…<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/p>\n

Law of 3’s<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom Mike’s Bike Blog
\nI’m not sure if this is a written rule but crashes usually happen in 3’s, celebrity deaths happen in 3s. My last 3 rides fell to this pearl:
\nSunday
\nFirst thing in the morning Jack and I got out for an hour of pace line work and descending drills. After that I was going to ride for another hour. I headed out on Limecreek Road towards Volente Beach. 2 Miles into it I hear a loud pop and the hiss of the air being released from my back tire. Upon inspection my tire had a severe blowout. I booted the tire with a dollar bill and changed the flat and rode home. That evening at the boys’ soccer practice…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White Rock Trail bicycle crossing at Lawther still open for now … from www.txcn.com But West Lawther still will be closed to motorized traffic at that intersection, said Texas Department of Transportation spokeswoman Cynthia Northrop. … Return to the Alamo: …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[1933,612,660,1934,1853,364,34,1908],"class_list":["post-5304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-alamo","tag-brownsville-texas","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-lake-mineral-wells-trailway","tag-mikes-bike-blog","tag-riding","tag-west-texas","tag-white-rock-trail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1ny","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304","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=5304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}