{"id":13758,"date":"2012-04-07T23:13:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T04:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=13758"},"modified":"2012-04-07T23:13:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T04:13:44","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-7th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/07\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-7th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.northwestcyclingclub.com\/images\/files\/2012%20BC%20Crit.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestcyclingclub.com\/images\/files\/2012%20BC%20Crit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Bear Creek Crit Series<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nNorthwest Cycling Club &#8211; Houston<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/recreation\/colorado-bend-state-park-is-prime-locale-for-2288919.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/recreation\/colorado-bend-state-park-is-prime-locale-for-2288919.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Colorado Bend State Park is prime locale for biking, trail running<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPam LeBlanc, Fit City<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austin360.com\/multimedia\/dynamic\/01426\/040912_fitcity_az__1426580c.jpg?resize=619%2C452\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"452\" \/><br \/>\nBEND, Texas I&#8217;m dodging pineapple-sized rocks and zipping between narrowly spaced oaks as I careen down the Spicewood Canyon Trail at Colorado Bend State Park.<\/p>\n<p>Butterflies scatter as I lurch along on my bike, intent on keeping up with one of my tour guides, Kevin Ferguson, the park&#8217;s resource manager and interpreter. He&#8217;s running the trail on two feet instead of pedaling, and by the time I catch him he&#8217;s standing at a trailside overlook, the sweat evaporating off his skin.<\/p>\n<p>Up here, we can see a trio of hikers wading through a creek far below. It reminds me of a little slice of the Costa Rican jungle, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bigbikesmedia.cyclingdirt.org\/video\/626530-Johan-Texas-MTB-is-like-road-racing\" href=\"http:\/\/bigbikesmedia.cyclingdirt.org\/video\/626530-Johan-Texas-MTB-is-like-road-racing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Johan &#8211; &#8220;Texas MTB is like road racing&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nbigbikesmedia.cyclingdirt.org<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johan - \" src=\"http:\/\/bigbikesmedia.cyclingdirt.org\/embed\/NTg5NjI2NTMw?related=1\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigbikesmedia.cyclingdirt.org\/video\/626530-Johan-Texas-MTB-is-like-road-racing\">Watch more videos on Big Bikes Media &amp; cyclingdirt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/spokes-n-spurs-ride.html\" href=\"http:\/\/roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/spokes-n-spurs-ride.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Spokes N Spurs: The Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Roy and Christine\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Pedal Pushers<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JgfNRd0yQLk\/T3ybRBdPe0I\/AAAAAAAAH9w\/L3MtDh8ekR8\/s400\/Spokes%2BN%2BSpurs%2B001%2B%2851%29.JPG?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nI estimated the attendance to be between 500-700 riders. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>David Brown II (@DaveBrownII)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n70 mile ride outside Austin on #Fitzhugh. Love that Texas hill country! Not to mention my new sweet glove tan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Jeff Contreras (@331miles)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s worse than flatting on a ride? Flatting and getting covered in biting gnats while fixing it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Texas 4000 (@Texas4000)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe 2012 team completed 85 miles today on their ride, getting ready for the Century on April 21!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear Creek Crit Series Northwest Cycling Club &#8211; Houston Colorado Bend State Park is prime locale for biking, trail running Pam LeBlanc, Fit City BEND, Texas I&#8217;m dodging pineapple-sized rocks and zipping between narrowly spaced oaks as I careen down <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/07\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-7th-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":[3564,660,2459,3538,3565],"class_list":["post-13758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-colorado-bend-state-park","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-northwest-cycling-club","tag-spokes-n-spurs","tag-texas-mtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-3zU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13758","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=13758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}