{"id":8583,"date":"2011-06-03T00:11:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T05:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8583"},"modified":"2011-06-03T00:11:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T05:11:41","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/03\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Ridge Riders<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nJune Club Ride\/Event @ Pace Bend
\nSaturday, June 11, 2011 – 09:00
\nWhat:\u00c2\u00a0 June Club Ride\/Event
\nWhen:\u00c2\u00a0 Saturday June 11, 2011
\n9:00 a.m. Group Ride Start Time
\nWhere:Pace Bend Park, Spicewood<\/p>\n

2011 Summer National Senior Games \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cycling Road Race\/Time Trials<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom Bike Brookshire
\nThe 2011 Summer National Senior Games is fast approaching to Houston this year.\u00c2\u00a0 The cycling road race and time trials are in the smooth and fast backcountry roads around Brookshire, Fulshear and Katy.
\n2011 Summer National Senior Game Cycling Events Schedule
\nJun 18, 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 20K Road Race \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Katy Mills Mall
\nJun 19, 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 40K Road Race \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Katy Mills Mall
\nJun 20, 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 5K Time Trial \u00e2\u20ac\u201c City of Fulshear
\nJun 21, 2011 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 10K Time Trial \u00e2\u20ac\u201c City of Fulshear<\/p>\n

Beginner’s and Casual Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom FWBA Ride List
\nSaturday, June 25, 2011 8:00 am – Art’s Park Trail Head Benbrook – Go south on Winscott to Memorial Oak. Trail Head is at the end of the road. Cost: 1 dollar for entrance to the State Park. Distance: up to 20 miles all on trails and park roads. Ride will normally be from Trail Head up thru Benbrook Lake Park to HI 377 and back. This is primarily a training ride for those new to cycling. Any level cyclist is welcome and club members will be on hand…<\/p>\n

Fairly’s cycling career on upswing<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAmarilloan rides for European team
\nBy Terrence Hunley
\nAmarillo native Caleb Fairly said he and his wife have made adjustments in learning to live in Spain. Fairly rides for the HTC-Highroad team.
\nAmarillo native Caleb Fairly has taken his Texas roots to Europe.
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\nAnd it’s not for a vacation.<\/p>\n

Fairly pulled off a rare feat for someone from the Texas Panhandle, signing a six-figure contract in November with pro tour cycling team HTC-Highroad. He packed up and moved to Girona, Spain, to join the intense…<\/p>\n

Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy DALE ROBERTSON
\n…Criterium Series in gear
\nThe Memorial Park Criterium Series kicked off its 20th season Wednesday night, and the spirited competition will continue through the end of August.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1992 by custom bike builder Hans Schneider of Huntsville and sponsored ever since by Sun & Ski Sports, the races are held each Wednesday night on the Memorial Park Picnic Loop. …<\/p>\n

Bear Creek Crit #4 2011 P\/1\/2\/3<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Ken Texas Racing Life
\nAfter a disappointing Belterra Crit, I was wary of my fitness for this race.\u00c2\u00a0 I have ridden the course only once before.\u00c2\u00a0 I went into the racing hoping to gain some fitness and stay with the main pack.\u00c2\u00a0 Some attacking was in order!<\/p>\n

I had two teammates in the race, Eric and Bill, but knew they were tired from the hard 3\/4 race just before the open race.\u00c2\u00a0 I was on my own!\u00c2\u00a0 Starting in the back, I gradually moved up to the front and saving my energy for…<\/p>\n

Memorial Park Criterium #1 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Ken Texas Racing Life
\nThe Memorial Park Crit has become one of my most beloved things about living and racing in Houston,TX.\u00c2\u00a0 It is not the best course ever, but it has an endearing quality and tradition that comes from having the race every summer for 19 years.\u00c2\u00a0 I only discovered the Wednesday night Criterium last year when I moved to Houston.\u00c2\u00a0 The course winds through the picnic loop of Memorial Park (MPPL) and keeps things exciting with tire-width cracks and solid wood posts along the corners.\u00c2\u00a0 It is held every Wednesday night, June through August. The promoters…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Austin Ridge Riders June Club Ride\/Event @ Pace Bend Saturday, June 11, 2011 – 09:00 What:\u00c2\u00a0 June Club Ride\/Event When:\u00c2\u00a0 Saturday June 11, 2011 9:00 a.m. Group Ride Start Time Where:Pace Bend Park, Spicewood 2011 Summer National Senior Games \u00e2\u20ac\u201c …<\/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":[2293,2760,660,43,1730,2759,2456],"class_list":["post-8583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-ridge-riders","tag-caleb-fairly","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-houston-chronicle-cycling-notebook","tag-summer-national-senior-games","tag-texas-racing-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2er","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583","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=8583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}