{"id":14545,"date":"2012-06-07T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=14545"},"modified":"2012-06-07T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:31:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-7th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/07\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-june-7th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the magazine: Fitness apps storm cycling<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBicycle Retailer and Industry News
\nEditor’s note: The following article appeared in the May 1 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
\nCASTRO VALLEY, CA\u00e2\u20ac\u201dJohn Koslosky, owner of the Bay Area\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Castro Valley Cyclery, has virtualized his shop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weekly club ride.<\/p>\n

Instead of gathering, say, on Tuesday evening at 6\u00e2\u20ac\u201da schedule that might not work for half his club\u00e2\u20ac\u201driders choose their own time and route, track their data through GPS, then upload it onto the social fitness website Strava. A board on the shop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website streams the latest rides and climbing leaders. …<\/p>\n

Open Source Electronic Derailleur<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nblog.makezine.com
\n\"\"
\nNabil Tewolde of Markham, ON, created an instructable on how to build your own electronic derailleur as part of his bike computer project. Code, BOM, and schematics on Github.<\/p>\n

El Paso Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSaturday, June 9
\nBean and Back-7:00 am<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 10
\nPedal to the Pumphouse-8:00 am<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 13
\nWednesday night ride-6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 14
\nBeginner\/Intermediate Group-6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 16
\n3rd BIG Group Distance Ride-7:30 am<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 17
\nFather’s Day Brunch Ride-7:30 am<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 20
\nWednesday night ride-6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 21
\nBeginner\/Intermediate Group-6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 23
\nRollers & Valley-7:30 am<\/p>\n

@Texas4000<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span>
\nDAY 6 ROCKIES: Despite the rain early in the day the team crossed the Oklahoma border today!
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Cycling Austin<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nChange of plans for Jack and Adam’s Bicycles Sundays ride, not doing Cedar creek now, No drop will go to Aitkins High School as planned and Tammy and the Tempo Multisport ride ambassadors will take everyone else south to Buda and possibly beyond! Be safe out there!<\/p>\n

@PeytonsBikes\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span>
\nHave new or used gear to sell? Check out our site, http:\/\/peytonsbikes.com\/classifieds\/<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 #cycling #WestTexas<\/p>\n

Hill Country Ride for AIDS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWe can’t wait to see you tomorrow at the Post Ride Party! Everyone is welcome, bring friends, and help us celebrate the huge success of the 2012 Ride! Post-Ride Party! Tomorrow at 4:00pm at Wanderlust LIVE Austin<\/p>\n

Simple Motorist Wisdom<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Steve A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Point-to-Point
\nMostly stuff I hear from motorists at work regarding cycling is pretty silly, irrelevant, or even almost threatening if I were inclined toward paranoia. I really do NOT need to hear fantasies about cyclists as “hood ornaments.” On rare occasions, however, a pearl will come my way from a motoring co-worker. Yesterday was such a day.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I bet on the come that I would not need rain gear. I lost that bet. In the process, however, some simple motorist wisdom came my way. Without any intention of insulting my loyal reader, my own experience is that engineers have an unusual level of insights about things compared to “regular people.” As it turned out, this…<\/p>\n

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 6\/7- 6\/13\/12<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby elliott\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin on Two Wheels
\nHere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. As always, if there is an event you know about that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not on our calendar contact us, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up. …<\/p>\n

Bicycling is good for El Pasoans, but El Paso ignores bicycles<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Guerrero Garcia\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0borderzine.com
\nEL PASO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The winds whistled by swiftly as I held a tight grip on the handlebars on bumpy pavement pocked with potholes and loose gravel. Suddenly, I was startled by a truck passing me too closely and lost my balance, falling off the bicycle. The truck didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bother to stop.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate enough to not get seriously injured, but other cyclists have not been as lucky. Just a few days ago, a 54-year-old man riding his bicycle east on Pebble Hills Blvd. was hit by a Texas state…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the magazine: Fitness apps storm cycling Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Editor’s note: The following article appeared in the May 1 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News CASTRO VALLEY, CA\u00e2\u20ac\u201dJohn Koslosky, owner of the Bay Area\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Castro Valley …<\/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":[986,68,3354,660,2335,91,3719,533,3682,770],"class_list":["post-14545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-events","tag-bicycle-equipment","tag-dallas-point-to-point","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-el-paso-texas","tag-fitness-app","tag-hill-country-ride-for-aids","tag-social-cycling-austin","tag-texas-4000-for-cancer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-3MB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545","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=14545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}