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from the Tyler Morning Telegraph (full article)

BULLARD - Twenty-two new state champions were crowned after winning their respective divisions in the 2007 Texas Age Based State Championship, held Saturday.

The championship, which replaced the East Texas Hills Classic this year, began and ended at Kiepersol Estate, a co-sponsor of the event with Darr Chiropractic.

The event was a Texas Bicycle Road Association (TXBRA) Texas Cup event.

About 350 riders took to the rolling hills to ride 24-72 miles of back roads, with a single loop measuring 24 miles.

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from timesrecordnews.com (full article)

By Jenara Kocks Burgess/For the Times Record News
July 20, 2007

Hotter’N Hell Hundred Executive Director Roby Christie said one of the most frequently asked questions about the Ride is what the 100-mile route is like.

He said although the route might not be as hilly as some Texas rides, it does have its share, and when you combine that with intense heat and sometimes intense wind in August, it can be a challenging course.

from lufkindailynews.com (full article)

By ASHLEY COOK
The Lufkin Daily News

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Downtown Lufkin will be invaded by bikers Sunday morning as cyclists push their pedals toward the pavement to compete for a state championship and a good cause.

Sponsored by the Adoption Center of East Texas, the 2007 Charlie Hall Memorial State Age-Based Criterium Championships has secured a State Division I age-based championship after two successful years as a Division III criterium, said John Jones, spokesman for the Angelina Bicycle Club, in a club press release.

Hall helped establish the first Lufkin bike club while mentoring many Lufkin cyclists, and completing many 100-mile events.

By DENISE GAMINO Austin American-Statesman (full article)

AUSTIN — Anyone can steer a bicycle in the typical manner, with chrome handlebars hardly worth a second glance.

Then, there are those who take things way too literally. They feel the need to steer a bicycle with a steer, or at least the part of a steer that, with a squint of imagination, sort of looks like handlebars.

These people ride around Austin on funky bikes gripping longhorn steer horns.

There are not yet enough of these longhorn bicycles to make a herd, but a definite ripple of delight tickles those who catch a glimpse.

“Some people take pictures,” said Jon Williams, a master carpenter and contractor whose horn handlebars are so long he can’t ride his bicycle on the sidewalk. “The ladies like it.”

“That’s good steering,” others yell.

You’ve ridden the Houston to Austin MS150. What about the San Antonio-to-Corpus Christi Valero MS 150 Bike Tour? Different scenery, different people. This press release describes the ride.

The third annual Tour de Pink, presented by Compass Bank, is a family-friendly bicycle ride, with six routes ranging in length from 12 to 100 miles. The ride wraps up with a festival, complete with food, music and live entertainment. Registration for Tour de Pink 2007 is $25 per rider, with a minimum pledge of $75 required. For more information, visit the event website at www.tourdepink.org, call 713.524.PINK (7465), or text ‘PINK’ to 78247.

All donations and pledges will fund breast cancer awareness, education and survivor support programs, and help provide mammograms for underserved women in the greater Houston area. Tour de Pink is the first and only pledge bicycle ride in Texas that is designed to benefit breast cancer outreach and support programs. Pink Ribbons Project has raised more than $450,000 through Tour de Pink for its programs and more than $1 million in total since its inception.

from kltv.com

A donation today to the Tyler Police Department was heads above the rest. The bicycle unit was given 360 bike helmets today by the folks at Tyler Ford. The donation will help them continue their bike safety campaign. The donation was prompted by a tragic bike accident just a few weeks ago.

from the San Antonio Express-News recreation page

—Bicycling: July 14, 8 a.m., Boerne Ride, 25 to 70 miles, Fiserve Health Building, downtown Boerne. Call 210-325-2500″

—Bicycling: July 15, 8 a.m., Woman Hollering Creek Ride, 26 to 70 miles, Judson High School, Converse. Call 210-481-1807

—Bicycling: July 21, 8 a.m., Southside Mission Ride, 27, 39, 51 and 61 miles, San Jose Mission visitors center. Call 210-533-3416

—Bicycling: July 22, 8 a.m., Rebecca Creek Ride, 16, 22, 32 and 48 miles, Bulverde Elementary School. Call 210-497-5940

—Bicycling: July 28, 8 a.m., Cibolo Ride, 20, 27, 39 and 51 miles, Wiederstein Elementary School, downtown Cibolo. Call 210-481-1807

—Bicycling: July 29, 8 a.m., Kendalia-Crabapple Ride, 35 and 52 miles, Kendalia public library. Call 830-885-4443

—Bicycling: Aug. 4, 8 a.m., Bullis Park Ride, 21, 34, 48 and 66 miles, Bullis County Park. Call 210-481-1807

—Bicycling: Aug. 5, 8 a.m., Eisenhower Park Ride, 18, 29 and 52 miles, Einsehower Park. Call 210-912-8401

—Bicycling: Aug. 11, 8 a.m., Boerne Ride, 25 to 70 miles, Fiserve Health Building, downtown Boerne. Call 210-325-2500

—Bicycling: Aug. 12, 8 a.m., Adkin’s Junction Ride, 12 to 50 miles, intersection of U.S. 87 and FM 1627, east of China Grove. Call 210-404-2393

—Bicycling: Aug. 18, 8 a.m., Rebecca’s Mirror Ride, 25, 45 and 75 miles, Bulverde Elementary School. Call 210-826-4869

—Bicycling: Aug. 19, 8 a.m., Freiheit Ride, 16 to 51 miles, Freiheit Country Sctore, highway 1101 east of New Braunfels. Call 210-887-2390

—Bicycling: Aug. 25, 8 a.m., Cibolo Ride, 20, 27, 39 and 51 miles, Wiederstein Elementary School, Cibolo. Call 210-387-7340

—Bicycling: Aug. 26, 8 a.m., Big Joshua Creek Ride, 29, 39 and 54 miles, across street from PoPo’s Restaurant in Welfare. Call 210-325-3188

—Bicycling: Aug. 26, 8 a.m., Grand Tour of SA Ride, 25 miles, Blue Star parking lot across from Pioneer Flour Mill. Call 210-533-3416