| October 14, 2007 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
The 10-, 40-, 60- and 90-mile courses twist along narrow Hill Country roads. Some folks who live in the area might not realize bikes are about to take over their streets for a day,
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The 2007 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships at Carson, California. October 4th.
Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash./Momentum) claimed a national title in the women’s keirin, outsprinting runner-up Liz Reap (Jim Thorpe, Pa./T-Town Express) to the line for the win. Cristin Walker (Houston Texas/Northwest Cycling) was third, while Cari Higgins (Boulder, Colo./Cody Racing) and Becky Lang (Paramount, Calif./Home Depot Center) finished fourth and fifth.
| October 20, 2007 | to | October 21, 2007 |
A 2-day bike tour and continuing along a scenic route that includes many fascinating sights and highlights. Riders will spend the night in Galveston, Texas where they will enjoy an informal Beach Party at Moody Garden’s Palm Beach attraction.
Day 1: 71 miles, Day 2: 75 miles, totaling 146 miles. With exceptional coastal prairie landscape, well supported for safety and convenience.
from The Texarkana Gazette (full article link)
By: Terri Richardson - Texarkana Gazette -Published: 10/03/2007
A Texarkana, Texas, man died Tuesday night after he was hit by a vehicle on Farm to Market Road 1397 while riding his bicycle. A suspect has been charged in the hit-and-run.
from The Daily Times.com (Hill Country newspaper)
By Jeff Wright The Daily Times, Published October 4, 2007
Bicyclists and the Hill Country have had a love affair for years. It’s not only the alternating, seldom boring landscape — “up and down” in the words of one cyclist — but the coming together of old friends and the chance to make new ones as part of group rides organized during the fall and spring.
According to Ingram resident Norman Ford, author of “Bicycle Tours in the Texas Hill Country & West Texas,” Kerr and Gillespie counties are ideal for bicycle riding, “because they have virtually a labyrinth of narrow country roads, all paved, with very low traffic count. And there’s almost no trucks on them and very few cars … that’s why I live here, because of the great cycling,” he said.
WHAT: In an effort to protect children from head injuries, TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads program will give away more than 3,200 bicycle helmets during Brain Injury Awareness Month in October.
WHEN: Oct. 1-31, 2007
WHERE: Across the state (see schedule at the TMA website)
WHO: TMA physicians, medical students, TMA Alliance members (civic-minded spouses of member physicians), and county medical societies
from the Corpus Christi Caller-times (full article link)
Despite thunderstorms they came, and about 750 cyclists took only the short ride in the rain.
In the Saturday morning darkness a parade of vehicles arrived, parking beneath Harbor Bridge. By 6:45 a.m. hundreds of riders pressed through puddles to gather beneath the open pavilion beside the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. Some of the Conquer the Coast cyclists were draped in plastic, others toted towels. Most were ready to ride if given the go.
from The Cleburne Times Review (full article link)
By Monica Green/features@trcle.com
Athletes from 21 states are in Cleburne to compete in the fifth annual Texas Time Trials, a three-day bicycle competition in which participants take laps in the hills southwest of Cleburne. One hundred thirty participants are registered, and more are expected to register on the day of the race they want to compete in.
“There’s nothing like it going on in Texas currently,” event director Dan Driscoll said. “Years and years ago there was a race like this down in McGregor. I had competed in that race years ago, and I wanted to keep something like that alive in Texas.”
The event, begun in 2003, has been successful, drawing cyclists from all over the world.
Texbiker.net covers the news, events and resources for those interested in Texas bicycling.
My bicycling passion was rekindled in 1979 with a Huffy bicycle from Woolco. From early rides around my neighborhood my enthusiasm grew to tackle my unsupported first century. From there I discovered organized rides all over Texas, races and mountain bikes. Many bikes and miles later the enthusiasm is still there.
Thanks to my wife, Hazel Marie, for her support over the many years, miles and rides.
In 1999 Texbiker.net was born to help my fellow bikers have ready access to all of the information about the Texas bicycling scene.
