{"id":23536,"date":"2014-03-16T23:28:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T04:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=23536"},"modified":"2014-03-16T23:28:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T04:28:36","slug":"texas-bicycling-digest-of-news-and-blogs-march-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/16\/texas-bicycling-digest-of-news-and-blogs-march-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Digest of News and Blogs March 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mountain Bike Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve Rescheduled<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dallas Cycling Trail Riders and Weekend Pub Crawlers<\/h3>\n

\n Sunday, March 30, 2014\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a01:30 PM
\n Rowlett Creek Preserve
\n 2525 Castle Rd
\n Parking Lot at Castle Drive and Centerville Road
\n Garland, TX (map)
\n Rescheduled from March 16. We will ride the trails then go to Houlihan’s at Firewheel Town Center. This trail is not suitable for hybrids or road bikes so mountain bikes only.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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City, Vision 2020 to share bike\/walk path plan<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Trey Mewes Austin Daily Herald<\/h3>\n

\n Austin students may soon have a safer time getting to school after city officials and Vision 2020 organizers share the draft of a Safe Routes to Schools plan at a community meeting Monday.
\n The plan, which will highlight ways Austin can make walking and biking paths safer for students to use, is part of a collaboration between local volunteers and engineers from the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The MnDOT team are experts, but only Austin knows Austin in those particular ways,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Vision 2020 Director of Vision Creation Laura Helle.
\n Officials will share ways Austin can improve walking and biking for all…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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ARR\/RLAG Club Ride @ Flat Rock Ranch<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group<\/h3>\n

\n Saturday, April 12, 2014\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 9:00 AM
\n Flat Rock Ranch
\n Flat Rock Creek Road
\n GPS coordinates: 30.015501,-98.8705
\n Comfort, TX (map)
\n Main Parking Area – look for the Austin Ridge Rider Banner
\n Austin Ridge Rider & Ride Like A Girl Monthly Club Ride at Flat Rock Ranch in Comfort, TX
\n All mountain bikers are welcome, riders will break into groups based on skill level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and pace (fast, casual, slow). This is a No Drop ride so no one gets left behind or lost, we will get you back to the trail head for the after party;)
\n Remember to bring your helmet, plenty of water, and cash for the park entry fee. Everyone is also invited to bring a dish to…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thinking About Hills<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Noob<\/h3>\n

\n Anyone who has read Bike Noob knows I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not much of a hill climber. In fact, if anything, my hill-climbing ability has decreased in the past couple of years \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting older, you know. Yeah, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. (All right \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I still haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t managed to get my weight down to that level where hills are doable \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stick with the age angle.)
\n But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spring, believe it or not (It must be \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re under our second wind advisory in a week! It was tough out there today!), and as we point toward our nice weather riding (It will come again, I promise), a lot of us will add hills to our training regimens.
\n Yes, even I climb hills in training. But the hills I climb close to home aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t anything like the really challenging hills we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll face on some of…
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