{"id":35093,"date":"2017-01-21T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T20:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35093"},"modified":"2017-01-21T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T20:34:23","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-20th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/texas-bicycling-news-january-20th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News January 20th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Liz Schasel, a Plan II Student at UT, Is Biking from Austin to Anchorage<\/a><\/h2>\n

Riley Heruska | studybreaks.com<\/h3>\n


\nA member of the group Texas 4000, Schasel and 80 others will travel more than 4,000 miles this summer to raise money to fight cancer.
\nA Marketing and Plan II at the University of Texas at Austin, junior Liz Schasel is going to be having a busier summer than most.
\nIn addition to being the president of Texas Spirits, a member of Camp Kesem and a mentor at KIPP Austin College Prep School, Schasel is also on the Texas 4000 team, which means she will …<\/p>\n

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Big Bend: A much needed dose of desert solitude<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Pam LeBlanc | fitness.blog.mystatesman.com<\/h3>\n


\nThank you desert, for the solitude. I needed that.
\nI just wrapped up a West Texas road trip that included solo tent camping, a look at the new dinosaur exhibit at Big Bend National Park, mountain bike riding through the desert, hiking in the Davis Mountains and more.
\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve visited the Big Bend area at least 20 times over the years. It grows on …<\/p>\n

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Examining the best places to run, bike around town<\/a><\/h2>\n

Brett Hoffman | www.gosanangelo.com<\/h3>\n

The hills are alive with the sound of … heavy breathing?
\nYep, that’s heavy breathing, not music, that you’re hearing in the hills and it’s the sound of cyclists and runners working hard as they climb up to the top of hilly roads in and around San Angelo.
\nAlthough many athletes have a love\/hate relationship with hills, serious cyclists and runners seek out hills because they know that biking or …<\/p>\n

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Southern Tier Winter Tour<\/a><\/h2>\n

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Day 26 – Alpine to Marfa TX: It Finally Happened
\nFriday January 20, 2017
\nIt is just before 10pm this past Christmas Eve. Daniel, my fabulous LBS mechanic, has just completed building my touring bike and I’m there to pick it up. In amidst things like making sure I have some spare innertubes, etc., he shows me the completely-not-like-my-regular-road-bike process for changing the tube on my bike’s rear tire in case I get a flat. Because of the Rohloff hub and carbon belt drive, there is no derailleur. And at one point, you need a quarter. And it has disc brakes. Etc.. In short, totally different.
\nSo I’d dreaded…for now nearly 4 weeks…experiencing a flat on my rear tire. While my class was done perfectly in the short time we had that evening, I’d never actually done it. Just watched it done. Moreover, I was pretty certain that I’d forget some tiny, yet crucial detail when the time actually came for me to remember everything perfectly.
\nAnd if you can’t change the …<\/p>\n

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This weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rides: Oatmeal Road Race! Red Horn!<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com<\/h3>\n

Saturday most of the regular ride crew will be racing in Oatmeal Texas http:\/\/drivewayseries.com\/oatmeal-road-race\/<\/a> so there will not be a ride from Steiner. Spectators are welcome, so come out and cheer us on!
\nSunday is our usual Coffee Shop ride to Red Horn. It is 50 miles and is at an endurance pace typically finishing around a 17mph average speed overall. While we make great efforts to keep the group together, this …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Day 20 complete of the #365DayCyclingChallenge<\/a>. Managed to get it done between storms.<\/p>\n

— Karen B. (@KarenRBarb) January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n