Novemberfest Metric Century – Brookshire, TX

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Novemberfest Metric Century 2011
Wilow River Farm
Saturday, November 5, 2011 @ 8:30 AM

Brief Description
NovemberFest and NovemberFest Metric Century benefiting THE CENTER is a two-fold -Family Festival and a non-competitive Bike Ride. The Family Festival from 10AM to 6PM is FREE entry includes moonwalks, live band “Brown Sugar”, great BBQ and festival foods at reasonable prices, shopping and a silent auction. Stop by after your ride to test ride the latest bikes from Orbea or a massage for small fee.

Individiual Riders:
$25 before August 31
$30 until Oct. 15
$35 after Oct. 15
$40 day of ride

Family (2 adults & 2 children under 17, 4 riders max):
$75 until Oct. 15
$80 after Oct. 15
$90 day of ride

Registration Closing Date Wednesday, November 2, 2011 @ 9:59PM CDT

Additional Information
BIKE RIDE SCHEDULE
8:30 a.m. Start of 23, 40 and 64 mile routes
8:45 a.m. Start of 10 mile route
11:30 a.m. – 2:30p.m. Lunch Complimentary for registered riders
2:00 p.m. Course will be cleared

ROUTES
All five routes begin and end at Willow River Farms, about 45 miles west of Houston on the outskirts of historic San Felipe, Texas. The route winds through serveral small Texas towns. NovemberFest Metric Century is not a race, so you can cruise leisurely or try to set a personal best. Well-stocked rest stops, police support, sag wagons, mechanical assistance, and emergency medical support are provided along the route.

DIRECTIONS TO THE FARM
Drive west from Houston on Interstate 10 approximately 45 miles to the San Felipe-Frydek exit. Turn right(north) on FM 1458 through the town of San Felipe for 2.7 miles. Turn left immediately after crossing the Brazos River bridge onto FM 3318 and continue 2 miles to Willow River Farms.

Perfect Biking Weather Over head – October 5th Bike Ride

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The perfect biking weather continues for my area. The blue sky has a few small puffs of clouds since the wind has shifted to the south and southeast. Temperatures are pleasant with 59 degrees this morning when I got up, 79 when I start the ride and 88 when I finished. The humidity has inched up though from the 5 mph south wind coming from the gulf (53% and 39% respectively). I have rode this particular route in awhile and when I turned around at Roman Forest Blvd. the wind was in my face for the next 9 miles without any shelter on my left. This was good for my average speed since there were not many stops and starts to drag it down. At one point my average was 15.9 mph but this ended up at 15.4 mph (for a change my Garmin and SportTracks agreed). The route was 28.41 miles long, a trend for this week of being 28 miles or more. The max speed was 20.4 mph and my average cadence was 81.7 RPM exactly the same as yesterday. I guess I have the legs programmed now. No strange animal sights today but I did notice someone throwing household goods and a mattress from the balcony at a nice apartment building I passed on my initial routing going along one of the greenbelt trails. I could hear some pots and pans landing even after I was out of sight.

I was thinking about my ability to ride each day now that I am retired and the title amateur recreational biker doesn’t seem descriptive enough. There must be a better one.

Miles update for the month and year:

  • October miles 111.65
  • miles this week 86.41
  • year to date miles 4352.98

10-5-2011 Bicycle Ride Data and Route Map

10-5-2011 Home Weather End

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Farmersville Trick-It-Up – Farmersville, TX

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Farmersville Trick-It-Up
1st Baptist Church of Farmersville, TX
Saturday, October 29, 2011 @ 8:30 AM

Brief Description
The Farmersville Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate in the 2011 Trick-It-Up Bike Ride for a fun ride through the country of North Collin County. Experience the wonderful charm of some historic small towns while riding through the countyside. This is a fundraiser for the Farmersville Chamber of Commerce which helps us with child education initiatives, maintain the visitor center, promote business development and support for local businesses, and community involvement. Family fun ride (7 mile), 32 mile ride and a 42 mile ride through Merit, Blue Ridge and Celeste

Online registration

Rip Roarin Ride – Providence, TX

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2nd Annual Rip Roarin Ride
1000 FM 2931  Aubrey, Texas
Sunday, October 16, 2011
http://www.lelions.com
Registration Closing Date Friday, October 14, 2011 @ 11:59 PM US/Central

Description
Join us for a Sunday morning ride in the country, starting at the Providence Elementary School just off Hwy 380 going north on back roads for either a 25 or 50 mile bike ride. This is a charity event to raise money to assist one of Little Elm’s Finest acquire hearing aids for his 3 year old daughter. This will be an ongoing need for the rest of her life with the hearing aids having to be changed out every 3 years and the tubes every 6 months. Portions of your tax deductible donation of $25.00 pre -registration and $35.00 late registration will be earmarked for this purpose. The rest will go back into the community of Little Elm to support other residents and programs like the food bank, pre-K and K vision screenings, Box 620, and the library.

There will be sag wagons, rest stops, breakfast served by our Lions group, and raffle prizes. Each registrant will get one ticket toward a raffle prize. The Grand Prize will be an Origine “Cutler” modern hipster bicycle For more detailed information about the route, you will be able to go to Map My Ride and the route will be posted by September 1st.

More Information

Click here to view the event organizer’s website