{"id":3497,"date":"2010-01-04T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T05:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2010-01-04T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T05:31:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/04\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mellowvelo.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mellowvelo.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/04\/learning-to-be-a-cyclist-in-boulder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Learning to be a cyclist in Boulder<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby KFuller<br \/>\nIn a way, we were grateful for the low bicycle traffic because our awareness was not up to par. Living in a city where it&#8217;s generally dangerous and impossible to commute by bike, we aren&#8217;t trained to constantly be on the lookout for anything &#8230; I was pleased to see a lot of beater bikes with less street cred than Scattante. Scrat should be right at home. Some final photos from our trip to Boulder. First, the drive up to Nederland: The 15-hour drive back to south Texas : &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mistylee01.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mistylee01.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/alll-i-want-for-chistmas-is.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mistyfied: Alll I Want For Chistmas Is&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Mistyfied<br \/>\nAlthough my right leg is very bruised and the knee is skinned from the 4 spills I took. Put my first scratch on the new shinny bike. Thanks to my girl Gena for taking me on my first bike ride and teaching how to ride a tri bike. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bike-geek.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bike-geek.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/bicycle-tour-2-wimberley-tx-lessons.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bike Geek: Bicycle Tour #2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Wimberley, TX &#8211; Lessons Learned<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Justin<br \/>\nWTour003 At 9am on Wednesday, December 30th I rolled out of my driveway on my Trek Valencia and embarked on my second bicycle tour. My destination, Wimberley, TX, was about 50 miles northeast of my home. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/williampedalson.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/williampedalson.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/crumpton-cycles-continuing-american.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>William Pedals On: Crumpton Cycles: Continuing an American Tradition<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby William Pedals On<br \/>\nHere in South Texas there is a nationally-recognized carbon builder, Nick Crumpton of Austin . But before we discuss Crumpton Cycles, let us take a look at the last few decades that brought the custom frame business in America to where it is today. High-end frame builders in the US were a &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/leadvilleforum.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/leadvilleforum.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What are They Up to Now?: Overview<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby jcm<br \/>\nTexas Hell Week will hopefully give us a great jump start on our spring fitness, while giving us a chance to sample Shiner Bock fresh from the brewery. In May we are taking a mountain bike trip with Jeffrey, Colleen &amp; Lowry to the White &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning to be a cyclist in Boulder by KFuller In a way, we were grateful for the low bicycle traffic because our awareness was not up to par. 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