{"id":8793,"date":"2011-06-22T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8793"},"modified":"2011-06-22T00:15:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:15:12","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-roundup-for-june-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/22\/texas-bicycling-news-roundup-for-june-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Roundup for June 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Interstate Bike Routes Bolstered…As Highways Neglected?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom www.thecarconnection.com
\nYou’ve probably heard of I-5, I-80, or I-95, the legendary U.S. 66 or the still-useful U.S. 2. But what about USBR 20?<\/p>\n

It’s been 55 years since the Interstate highway system was initiated by President Eisenhower. And while that system might be crumbling and ill-maintained in some respects, there’s another one…<\/p>\n

Lone Star Cyclists Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nTuesday and Thursday evening rides meet at the Oasis \/ Lynn Creek Marina, 5700 Lake Ridge Parkway, Grand Prairie. Start time is 6:15 PM and rides last 2 – 2 1\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u0081\u00e2\u20ac\u017e2 hours. Groups form according to the pace desired. The route is determined by those present. You must have lights on the front and rear of your bike so we can extend our ride time to dark or a little beyond.<\/p>\n

Texas Cup Action<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nCat 5\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s racing through Sam Houston Park at the Houston Grand Crit – June 11, 2011. Photo courtesy of Kevin Tokarski. www.txbra.org<\/p>\n

Celebrated Living Magazine Sweepstakes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby MarketWatch (press release)
\nTruly a pioneer in the cruiser bicycle industry, Villy Customs created the first ever photorealistic 3D website in 2009 enabling customers to design their own “dream” bike by choosing from a wide array of color combinations, features, and accessories. …<\/p>\n

Tiles: Notes from Houston, part 2<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom www.kcchronicle.com
\nMonday morning and the 5K time trial was to start, for me, at 10:10:30. Start times changed and I guess I missed their message. Regardless, it continues to amaze me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the human spirit.??<\/p>\n

I just finished chat time trialing with a gentleman competing in the 75-79 group. He is the reigning USA Cycling National Road Champion in his age group. I am observing an amazing collection of bike equipment and cycling outfits. AND I was worried about my black skin suit, red shoe covers and time trial helmet. I look like a wall flower compared to some. …<\/p>\n

Shawnee Trail Cycling Club Commuter of the Year 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby sooner1
\nShawnee Trail Cycling Club would like to take a moment to recognize one of our outstanding members.\u00c2\u00a0 The selection was made during National Bike Month – being announced this month because of conflicts in schedules.<\/p>\n

The inaugural Commuter of the Year award goes to Katie Anderson Parker.\u00c2\u00a0 Katie has been commuting to work on her bike for a couple of years and has quickly become a…<\/p>\n

Team Sponsorship for Amateur Cycling<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Ken\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 from Texas Racing Life
\nOne way competitive cycling is different from other amateur sports is that sponsorship can be a huge deal.\u00c2\u00a0 There aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t many sports where as an amateur you can get free equipment, clothing,\u00c2\u00a0 event entry fees, and travel expenses paid for. But in amateur competitive cycling, there are teams that offer free bikes, free kits, race…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Interstate Bike Routes Bolstered…As Highways Neglected? from www.thecarconnection.com You’ve probably heard of I-5, I-80, or I-95, the legendary U.S. 66 or the still-useful U.S. 2. But what about USBR 20? It’s been 55 years since the Interstate highway system …<\/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":[449,2467,5253,2063,2759,2175,2456,2085],"class_list":["post-8793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-lanes","tag-lone-star-cyclists","tag-news","tag-shawnee-trail-cycling-club","tag-summer-national-senior-games","tag-texas-cup-race-series","tag-texas-racing-life","tag-villy-customs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2hP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793","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=8793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}