{"id":10205,"date":"2011-10-21T23:50:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T04:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=10205"},"modified":"2011-10-21T23:50:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T04:50:52","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-21st-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/21\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-21st-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mountain Bike Whisperer Radio Show<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThis addition of MBW Radio talks with Doug Coyle, Rick Faulkner and Randy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sully\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Sullivan about what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening at Colonel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bicycles. Doug began his business literally from the back of his van 18 years ago. With the addition of Rick and then Sully the trio have made Colonel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the best bike shops around. Doug, Rick and Sully talk about the shop, …<\/p>\n

CLIF BAR 2 Mile Challenge<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.peopleforbikes.org
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\nDid you know that 40% of all urban travel in the U.S. happens within 2 miles of where people live? 90% of that travel is by car! Realizing the great opportunity to help fight climate change, CLIF BAR created a competition to see how many car trips could be replaced with a bike instead. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called the 2 Mile Challenge.<\/p>\n

To highlight their commitment to bike advocacy and the fight against climate change in 2011, CLIF BAR is out to inspire people to avoid 100,000 car trips \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and they are awarding $100,000 in grants along the way! All you have…<\/p>\n

Friday Film Fun: Crowd Sourcing a Cargo Bike Documentary<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby elliott\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin on Two Wheels
\nVery shortly after I started this site, I got my first cargo bike, an Xtracycle Free Radical. At the time, we had a trailer for our kids that they were out growing, and the kit which converts most bikes to long tails with room for 1 adult or 2-3 kids seemed like a good idea. Shortly, I fell in love with its ability to carry lots of stuff and talk with my son and daughter as they experience the world around them. …<\/p>\n

Denton, Dallas, Ft Worth weekend events<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby bikedenton
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\nThere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no shortage of bikey events around DFW this weekend, so take your pick! Outstanding.
\n1. Querencia is doing a Tubes, Tires, and Flats educational event from 2-3PM on Sat. …<\/p>\n

Cycling and other stuff<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDon Bynum’s Blog
\nSeveral friends have pointed out that I have let them down by not providing much in the way of entertainment from my blog in the last few months.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that some people get a laugh out of reading about the suffering of others.\u00c2\u00a0 If one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s character is known by that of one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s friends, I guess I am in trouble.<\/p>\n

The summer was pretty hot this year.\u00c2\u00a0 In human terms it was historic, but in the less egocentric geologic terms it was just a modest warm cycle in the climate history of this part of what we currently call North America. Due to the heat, I did not cycle as much as I would have liked. Much of what I did was so early in the morning that memory is sorta foggy about those.\u00c2\u00a0 However, by the end of August I had raised my year-to-date mileage to…<\/p>\n

High-priced equipment no guarantee for success<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Bill Cullins \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.gosanangelo.com
\nA friend who’s new to bicycle racing asked an interesting question a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

He was concerned about entering a race since he didn’t own an expensive, top-of-the-line race bike.<\/p>\n

His question was, “What would happen if all participants in a cycling event raced on identical low-cost, entry-level bicycles?”<\/p>\n

Simple answer \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the final results would still be…<\/p>\n

Limited Edition Missoni for Target and Headbadges<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Justin\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0The Plano Cyclist
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\nI finally got the Missoni for Target bike up on the repair stand to start assembly and I took a snap of the “headbadge” sticker on the front. I didn’t know that these bikes are limited editions, which is kind of a neat thing, even if it is manufactured rarity. That being said, I have several Death of Superman watches that I bought in the ’90’s, and I’m not sneering at their manufactured rarity today. This bike is number 696 of 2984, which is both a low total…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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