{"id":3261,"date":"2009-12-15T00:14:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T06:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2009-12-15T00:14:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T06:14:04","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/15\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago man, dog on a life-saving bike adventure<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Big Spring Herald
\nMarshall Wayne Lee, formerly of Chicago, takes a few moments to consult his canine bicycling companion, Antigone Puppleupagus, before continuing on the pair\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey to the West Coast. Lee is making the trip by bicycle to help raise awareness for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Bassett Rescue operations. …<\/p>\n

Firmans Bikes presents: 3rd Annual Holiday Ride! | Austin Texas …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Jason
\nOver the weekend I got word of a ride being put on by the local bike fabricator Firemans Texas Cruzer, builders of 100% US Made 24″, 26″ and 29″ BMX Cruiser bikes. Though they sell their bikes nationwide, they originate from deep in the …<\/p>\n

Sparks fly over Boerne idea for pedestrian-bicycle bridge<\/strong><\/a>
\nCouncilmen Jacques DuBose and Ron Warden voted against seeking federal funds for the new span just upstream of the existing bridges at Main Street (U.S. 87) and River Road (Texas 46). \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want a bridge that’s $1 million just because …<\/p>\n

CycleBum: Why and how?<\/strong><\/a>
\nby CycleBum
\nFriends have done Texas 4000. As a cyclist, is just something that becomes appealing. When I did the Hugel, It was epic, but also stoked the fire for something bigger. Bigger is 300+ miles from my birthtown (Austin) to my hometown (Mcallen) . … Being a carless freak, my Christmas homecoming depended on me finding a ride home who has room for a bike (Id go nuts without one). I told my mom about this, and she said, “just ride your bike home”. She was joking. …<\/p>\n

Holidays and Food \u00c2\u00ab Bike Noob<\/strong><\/a>
\nby rainycamp
\nI had a nice 36-mile club ride this morning. Well, it was nice when it ended, anyway. For most of the ride, it was chilly, foggy, and wet. But that all has nothing to do with the point of this post. When I got home and finished taking a hot … But it’s winter now, and even in Texas, the weather has been foul enough to keep me from riding regularly. And with Christmas coming up, I can look forward to another weekend of food, food, and more food (and it’s all so good!) …<\/p>\n

They’re Grrreat! Cereal As A Cutting Edge Recovery Tool | BuiltFit.com<\/strong><\/a>
\nby brian
\nA new study completed at the University of Texas at Austin shows that a good old fashioned bowl of whole grain cereal and milk is as effective for recovering from workouts as expensive sports drinks. … The test subjects would then ride a stationary bike for a period of 2 hours. Immediately after each ride they would consume either a bowl of cereal with skim milk or a sports drink. Both the sports drink and the cereal raised the blood sugar levels, but the milk and …<\/p>\n

2010 Gator Ride – Family Bike Ride fo the Baytown YMCA near …<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe event will begin and finish at Bicentennial Park located at 119 Lee Drive, Baytown, TX 77520 (new location). Register for the 2010 Gator Ride! …<\/p>\n

On the Road: Break Time<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Robin
\nThe ride into Austin was foggy and damp, no what I’d hoped for to be able to enjoy the Hill Country-all that I wanted to do was ride so that I could setup camp to get warm and dry. Fortunately, the weather improved a little as I neared … At Jack and Adam’s, they’d run out of rain jackets (just given them all to Texas 4000), but one of the owners offered to order me whatever I wanted and to sell it to me at cost! I couldn’t believe my luck with all of these fantastic …<\/p>\n

For skills enhancement, try clinics | Road Rash<\/strong><\/a>
\nby By Staff
\nExploring Central Texas. And beyond., Do yourself a favor for 2010, get better. I used to think staying upright and getting more fit was all there was to it. But increasing your knowledge and skills on a bike not only makes riding more fun, but… … On January 10th, 16th and 17th, the Super Squadra cycling team, sponsored by Bicycle Sport Shop, will host a cycling clinics for beginner and advanced cyclists. Below are five frequently asked questions about the clinics. …<\/p>\n

Bike through the Forest and the Hills | Tandem Bicycling – All …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby admin2
\nDescription: Our ride begins in the small town of Coldspring, Texas located just northeast of Houston off Highway 59. The ride route immediately puts riders into demanding hills that you don’t find in other bike rides. Date: 2010-01-30 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago man, dog on a life-saving bike adventure by Big Spring Herald Marshall Wayne Lee, formerly of Chicago, takes a few moments to consult his canine bicycling companion, Antigone Puppleupagus, before continuing on the pair\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey to the West Coast. …<\/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":[660],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-QB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","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=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}