{"id":23627,"date":"2014-03-28T22:18:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T03:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=23627"},"modified":"2014-03-28T22:18:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T03:18:41","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-digest-march-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/28\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-digest-march-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Digest March 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biking through Big Bend<\/a><\/h2>\n

By PAM LeBLANC\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin American-Statesman<\/h4>\n

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\n TERLINGUA \u00e2\u20ac\u201d You haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really bicycled Texas until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ridden the West Texas desert, weaving past flat-topped mesas and cactuses that snag your legs just for spite, one eye constantly peeled for a hairy-legged tarantula.
\n Road riding\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fine, and commuting gets you where you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going, but biking through Big Bend Ranch State Park feels like visiting the moon. Beyond crunching gravel and clattering stones, you spin through a world that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eerily quiet, except for the wind. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beautiful \u00e2\u20ac\u201d thorny plants, jagged rocks and all.
\n Last month I made my third multiday mountain biking trek through the park. The adventure coincided with the annual Chihuahuan Desert Bike Festival, a gathering of mountain biking geeks that features guided and…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meet by the bike rack. At the front of the Y.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Katy Bicycle fun riders<\/h4>\n

\n Thursday, April 3, 2014
\n 6:30 PM
\n Katy Family YMCA
\n 22807 Westheimer Pkwy, Katy, TX\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why the Race You Lose is the Most Important<\/a><\/h2>\n

Texas Mountain Bike Trails<\/h4>\n

\n It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something I feel extremely strongly about and something that I have a lot of experience doing.
\n Losing races.
\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never won a race, not ever.
\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on a podium only twice in nearly 10 years of racing in multiple cycling sports (triathlon, road racing, mtb) and one of those was a misprint on the officials part.
\n I have been dead last in races and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also missed first place by only 10 seconds. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve even gone from 2nd place to missing the podium entirely due to a flat in literally the final mile. I feel like I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen about every…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tweets<\/h2>\n
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Finally got 2 show my #elbowz<\/a> Fun night w\/ Derek, Stanley, Colin. 'Real' racing nxt week #Redlands<\/a> (photo: Binggeser) pic.twitter.com\/8GykiSdeb8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Stefan Rothe (@stefanrothe) March 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n