{"id":3233,"date":"2009-12-07T23:34:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2009-12-07T23:34:45","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:34:45","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easton EA 30 Stems Recalled<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Singletrack.com<\/p>\n

Easton has identified a potential safety issue involving the four bolt Easton EA 30 stem and is recalling the item.<\/p>\n

The stems in question \u00e2\u20ac\u201d from 2007, 2008 and 2009 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d can crack and eventually break during use.<\/p>\n

Although the stem passed all of the industry tests, this particular issue was not uncovered during those tests, according to a company recall statement. Easton is recalling the affected stems and replacing them with new stems which are subject to even more stringent quality controls.<\/p>\n

The EA 30 stems in question have been sold as individually packaged pieces and equipped on various bicycle brands.<\/p>\n

Find out if you have an EA 30 stem that needs to exchanged.<\/p>\n

People with an EA 30 stem should contact either their authorized Easton dealer or Easton directly to receive a free replacement. Recalled stems will be replaced with a new Easton stem. All labor charges associated with this recall will be coveredby Easton.<\/p>\n

Easton toll Free recall number 1-866-892-6059\u00c2\u00a0 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST M \u00e2\u20ac\u201c F<\/p>\n

Yellow Bike Project – it’s about community<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom vimeo.com
\nAustin, running a community bike shop, and educating kids and adults. … yellow bike project 7 yellow bike 14 Austin 4689 Texas 7637 bicycle 4078 …<\/p>\n

Buyer’s Guide to Bike Shaped Objects – Cyclelicious<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Yokota Fritz
\nA few years ago, I followed the adventures of Poor Guy On a Bike who, amazingly, toured 2000 miles from South Carolina to west Texas on a Wal-Mart Schwinn. The only problems he had were with flat tires. “Hey,” he writes, “if anything …<\/p>\n

BikeTexas looking for volunteers this Thursday | Austin On Two Wheels<\/strong><\/a>
\nby elliott
\nThis Thursday, BikeTexas is putting together packages benefiting bicycle\/motorist safety education programs and Safe Routes to School. They need to be mailed to government offices all over Texas, and Bike Texas needs a hand getting them …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Easton EA 30 Stems Recalled by Singletrack.com Easton has identified a potential safety issue involving the four bolt Easton EA 30 stem and is recalling the item. The stems in question \u00e2\u20ac\u201d from 2007, 2008 and 2009 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d can crack …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[517,660,359,879,1166,102],"class_list":["post-3233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-biketexas","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-product-recall","tag-recall","tag-wal-mart-schwinn","tag-yellow-bike-project"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-Q9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}