{"id":8286,"date":"2011-05-11T23:28:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T04:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2011-05-11T23:28:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T04:28:16","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/11\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

HBC Urban Challenge Ride Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSunday 05\/15\/11 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 9:00 a.m. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Daniel J. Lyons
\nThe Urban Challenge Rides are in-town group rides, faster and longer than the EZ Rides, each time taking you to different parts of the city each time. You should be able to maintain a pace of 15 mph and above for a distance of 40 to 45 miles, usually with one rest stop.<\/p>\n

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBalloon Fiesta Ride
\nDescription: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Meet at Rio Plaza at Artcraft and Upper Valley Road. Ride valley roads to view the ascension of balloons at the KLAQ Balloon Fiesta at Wet & Wild Waterworld in Anthony. 30 miles, moderate pace. Good ride for BIG riders. Bob Clark, 915-204-2531.<\/p>\n

Finally, Bike Parking At The Cottonwood Art Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby dickdavid
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\nWe really enjoy going to the Cottonwood Art Festival. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably one of the best artisan events in the Metroplex and it happens in one of our own neighborhood parks. Our only complaint about the festival is the insane automobile traffic and limited car parking during the event. There is no reason an event like this…<\/p>\n

Congress Avenue art spots by bike<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBen Brant’s sculpture made of Portland cement, construction debris and Fiberglas insulation is part of the Austin Museum of Art’s ‘New Art in Austin: 15 to Watch’ exhibit.
\nAlberto Mart\u00c3\u00adnez AMERICAN-STATESMAN
\nThey don’t call Congress Avenue the “main street of Texas” for no reason.<\/p>\n

And now, “I Art Congress,” a new themed series on the second Thursday of each month, offers everyone a way to explore the cultural offerings of the avenue.<\/p>\n

Since May is National Bike Month – and…<\/p>\n

Allen woman honors sister’s memory with MS Ride<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Conner Hammett
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\nAllen resident Julie Soder is one of thousands of cyclists who made the 86-mile trip from Frisco to Texas Motor Speedway via bicycle during the Bike MS: Sam’s Club ride on Saturday, April 30. It was Julie’s fifth year to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HBC Urban Challenge Ride Ride Sunday 05\/15\/11 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 9:00 a.m. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Daniel J. Lyons The Urban Challenge Rides are in-town group rides, faster and longer than the EZ Rides, each time taking you to different parts of the city each …<\/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":[2720,2721,2719,660,2335,2319],"class_list":["post-8286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-museum-of-art","tag-bike-ms-sams-club","tag-cottonwood-art-festival","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-houston-bicycle-club"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-29E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286","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=8286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}