{"id":5903,"date":"2010-09-24T22:46:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T03:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2010-09-24T23:08:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T04:08:37","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-24th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 24th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normally I let the Velonews and other professional websites be sources for products information but I wanted to include the new product release from CamelBak since they started in Texas. This year’s product enhancements solve a couple of issues I have had when I use my CamelBak. One issue they have yet to address is the tendency of the bite valve to be a grapple hook around loose items. No matter how much I try the bite valve always grabs something.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Interbike Bits: Camelbak<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom singletrack.com by Lennard Zinn
\n…\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAntidote\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Bladder
\nThe new bladder (the antidote to dehydration), now has a larger fill port (and it was already very large before) that is a stronger, clear plastic, perforated for a 19-percent weight saving and brought down in height by almost a third. In a vast improvement on the old port, which could often…<\/p>\n

BILL CULLINS: Have we become too dependent on electronics?<\/strong><\/a>
\nby San Angelo Standard Times
\nI did a workout last week on a new bicycle I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m building up, before installing a bike computer.<\/p>\n

The ride was great \u00e2\u20ac\u201d just me and the bike \u00e2\u20ac\u201d without any form of digital information feedback. That experience got me to thinking, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What would a fitness lifestyle be like without modern electronics…<\/p>\n

Humana Names Elves & More as Winner of $100000 “Humana Communities Benefit …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby MarketWatch (press release)
\nElves & More, a nonprofit organization that changes children’s lives one bike at a time, has been awarded a $100,000 grant as the winner of the 2010 Humana Communities Benefit — Houston program, funded by health-benefits company Humana Inc. \/quotes\/comstock\/13*!hum\/quotes\/nls\/hum\u00c2\u00a0 (HUM\u00c2\u00a0 50.25, +0.27, +0.54%) .<\/p>\n

With the $100,000 grant, Elves & More will expand its bicycle program, delivering 2,000 new bicycles to at-risk children in schools with Rodeo Institute for Teaching Excellence (R.I.T.E.) reading…<\/p>\n

The newest high school sport? Mountain bike racing<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Austin 360, By Pamela LeBlanc
\nNot every school kid wants to play football, even in Texas.<\/p>\n

With the creation of the Texas High School Mountain Bike Racing League, budding athletes will soon be able to look beyond traditional offerings like basketball, baseball and volleyball to a scrappy sport that sends them careening down dirt trails and tearing over roots and rocks.
\n\"Texas
\nLast week, the California-based National Interscholastic Cycling Association announced it was adding leagues in Texas, Washington state and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The Texas league will be open to ninth- through 12-graders at public and private…<\/p>\n

Masters of the track: Cyclists display domination at national meet<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Lewisville Leader
\nBy Damon Sayles, dsayles@acnpapers.com
\nPublished: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:38 PM CDT
\nFRISCO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The spin of the wheels and sounds of the pedals catch the attention of Nick Chenowth early on a Thursday morning.
\n\"Nick
\nAs elite cyclists whiz by in the ultimate track he created \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the Superdrome on the Preston Ridge campus of Collin College \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Chenowth catches a glance at his watch. …<\/p>\n

Montgomery Lions Biking For Sight Part 1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Montgomery Lions Biking For Sight Part 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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