{"id":8612,"date":"2011-06-05T22:33:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T03:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8612"},"modified":"2011-06-05T22:33:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T03:33:24","slug":"daily-texas-bicycling-news-roundup-june-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/05\/daily-texas-bicycling-news-roundup-june-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Texas Bicycling News Roundup &#8211; June 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\" href=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\/Pages\/RideDetail.aspx?ride_id=69\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>HBC Urban Challenge Ride Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSunday \/12\/2011<br \/>\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<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/event\/july-club-rideevent\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>July Club Ride\/Event<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAustin Ridge Riders<br \/>\nSaturday, July 9, 2011 &#8211; 09:00 &#8211; 15:00<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re riding at Muleshoe!<\/p>\n<p>You do not have to be a club member to attend monthly rides. You will need to sign a waiver, wear your helmet when riding and of course, have a bike.<\/p>\n<p>The group ride will start around 9:00 a.m.\u00c2\u00a0 Riders will break into groups based on skill level and we&#8217;re off! The lovely ladies of Ride Like A Girl will also be participating in this ride!!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.lmrabicycleclub.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lmrabicycleclub.com\/mboard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>LMRA Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n2011 Ride\/Events Review<br \/>\nMesquite Rodeo Bike Ride<br \/>\nSpring Membership Time Trial \/ BBQ<br \/>\nMEMORIAL DAY RIDE- Monday, May 30<br \/>\n2011 Ride of Silence&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/amarillo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/local-news\/2011-06-05\/kids-enjoy-laps-torture\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Kids enjoy &#8216;laps of torture&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n24 Hours in the Canyon features children&#8217;s races<br \/>\nBy JANELLE STECKLEIN<br \/>\n&#8220;Ready for two laps of torture?&#8221; the announcer shouted.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amarillo.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/story_slideshow_thumb\/editorial\/images\/images\/amarillo\/mdControlled\/cms\/2011\/06\/05\/840066454.jpg?resize=280%2C189\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"189\" \/><br \/>\nYes, came the enthusiastic reply from dozens of children ready to bike a short race track inside Palo Duro Canyon State Park during Saturday&#8217;s fifth annual 24 Hours in the Canyon. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.caller.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caller.com\/news\/2011\/jun\/04\/alice-cyclists-fatal-journey-ends-in-breath-of\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Alice cyclist&#8217;s fatal journey ends in breath of new life<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAlice cyclist killed in hit-and-run helped save lives as an organ donor<br \/>\nBy Mark Collette<br \/>\nIt seems too coincidental, too fateful, too tragic to say that Tony Balboa fulfilled a mission on this narrow stretch of farm road among the grain fields and brushy pastures outside Alice. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBC Urban Challenge Ride Ride Sunday \/12\/2011 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 time. You should be able to maintain <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/05\/daily-texas-bicycling-news-roundup-june-5th\/\"><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":[691,2293,2545,2319,1565,5253],"class_list":["post-8612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-24-hours-in-the-canyon","tag-austin-ridge-riders","tag-bicycle-fatality","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-lockheed-martin-recreation-association-lmra-bicycle-club","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2eU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612","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=8612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}