{"id":7743,"date":"2011-03-22T21:53:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T02:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7743"},"modified":"2011-03-22T21:53:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T02:53:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-22nd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-22nd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/suncitytxcyclists.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/suncitytxcyclists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sun City TX Cyclists<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThere is great cycling in Sun City, Georgetown and the surrounding area. The streets in Sun City give you a smooth ride and the terrain is moderately hilly. Georgetown has a bike trail from San Gabriel Park to Lake Georgetown; there is also a mountain bike trail around the lake. The surrounding area gives you the opportunity to ride in the country on good roads with little traffic. Our Club offers a wide variety of weekly rides for cyclists of all levels, and we\u00c2\u00a0 are actively promoting more and better access for cyclists on our roads. <a title=\"http:\/\/suncitytxcyclists.org\/Rides.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/suncitytxcyclists.org\/Rides.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLUB Rides.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikenacogdoches.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikenacogdoches.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Nacogdoches Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is a not-for-profit organization formed to further the interests of cyclists in Nacogdoches County. Our riders have a wide variety of interests and skill levels, including recreational cycling, duathlon and triathlon training, and competing in road and mountain bike races. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hesitate to come and ride with us. Riders of all levels and abilities are welcome and membership is not required. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikenacogdoches.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikenacogdoches.org\/rides.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Club Rides.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/en\/news\/advocacy\/1071-a-great-texas-bike-lobby-day-cyclists-in-suits-2011\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>A Great Texas Bike Lobby Day: Cyclists in Suits 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.biketexas.org<br \/>\nCyclists-in-Suits-2011The state Capitol was awash in neon Bike Texas bicycle pins after about 40 cyclists and advocates descended on Austin for Cyclists in Suits Texas Bike Lobby Day on Monday, March 21. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Fort Worth Bicycling Association April Rides Announced<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe April ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club Upcoming Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nApril 2, 2011 9:30 am<br \/>\n2011\/04\/02 Blue Star- Mission Espada Ride<br \/>\nBlue Star Brewery, 1414 South Alamo Street, San Antonio<\/p>\n<p>April 3, 2011 9:00 am<br \/>\n2011\/04\/03 Eisenhower Park Ride<br \/>\nEisenhower Park, 19399 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio<\/p>\n<p>April 3, 2011 11:00 am<br \/>\n2011\/04\/03 Karnes County 42-Miler<br \/>\nKarnes County Court House, 101 Panna Maria Avenue, Karnes City<\/p>\n<p>April 9, 2011 8:00 am<br \/>\n2011\/04\/09Rudy&#8217;s Ride<br \/>\nRudy&#8217;s BBQ, 10623 Westover Hills, San Antonio<\/p>\n<p>April 10, 2011 9:00 am<br \/>\n2011\/04\/10 Marty?s BBQ and Ride<\/p>\n<p>April 23, 2011 8:00 am<br \/>\n2011\/04\/23 Southside Mission Ride<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/donbynum.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/donbynum.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/22\/cycling-ride-to-the-mcdonald-observatory\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cycling \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ride to the McDonald Observatory<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Don Bynum&#8217;s Blog by donbynum<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/donbynum.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/8-picture-007-going-somewhat-faster-than-20mph-down-the-big-descent.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=768&#038;fit=1024%2C768&#038;resize=512%2C384\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><br \/>\nSometimes a man just has to do something really tough to feel his Wheaties.\u00c2\u00a0 Riding from the Davis Mountain State Park out TX118 to the McDonald Observatory has to qualify as tough.\u00c2\u00a0 The route map and elevation profile below sorta set the stage. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatewoodlands.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatewoodlands.com\/stories\/238069-township-seeks-bike-friendly-designation\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Township seeks &#8216;bike-friendly&#8217; designation<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Ultimate Woodlands<br \/>\nThere are two Bicycle Friendly Communities in Texas. Austin has been awarded the gold level and San Antonio holds an honorable mention. &#8220;This would make us only the third community in Texas and among an elite group of cities across the US,&#8221; Schoger &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparkstraveler.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparkstraveler.com\/2011\/03\/big-bend-national-park-proposing-cut-mountain-bike-trail-peer-raises-objections7827\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Big Bend National Park Proposing To Cut Mountain Bike Trail, PEER Raises Objections<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Kurt Repanshek www.nationalparkstraveler.com<br \/>\nBig Bend National Park officials want to cut a dual-use mountain bike trail into a hillside near Panther Junction, but an advocacy group argues that it would set a bad precedent for how national park landscapes are managed.<\/p>\n<p>At issue is a roughly 10-mile network of trails that would be cut into an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sun City TX Cyclists There is great cycling in Sun City, Georgetown and the surrounding area. The streets in Sun City give you a smooth ride and the terrain is moderately hilly. Georgetown has a bike trail from San Gabriel <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-22nd-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":[2591,1287,2394,660,2259,43,2508,2451,2590],"class_list":["post-7743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-friendly-communities","tag-big-bend-national-park","tag-cyclists-in-suits","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-don-bynums-blog","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-hill-country-bike-touring-club","tag-nacogdoches-bicycle-club","tag-sun-city-tx-cyclists"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-20T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743","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=7743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}