24 Hours In The Canyon Race Report
by djcurtin         Bicycle Sport Shop’s Official Cycling Blog
If you’ve taken your bike in for service at Lamar, you’ve probably seen Andrew Andress behind the service counter. Andrew’s always smiling and always has a great ride story to share. He recently did the 24 hour race 24 Hours in the Canyon in Palo Duro Canyon and true to form, here’s his race report!
24 Hours In The Canyon Race Report
The weather was better than expected for June in Palo Duro Canyon as a cool front blew in the morning of the race keep the temps below 90, and it actually got close to 50 in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The Canyon is so beautiful, and a memory I will never forget is being on my bike to see the sun set on the…
This is not Texas bicycling but it is hometown related! I biked in this area many years ago (1980’s I think)
Local biker, kayaker retracing Putnam’s path
Local biker, kayaker follows the path of a pioneer with local ties
by Holly Richards      www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
DUNCAN FALLS — Roger Murphy has several years of biking and kayaking under his belt, but he never thought he would be retracing the path of pioneers. The Duncan Falls man has been following in the footsteps of Gen. Rufus Putnam — the namesake of Zanesville’s former Rufus Putnam Elementary School and historic Putnam Avenue area — who set out to explore and help settle the Northwest Territory in the late 1700s.
Putnam and the Ohio Company traversed land and rivers during the winter months of 1787 to 1788 and founded…
Texas Cup Action — Bike the Bricks
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Heath Blackgrove, Elbowz, and Juan Pablo Magallanes maintained a 10 – 15 second gap lap after lap to eventually go 1 and 2 in the Pro/1/2 crit.
Photo courtesy of Ryan Lange.
Kingwood/Humble Group Road Bike Ride
Houston Cycling Club
Saturday, June 8, 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 8:15 AM
Northpark Plaza Shopping Center Gazebo
US59 I69 Northbound between Kingwood Drive and Northpark, Kingwood, TX (map)
We will meet at the glass gazebo in front of Sears Hardware
This is a ride for Houston Cycling Club northeast members. The ride will be about 36 miles going north. The route is at this link
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2226493
The ride will leave at 8:15 AM. My average speed on rides is usually 15 to 16 mph with higher speeds when the wind permits. The route is…
Advanced Mountain Bike Ride
Texas Parks and Wildlife
When    Jun 09, 2013   from 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where    Franklin Mountains State Park
Contact Name    Adrianna Weickhardt
Contact Email    adrianna.weickhardt@tpwd.state.tx.us
Contact Phone    (915) 566-6441
Sunday, June 9- ($5.00 entrance fee)
Must have reservation to participate. Please Call: (915) 566-6441
Mtn. Bike Ride – Advanced: Old Tin Mine/Pole Cat/Blue Moon/Mad & Lazy Cow
Start: 8:00 a.m.
Length:Â 10 + miles/ 3-4 hours
*Difficulty level:Â Advanced. Meet at Chuck Heinrich Park. Trail starts with a hike-a-bike up the dam, then a continuous gradual climb for about 2 miles; turn off onto Pole Cat Alley for some fun single track, climbing and introductory technical riding; link up to Blue Moon, Mad Cow and Lazy Cow trails for some good down hill sections, a couple of…
Bike to School Day in Sugar Land
BikeTexas.org
Students prepare to ride to school in Sugar LandMother, Safe Routes to School advocate, physical therapist assistant, and BikeTexas SafeCyclist-certified Sugar Land resident Nicole Volek started “Shape Up Sugar Land” to get her community active and moving. When Bike to School Day rolled around on May 17, she was ready.
Nicole worked with local police to organize safe routes for Fort Settlement Middle School students to get to school and arranged for a police escort on May 17. The students gathered at 7:30 AM at Memorial Park in Sugar Land to ride to school together in a…
Cyclists ride through Lubbock to raise funds for cancer
www.myfoxlubbock.com
About 69 undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Texas are cycling with the LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 team. The group started in Austin and is riding to Anchorage, Alaska. They stopped in Lubbock on Wednesday.
The group is raising funds for cancer research. This is the 10th year of the ride, which covers…
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church hosts Texas 4,000 riders
By Michelle Reed      www.ktre.com
KTRE.com | Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas
LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – For ten years, hundreds of University of Texas students have cycled 4,000 miles each year from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska to raise money, knowledge and hope for cancer research and this year was no different.
Texas 4000 is a federally registered non-profit organization that is partnered with Livestrong and MD Anderson.
But instead of the traditional two routes: the sierra route, which goes through California, and the Rockies route, which goes through the…
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