{"id":19793,"date":"2012-12-31T23:57:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T05:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=19793"},"modified":"2012-12-31T23:57:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T05:57:16","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-31st-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-31st-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.lmrabicycleclub.com\/mboard\/calendar.php?view=event&amp;calEid=593\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lmrabicycleclub.com\/mboard\/calendar.php?view=event&amp;calEid=593\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: Benbrook Routes &#8211; 5:30PM<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nEvent: Jan 09, 2013<br \/>\nBe a Positive Ambassador:<br \/>\nSTOP &#8211; LOOK &#8211; and BE SEEN<br \/>\nStart at Benbrook YMCA Ballfield parking lots 5:30pm<br \/>\nRide out along Lake Benbrook park roads and beyond.<br \/>\nRoutes for cruiser, pacer and swifty groups ranging from 17-35 miles.<br \/>\n$1 or yearly pass required for Corps of Engineers lake road gate entry.<br \/>\nHeadlights and taillights are needed.<br \/>\nStandard routes: Benbrook all-in-one cruiser, pacer, swifty<br \/>\nAlternate routes will ride to White Settlement or through Westover Hills<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"65%\" \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sanantoniocyclingclub.org\/Ride_Calendar.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sanantoniocyclingclub.org\/Ride_Calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Good Time River and Town Tour<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSan Antonio Cycling Club<br \/>\nWhere: Meet at Lions Field Senior Center at 2809 Broadway (across the street from Goodtime Charlies) near E. Mulberry Ave.<br \/>\nWhen: Jan 6, 9:00 AM &#8211; 12:30 PM<br \/>\nDescription: Don&#8217;t miss this ride with great scenic views. This easy paced ride will start at Lions Field Senior Center, 2809 Broadway. We will travel south as we go through town, then get on the Mission Reach Trail next to Blue Star Brewery, then on to Mission San Jose. Return trip will be through HemisFair Park and Sunset Station. Approximately 20 miles. Ride leaders, Vern,210-275-5637, vjeys@satx.rr.com, or Heidi, 210-842-2383, cycle_tx@yahoo.com. Stay for lunch. Guests are welcome. This will be a combined ride with the Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"65%\" \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikingtolive.com\/goodbye-2012-and-good-riddance\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bikingtolive.com\/goodbye-2012-and-good-riddance\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Goodbye 2012; And Good Riddance<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Bryan\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking to Live<br \/>\n2012 had both ups and down. Well, probably more downs than ups (kinda like the stock market). Goals were missed, miles weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ridden, and weight wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lost. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really starting to sound like a broken record aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I?<\/p>\n<p>I had a pretty decent year in 2011 and that lead me to create some pretty big goals for 2012. You can read about my 2012 goals here. I can say that I was 100%&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"65%\" \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aD5Gmv9sYL8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aD5Gmv9sYL8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Most Awesome Cross &#8211; Cat 4 Start<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Most Awesome Cross - Cat 4 Start\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aD5Gmv9sYL8?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><br \/>\nTXBRA Cyclocross Race sponsored by Team Super Awesome and Richardson Bike Mart, Cat 4 Start from the first Barriers with some Heckling!<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"65%\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBBellAU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RBBellAU<\/a>: RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandrd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@englandrd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BicycleSportShop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BicycleSportShop<\/a> Parmer ride today. Cold but great ride. Like to see people ride &amp; have fun <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fyYzTAnK\">http:\/\/t.co\/fyYzTAnK<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSS_Austin\/status\/285933961383931904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">145k today rounded out another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rapharacing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rapharacing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/festive500?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#festive500<\/a>. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidbarrettmtb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidbarrettmtb<\/a> for rolling w\/ me most of the weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/onLJIcZs\">http:\/\/t.co\/onLJIcZs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caden Burross (@cadenburross) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cadenburross\/status\/285915985691672578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First ride of 2013 leaves from harris branch at 9:30 am tomorrow. Approx 40 miles, all are welcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rideintothenewyear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rideintothenewyear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cycling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cycling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Waco Bicycle Club (@WacoBikeClub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WacoBikeClub\/status\/285913863952670720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another Racing Post article! Page 39 by Ryan Dromgoole. Thanks for the cool write up. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XpOqQpe8\">http:\/\/t.co\/XpOqQpe8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Spinistry (@Spinistry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spinistry\/status\/285873987043610624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dirt Derby  \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive   \u00c2\u00bb Happy New Years!!! | Mountain bike and cyclocross races in Austin, Te <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9vfrEv3a\">http:\/\/t.co\/9vfrEv3a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dirt Derby (@DirtDerby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DirtDerby\/status\/285850887577022464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Years Day ride still planned! Will announce any event changes by 8am here should weather be too severe tomorrow, thanks<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mellowjohnnys (@mellowjohnnys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mellowjohnnys\/status\/285834571440865280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2013 Resolutions on the &quot;One Foot In Front of the Other&quot; blog for fitnessnewbies.  <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HpPiLbCj\">http:\/\/t.co\/HpPiLbCj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stonewear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stonewear<\/a> top <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Ad2NT70C\">http:\/\/t.co\/Ad2NT70C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beth Nobles (@trailgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailgirl\/status\/285831202269716480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaBikes\/status\/285830331330867203<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#39;s ride! Ring in 2013 with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mellowjohnnys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mellowjohnnys<\/a> New Year&#39;s Day Ride. 3 distances to choose from-    <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/KG6GvTWh\">http:\/\/t.co\/KG6GvTWh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Violet Crown (@VioletCrownATX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VioletCrownATX\/status\/285827234063847424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bikeovernights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bikeovernights<\/a>: The Texas Mountain Trail. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/MT3Y6wlM\">http:\/\/t.co\/MT3Y6wlM<\/a>  Bike overnighting options are abundant.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Moore (@bikegeek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bikegeek\/status\/285824918527029248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lamar store&#39;s Eric &amp; Steele were out playing with Eric&#39;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoPro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoPro<\/a> recently. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bTKeY4Hb\">http:\/\/t.co\/bTKeY4Hb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSS_Austin\/status\/285807594445090816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasMTBtrails?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TexasMTBtrails<\/a> it&#39;s taking away liberty and freedom from cyclists, folks endorsing these laws apparently don&#39;t support those ideals. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AustinCyclist (@AustinCyclist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinCyclist\/status\/285806681542246400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaBikes\/status\/285805095646539776<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today at Reveille Peak Ranch: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HM9aWh41\">http:\/\/t.co\/HM9aWh41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CyclingATX (@CyclingATX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyclingATX\/status\/285800087517556736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Banning bicycles on Texas roads? What do you think? Does it matter to you? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/PHplsTXu\">http:\/\/t.co\/PHplsTXu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas MTB Trails (@TexasMTBtrails) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasMTBtrails\/status\/285777821362696194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LMRA Bike Club Evening Ride: Benbrook Routes &#8211; 5:30PM Event: Jan 09, 2013 Be a Positive Ambassador: STOP &#8211; LOOK &#8211; and BE SEEN Start at Benbrook YMCA Ballfield parking lots 5:30pm Ride out along Lake Benbrook park roads and <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-31st-3-2\/\"><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":[4103,660,4003,1421,4104],"class_list":["post-19793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-biking-to-live","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-lmra-bike-club","tag-san-antonio-cycling-club","tag-txbra-cyclocross-race"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-59f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19793","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=19793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}