{"id":19662,"date":"2012-12-13T23:22:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T05:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2012-12-13T23:22:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T05:22:11","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-13th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-13th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bike program prods kids to improve at school<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Robert Stanton\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Houston Chronicle
\nThe North Pole may be thousands of miles away, but that hasn’t stopped scores of Santa’s elves from working their tunics off to put together bicycles for Houston-area students.<\/p>\n

This year, the nonprofit Elves & More organization is on track to deliver 10,000 new bicycles and helmets to economically challenged students who signed pledges in August to improve their reading grades and maintain a satisfactory or above on their conduct grade.<\/p>\n

The 4,000 volunteers – many of them doctors, engineers and lawyers who are donating their vacation time to the project – have been working since Dec. 8 to construct the…<\/p>\n

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The First Annual Austin Mountain Biking Video Contest<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby John\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0AustinBike.com
\nDo you bike?\u00c2\u00a0 Do you take videos?\u00c2\u00a0 Are you a shameless atention whore?\u00c2\u00a0 If you answered yes to at least two of these, you need to read on.\u00c2\u00a0 If you answered yes to all three, then you are either Woody, or someone about to become famous in Austin for the first annual Austin Mountain Biking Video contest.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the videos will be viewed\/judged:
\ngo to youtube.
\nlog in as bikemojoatx@gmail.com
\npassword: bikemojo69.<\/p>\n

Once there, upload your video, share it. We’ll watch all the videos at the event.\u00c2\u00a0 Be sure to load the videos on to YouTube before the event.<\/p>\n

We’ll judge there, live, and there will be some prizes for the winner(s).<\/p>\n

A couple of things to remember: …<\/p>\n

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Grumpier Commute<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Steve A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0DFW Point-to-Point
\nSome weeks are pleasant. Some are like, well, like this one. It started with the weather. The weather has been below freezing in the morning and 60 or even above on the ride home. Those comfy thermal, waterproof Salomon boots are simply sweaty on the ride home.<\/p>\n

It got grumpier on Tuesday. Not that I EVER wear earphones, but if I HAD (apologies to OJ Simpson’s book), I’d have heard a local talk radio host WHINING and MOANING about bikes ON THE ROAD in Dallas. This guy, talking from a radio station that boasts “Intelligent” as part of its moniker, blathered on about “bike lanes” in Dallas (actually sharrows) and then dropped down to jokes about “squishing” cyclists…<\/p>\n

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Looks like fun Cyclocross Race Austin Texas 12-9-12: http:\/\/t.co\/F8OcHwQU<\/a> via @youtube<\/a><\/p>\n

— jerald roll (@grandpajerald) December 14, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n