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In case the Houston to Austin MS150 is not enough of a challenge for you, the Houston chapter of The American Red Cross is putting together the initial Tour du Rouge. The Tour is 480 miles over 6 days riding from Humble, TX to New Orleans.

According to Dale Robertson’s Cycling Notebook column in the November 29th Houston Chronicle, The new Tour du Rouge is throwing down the gauntlet to you BP MS 150 regulars by asking, "Are you ready for a real challenge?"

An informational session explaining the ride is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 1st.) at the Greater Houston Chapter headquarters, 2700 Southwest Freeway at Kirby.

For additional information about this event, contact Dory Cayten at dcayten@ghac.org or 713-313-1668.

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from the Texas High cycling League website:

The Austin ISD Cycling Club has launched a website www.aisdcycling.com and a link to their site has been placed on the clubs page of the League website. In addition two new clubs in the Dallas area have had their first official club meetings and now have a core group of interested students. Bishop Lynch high school had a meeting a few weeks ago and Highland Park high school also recently had their first meeting. We welcome both schools and clubs to the league.

I ran across this blog story of the Kipp Academy 8th grade team’s adventure on a recent trip to their first training ride in Sealy. Prior to this trip their training rides were in the Kipp Academy parking lot. The team’s sponsors work to keep things going.

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from The Dallas Morning News (full article link)

By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News
jsimnacher@dallasnews.com

Urban planners are looking to enlist more mild-mannered Clark Kent-like bicycle commuters to help battle Dallas-Fort Worth’s air-pollution and traffic congestion woes.

They want more people to consider bicycle commuting for short distances, either directly to work or to link to mass transit. The enlistees need not be faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than Lance Armstrong.

"We have this picture of cycling commuters as being like supermen, and that discourages other people from doing it," said P.M. Summer, transportation alternatives coordinator for the city of Dallas. "When I came into this job, our thinking was we needed to enable cyclists to make 40-mile bike trips. Now my thinking is we need to have development in place that allows a cyclist to make a one-mile bike trip."

A branch of cycling enters the highpoint of their season around this time of the year. Dale Robertson’s Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook gives a brief rundown of the cyclocross scene in the Houston area.

Manvel High School (Near Highway 6 and FM 1128) 19601 Highway 6

14 Mile Family Ride. 40, 52, 70 and 86 Mile Training Rides. Full SAG and Rest Stop Support.

Proceeds benefit the Texas Bicycle Coalition, Brazoria County Sheriffs Office Reserves, and Helmet for Kids.

Fees:

Individual - $25 until March 14th, $35 by mail/in person
Tandem - $35 until March 14th, $45 by mail/in person

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Humble Civic Center Arena

8233 Will Clayton Pky

Humble, TX

General Registration- $20 early registration. $25 after 2/1, $35 day of event
Corporate Riders (a minimum of 20 registered riders for discount rate)- $15 early registration. $20 after 2/1, $25 day of event.
Children 12 years and under (4 mile ride)- $5

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January 1 is on a Tuesday this year, so we want to make it easy to get to the start on time. We’ll have the first group start at 10am – but you can start as late as 11am. You read that right. We will offer a one-hour start window to accommodate your schedule. Great Routes We offer routes of 13, 28 and 38 miles. Come on out and enjoy a nice ride in the country. Break Points along the way, some even have indoor plumbing. Comfy Start Site Our start site is the Community Center in Blue Ridge. It is warm and cozy, with indoor plumbing, a coffee pot and plenty of room for eating and sharing stories with your friends.

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