{"id":8496,"date":"2011-05-28T23:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T04:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2011-05-28T23:52:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T04:52:30","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-28th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-28th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.corinthcycling.com\/cccriderules.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corinthcycling.com\/cccriderules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>7:00am &#8211; Corinth Cycling Group Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Scott Franklin<br \/>\nWhen: Sat Jun 4, 2011 7am to 10am\u00c2\u00a0 CDT<br \/>\nWhere: Ronny Crownover Middle School<br \/>\nEvent Status: confirmed<br \/>\nEvent Description: Corinth Cycling Saturday morning group rides. Please visit <a title=\"http:\/\/www.corinthcycling.com\/cccriderules.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corinthcycling.com\/cccriderules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.corinthcycling.com\/cccriderules.pdf<\/strong><\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kens5.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kens5.com\/community\/blogs\/featured-blogs\/JEFF-VAUGHN-Texas-Ranks-32-in-Bicycle-Friendly-States--122742589.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>JEFF VAUGHN: Texas ranks 32 in bicycle-friendly states<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWashington state is number one and West Virginia is number 50. The Lone Star state ranks in the lower half at 32nd.<\/p>\n<p>The League of American Bicyclists has released their list of bike-friendly states in conjunction with May&#8217;s Bike Month.\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bicyclefriendlyamerica\/bicyclefriendlystate\/rankings.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here for the complete list<\/strong><\/a>, including rankings by category.<\/p>\n<p>The League based its list on a combination of factors that include: &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.usacycling.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usacycling.org\/news\/user\/story.php?id=6478\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Meet Jacque Payne: SCCCC Director<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.usacycling.org<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.usacycling.org\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/usacycling\/album424\/May-2011\/OFFICIALSATMTBNATS.jpg?resize=640%2C436\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>How did you first get involved with cycling?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe lived in Germany and Okinawa for 13 years (military AF).\u00c2\u00a0 In Germany we would load panniers on our bikes, ride along the Rhine River over the weekend, then hop on a train and be back in Wiesbaden in a couple of hours.\u00c2\u00a0 We lived in the Taunustein Mtns so there were plenty of trails to ride our bikes.\u00c2\u00a0 In Okinawa, we would ride along the coast line camping out on the beaches.\u00c2\u00a0 When we were transferred to San Antonio, my kids got into mtn bike racing with the Texas Mtn Bike Racing Association (TMBRA) and Texas Road Bike Racing (TXBRA).\u00c2\u00a0 About that time, the USAC created the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7:00am &#8211; Corinth Cycling Group Rides by Scott Franklin When: Sat Jun 4, 2011 7am to 10am\u00c2\u00a0 CDT Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Corinth Cycling Saturday morning group rides. Please visit http:\/\/www.corinthcycling.com\/cccriderules.pdf for additional information. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-28th-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":[619,660,2748,122],"class_list":["post-8496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-jacque-payne","tag-league-of-american-bicyclists"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2d2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496","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=8496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}