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Sitting In with Super Squadra<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby djcurtin\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bicycle Sport Shop’s Offical Cycling Blog
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\nWith the buzz surrounding our new Cycling Clubs, it might be easy to overlook one of our biggest assets in terms of folks flying the Bicycle Sport Shop flag: Super Squadra, our elite men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s road team. The guys had another solid season in 2012. While there were plenty of changes for team members this past year, they found new ways to win. We sat down with the guys and looked back at 2012, and forward to the 2013 season a bit.<\/p>\n

In general terms, how was the season?
\nIan Dille: The 2012 season was a successful year, and a transitional year. Prior to the start of the season, we created the Super JETS (Super Junior Espoir Team Squadra)\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwho brought a lot of youthful enthusiasm to the team, and a whole lot of speed. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always had developmental riders within the…<\/p>\n

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Ft Worth Avenue Bike Lanes Happening Now!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Friendly Oak Cliff
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\nThose are real bike lanes going down on Ft Worth Avenue from Sylvan to Edgefield! What you see is the pre-striping outline of the bike lanes that will hopefully be painted today if the weather holds. This project is a joint effort of the Ft Worth Avenue Development Group, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and the city of Dallas. A year ago today the project began, see here for a reminder. A big thank you to all the supporters of the project, city leadership from council members…<\/p>\n

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North Irving 100k<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby StephenH\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikeforums.net
\nI would like to locate a 100k route generally starting in north Irving that could be ridden on a weeknight. I don’t live there, but it would be convenient to ride from there after work. Anyone got any good ideas? Are there regular bike shop or club rides up in that area? …(1 reply)<\/p>\n

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January Club Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nColorado Bend State Park, San Saba, Texas
\nSaturday – January 12\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a011:00 a.m.\u00c2\u00a0 Start Time
\nKid Trips will be hosting an event for the Girl Scout Winter Jamboree at Colorado Bend State Park and this gives us a great excuse to visit the beautiful trails of this lovely park. We’ll be starting the ride later to allow people to make the drive out.\u00c2\u00a0 Colorado Bend Sp has a variety of geological features that make this park extremely popular. Throughout the park are sinkholes, caves and springs. Some of the trails have creek crossing and one well known highlight is the large waterfall, Gorman Falls, that is located on…<\/p>\n

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Corinth Cycling\/Harden Dental Team Introductions<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nMark Manning is by far our youngest team member. He is lovingly known as La Vaca, which is spanish for cow. If Mark?s coming up behind you, you better mooooooooove out of the way.<\/p>\n

Besides riding to combat his ADD, Mark enjoys training his wife. Or rather, training his wife in cycling. Although Mark used to work for the CIA, he now works for a redneck workaholic boss in the…<\/p>\n

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GHORBA General Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby bobdole
\nPlease join us for our first general meeting of the year! We will discuss the status of trails, events such as the BRC, and what we intend to accomplish this year. In addition, we are privileged to have Dr. Ronald Grabowski with the Houston Sports Rehabilitation and Nutrition Center come and speak. Dr. Grabowski will discuss pre and post workout nutrition along with the importance of nutritional therapy to support the immune system during exercise.<\/p>\n

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Sachse HS Mountain Bike Team Takes State Title<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.neighborsgo.com
\nOnly three years old, the mountain bike program at Sachse High School has already made a name for itself as the best in Texas. Sachse\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s six-member team recently won the Texas High School Cycling League State Championships\u00e2\u20ac\u201dits second title in two years.
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\nThe SHS program was started by teacher Christine Tucker in the spring of 2010.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of my students saw the cycling awards in my classroom and said he was also a mountain biker,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she explained. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A couple of days…<\/p>\n

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Terry Hershey Park Houston Texas Mountain Bike #1<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby lalo ramirez
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