How Texas’s largest mountain bike race benefits beginners, women, and El Paso’s Franklin Mountains
By Kerry Mannix | kvia.com
How Texas's largest mountain bike race benefits beginners, women, and El Paso's Franklin Mountains https://t.co/qC1YWC55GQ
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) January 15, 2024
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Texas’s largest and most difficult mountain bike race took place around El Paso’s Franklin Mountains this weekend. This year, the 17th annual Puzzler MTB Race attracted over 400 participants from all over the U.S. and Mexico.
Organizers said this year, they wanted to provide more opportunities for beginners.
“This whole year… we’re going to focus on the beginner rides,” said Fernanda Graton, one of the directors for the Borderland Mountain Bike Association (BMBA). “And we saw the results this year.”
Graton said it was a record-breaking year for beginner enrollment. There were multiple races …
Memorial MTB trails are pretty empty today pic.twitter.com/xNC0pZRYFR
— -Nate (@inpersonnate) January 15, 2024
Upcoming Rides
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The Boot ReBooted Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 6:30 PM
UBG 26 mile Wednesday Night Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 6:30 PM
Trek Sugar Land Telfair Loop Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 6:00 PM
Active Cycling Ride – Short Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 5:30 PM
NWCC Hump Day Ride Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 8:00 AM
Look Pro Go Kind of Slow Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
Morning SBux Crew (Thurs Detour) 41 Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 10:00 AM
Bridgeland Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 6:30 PM
Trek West U Bridges Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 6:30 PM
Saturday Miles 3.0 – Beta Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 7:00 AM
UBG Saturday – 23 miles Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 8:00 AM
R3- 38 mile Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 9:00 AM
BSS x DAS RIDE x PAS Resolution Ride ( WEST ) Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 7:00 AM
Bike Medicine Saturday Training Ride Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 8:00 AM
R3-Saturday 50 Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 9:00 AM
NWCC Saturday Zube Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 8:00 AM
R3 Ride 33 Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 9:00 AM
TREK WEST U | GROUP C (SAT) Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 8:15 AM
Bike Medicine Sunday Training Ride Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 8:00 AM
Cookie Monster Ride Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 7:30 AM
JL Sunday Ride thru Pearland Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 7:00 AM
UBG Sunday – 35-50 miles Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 8:00 AM
Sun & Ski – The Woodlands Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 7:30 AM
Sun & Ski – The Woodlands Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 7:30 AM
MCC Blockhouse Coffee Recovery Ride Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 7:30 AM
2024 Track Race Season Preview
Stuart Gardner, Program Director Greater Houston Cycling Foundation | shoutout.wix.com
While it’s hard to comprehend given the weather right now, the track season is approaching! Included in this email is info on this years race Calendar! Over the next few weeks I will talk about Track Intro Classes, our Lawson Craddock Youth Cycling League, training at Alkek, the Rider of the Year Competition, and the GHCF Race Team/Club. …
… Regional/State Championships
This year Alkek Velodrome will be hosting Regional Championships instead of State Championships. This is because other states nearby don’t have velodromes so riders from them will be eligible to win too! So these are for anyone who resides in Texas or any neighboring state (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico). Events will take place over 3 weekend with Championship Titles for the following categories: …
Southern Tier El Paso to New Orleans
By Cortney O. | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 4:Van Horn to Valentine: Prada, kindness, and the open road Tuesday January 16, 2024, 39 miles (63 km) – Total so far: 167 miles (269 km) Since our bodies aren’t used to Central time, we slept in unintentionally. Then we went to the cafe onsite at Van Horn RV Park for some coffee and breakfast. When we walked in our new friend Jack invited us to sit with him and he’d buy us breakfast. Absolutely not we said
We still chatted over a simple egg breakfast and talked with Dana our server. At the end of the meal, Dana wouldn’t bring us our check insisting it was on the house. So we grabbed Jacks bill and paid that. Grateful to meet both of them.
We hit Highway 90 at 11am with the wind coming from all directions. It was wide open views, a large shoulder, and very little traffic to Valentine. It was also …
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