{"id":6830,"date":"2010-12-23T23:33:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T05:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2010-12-23T23:33:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T05:33:57","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-23rd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/23\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-23rd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycle Club Rides &amp; Events<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSunday, January 2<br \/>\nLeaderless ride-9:00 am<br \/>\nSaturday, January 8<br \/>\nTour de La Mesa-9:00 am<br \/>\nSunday, January 9<br \/>\nLower Valley Ride-9:00 am<br \/>\nUpper Valley Ditch Ride-2:00 pm<br \/>\nSaturday, January 15<br \/>\nAK-58-8:00 am<br \/>\nSunday, January 16<br \/>\nShort and Sweet-9:00 am<br \/>\nSaturday, January 22<br \/>\nLinda&#8217;s and Carmen&#8217;s Challenge-9:00 am<br \/>\nCo-Gen Natural Gas Special-9:00 am<br \/>\nSaturday, January 29<br \/>\nLa Union Special-9:00 am<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/images\/banner.jpg?resize=503%2C66\" alt=\"El Paso Bicycle Club\" width=\"503\" height=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/katy-trail-extension-phase-iii-theyre-working-on-it\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Katy Trail Extension Phase III: They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Working On It<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Biking In Dallas by Michael W. Hubbard<br \/>\nAs I drove eastbound on Mockingbird Ln. from U.S. 75 (Central Expy.) yesterday, I decided to look for signs of construction along the Katry Trail Extension to the White Rock DART station. I knew from &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/now-that-is-a-work-rig\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Now THAT Is a Work Rig<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/REECE.jpeg?resize=500%2C401\" alt=\"Work Bike\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\nI was driving down the road the other day and spotted a guy riding this bike, I had to turn around and learn more about him and his ride. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Raleigh mountain bike &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/100milebike.com\" href=\"http:\/\/100milebike.com\/2010\/12\/charity-bike-ride-magical-bike-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>charity bike ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Magical Bike Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom 100milebike.com<br \/>\nThis is a video time lapse from my 70 day bike ride with Texas 4000 from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska during the summer of 2008. Over 40 cyclists biked in what was the 5th year of the ride, dedicated to raising money for cancer &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/article\/there-will-be-bikes-under-the-tree-this-holiday-season-28783\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>There will be bikes under the tree this holiday season<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby BikeRadar.com (last paragraph)<br \/>\nDeep in the heart of Texas, retailer Academy Sports + Outdoors showed it had a big heart as well, with its ninth annual youth bike donation program, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=cmpkc3VobDVqOWpnNmR0ZDhsN2xpcnNvcHNfMjAxMTAxMTVUMTQwMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=cmpkc3VobDVqOWpnNmR0ZDhsN2xpcnNvcHNfMjAxMTAxMTVUMTQwMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>8:00am &#8211; Cup o&#8217; Joe<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin<br \/>\nWhen: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8am to 9:30am\u00c2\u00a0 CST<br \/>\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School<br \/>\nEvent Status: confirmed<br \/>\nEvent Description: 1901 Creekside Drive, Corinth, TX 76210 The Cup o&#8217; Joe ride is an easy 12 mile road ride to Hickory Creek and back. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2010\/dec\/23\/christmas-en-el-barrio-delivers-joy-presents\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Christmas en el Barrio delivers joy, presents<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby San Angelo Standard Times<br \/>\nShe said they came last year but arrived too late to get a bicycle. James Cannon, Johnson&#8217;s 14-year-old grandchild, said he is looking forward to a new &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.dailypeloton.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypeloton.com\/displayarticle.asp?pk=17952\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>2011 USA Cycling National Championship Calendar Announced<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Daily Peloton<br \/>\n&#8230;Junior Track Nationals<br \/>\nThe national championship calendar will then continue in July with the USA Cycling Junior Track National Championships. The event is slated for July 7-10 at the Superdrome in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas, where the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next generation of track stars will fight for national titles in a variety of sprint and endurance events. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Paso Bicycle Club Rides &amp; Events Sunday, January 2 Leaderless ride-9:00 am Saturday, January 8 Tour de La Mesa-9:00 am Sunday, January 9 Lower Valley Ride-9:00 am Upper Valley Ditch Ride-2:00 pm Saturday, January 15 AK-58-8:00 am Sunday, January <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/23\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-23rd-2\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/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":[2341,2342,2028,619,660,2335,2179,237,2343],"class_list":["post-6830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-academy-sports-outdoors","tag-bicycle-presents","tag-biking-in-dallas","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-katy-trail","tag-texas-4000","tag-usa-cycling-junior-track-national-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Ma","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830","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=6830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}