texbiker.net

from gosanangelo.com

By BENJAMIN S. ROSSI, Special to the Standard-Times

Competitive cyclist and runner Bill Cullins said that goal is to get San Angelo healthy and feeling better.

“San Angelo is becoming a more active and fit community,” he said.

The San Angelo Bicycle Association worked with the San Angelo Road Lizards running club - the groups’ memberships tend to overlap - to include Run in the Sun, an 8k foot race, in addition to bike races Crit on the Concho and Tour de Burma.

link to the rest of the story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

from the Killeen Daily Herald

About 300 cyclists descended on Copperas Cove to tackle the hilly terrain and vie for the coveted title of state champion in the State Championship Festival of Two-Wheeled Speed on Saturday.

The event, sponsored by The Racing Post magazine in conjunction with the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce, is the town’s largest bicycle event of the year.

link to the rest of the story

from velonews.com

American BMX riders Jill Kintner and Kyle Bennett have earned two coveted tickets to Beijing — and two more men’s spots remain up for grabs.

Bennett, 29, came into the 2008 season with a sizable lead in the rankings thanks to his victory at the 2007 UCI world championships. The Conroe, Texas, native took the 2008 USA Cycling national title, and then secured his spot for the Olympics with a fourth-place finish at the May 10 Supercross race in Copenhagen, Denmark.

link to the rest of the story

from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

By ERIC RANSOM
Special to the Star-Telegram

“Metro VW Cycling had to adjust its strategy when one of its top sprinters dropped out, but in end, teamwork earned Christian Helmig the victory in the Pro Category 1 and 2 race at the Texas State Criterium Championships on Monday.

The Championships featured nine races throughout the day on the 1-mile figure eight course around the Fort Worth Cultural District.”

link to the rest of the story

Practice, practice, practice is the mantra of 13-year-old Firethorne resident Madeleine McDuff, a highly focused young cyclist training for her first-ever national junior cycling competition this summer.

The 5-foot, 2-inch seventh grader, founder and president of the Beckendorff Junior High School Cycling Club, practices three to four times a week for up to 50 miles. She works with her trainer, former National Cycling Champion and U.S. Team Member Garth Blackburn (of Sugar Land), rides with the Katy-based Team Spincycle, an adult team that pedals 30 miles every Sunday morning, and cross-trains during the off-season at Firethorne to gear up for the USA Cycling Junior National Track Championships this August at the ADT Event Center in Carson, CA.

“I race competitively (on track and road) because I want to,” said Madeleine, whose enthusiasm for the competitive sport spills over into recreational cycling. “I wanted to start a non-competitive cycling club at school so kids will ride with their families and get exercise - not just play video games,” she explained. She noted that cycling seems to be catching on with high school students, too; Katy High recently started a cycling club.

(more…)

The Final High School Race of 2008 is this upcoming weekend at the State Championships in Amarillo, TX.  Racing will be on Saturday and Sunday May 10th and 11th.  All individual and team points will be worth double so the overall standings can still change drastically.  You don’t want to miss this great weekend of racing!

For more information visit the Texas High School Cycling League website

from The Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook May 1, 2008. By Dale Robertson

Houston fireman Jason Danvir, who races for the Sugar Cycles team, is promoting his inaugural Division III Texas Cup event, which is Sunday morning on the Sugar Land Town Square.

The featured 90-minute open event starts at 10:30 a.m., with $1,200 in prize money being split among the top 15 finishers. Smaller purses are also available in the Cat 4/5 race ($200) at 7 a.m., the Cat 3/4 race ($500) at 8:10 and the women’s open ($300) at 9:20 a.m. Juniors and kids races are on the schedule, too. Everything will be wrapped up by noon in time for store openings on the square.

Other items Dale writes about

• May biking days
• Alkek Velodrome activities
• Pro beat

The Wichita Falls TimesRecordNews online reports:

FORT DAVIS, Texas — Jason Short, a first-year cyclist for Midwestern State, won the Fort Davis Hammerfest, the most difficult and prestigious multiple-event stage race in Texas, on Sunday.

Link to the full article at The Wichita Falls TimesRecordNews