The Monday Houston Chronicle features a picture of riders during the 2008 Bluebonnet Express ride on Sunday, March 30th. According to the caption over 2,400 riders participated in the MS150 training ride.
Leakey Death Ride – Leakey, TX
Friday, ride from Bandera to Leakey, about 60 miles.
Saturday is a one hundred mile loop out of Leakey.
Sunday, ride from Leakey back to Bandera by an easier route.
All rides offer sag support and wonderful food, and a massage therapist is often available. Route maps are available online at Eddie’s Map Page. The event is centered at the Frio Pecan Farm. The food will be served there and the activities will be centered there.
You will need to make your own lodging reservations in Bandera and Leakey. Bandera Lodge, 830-796-3093 or 800-796-3514 (Thursday night) and Frio Pecan Farm, 830-232-5294 or 877-832-0674(Friday and Saturday night) are the most popular. Available rooms for thursday night rooms are usually plentiful.
Austin to Fort Worth
Fort Worth Bicycling Association presents
Start Location:
Berea Baptist Church
6901 Forrest Hill Drive
Forrest Hill, Tx.
Vans leave at 6:00 pm on April 11, 2008
First Night Motel (Fri, April 11):
Springhill Suites Austin North, Marriott
(I-35 and Parmer Ln)
12520 N IH-35
Austin,TX 78753
512-833-8100
Rooms are held for our group (Fort Worth Bicycling Association) at a rate of $99.99+tax for a double room.
Second Night Hotel (Sat, April 12):
Waco Fairfield Inn South
5805 N. Woodway Dr.
254-776-7821
Rooms are held for our group (Fort Worth Bicycling Association) at a rate of $89.99.
Rooms go fast, so make your reservations soon!
Additional Price: $110 for transport down and the sag back only.
Deadline to Pay: There are two 15 passenger vans, so sign up while there’s still room!
Make Checks payable to:
Kalleen Whitford
809 Marengo
Cleburne TX 76033
Katy Ram Challenge, Texas Prairie and Skunks
The Katy Ram Challenge began at the Katy Mills Mall outside of the Sun Ski Sport store. Looking over the crowd and noticing numbers during the ride I estimate between 1565 to 1800 riders were on the roads north of Katy. The rest stops were full. The third one was short on sport drink when I got there. Rest stop 5 actually had two flavors of sport drink to choose from. I took the orange. The Vanilla Wafers were a nice switch.