{"id":28624,"date":"2014-12-25T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=28624"},"modified":"2014-12-25T23:12:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:12:27","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-december-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/12\/25\/texas-bicycling-news-december-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News December 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gear Up Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Anne Clarrissimeaux\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0texasbikeracing.com<\/h3>\n

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\nEveryone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been in this spot before: you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve upgraded your wheelset, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to sell your old set to offset the cost of the new ones. Heck, looking around at your bike stuff, you see a few more things you could totally get rid of \u00e2\u20ac\u201d so before you know it, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re arranging to meet up with some random person off Craiglist, your expensive wheelset in tow as you make your way to a dark parking lot. But you just return home without selling the wheels because the guy showed up with $200 less than you were asking and tried to bargain. So now you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re stuck on eBay, reluctantly listing the wheels since you know they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll sell for way less than you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re wanting.
\nOh screw it, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just hang the wheels back in the garage. Maybe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find a buddy who …<\/p>\n

Website Helps Fund Disabled Girl’s Wish for Bicycle<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.kristv.com<\/h3>\n

FLOUR BLUFF – Most kids get their first bicycles when they’re 5 years old but Jasmine Gomez, who’s 13 and has always wanted to ride one, has never been able to. It’s not because she doesn’t know how, but because she physically can’t.
\n“Sometimes we have to remind her that she’s disabled for the things that she wants to do,” said her step-father Gilbert Reyna.
\nSince she was 2, Jasmine has suffered from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3. It’s left her …<\/p>\n

The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Roll Your A**\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tour- West Texas and the Big Bend of the Rio Grande<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Bike Hermit\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0biketouringnews.com<\/h3>\n

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\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Christmas Eve 2014 and 50 degrees colder here in Santa Fe than what we have been accustomed to. After spending 14 days in west Texas and the Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park and sleeping in the tent or the teardrop trailer we are treating ourselves to two nights in relative luxury at The Lodge at Santa Fe. Tonight we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be taking the Christmas Eve Canyon Road Farolito Walk, an apparently popular city event, and ending up at The Palace to listen to some country music!
\nWe have the touring bikes with us and left the truck for two nights in Alpine while we …<\/p>\n