{"id":11447,"date":"2012-01-16T23:58:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T05:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11447"},"modified":"2012-01-16T23:58:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T05:58:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-16th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-16th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993366;\"><strong>My wife was cruising through Youtube and found these videos. The first shows a way to clean chrome with water and aluminum foil. I have never seen this technique before. Rust is not a major problem where I live but this could come in handy. The music is over the top for cleaning some rust.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-UPO8aJh_6A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-UPO8aJh_6A\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Aluminum Foil Cleans Rust!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aluminum Foil Cleans Rust!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-UPO8aJh_6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>early progress on a Rollfast Bike from the &#8217;60&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993366;\"><strong>The next two videos are vintage bikes that are being restored. These bikes needed a lot of help.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BexqLOjJmKw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BexqLOjJmKw\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Pre-War Ladies Humber bike-restore<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BexqLOjJmKw<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the old ladies Humber pre- war bike I&#8217;m going to try to restore. <span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993366;\"><strong>(Not me but rockypro1)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cExr5nnBK6o\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cExr5nnBK6o\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Old Mans 3 speed Raleigh, restore<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cExr5nnBK6o<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an old mans 3 speed raleigh all steel bike i&#8217;m restoring, The year of this bike is (1950s), Its not a full restore as i&#8217;m not taken everything off more of a fresh&#8217;in up, Just caught in the nick of time too as the rust is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\/Pages\/RideDetail.aspx?ride_id=35\" href=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\/Pages\/RideDetail.aspx?ride_id=35\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Houston Bicycle Club Montgomery Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nDistances:\u00c2\u00a0 26(A), 46(B), 58(C) mile<br \/>\nSaturday January 28th, 2012<br \/>\nRide through the beauty of the pines in Sam Houston National Forest to Dobbin, Dacus, Richards, and Anderson. Expect hills and country roads. Montgomery High School, one mile west of the town of Montgomery on TX Hwy 105 (on the left coming from Montgomery). Montgomery is 15 miles west of Conroe on Hy 105 or from the south, 23 miles north of Tomball on TX Hwy 249 and FM 149.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.imba.com\/tcc\/schedule\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imba.com\/tcc\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Subaru\/IMBA Trail Care Crew Schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFeb. 2-5\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Seguin, TX\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Seguin Outdoor Learning Ctr<br \/>\nFeb. 9-12 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0TX\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin Ridge Riders<br \/>\nFeb. 16-19\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas, TX\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0North Texas Mountain Bike Patrol<br \/>\nThe Trail Care Crew will teach &#8220;sustainable&#8221; trail building principles, which means building lasting trails that require minimal maintenance. Class participants will learn to apply those techniques in the afternoon field session. Limit is 50 participants &#8211; It is free.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/forum\/whos-riding-where-and-when-18\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/forum\/whos-riding-where-and-when-18\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>GHORBA Group Ride at Cameron Park!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nwww.austinridgeriders.com<br \/>\nGHORBA (Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association) will be holding a group ride at Cameron Park this Saturday January 21st<br \/>\nat 10:00am. The ride is open to all riders and not just GHORBA members so bring your friends and family. The Waco Bicycle Club is providing group leaders to show us around the trails and GHORBA will have water, gatorade, and light snacks for everyone. Meet us near the pavillion on Lover&#8217;s Leap Ln!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.greaterdallasbicyclists.com\/specialevents\/superbowlsunday.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greaterdallasbicyclists.com\/specialevents\/superbowlsunday.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Super Bowl Sunday, February 5th<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nwww.greaterdallasbicyclists.com<br \/>\nJoin GDB as we host our 27th Annual Super Bowl Sunday ride to the West End. This year our host location will again be Dick&#8217;s Last Resort. Depending on the weather and rider turnout, Dick&#8217;s could be a tad crowded. This year, there is a listing of area restaurants for alternatives to Dick&#8217;s. These restaurants have been called and are ready to welcome overflow riders.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen different ride locations will be taking part in this annual tradition. This is a lively location so bring the smiles, cheers and laughter as you see your friends, meet new ones from the metroplex and have lunch together. If the crowd is too much and there is no seating at Dick&#8217;s, you&#8217;ve got alternatives! If you wish to make a reservation for your group, these locations will accommodate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/membership-meeting\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/membership-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club Membership Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 19, 2012<br \/>\nThe January membership Meeting will be held at the Mexican Restaurant. on Ingram Road near the Park-n-Ride (just outside Loop 410).\u00c2\u00a0 Please come at 6 PM to eat and 6:30 (or so) for the meeting<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikemag.com\/DesertDirtFest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikemag.com\/DesertDirtFest\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>No Country for Old Goats<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nEpic riding returns to Big Bend.<br \/>\nBy: by Don Stefanovich\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikemag.com<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikemag.com\/files\/2012\/01\/terlingua-6.jpg?resize=472%2C355\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"355\" \/><br \/>\nLajitas, Texas, has announced its second annual Chihuahuan Desert Dirt Fest will be held February 16 through 18. The three-day, non-race festival ride is the second in a series of annual events aimed at reviving a remote mountain-bike Mecca\u00e2\u20ac\u201da hotbed of marathon racing during the late \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc80s and through the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc90s\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat as little as three years ago, was off limits to those on two wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Eighty miles from the nearest supermarket, Lajitas isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t your average mountain-bike town. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s far from average for any town, really. In fact, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not really a town at all. The unincorporated community in Southwest Texas\u00e2\u20ac\u201dtucked between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend State Park along the Rio Grande, near the Mexican border and about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DfwPoint-to-point\/~3\/14qatBsZQh0\/simple-cold-weather-locking-tip.html\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DfwPoint-to-point\/~3\/14qatBsZQh0\/simple-cold-weather-locking-tip.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Simple Cold Weather Locking Tip<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Steve A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0DFW Point-to-Point<br \/>\nLast winter, I related my problem of a U lock freezing so that I couldn&#8217;t open it. This is a lock that I leave at the rack at work. I really do NOT like to lug heavy locks around, but I DO like to lock my bike securely. WD40 helped. The lock was left on the rack as shown above.<\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER, I found an even better solution for keeping U locks operating in freezing cold weather. THAT solution is seen below. What could be simpler than simply hanging the lock so moisture drains OUT of the mechanism&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #993366;\"><strong>I have been blessed with no allergies but I know people who fight this all the time. I was not aware of the cedar problem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/lovingthebike.com\/make-it-happen-mondays\/make-it-happen-monday-one-big-breath\" href=\"http:\/\/lovingthebike.com\/make-it-happen-mondays\/make-it-happen-monday-one-big-breath\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Make it Happen Monday: One Big Breath<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Darryl\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0lovingthebike.com<br \/>\nRight now in Austin we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re deep in the heart of cedar allergy season, and once again it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wreaking havoc on my cycling lungs.\u00c2\u00a0 They call it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cedar fever\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and a lot of people over here get knocked down pretty hard with the punch it packs each year.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things it does to me is compresses my lungs so that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard for me to catch my breath\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6not a good thing when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out there cranking the pedals. Even when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not allergy season, I often find it necessary to take in a big deep breath several times a day.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a pretty simple thing to do most of the year, but when&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/seen-at-el-tour-de-taco-bike-friendly-deep-ellum\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingindallas.com\/seen-at-el-tour-de-taco-bike-friendly-deep-ellum\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Seen at el Tour de Taco \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Bike Friendly Deep Ellum<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Christopher Curnutt\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking in Dallas<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikingindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/01\/DSC01792.jpg?resize=640%2C426\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\nBike Friendly Deep Ellum put on a great show yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 Ok, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a show really, it was a group bike ride. The el Tour de Taco adventure began at St Pete\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dancing Marlin whose staff was very gracious.\u00c2\u00a0 The excitement sizzled as what must have been between 50-75 cyclists slowly began congregating on the sidewalk and garden patio of St Pete\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00c2\u00a0 Alex Perez was chosen the official bike wrench as a small line of bikes in need of some sort of repair or adjustment began to take form as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/dallascyclechic.com\/2012\/01\/16\/taco-ride\/\" href=\"http:\/\/dallascyclechic.com\/2012\/01\/16\/taco-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Delectable Tour de Taco Riders<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby UrbanPedal\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Cycle Chic<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dallascyclechic.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/img_3524.jpg?resize=518%2C386\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"386\" \/><br \/>\n&#8230;Norma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s everyday road bike was incapacitated so she rode her racing bike with toe clip shoes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and a hot little pink skirt! She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridden the Hotter Than Hell ride the past 3 years, and bought 3 cool old road bikes on craigslist in the last month! &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/news\/local\/Accident-raises-urgency-for-bike-lanes-cyclists-say-137398723.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/news\/local\/Accident-raises-urgency-for-bike-lanes-cyclists-say-137398723.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Accident raises urgency for Bike Lanes in Dallas<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> (video)<\/strong><br \/>\nby WFAA<br \/>\nby JONATHAN BETZ DALLAS \u00e2\u20ac\u201d An accident that badly injured a North Texas cyclist is drawing anger from the cycling community \u00e2\u20ac\u201d especially since it happened on a key bridge that&#8217;s been slated for upgrades. But those improvements been thrown into&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.texasmountainbiketrails.com\/5-tips-for-fueling-a-century\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texasmountainbiketrails.com\/5-tips-for-fueling-a-century\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>5 Tips for Fueling a Century<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Shawn\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Texas Mountain Bike Trails<br \/>\nToday we have the pleasure of featuring a guest post from Peter, author of ReadyForPlanB.com where he promotes cycling and vegan lifestyle. Peter went from being border line obese to being a vegan super-cyclist. He put in more miles during 2011 than I have in possibly my entire cycling career. Today he shares tips on fueling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife was cruising through Youtube and found these videos. The first shows a way to clean chrome with water and aluminum foil. I have never seen this technique before. Rust is not a major problem where I live but <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-16th-3\/\"><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":[492,3346,1241,660,3347,650,46,5264,2559,2319,3334,3345,2896],"class_list":["post-11447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-accident","tag-chihuahuan-desert-dirt-fest","tag-dfw-point-to-point","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-tour-de-taco","tag-ghorba","tag-greater-dallas-bicyclists","tag-health","tag-hill-country-bicycle-touring-club","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-imba-trail-care-crew","tag-restoration","tag-texas-mountain-bike-trails"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2YD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447","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=11447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}