Offers a totally rural bicycle ride complete with longhorns, horses, cowboys, chickens and wildflowers. Routes of 11, 22, 45 and 65 miles travel the wooded, rolling hills of East Texas and include rest areas every 10 miles. Proceeds benefit the NTCC Art/Theatre Departments. Northeast Texas Community College, FM 1735.
Upcoming Texas Cup Events (TXBRA.org)
| Event | Location | Date |
| R: Tour of New Braunfels | New Braunfels, Texas | 1/31/2009 |
| R: Tour of New Braunfels | New Braunfels, Texas | 2/1/2009 |
| R: Alsatian Country Omnium | Castroville, Texas (Near San Antonio) | 2/7/2009 |
| R: Alsatian Country Omnium | Castroville, Texas (Near San Antonio) | 2/8/2009 |
| R: Walburg Classic-Team at&t-Brain and Spine Cycling | Walburg, TX | 2/21/2009 |
| R: Pace Bend Road Race | Spicewood, TX (Austin) | 2/22/2009 |
| R: La Primavera at Lago Vista | Lago Vista, TX | 2/28/2009 |
| R: La Primavera at Lago Vista | Lago Vista, TX | 3/1/2009 |
| R: Fayetteville Stage Race | Fayetteville, TX | 3/21/2009 |
| R: Fayetteville Stage Race | Fayetteville, TX | 3/22/2009 |
| R: Belterra | Dripping Springs, TX (Austin) | 3/28/2009 |
| R: Ronde von Manda | Austin, TX | 3/29/2009 |
| V: Alkek Texas Cup Track | Houston, TX | 4/4/2009 |
| R: Fort Davis Hammerfest | Fort Davis, TX | 4/4/2009 |
| R: Fort Davis Hammerfest | Fort Davis, TX | 4/5/2009 |
| R: Fiesta Grande | 04-11-2009 | 4/11/2009 |
| R: Fiesta Grande | 04-11-2009 | 4/12/2009 |
| R: Ivan Mukasa Memorial | Decatur, Texas | 4/18/2009 |
| R: James Bailey Memorial | DW | 4/19/2009 |
| R: RBM Matrix Challenge | Wilson Block Historic District, Dallas | 4/25/2009 |
| R: RBM Matrix Challenge | Wilson Block Historic District, Dallas | 4/26/2009 |
| R: Coldspring Road Race | Coldspring, TX | 5/2/2009 |
| R: Sugar Land Criterium | Sugar Land, TX | 5/3/2009 |
| R: Bear Creek Crit | Houston, TX | 5/16/2009 |
| R: Houston Grand Crit | Houston, TX | 5/17/2009 |
| R: Gary Glickman Crit | Mesquite, TX | 5/23/2009 |
| R: GS Tenzing Crit | Collin County College Campus Frisco, TX | 5/24/2009 |
| R: Texas Skill-Based State Criterium | Fort Worth, TX | 5/25/2009 |
| V: Alkek Texas Cup Track | Houston, TX | 5/30/2009 |
BikeHouston Annual Meeting
BikeHouston’s invites you to attend the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., in the Houston Environmental Center, 3015 Richmond, 1st floor conference room. Please join them in their efforts to make Houston safe and accessible for cyclists. Food and refreshments will be provided by El Meson from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM with a meeting start time of 7:00 PM. The guest speaker will be Dan Raine, AICP LCI, who currently serves as the City of Houston Bicyclist-Pedestrian Coordinator.
Update: 1-9-2009
Dan Raine, City of Houston Bicyclist-Pedestrian Coordinator, will talk about the Houston Bikeway Program Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Annual Meeting of BikeHouston, Houston’s organization that advocates making the city safe and accessible for cyclists.
The SRAM Cycling Fund awards $200k to the International Mountain Bicycling Association
IMBA, headquartered in Boulder, CO, is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to create, enhance and preserve great trail experiences for mountain bikers worldwide. Since 1988, IMBA has been bringing out the best in mountain biking by encouraging low-impact riding, volunteer trailwork participation, cooperation among different trail user groups, grassroots advocacy and innovative trail solutions.
This is the second award made by SRAM’s Cycling Fund, which was created on September 30, 2008. During the next five years, the Fund plans to award $10 million in grants to support cycling advocacy programs around the world that focus on improving bicycling.