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Texas Bicycling News Digest December 8th 2017

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What’s next for the hike-and-bike trail? Leaders unveil 15 projects

By Pam LeBlanc | www.mystatesman.com

Plans call for playgrounds, trailheads, restrooms — and maybe a pedestrian bridge across the lake

New trailheads, restrooms, playgrounds and a study for a potential pedestrian bridge over Lady Bird Lake east of Interstate 35 top a list of projects the Trail Foundation will announce Friday.
The 15 projects are scheduled for completion in the next five years, said Heidi Anderson (formerly Cohn), executive director of the Trail Foundation, the nonprofit organization created to maintain and enhance the 10-mile Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail around the lake. …

Spyglass Trailhead

Endo-err | www.bikemojo.com

Big News! Spyglass Trailhead
Dear Neighbors, we have three new developments to report!

1) Construction has begun on improvements to the Spyglass Trailhead improvements!

2) The Project has been awarded a Neighborhood Partnering Program grant which, together with the Austin City Limits Festival Grant from the Austin Parks Foundation and the community match we are raising from friends and neighbors, will fully fund the project.

3) Thanks to the …

Something to do while you wait for the weather to warm up!

How to set your saddle height at home

Michelle Arthurs-Brennan | www.cyclingweekly.com


Setting your saddle height correctly is crucial to comfort, injury prevention and performance – it’s the very foundation of good bike fit.

It’s not uncommon to see riders getting this adjustment wrong, the warning sign of which is often knee pain. The good news is that with the right guidance it’s fairly easy to get it right at home.
Why saddle height matters

We spoke to former pro rider Jimmy George – whose new career is in bike fitting …

How you can help Austin kids in need get bikes this holiday season

By Chris Davis | kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A group that provides bikes to kids in need during the holidays needs your help to make Christmas a little merrier this year.

The Yellow Bike Project in east Austin has collected a lot of children’s bikes, but many are not in good enough condition to ride. The bike collective is working to fix them up, and they need your help to do it. …

Austin to Maine, by way of Anchorage

By Patrick Meaux | www.crazyguyonabike.com

Thursday December 7, 2017

Well continue to catch up on my reading while trying to hold my enormous appetite in check…reading part going quite well, ha!
The weather has stymied my progress and the fires in Southern California are an upcoming issue; so I have decided to take my anticipated winter layover now…I knew that I would have a couple of months slack time before ferrying to Anchorage and would decide en route when and where…I will train to …

This weekend’s rides: Liberty Hill Lollipop! Red Horn!

by Thomas | steinerranchcycling.com

This Saturday will be a treat like ice cream and peppermint patties! Let’s pop on over to Liberty Hill on about a 60 mile route (https://www.strava.com/routes/7664897). After the ride we meet up at Lakeside for some discounted burgers and beer!

Sunday is our usual Coffee Shop ride to Red Horn. It is 50 miles and is at an endurance pace typically finishing around a 17mph average speed overall. While we make great efforts to …

Texas Bicycling from Twitter

With the cold and snowy weather I had time to update the bike shop list and map.

New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

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