Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 13th
Bike program prods kids to improve at school
By Robert Stanton         Houston Chronicle
The North Pole may be thousands of miles away, but that hasn’t stopped scores of Santa’s elves from working their tunics off to put together bicycles for Houston-area students.
This year, the nonprofit Elves & More organization is on track to deliver 10,000 new bicycles and helmets to economically challenged students who signed pledges in August to improve their reading grades and maintain a satisfactory or above on their conduct grade.
The 4,000 volunteers – many of them doctors, engineers and lawyers who are donating their vacation time to the project – have been working since Dec. 8 to construct the…
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The First Annual Austin Mountain Biking Video Contest
by John            AustinBike.com
Do you bike? Do you take videos? Are you a shameless atention whore? If you answered yes to at least two of these, you need to read on. If you answered yes to all three, then you are either Woody, or someone about to become famous in Austin for the first annual Austin Mountain Biking Video contest.
Here’s how the videos will be viewed/judged:
go to youtube.
log in as bikemojoatx@gmail.com
password: bikemojo69.
Once there, upload your video, share it. We’ll watch all the videos at the event. Be sure to load the videos on to YouTube before the event.
We’ll judge there, live, and there will be some prizes for the winner(s).
A couple of things to remember: …
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Grumpier Commute
by Steve AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DFW Point-to-Point
Some weeks are pleasant. Some are like, well, like this one. It started with the weather. The weather has been below freezing in the morning and 60 or even above on the ride home. Those comfy thermal, waterproof Salomon boots are simply sweaty on the ride home.
It got grumpier on Tuesday. Not that I EVER wear earphones, but if I HAD (apologies to OJ Simpson’s book), I’d have heard a local talk radio host WHINING and MOANING about bikes ON THE ROAD in Dallas. This guy, talking from a radio station that boasts “Intelligent” as part of its moniker, blathered on about “bike lanes” in Dallas (actually sharrows) and then dropped down to jokes about “squishing” cyclists…
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Tweets
Looks like fun Cyclocross Race Austin Texas 12-9-12: http://t.co/F8OcHwQU via @youtube
— jerald roll (@grandpajerald) December 14, 2012
Headed to Burnett to ride at @RPRTexas on Sunday. Whose got two thumbs and is super stoked? This guy!
— Texas MTB Trails (@TexasMTBtrails) December 14, 2012
Bicycle Sport Shop Cyclocross Club's Joey Machado shot and edited this short of Sunday's WebbervilleCX P/1/2… http://t.co/my7MahdR
— CyclingATX (@CyclingATX) December 14, 2012
Our wbc web committee working hard to develop a new site for the club #cycling http://t.co/E2aFrc83
— Waco Bicycle Club (@WacoBikeClub) December 13, 2012
What you can expect in Waco. Get to runnin', friends. #TXCX Thanks, @A_Cork! http://t.co/Dsr4hxBD
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) December 13, 2012
Sunday's Team results: 4 wins, one 2nd, one 3rd, and two other top 10s! #TXCX
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) December 13, 2012
Great new book on bicycle advocacy. "Cycling should be made feasible, convenient, and safe for everyone."http://t.co/ES6Q3pOd
— Bike Austin (@bikeaustin) December 13, 2012
If you're from Austin, you know the seasonal sights along 360. How many trees have been decorated?
— Pedal Austin (@PedalAustin) December 13, 2012
Don't forget about the Christmas Light Ride Sat. 7pm leaving from Stonegate. Hope to see you there!
— Peyton's Bikes (@PeytonsBikes) December 13, 2012
Check out Joey Machado's sweet pro-style video of the P12 Webberville Race: http://t.co/HQZ6MC2u #TXCX
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) December 13, 2012
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