{"id":23047,"date":"2014-01-28T00:17:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T06:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=23047"},"modified":"2014-01-28T00:17:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T06:17:45","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-january-27th-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/28\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-january-27th-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup January 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"

WOOOHOOO!!! Rode my first century.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Sharpshin\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikeforums.net
\nWell, 102.7 miles to be exact. Elapsed time start to finish twelve hours fifteen minutes; neither swift nor stylish but then I would imagine most folks ain’t packing fifty pounds on the bike when they try this neither.<\/p>\n

Late start, 9:50 am on Saturday, meant I’d be finishing after dark IF I made it, but I’ve been riding a lot at night lately. Here’s the bike at the start, note the addition of Bontrager fenders, put on the night before.
\nFour miles in, heading east towards downtown San Antonio….
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Pedernales Falls State Park Trail Building Day<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nSunday, February 9, 2014\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
\nPedernales Falls State Park
\n2585 Park Road 6026, Johnson City, TX (map)
\nIt’s a big park please click the map link below<\/p>\n

Austin Ridge Riders trail building project to bring new trail at the park.
\nNO TRAIL BUILDING EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Austin Ridge Riders will provide tools & guidance for volunteers, as well as a prize raffle after the work. Volunteers get into the park for free on trail building days.
\nIf it’s been a long time since you have built trail, or if you have never built trail, please give it a try. It’s very rewarding to see a…<\/p>\n

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Six retailers from Texas make the list.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Top multi-sport retailers named as triathlon conference opens<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby BRAIN Staff\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bicycleretailer.com
\nMARINA DEL REY, Calif. (BRAIN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The trade association Triathlon Business International and triathlon site Slowtwitch.com have named the top 50 multi-sport retailers in the U.S. They released the list Sunday as the two-day Triathlon Business International annual conference got under way here.<\/p>\n

Slowtwitch publisher Dan Empfield compiled the retailer list, through a voting process that was weighted 80 percent on suppliers’ votes and 20 percent on votes cast by Slowtwitch readers.<\/p>\n

Ballots with approximately 300 retailer names divided among nine geographic areas — …<\/p>\n

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Mountain bike race drew 100<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.lmtonline.com\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0(subscription required)
\nThe festivities building up to the third annual Border Beer Fest on Feb. 1 continued Sunday with the Border Bike Challenge hosted by Pedalheads Laredo, a local cycling organization, at the Shiloh Bike Trails. The bike challenge was the first mountain…<\/p>\n

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Spring Fling (Cat 5 Crash!!!) 2014 De Leon Springs RR<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nJose Cabrera
\nA crash on the last lap of the race took out about half of the field. I placed 2nd today!!!
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