Velo Valero Recaps Bike MS: Valero Bike to the Beach

Texbiker.net Posted on by

Captain’s Blog

Good morning and happy Wednesday! …It’s hard to believe that just a few days ago many of us were climbing up the massive Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi.  Hopefully everyone has recovered physically from this incredible challenge (and forgotten about the brutal headwinds and the lines for the showers), and is ready to saddle up do it all again next year.  As I mentioned earlier, if you have a story you want to share and/or some photos, please send them to cycling@valero.com and I’ll get them posted to our web site.     We already have a number of Rider Testimonials loaded, and our Photo Gallery is growing every day.

Lots of pictures and ride highlights.

link to the Captain’s Blog at Velo Valero

Ken Hoffman (Houston Chronicle): Sign up early for the MS 150

Texbiker.net Posted on by

Registration for the wildly popular but space-limited MS 150 charity bike ride from Houston to Austin will open precisely at 10:15 a.m. Oct. 15.

That’s an odd time to open registration, but it’s the least of your problems. Just do it, so you don’t get shut out.

If you want to ride, click on www.ms150.org. It will cost $100 to register, and you have to promise to donate at least $400 more to the Lone Star Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Charity.

It only took 11 days for the 2008 ride to fill up.

Read Ken’s column in the Houston Chronicle for his thoughts about the route and the Corpus Christi ride last week end. Link to ken’s column

Bicycle Commuter Act Passes House, Senate

Texbiker.net Posted on by

I don’t know whether to be glad or sad. The passage of this act was tied to the financial rescue package. This act was part of the pork barrel spending that was attached to the rescue package.

from ppolnews.com

“The Bicycle Commuter Act was added on to last week’s bailout bill and will provide a $20 tax credit per month to employers of bike commuters. The credit is intended to go toward adding provisions for bike commuters, like racks and locker rooms, for those who decide to go car free. However, many are decrying the act because it is part of an assortment of pork added to the bailout that some find frivolous–other items of which include tax credits for NASCAR track owners, film companies, and manufacturers of wool clothing.”