{"id":20076,"date":"2013-01-26T22:29:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20076"},"modified":"2013-01-26T22:29:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:29:33","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-26th-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/26\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-26th-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Park Trailwork?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAustinBike.com
\nToday’s 2 laps at city park were cut short by a terrible sight.\u00c2\u00a0 The trail was being torn up and rerouted.\u00c2\u00a0 All of my calls to the city have not been answered yet, but whoever is doing this is undertaking a moajor effor, it is surprising that nobody from the biking community was aware of this. …
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Mavic Crossride Wheels<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>
\nAustinBike.com
\nNever look a gift horse in the mouth. I won this wheelset at an event, so as far as I was concerned, this was a free toy to play with. Apparently you get what you pay for.
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I broke a pair of spokes on my main wheelset (Magura hubs, Mavic 717 rims),so I tried this wheelset on while my main set was being rebuilt. It was fine for simple riding, but it had a bit more flex than I was used to having, I would chalk it up to being a much less expensive wheel.<\/p>\n

The real problems came when I had a collision. One of the spokes pulled out from the rim. It pulled the nipple straight through the rim and ruined it. If this had been a normal spoke, it would have broken the…<\/p>\n

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Flat Creek Crossing Ranch Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nSunday, February 3, 2013\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a010:00 AM
\nFlat Creek Crossing Ranch
\nCounty Road 201 & Ulrich Road, Johnson City, TX (map)
\nhttp:\/\/www.mellowjohnnys.com\/mellow-classic-flat-creek-crossing-pre-ride\/<\/p>\n

If you are not getting up early enough to hit Todd’s 100K event at Muleshoe Bend, but want to get out earlier than Mike’s afternoon ARR ride at Walnut, here’s another option this Sunday: Mellow Johnny’s is opening Flat Creek Crossing Ranch again (more details at the Mellow Johnny’s link). Trail entrance fee is $7, all proceeds go to Child Inc.<\/p>\n

Join me for a 10:00am start time, social pace (I’m a slow intermediate), 2-3 lap ride (~8 mile trail). …<\/p>\n

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

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Can't believe this is my first MetroRail ride! @CapMetro<\/a> Sat eve train is packed with families. http:\/\/t.co\/fMA1nMVH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eileen Schaubert (@eileenstx) January 27, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n