Lake Colorado City SP — 3rd Annual Lake Colorado City Bike Tour — Ride from Colorado City to the park, around the lake and return to Colorado City on this 25-mile tour. Go twice around the lake for a longer 42.5-mile tour. 9 a.m.-noon; registration fee includes barbecue lunch and T-shirt $20 before April 30, $25 after, $5 lunch available for non-riders; reservations recommended (325) 728-3931.
Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook Mention
Today’s (February 22rd) Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook‘s Dale Robertson recommended texbiker.net’s event calendar as a “go to” source for Texas bicycling events. I appreciate his mention and link.
Also in the article Dale writes about Austin riders biking to Alaska. Fortunately, they will ride in June. I would not look forward to riding a bike to Alaska right now.
Ever Wonder What It Is Like to Ride in a Support Vehicle?
The Fredcast podcast this week is reporting behind the scenes at the Amgen Tour of California. David Bernstein in episode 58 rode in the Mavic car 1 during the race and talked with Randy the driver. You can get a perspective of racing you will not see on TV.
Humble Lions Club Ride this Saturday, Gator Ride the Following Week
This is my first planned group organized ride of the year. The weatherman is predicting mid-70’s temperatures and 80% chance of no rain (I prefer this way of rain %). Although I have not ridden many outside miles this year I am looking forward to the 63 mile route. Sunday I may not be moving as quickly though.
Just to build on this I am also planning on the Baytown Gator Ride on March 3rd. It’s too early to know what kind of weather to expect. This year I will be riding on new tires and so I should not need to rely on duct tape to make it to the finish line. Last year my rear tire wore through the casing producing a flat. I needed to be creative to make it to the finish line. I moved the rear tire to the front and found some duct tape at a later rest stop.
I will be watching for riders at both events. I might snap a picture or two for the website. Now I need to figure how to get a texbiker.net jersey to wear to rides.