{"id":35124,"date":"2017-01-23T00:33:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T06:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35124"},"modified":"2017-01-23T00:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T06:33:28","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-22nd-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/23\/texas-bicycling-news-january-22nd-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News January 22nd 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

5th Annual Comanche Cross comes to McKinney Park<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jeffery Gordon | www.newswest9.com<\/h3>\n


\nODESSA- Wind did not stop nearly 40 cyclists from taking part in the 5th annual Comanche Cross on Saturday afternoon.
\nThe bike race was held at McKinney park in Odessa for everyone ages 10 and up.
\nThe event started at noon and …<\/p>\n

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Pro cyclist Lawson Craddock trains on Texas hills<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Pam LeBlanc | www.mystatesman.com<\/h3>\n


\nCraddock notched first Tour de France in 2016, hopes to head back for more.
\nSomewhere beneath all the lime-green Lycra, Lawson Craddock\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legs pump like pistons, propelling him through downtown Austin and up a three-decker hill into nearby Rollingwood.
\nHis nose red from the 20-degree temperatures, the cyclist grinds away, making it look easy. Which it is, compared to the nearly 2,200 mountain-studded …<\/p>\n

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Southern Tier Winter Tour<\/a><\/h2>\n

By David Hayes | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

Day 28 – Van Horn TX – Weather Avoidance Day: Discretion is the Better Part of Valor
\nSunday January 22, 2017
\nI’ll not write much today other than to explain why I’m not on my bike at this moment. The weather forecast called for the strongest…and lengthiest…wind storm that I’ve seen all week. And while I’ve ventured out….earlier this week for isntance…in stuff just about as bad, tomorrow, Monday, was predicted to be sunny and, in contrast, much less windy.
\nAnd I need a riding day that isn’t grueling. I need something where I am not just chanting in my head “must keep going or you may, literally, die out here” as I pedal in my lowest gear with my head down and body hunched trying make myself the smallest possible sail against which the wind can push. I need a bit of sunlight in my bike touring darnit!
\nInterestingly, my other non-riding days were for my body. It was …<\/p>\n

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Stabilized, right into the dirt!<\/a><\/h2>\n

by TC | www.turnincranks.com<\/h3>\n