{"id":64274,"date":"2023-12-24T20:35:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T02:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=64274"},"modified":"2023-12-24T20:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T02:35:58","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-for-december-24-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/12\/24\/texas-bicycling-news-for-december-24-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News for December 24, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10432042006\">Christmas Eve Ride Fort Worth, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Jorge O-M | https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10432042006<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1506\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/LgdKLHd9T5prwSMXe5EYTbXobtR08zYVBchmwkOV508-1632x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Austin, Texas Lakeside Bike Ride\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rwyYXG__0xo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bike ride, birds and a bit of nature Barker reservoir (Bush park) +\/-13 miles <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MkOAy7Qzhv\">https:\/\/t.co\/MkOAy7Qzhv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Meetup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Meetup<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Meetup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Meetup<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texbiker\/status\/1738906747660652609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Little known fact: when Santa visits Houston, he uses a cargo bike (it\u2019s much more efficient than flying).<br><br>And since we can\u2019t stand to see Old Saint Nick getting a flat, we spent some time this past week cleaning up some bike lanes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ug8glZPnhA\">pic.twitter.com\/ug8glZPnhA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeHouston\/status\/1738972563454218288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/austinmountainbiking.com\/index.php?\/topic\/9169-my-apologies-for-the-weather\/#comment-67411\">My apologies for the weather<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By Hugh | austinmountainbiking.com<\/h4>\n<p>Finally replaced my broken mountain bike yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Revel Rascal bought at Velorangutan.<\/p>\n<p>A week ago I made a joke to the wife about a brand new car (she shot it down). So then I joked about a brand new bike (and I was very specific).<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t think she would actually order a bike for me.<\/p>\n<p>I went into Velo to check on Rascals. They said they have to check on inventory and get back to me.<\/p>\n<p>They connected the dots and realized my wife had just ordered a bike. They tried to help make it a surprise. They were trying to go out of their way on this Christmas surprise.<\/p>\n<p>This shop is a good find. \u2026\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/austinmountainbiking.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_12\/20231223_164244.thumb.jpg.a6400e8ed312a9a17520990730d38fc0.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10432426440\">I don\u2019t know him well enough for a stop and chat Houston, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Kz Jenkins Jr MTHCC | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p>Sunday evening prologue\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/YvowECegSpzKfJR3VThtWW6Tl9_LlK2JePwYjF1JbHM-1536x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10432360497\">Rapha Festive 500 day 1 Houston, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Mark Bolden | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p>Not the milage i wanted to do originally but its something.\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/HLe1iOSuptUzL5P-Xqq0SV81cz6Xrw3kEwfoqrjtmgw-1536x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10431697180\">First ride on the Crux. Should\u2019ve bought a long time ago! Bexar County, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Chris Craigo- Blitz Racing | strava.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/jJVzJiplpuV5OYsn-jZZG_MtC9_IonUVJpj7KOOKWw-1536x2048.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/12\/24\/texas-bicycling-news-for-december-24-2023\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gIG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64274","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=64274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64275,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64274\/revisions\/64275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}