{"id":9070,"date":"2011-07-12T00:18:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T05:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9070"},"modified":"2011-07-12T00:18:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T05:18:38","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-11th2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-july-11th2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 11 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Last Day: Greenville to Dallas: Crossing the finish line, reaching for the goal<\/strong><\/span>
\nfrom Dean Greg Crawford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Blog
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\nOur last day turned out to be much more challenging than we anticipated. It was only 55 miles, so we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think anything of it. However, for the first 20 miles or so the pavement was rougher than any we had experienced on the entire trip. There was no shoulder on the road, and Texas drivers seemed to be in a hurry that morning. Then… More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Bicycling Association August Rides Announced<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe August ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!
\nThe Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:00 am
\nArt Cowsen’s Watermelon Waltz, Fort Worth TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:00 pm
\nBurleson and Beyond, Burleson TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:00 am
\nFort Davis FWBA Fest, Fort Davis TX (details)… More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Junior Track Nationals — Superdrome<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom www.txbra.org
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\nTexas was well represented at the Junior Track Nationals in Frisco, TX, last week. Zach Carlson, Matrix\/RBM, won the Junior Men 15 – 16 Match Sprints, with Imari Miller, Chipotle Junior Development Team, taking 5th.<\/p>\n

Cycling \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tour de Longneques Saturday June 25th<\/strong><\/span>
\nfrom Don Bynum’s Blog
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\n21 intrepid, including a few who were also increpid, cyclists made the Tour de Longneques of June 25th, 2011.\u00c2\u00a0 18 started from Castell to make the 36 mile round trip and 3 started from Llano to do a less punishing 18 miler. …More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

2011 Legislative Session Wrap Up<\/strong><\/span>
\nfrom BikeTexas | Texas Bicycle Coalition
\nby emma@biketexas.org (Emma Cravey)
\nDear Fellow Cyclists,
\nThank you for your support during the 2011 legislative session. Every Texas legislative session is unique and challenging in its own way and this past session was no exception.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 In spite of a well-written bill with bipartisan authorship, an impressive alliance of organizations in support, a legislative team with decades of experience, and… More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Journey of Hope’ stops in G.I.<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Independent
\nGRAND ISLAND – Nick Neuman wasn’t an avid cyclist, but this summer, he’s putting 4,000 miles on his bike.<\/p>\n

The Texas Christian University junior is one of 28 Push America cyclists who rode into Grand Island yesterday. He didn’t join the ride for the excise, but instead wanted to support disabled… More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nationwide cycle tour for disabled stops through city<\/strong><\/span>
\nTwenty eight bicyclers cruised in from the west, entering Lubbock on a hot Sunday afternoon to spread their message of compassion on a Journey of Hope across the United States.
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\nBy Adam D. Young
\naVALANCHE-JOURNAL
\nTwenty eight bicyclers cruised in from the west, entering Lubbock on a hot Sunday afternoon to spread their message of compassion on a Journey of Hope across the United States. …More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Texas Team Ride Red cycled across the country for Heart Disease awareness<\/strong><\/span>
\nfrom The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
\nA four woman cycling team from Austin, Texas raced over 3,000 miles from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD to bring attention to the number one killer of women \u00e2\u20ac\u201c heart disease.
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\nTeam Ride Red are a four woman cycling team who rode over 3,000 miles from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD in the 2011 Race Across America. The team riders are Vicki Ford, Susan Farago, Carol Pope, and Sue Schrader. Their mission \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Racing to… More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 11 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Last Day: Greenville to Dallas: Crossing the finish line, reaching for the goal from Dean Greg Crawford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Blog Our last day turned out to be much more challenging than we anticipated. It was only 55 miles, so …<\/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":[2808,660,2259,43,2824,2812,1090,2825],"class_list":["post-9070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-dean-greg-crawfords-blog","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-don-bynums-blog","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-journey-of-hope","tag-junior-track-nationals","tag-texas-bicycle-coalition","tag-texas-team-ride-red"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2mi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9070","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=9070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}