{"id":20068,"date":"2013-01-25T22:26:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T04:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20068"},"modified":"2013-01-25T22:26:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T04:26:16","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-25th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/25\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-25th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specialized announces voluntary recall of 12,000 forks<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Neal Rogers\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Velonews.com
\nSpecialized is recalling roughly 12,200 forks across four models, including its Tarmac SL4. Photo: Nick Legan | VeloNews.com
\nBOULDER, Colorado (VN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Specialized Bicycles has announced a voluntary recall of the front forks on all models of its 2012 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Crux, and 2013 Secteur Disc bikes and framesets.<\/p>\n

The recall was initiated by Specialized after learning of an issue with the forks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 carbon fiber steerer tubes on these models that, in a small number of instances, can crack or break.<\/p>\n

The recall is projected to affect approximately 12,200 bikes in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The Morgan Hill, California, company has seen two instances of these forks breaking, one resulting in minor injury, Specialized PR manager Sean Estes told VeloNews. …<\/p>\n

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Thursday Ride at Walnut Creek – Beginner\/intermediate ride level<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nThursday, January 31, 2013\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a04:30 PM
\nWalnut Creek Park
\n12138 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX (map)
\nThis will be a beginner ride and will be doing around 8 -10 miles.
\nIf someone is willing to lead a faster group then we can have an intermediate group also.<\/p>\n

Please be there and be ready to roll by 4:30 pm. We meet in the parking lot near the pool in the middle of the island.
\nAny question please call\/text\u00c2\u00a0 me at [masked]
\nBeginner level ride with no drop.
\nThings to bring:
\n1.\u00c2\u00a0 Good working bike
\n2.\u00c2\u00a0 Helmet
\n3.\u00c2\u00a0 Camel back or something to carry water.<\/p>\n

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Join the Houston Parks Board for a bike tour this Saturday at 2pm<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBikeHouston.org
\nJoin the Houston Parks Board for a relaxed and fun 10-12 mile bike tour of the Houston Bayous. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be able to see the progress on connecting the bayou trails and understand the larger vision of the Houston Bayou Greenways Project to connect all the bayous by 2020. Bring your neighbors, friends, and family for fun afternoon ride!<\/p>\n

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Please email Brinkley Hutchings for more information. Meet at Memorial Park, West parking lot by the soccer\/rugby fields, Houston, TX<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Rides and Events<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nHill Country Bicycle Touring Club
\nFebruary 2, 2013 9:30 am
\nGruene River Road Ride
\n1287 Gruene Road, New Braunfiels, TX, 78130<\/p>\n

February 3, 2013 9:00 am
\nGood Time River and Town Tour
\nLions Field Senior Center
\n2809 Broadway, San Antonio, TX, 78209<\/p>\n

February 9, 2013 9:00 am
\nPoPo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ride
\nPoPo’s Restaurant
\n829 FM 289, Boerne, TX, 78006<\/p>\n

February 17, 2013 9:00 am
\nLourdes Memorial Ride
\nMissions North Burial Park
\nSan Antonio, TX<\/p>\n

February 21, 2013 6:30 pm
\nHCBTC February Meeting
\nGrady’s BBQ
\n327 East Nakoma Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78216<\/p>\n

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Sachse Mountain Bike Program Shows It Takes More Than Guts To Be State’s Best<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy MARCUS MURPHREE, Senior Editor\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.neighborsgo.com
\nFor Christine Tucker, the first \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hill\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she took on her bike had her hooked.<\/p>\n

Sure, it was more of a slope in the neighborhood where she grew up, but in her mind, she was braving gravity and racing through the mountains atop her first bicycle.<\/p>\n

Nearly 40 years later, hills and bikes are her life, and as an added bonus, she gets to share her hobby with six students at Sachse High School as part of the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s developing mountain bike program.<\/p>\n

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The program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beginning was as uncommon as the sport, which only has Dallas-area high school teams at Sachse and Jesuit.<\/p>\n

Tucker was approached by David Pearson, a mountain biking hobbyist who was intrigued by the webmastering teacher\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cycling trophies in her classroom. A few conversations later, and the Sachse mountain biking team was born in 2010.<\/p>\n

Almost three years have passed since the program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inception, and now six teens from Garland, Sachse and Rowlett suit up twice a…<\/p>\n

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Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tomorrow is RACE DAY. Miles of DisComfort, 54 miles of single track at #FlatRockRanch<\/a> in the Texas Hill Country. Time to get you bike on.<\/p>\n

— STORM (@STORM_MTB) January 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n