{"id":28146,"date":"2014-11-06T23:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T05:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=28146"},"modified":"2014-11-06T23:11:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T05:11:03","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-november-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest November 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"

RAT Update from Kevin C. and Josh D.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Spinistry<\/h3>\n

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\nAbout to get in bed. Found a crummy motel in the monkey butt (that’s exactly what it smells like, even from 30 miles away) town of Tulia. But they rented us a room at 1:30 in the morning so I thank them. Lev and I finished around 145 miles today, doin as much of the gravel as was ridable. Past the town of South Plains the dirt roads were still saturated and lots of standing water even. So we left that post office in SP and headed north (eventually, after failing at the dirt roads and spending time scraping down the bikes…again) and got to the town of Silverton. Not much there but they have an Allsup’s so we ate tons of terrible “food” (pronounced ‘fuel’) and started out on the 28 mile run to Tulia. We even said that we might press on to the 60-mile-away town of Dimmitt, but we would make that decision in Tulia.
\nPlease note that it’s 37 degrees and a headwind to fight. About 3 miles outside of town Kevin…<\/p>\n

Crash!!<\/a><\/h2>\n

by shrinkboy\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.bikeforums.net<\/h3>\n

last week at Superdrome in Frisco, our B group (which included everything from fast juniors, guys in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, and this one older fella in his 60s-me) was approaching the first point sprint in a 30 lap points race. we were flat out at 30+mph when a guy up track lost control and came down track in front of me in the sprint lane. it happened in nano-seconds. i went over him and splatted on the concrete apron.
\nhit my head hard enough to break my helmet (but no head injuries, thank ya), popped my collarbone-stage II separation-lacerated elbow (sutures), massive, multiple contusions from left armpit all the way down to my hip and thigh. abrasions everywhere. i spent a week in a vicodin\/valium ibuprofen haze. it was like getting tossed out of a moving truck in my jammies. hardest hit i’ve ever taken, and… (With comments)<\/p>\n

Rolling My Wheels Around My Fort Worth Neighborhood Remembering Getting Scolded For Not Recycling<\/a><\/h2>\n

Durango Texas<\/h3>\n

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\nThis beautiful first Thursday of November, with its return of blue sky, lifted me from the doldrums of Seasonally Affected Disorder (SAD) and had me rolling my wheels around my neighborhood.
\nThose are my handlebars parked in front of a Recycle Bin looking at my…<\/p>\n

Austin Texas bicycling in the Capitol<\/a><\/h2>\n

by reneseptrene<\/h3>\n