{"id":8713,"date":"2011-06-14T22:49:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T03:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2011-06-14T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T03:49:56","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/14\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Wheelmen Fredericksburg 4th of July Ride <\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDate: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 07\/04\/2011
\nTime: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 08:00 AM-11:00 AM
\nLocation: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Fredericksburg, TX
\nDetails: Fredericksburg July 4th ride (NW) [R to H]. Routes of 36 and 50 miles.\u00c2\u00a0 Meet behind Main Street Square (aka MarketPlatz) in downtown Fredericksburg on West Austin St. for a scenic ride through the beautiful Texas Hill Country.\u00c2\u00a0 From San Antonio, take I-10 West to Hwy 87 in Comfort.\u00c2\u00a0 Turn right (North) on Hwy 87 and go 22 miles to Fredericksburg.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay on 87 North (becomes Washington St. in Fredericksburg), cross Main St. and take a left on the next street which is Austin St.\u00c2\u00a0 Go 3 blks to N. Adams St. and the ride will start behind MarketPlatz at the corner of W. Austin and N. Adams streets.\u00c2\u00a0 Please park behind the square on Austin St.\u00c2\u00a0 Fredericksburg is a 1.25 hr drive from San Antonio.\u00c2\u00a0 There are NO stores on the route but we will have a rest stop with water\/Gatorade at about 20 miles into the 35 miler and 35 miles in the 50 mile routes.\u00c2\u00a0 Plan to have lunch afterwards with us at Hondo on Main street!\u00c2\u00a0 Contact Patti H. at 210\/365-7362 or Steve H. at 210\/410-7362.<\/p>\n

Johnson Branch trail recon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby bikedenton
\n\"\"
\nI snapped a few photos while riding DORBA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Johnson Branch trail last weekend. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just north of Lake Ray Roberts, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got about 9 miles of singletrack loop. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mostly not too hard, except for the red loop, but there are some tight tree gates and loose rocks. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen deer here before, but I spied a bobcat last weekend! …<\/p>\n

Bike-friendly city goal of lane project<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy STEVE CLARK\/The Brownsville Herald
\nWhether you ride a bicycle for fun, sport or recreation, or because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your main source of transportation, the experience is much more pleasant in a bike-friendly community.<\/p>\n

Brownsville is not one of those communities, even though a good portion of its residents ride out of necessity. As far as City Commissioner Rose Gowen is concerned, …<\/p>\n

Mountain Bike Sansom Park Texas <\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nUploaded by chriscdw10 on Jun 10, 2011<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A1EljwurlTc<\/p>\n

Shawnee Trail Cycling Club Free Smiles Ride and Breakpoint – Round 2<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby sooner1
\nWe had so much fun last time, we thought we’d take this show on the road.\u00c2\u00a0 Shawnee Trail Cycling Club welcomes all comers to our latest Free Smiles! ride on June 25th.\u00c2\u00a0 This ride is targeted for beginning cyclists and families – to teach basic road and safety skills to show that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Wheelmen Fredericksburg 4th of July Ride Date: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 07\/04\/2011 Time: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 08:00 AM-11:00 AM Location: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Fredericksburg, TX Details: Fredericksburg July 4th ride (NW) [R to H]. Routes of 36 and 50 miles.\u00c2\u00a0 Meet behind Main Street Square …<\/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":[945,660,506,1829,2778,2063],"class_list":["post-8713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-path","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-dorba","tag-san-antonio-wheelmen","tag-sansom-park","tag-shawnee-trail-cycling-club"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2gx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713","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=8713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}