{"id":11471,"date":"2012-01-18T22:49:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T04:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2012-01-18T22:49:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T04:49:59","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-18th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-18th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Bicycle Club February Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWhen: Program: Tuesday 02\/14\/12 at: 7:00 PM HEB Community Room at I-10 and Bunker Hill At the New Year’s Day ride, we had a Travelon bicycle with continuous gearing and no derailleurs. The company that makes the bike has offices in Houston, and they will be at our meeting to tell us about their product.<\/p>\n

Toyota Applewhite Ride – Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nStart: January 22, 2012 8:30 am
\nEnd:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 January 22, 2012 12:00 pm
\nVenue: Bill Millers BBQ
\nAddress: 7081 Rockport Road, San Antonio, TX
\nMeet at 8:30 in the parking lot across from Bill Miller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BBQ at the intersection of Hwy 16 South and 1604 for a 27 or 36 mile ride on the Southside near the Toyota plant on Applewhite road.\u00c2\u00a0 This ride is mostly flat with some rolling hills.\u00c2\u00a0 Directions:\u00c2\u00a0 From the north side of San Antonio take Hwy 35 south towards Laredo, exit Palo Alto Rod (Hwy 16), and proceed south past 410 until you reach 1604.\u00c2\u00a0 Turn left and the parking lot will be on your left.\u00c2\u00a0 From the west side, take 410 south, exit Hwy 16 South, and proceed south until you reach 1604 and turn left.\u00c2\u00a0 Lunch will be decided upon at the time of the ride. For more information contact ride leaders Diana Valdez (210-535-3373) or Randy Frazier (210-237-8740).<\/p>\n

San Antonio Wheelmen<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nUpcoming Rides and Events:
\nSaturday, January 21:\u00c2\u00a0 Big Joshua Creek Ride
\nSunday, January 22:\u00c2\u00a0 Elmendorf Ride
\nSunday, January 22:\u00c2\u00a0 Leon Springs Ride (Leaderless)
\nSaturday, January 28: Cibolo Ride
\nSunday, January 29:\u00c2\u00a0 Urban Breakfast Ride
\nSunday, January 29:\u00c2\u00a0 Comfort-Ladybird Loop Ride<\/p>\n

Giant road bikes recalled because of forks<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.bicycleretailer.com
\nWASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201dGiant Bicycle is working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 900 road bikes because their forks can crack.
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\nNo injuries have been reported as a result of the fork problem.<\/p>\n

The recall involves all 2012 model year men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Giant Defy Advanced 0, 1 and 2 model bicycles and the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Giant Avail Advanced 0, 1, and 2 model bicycles.<\/p>\n

The bikes were sold from August 2011 through November 2011 for between $3,000 and $4,550. …<\/p>\n

Using P90X2 to Improve Your Cycling<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Darryl\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0lovingthebike.com
\nOdds are that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard of the P90X home workout program, but what about using it to improve your cycling?\u00c2\u00a0 I was contacted by Denis Faye, a writer for Beachbody, about posting an article on using the P90X2 program to help make you a better cyclist.\u00c2\u00a0 Beachbody is the maker of several fitness products, including this and other home based fitness programs and they have done quite well for themselves\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.and the P90X is definitely their…<\/p>\n

Setting the 2012 Results Bar High…<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Doc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0McKinney Velo Club
\nCongratulations to MV’s Julian Howitt who secured MV’s first road race 1st place (the rhyme rolls off the tongue much like Julian rolled across the line) of 2012 in the first road race of 2012 – the 1\/14\/2012 TRP Winter Crits. Julian took the victory in the 3\/4 crit and then for good measure, placed 4th in the 4\/5 race that followed. Way to set…<\/p>\n

Bike Rage<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby katiejo\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin on Two Wheels
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\nFor the\u00c2\u00a0 most part, bicycles ride are peaceful and fun. If bicycle rides weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t something I enjoyed I would not ride nearly as much or at all. Basic Pavlovian response stuff. I do what feels good to me. Yet, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not all sunshine and rainbows and unicorns all the time when on two wheels.<\/p>\n

Similar to road rage, there is a feeling of aggressiveness that surges up at times when on the road on a bicycle seat. Naming this feeling \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bike Rage\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (like Road Rage when in a car)\u00c2\u00a0 is not quite right. I rather like to think of it as Bike Pet Peeves. *Note: Multiple occurrences of Bike Pet Peeves in one day could steer any cyclists down…<\/p>\n

Plano On-Street Bicycle Signs and Routes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby bergerandfries\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bike Friendly Richardson
\nHello there, bergerandfries with my first BFR posting. Our friends in Plano have kicked off a project to make Plano easier to ride by bicycle!\u00c2\u00a0 Plano has a great off street Multi-Use Path system, but now they are implementing On-Street bicycle signs and routes.<\/p>\n

What will the signage be?
\nThe signage is in accordance with the Texas Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a code that regulates traffic signage at the state level, ensuring that all traffic signage is consistent. This code also dictates how signs are placed in terms of location and frequency and how they are displayed. Most of the signage is green and…<\/p>\n

Mostly Annual Farm to Ranch ReTREEt \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Bastrop<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby The Announcer Guy \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking in Dallas
\nLocal cyclist, Grady McGahan, is organizing an effort to replant native trees and other growing things as they cycle the gorgeous area around Bastrop, Texas this Friday, January 20th.<\/p>\n

Join us as we ride from Austin to Bastrop and Paige for a few days of roving reforestation. Our merry band of reTREEters will work with local nurseries to plant native trees on private property, where people are more likely to do what is needed to keep them going for the long haul. …<\/p>\n

Girl on Bicycle Struck by Vehicle<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby MyFox Houston
\nSPRING, Texas – A second grade student in the Klein Independent School District was taken to a hospital after she was struck by a vehicle as she rode a bicycle in northwest Harris County. The accident took place around 8 am on Castlemont Lane near Lost…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Houston Bicycle Club February Meeting When: Program: Tuesday 02\/14\/12 at: 7:00 PM HEB Community Room at I-10 and Bunker Hill At the New Year’s Day ride, we had a Travelon bicycle with continuous gearing and no derailleurs. The company that …<\/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":[492,3351,2028,660,2559,2319,3295,1448,401,359,1829],"class_list":["post-11471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-accident","tag-bike-rage","tag-biking-in-dallas","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-hill-country-bicycle-touring-club","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-lovingthebike-com","tag-mckinney-velo-club","tag-plano-texas","tag-product-recall","tag-san-antonio-wheelmen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2Z1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471","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=11471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}