{"id":9423,"date":"2011-08-14T23:45:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T04:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2011-08-14T23:45:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T04:45:27","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-august-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/14\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-august-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup August 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/sports\/cycling\/7692352.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fspcycling+%28HoustonChronicle.com+--+Cycling%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/sports\/cycling\/7692352.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fspcycling+%28HoustonChronicle.com+--+Cycling%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hitting the ground pedaling<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nRandonneurs race against clock in French brevet<br \/>\nBy DALE ROBERTSON<br \/>\nSeven members of the Houston Randonneurs are heading to France over the next several days to ride in the most famous event their favored kind of cycling has to offer. The Paris-Brest brevet, first held in 1891, is the Tour de France of randonneuring.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Wooldridge of Sugar Land is participating for the fourth time after finishing under the time limit in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Bob Riggs is tackling his second, while Wally Bigler, Connor Carroll, Greg&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sawheelmen.com\/home.cfm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sawheelmen.com\/home.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>San Antonio Wheelmen<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nUpcoming Rides and Events:<br \/>\nSaturday, August 20:\u00c2\u00a0 Toutant-Beauregard<br \/>\nSunday, August 21:\u00c2\u00a0 Bullis Park Ride and our Wheelmen Annual Summer Picnic<br \/>\nSaturday, August 27:\u00c2\u00a0 Cibolo Ride<br \/>\nSunday, August 28:\u00c2\u00a0 Urban Breakfast Ride<br \/>\nSunday, August 28:\u00c2\u00a0 Helotes to Castrovill Ride<br \/>\nSaturday, November 12:\u00c2\u00a0 Soldier Ride San Antonio<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fwbaclub.org\/ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Fort Worth Bicycling Association<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nRide Events<br \/>\n&#8230;Tejas 500, Glen Rose TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:00 pm<br \/>\nIron Butt 24-Hour Time Trial, Glen Rose TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Friday, September 23, 2011 6:00 pm<br \/>\nTin Butt 12-Hour Time Trial, Glen Rose TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Saturday, September 24, 2011 6:00 am<br \/>\nRide United Parker County, Weatherford TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Saturday, September 24, 2011 7:30 am<br \/>\nJerry&#8217;s and Casey&#8217;s 70th Birthday Ride, Weatherford TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:00 am<br \/>\nJoe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie TX (details) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Saturday, September 24, 2011 9:00 am&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcyclists.org\/sites\/default\/files\/newsletters\/2011-08%20LSC%20Newsletter.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcyclists.org\/sites\/default\/files\/newsletters\/2011-08%20LSC%20Newsletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Lone Star Cyclists Shifting Times August Newsletter<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/14\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-august-14th\/lsc-august-2011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?fit=403%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"403,479\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1313364993&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LSC August 2011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?fit=403%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9424\" title=\"LSC August 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?resize=403%2C479\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?w=403&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?resize=126%2C150&amp;ssl=1 126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LSC-August-2011.jpg?resize=400%2C475&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/20110804-upcoming-events\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/20110804-upcoming-events\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hill Country Bicycling Touring Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nUpcoming Events<br \/>\nDates to Plan Ahead For:<br \/>\n&#8211;Labor Day Ride and Club Picnic (September 4th).\u00c2\u00a0 Ride will be from Exxon station on 471 to Castroville and back.\u00c2\u00a0 Picnic will be at Medina Lake Thousand Trails, Lakehills, TX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a short distance from the Exxon station.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are not staying at the park over night, but plan to attend the picnic, please let Roy Munro know so he can leave your name with the Park Ranger at the entrance. Bring swim wear if you plan to use the pool or the lake.<br \/>\n&#8211;A Ride to Remember (September 10th) has an August 27th cut-off for early registration.<br \/>\n&#8211;Conquer the Coast Ride (September 24th) has a September 1st cut-off for early registration and riders need to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hitting the ground pedaling Randonneurs race against clock in French brevet By DALE ROBERTSON Seven members of the Houston Randonneurs are heading to France over the next several days to ride in the most famous event their favored kind of <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/14\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-august-14th\/\"><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":[43,2559,2866,1730,2467,5253,1829],"class_list":["post-9423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-hill-country-bicycle-touring-club","tag-houston-c","tag-houston-chronicle-cycling-notebook","tag-lone-star-cyclists","tag-news","tag-san-antonio-wheelmen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2rZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423","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=9423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}