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This year’s Fort Hood Challenge race draws largest number of cyclists
by Vanessa Lynch | Herald staff writer        KDHNews.com

FORT HOOD — The Fort Hood Challenge two-day championship cycling race kicked off Saturday with a record-breaking 850 riders on the closed-course.
Professional-level racers circled the 33-mile loop three times for a nearly 100-mile competition, but there were many categories and lengths for participants, who ranged in age from 10 to 70. The event also featured a free active-duty military competition Saturday that…

Business owner turns his love of biking into business
By Chris Cotelesse        www.yourhoustonnews.com

Baltazar Vilchis spends at least one hour each day on two wheels, riding his bicycle around The Woodlands or at the George Mitchell Preserve in Huntsville. He said he’s been competing in triathlons since 2000 and competed in three Iron Man competitions, the most recent was May in the township.
He’s loved bicycling since he was a child; and eight years ago, he opened his first bike shop, Cycles TX, in Mexico City. He opened his fourth in Market Street Sept. 3.
“With all the parks in The Woodlands, it’s a great…

DORBA Beginner Clinic
Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association
Saturday, October 5, 2013        10:00 AM
Horseshoe Trail
Boathouse Drive at Horseshoe Trail, Grapevine, TX (map)
There will be a beginner clinic on Saturday, October 5th at Horseshoe Trail in Grapevine, at 10:00 am as part of the annual “Take a Kid Mountain Biking Event”. This clinic WILL cater to the youngsters, but all ages are welcome
There is a “classroom” for about an hour or so, 30 minutes on an obstacle course, and then a group ride that takes about an hour or so. So count on approximately 2.5 hours.
The clinic is recommended for riders new to the sport. If you have never ridden a Mountain Bike before or have just started out riding, then this is for you. Beginner Clinics will consist of basic instruction including bike setup, safety, trail etiquette, bike handling skills such as…

P3 Bike Ride (People Pints Pedals)
Date: September 29, 2013
Description: 575 Pizzeria hosts the 2013 P3 Bike ride benefiting Ambucs starting at 575, going to Golden Light Cantina, Crush Wine Bar and back to 575 for a concert, food and fun.

Columbus Half-Century
El Paso Bicycle Club
Description:     Meet at Rio Plaza and ride up Artcraft to Columbus Highway, 50 miles. Moderate pace — faster riders can go out further on Columbus Road more miles. Bring plenty of water. John Walton, …

Irving Itinerary
Lone Star Cyclists
Pace: Touring with a Fast Pace Option (Touring is a varied pace with frequent stops averaging 12-15 mph)
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2013 – 8:00am
Location: Southwest Park, 2800 Shady Grove Rd, east of Belt Line Rd, north of IH-30

Distances: 25 and 43
This will be an urban ride around Irving, seeing the diverse faces Irving has to offer, including several miles of…

Race Preview – Six Shooter October 5-6, 2013
by joeyTWOwheels        texascx.com
You see Instagrams from cross camps and practices galore. You wake up early to pull hot laps in the park. Your free time at work is spent watching Voytilla’s creations from last year. Everything in your brain is cyclocross.

Harden Dental Team Ride
Corinth Cycling Club
When: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:30am to 10:30am  CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This is the weekly training ride for the Corinth Cycling/Harden Dental race team. This is a 62 mile loop on an established route. Expect a fast pace and be prepared to fix your own mechanicals. There are no stops on this ride. -7:30am- http://ridewithgps.com/routes/337788

October’s Austin Ridge Rider Club Ride @ Pace Bend Park
Austin Ridge Riders
> Saturday, October 12, 2013 – 09:00 <

It’s time for the ARR  – This month we are at Pace Bend Park

RIDERS will break into groups based on skill level, length of ride and whether one wants to rip up the trails or ride at a social pace and smell the flowers. “No Drop” policy in effect, so no one gets left behind or lost. Bring plenty of water and don’t forget your helmet!!

YOU do NOT have to be an ARR member to attend this club ride, but we would be more than happy for you to join the club. We do ask that you sign a waiver and…

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1400 Miles Bike Ride Raises Money for Prostate Cancer Research
www.everythinglubbock.com

North by Northwest Restaurant and Brewery owner, Davis Tucker, started the idea of a 1400 mile bike ride on a lark.
“A conversation with some mutual friends led to on of the friends saying why don’t you ride your bike to Denver to raise money for prostate cancer and I was like OK.”
Davis Tucker and whoever else volunteers is biking 1400 miles from Austin, Texas to Denver, Colorado to raise money for prostate cancer research through pints for prostates.
Tucker said he became a supporter of the cause after his brew master Don Thompson was diagnosed.
“The idea was to do something that guys related to. You know beer and bikes are a…

5th Annual Mellow Swap November 2, Austin (Swap Meet)
by teoteoteo        forums.mtbr.com/texas
Hey everyone,
Mellow Swap details are all set. Now booking spaces if you want to sell Follow link for contact and email for cost to have a booth and availability. Booths have sold out every year. More gear from the service course, parts, scratch-n-dents a coupla frames. Stupid cheap and way under cost.
If you’ve never been its like our yearly garage sale, except we invite teams and industry reps to…

Annual Bike Ride Attracts Hundreds
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WACO (September 28, 2013)—Hundreds of riders turned out for the 2013 Waco Wild West 100 bicycle tour Saturday.
The ride started at 8 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of University Parks and Washington Avenue in downtown Waco.
Nearly 1,000 bikers signed up to ride the hilly terrain of Central Texas on routes that ranged from 10 to 100 miles in length.
There were several…

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More Trails – September 28th Bike Ride

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Back on the trails again today. The sky started to cloud up as I prepared to ride. I started earlier than the other rides this week rolling out at 10:38AM. Nothing came from the clouds until I reached Kings Crossing Drive south of Town Center. It looked like rain but I rode east and a little to the north and the rain drops stopped. (As I write this the clouds got heavier but no rain yet.)

Earlier I experienced what happens when I apply the rear brake hard on wet leaves. Approaching an intersection to the trail I need to stop quickly because a car suddenly appeared from behind some bushes bordering the trail. I locked the rear brake and the tire slid sending toward the curb but I regained control and rode over the curb onto the street avoiding the car.

Lengthening the route today I biked 17.20 miles. The week mileage now totals 57.31; a big drop from the normal miles.

I continue to miss my rear view mirror. Turning my head to look behind doesn’t give me the same view the mirror does.

The temperature let up some today ranging from 82 at the start and 85 when I got back home. Wind slowed me down whenever I came out of the trees. 15 mph from the southeast provides lots of resistance. At one spot around 9 miles I biked along side a small lake exposed to the wind. I need to exert lots of effort on the pedals to keep my speed around 14 mph.

September continues to be a month of bumps and crashing. Last night on the way to the monthly Houston Jeep People meeting we drove west on Northpark Drive. To our left the traffic backed up to turn left onto Loop 494. All of a sudden a black car in the left lane turns right into our lane and rubbed against the front tire of my Jeep Wrangler. Thankfully no damage to the Jeep except for a scuff mark on the large tire but the black car peeled the ride side of the front bumper away from the car. On the left of the black car a red Honda SUV suffered scrapes from the black car hitting it. We pulled off the road and exchanged contact information. Since my Jeep had no damage we left. While we were at the HJP meeting a DPS trooper called my home phone leaving 3 messages about coming back to the scene and then to call him. Come to find out we were not supposed to leave. The black car driver got a ticket. The black car sported some scratches on the passenger door from an earlier encounter with a pole. Maybe this driver needs to try another mode of transportation?

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 27th

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Memorial Park Work Party
GHORBA.org
Event category: General
Trail: Memorial Park
Saturday, October 12, 2013 – 9:00am
WORK PARTY
When: Saturday – October 12
Time: 9am to Noon
Location Memorial Park – Green Trail (http://goo.gl/maps/lpu0d)
We will meet at the parking lot where the Green trail starts. We will be doing some trimming, filling in ruts and finish what we started on the…

Alice Elementary School Launches New Bicycle Course
by Heather Jackson            www.kztv10.com
(Video)
ALICE – A mother whose son died while riding his bike, wants to help other kids stay safe.
“Three months before Tony had his accident, he told me he was going to die young, that my husband and I would have to bury him,” says mother Patty Balboa.
Patty Balboa remembers what her son Tony told her before he was killed in a hit and run. He was riding a bike and was hit from behind in 2011.
“It is very hard to lose your only child. But we do all of this to carry on…

Bush feeling ‘pretty good’ after heart procedure
By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush says he’s feeling “pretty good” after undergoing a heart procedure last month and able to go mountain biking and play golf.

“I’m a little more risk averse on the mountain bike, but I’m exercising,” Bush told The Associated Press on Friday after kicking off the competitive…

What To Take To Interbike 2014
by Shawn McAfee        www.texasmountainbiketrails.com
There is a special opportunity at the end of this for you to come with me to Interbike in 2014. Read no brother!

If I told you how many times I looked this question up online I doubt you would believe me. Being my first year to go I didn’t have a clue and so I asked some buddies like Pete Prebus who runs ElectricBikeReport.com, a site dedicated to reviewing and growing the new electric bike market. He gave me a few pointers, but I still wasn’t overly sure and just kind of guessed on it.

Ultimately, I ended up taking a bunch of stuff I didn’t need and leaving behind stuff that I did need. So partly as a reference for next year and partly as a way of inviting one or two of you to join me at…

Cycle to the Nasher Sculpture Center – Sunday Oct 20th
by Christopher Curnutt            www.bikingindallas.com

I recently sat down with Ester Ippolito, Manger of Visitor Services, Nasher Sculture Center, and Tracy and Amanda Popken of Dallas Cycle Style to review the details for the Nasher’s Cycle to the Nasher event.  This is one of several events celebrating the Center’s 10 year anniversary (full press release here).   Here is the short version – Sunday, October 20th the Nasher will be open from 10am to 10pm with an array of family friendly activities including art, music, food, yoga, cycling and…

Walking, biking, bus initiatives pick up speed
by Kelli Weldon        impactnews.com

Some residents are leaving their cars behind and reducing congestion in Southwest Austin

With a 12-mile daily commute, Oak Hill resident Tom Thayer has been biking to work and using public transportation for a few years. He was enticed by cycling’s convenience, the opportunity to work exercise into his day and the low cost compared with buying car fuel.

Thayer is one of a growing number of individuals in Austin who are looking to alternative forms of transportation as a viable way to meet daily transportation needs without the use of a car. Thayer serves on the city’s bicycle advisory council, a group that meets regularly and advises city staff based on consensus about…

MDA Ride for ALS
San Angelo Bicycling Association
October 26th, 2013.  Ride off at 8:00 am from Family Power Sports, 4160 West Houston Harte Expressway, San Angelo, TX 76901
Come join the fun! The ride is 60 miles, but each rider is encouraged to ride to their level.  You can ride 10 miles or up to 60 miles, it’s up to you.  This will be a supported ride with rest stops.  Lunch will be provided, grilled by our local San Angelo Fire Fighters!  All funds stay locally and benefit those with ALS.  Click on the link below to register.
There will be a trophy for 1st place plus $100 visa gift card for fastest time.  there will also be prizes for 2nd and 3rd.

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