{"id":7910,"date":"2011-04-10T05:23:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2011-04-09T22:40:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T03:40:57","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-9th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/10\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-9th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyrichardson.org\" href=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyrichardson.org\/2011\/04\/09\/cottonwood-creek-trail-complete-but-not-open\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cottonwood Creek Trail Complete \u00e2\u20ac\u201c But Not Open<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby dickdavid<br \/>\nI was in the mood to check out the progress of the Cottonwood Creek Trail which leads from south Richardson, under Central Expressway and LBJ, with plans to connect with the Dallas trail network. Ever since the dedication of the Cottonwood Creek Trail Esplanade, back in June, the plan was to complete the trail through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=b21lbXJ1bjcybnFwcjZkdmR2Mmt2Z29taDRfMjAxMTA0MTZUMTIzMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=b21lbXJ1bjcybnFwcjZkdmR2Mmt2Z29taDRfMjAxMTA0MTZUMTIzMDAwWiBzY290dGZyYW5rbGluQG0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>7:30am &#8211; Harden Dental Team Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Scott Franklin<br \/>\nWhen: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:30am to 10:30am\u00c2\u00a0 CDT<br \/>\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School<br \/>\nEvent Description: This is the weekly training ride for the Corinth Cycling\/Harden Dental race team. This is a 62 mile loop on an established route. Expect a fast pace and be prepared to fix your own mechanicals. There are no stops on this ride. -7:30am<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.ktxs.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktxs.com\/news\/27491515\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>&#8220;Big Day Downtown&#8221; A Big Success<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby KTXS<br \/>\nThe Abilene Downtown Association hosted &#8220;Big Day Downtown&#8221; and offered all kinds of unique events, on hopes more people will experience all that downtown Abilene has to offer. Taylor County Medical Alliance was also out Saturday handing out bicycle &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.planostar.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planostar.com\/articles\/2011\/04\/09\/plano_star-courier\/news\/178.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>It is easy being green: Live Green Expo brings sustainability to forefront<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Plano Star Courier<br \/>\nThe Live Green portion of the fair will sponsor a free bicycle valet service for those interested. &#8220;Biking is a very reasonable alternative to fuel-based transport,&#8221; Haggerty said. &#8220;In fact, the city of Plano has one of the most extensive bike trail &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=330:a-bluebonnet-ride-in-collin-county&amp;catid=41:latest&amp;Itemid=148\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>A Bluebonnet Ride in Collin County!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby christo358@hotmail.com (Chris Mathews)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planobicycle.org\/images\/uploads\/article_photos\/Bluebonnets1.jpg?resize=592%2C531\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=328:the-typo-bike&amp;catid=41:latest&amp;Itemid=148\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Typo Bike<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby christo358@hotmail.com (Chris Mathews)<br \/>\nEver wonder how all the parts of a bike fit together and their names?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cottonwood Creek Trail Complete \u00e2\u20ac\u201c But Not Open by dickdavid I was in the mood to check out the progress of the Cottonwood Creek Trail which leads from south Richardson, under Central Expressway and LBJ, with plans to connect with <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/10\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-9th-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":[2639,2641,619,2638,660,2640,2642],"class_list":["post-7910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-big-day-downtown","tag-bluebonnets","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-cottonwood-creek-trail","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-live-green","tag-typo-bike"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-23A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910","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=7910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}