Salado Smokin Spokes – Salado, TX

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9th Annual Salado Smokin Spokes
Date: Saturday April 2, 2011
Location: Salado, TX
Type of Event: Touring

SMOKIN’ SPOKES BIKE RIDE is a Texas bike ride event sponsored by the Salado Texas Volunteer Fire Department. Expect challenging hills, scenic views, a monster century, well-marked routes, well-manned rest stops, friendly event sponsors and a great feed at the end of the ride.
Choose from  15, 27, 57, 70, 85 and 102 mile routes!
Online registration

Texans expect great Texas bike rides and the Smokin’ Spokes is a Texas ride that will leave you well-whipped with a smile on your face at the end of the day.

Join us in Salado for the Smokin’ Spokes!

Contact the Salado Fire Department.    (254) 947-8961     Email Contact.
SMOKIN’ SPOKES BIKE RIDE is a Texas bike ride event sponsored by the Salado Texas Volunteer Event Begins at 8:00 am in Downtown Salado Pace Park

Texas Bicycle News and Stuff for January 19th

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Police identify vehicle model in McAllen cyclist’s fatal hit-and-run wreck; reward announced
from www.themonitor.com
McALLEN — Investigators believe they have identified a vehicle model involved in a hit-and-run wreck that left a cyclist dead last year. …

Bicyclist hit by truck, killed in NE Harris Co.
via chron.com Houston & Texas News on 1/19/11
A bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a truck as he attempted to cross the road in northeast Harris County Tuesday morning. Jeremias Santis died in the…

Surly Scars
from Bike Denton by bikedenton
Damaged Bike
Nick Magruder recently donated his 2009 hit-and-run Surly Cross Check frame to Querencia’s shop. For being hit from behind by a car going…

2011 Dallas Bike Plan – Final Public Meeting – January 20
from Bike Friendly Richardson by dickdavid
The City of Dallas and the North Central Texas Council of Governments invites you to attend the Final Public Meeting for the 2011 DALLAS BIKE PLAN on Thursday…

No headline – Morning_wire_lineup
by San Angelo Standard Times
Gabby Giffords has a passion for her bicycle, a hobby that she squeezed in between jetting off to Washington, DC, for congressional sessions or meeting with …

Group Bike Ride to Support Arlington Bike Plan Tonight
Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 19, 2011
Arlington Hike and Bike Plan P&Z Public Hearing.
Looks like Bike Friendly Arlington is getting a group ride together tonight to head to Arlington City Hall and show support for the fledgling, endangered Arlington Hike and Bike Plan and Thoroughfare Development Plan. Arlington’s notoriously unfriendly to anything but car traffic, and as Fort Worth and Dallas…

KXXV-TV News Channel 25 – Central Texas News and Weather for Waco …
She would do all that, and then go for that bike ride. “She has a passion for her bicycle, I’ll tell you that,” said Raoul Erickson, a longtime friend of …

The Plan For El Paso Is Unveiled
by KFOX El Paso
“It’s great news for people who like walking or biking or cycling or using transit or driving their cars in El Paso,” said Victor Dover with Dover, …

Daily News Roundup January 18th – Texas Bicycling

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Dallas Rides Photo Contest
from Bike Friendly Richardson by dickdavid
Our friends over at Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and Photopol.us are hosting a bicycle photo contest. Here are the details from their site: …

Corinth Cycling Club Rides
8:00am – CCC Group Ride
from Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin
When: Sun Feb 6, 2011 8am to 10:30am  CST
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
6:00pm – Corinth Trail Ride
from Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin
When: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6pm to 7pm  CST
Where: Corinth City Hall

2011 TBi / Copperas Cove Classic Road Race
from CycleATX.com – Cycling Events, Groups and Bike Shops in Austin, TX by CoreyCarter
This Saturday, January 22nd at 10am, Team Bicycles, Inc. presents their 2011 Classic Road Race held in Copperas Cove, TX (about 1.5 hrs north of Austin). Here are the details from the event website: …

Fort Worth Bicycling Association Club Rides – February
The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details)     Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:00 am
Burleson and Beyond, Burleson TX (details)     Thursday, February 3, 2011 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Romp, Benbrook TX (details)     Thursday, February 3, 2011 9:00 am
Bardwell or Bust, Venus TX (details)     Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:00 am
Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie TX (details)     Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:00 am
Super Bowl Sunday Ride, Hurst TX (details)     Sunday, February 6, 2011 9:00 am
Super Bowl Sunday Ride, Arlington TX (details)     Sunday, February 6, 2011 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details)     Tuesday, February 8, 2011 9:00 am
Burleson and Beyond, Burleson TX (details)     Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Romp, Benbrook TX (details)     Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:00 am
ACP 200K and 300K Brevets, Willow Park TX (details)     Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:00 am
Bicycles Inc. Century of the Month, Arlington TX (details)     Saturday, February 12, 2011 9:00 am
Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie TX (details)     Saturday, February 12, 2011 9:00 am
Grapevive Urban Ride, Grapevine, TX (details)     Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details)     Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:00 am
Burleson and Beyond, Burleson TX (details)     Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Romp, Benbrook TX (details)     Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:00 am
Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie TX (details)     Saturday, February 19, 2011 9:00 am
Ranch Country, Tolar TX (details)     Saturday, February 19, 2011 9:00 am
Red, White, and Blue Ramble, Crowley TX (details)     Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details)     Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:00 am
Burleson and Beyond, Burleson TX (details)     Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:00 am
The Rusty Chain Gang Romp, Benbrook TX (details)     Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:00 am
ACP 200K, 300K, and 400K Brevets, Canton TX (details)     Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:00 am
Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie TX (details)     Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:00 am
Up Salt Creek, Springtown TX (details)     Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:00 am
The Grandview Gallop, Venus TX (details)     Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:00 am

Annual Texas Independence Bicycle Tour set for Jan. 30
by Ultimate Pasadena
by FLORI MEEKS, CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT published January 18, 2011 2:10 pm One year after Deer Park Rotary launched the Texas Independence Bicycle Tour, …

Essay: My Bike Talks to Me (At Least While I’m on Sleeping Pills …
by Anne Jackson
(Technically, they’re caliche roads, but nobody knows what caliche is unless you ‘re from west Texas. Imagine gravel but bigger and dirtier. That’s caliche.) My bike was my savior. We didn’t have television, internet hadn’t been invented …

Puddle for the Ducks at Katy Mills! | KTY is Katy Texas
by admin
Katy Mills, the largest outlet and value retail shopping destination in South Texas, is excited to continue to host the 4th annual PUDDLE FOR THE DUCKS on Saturday, February 5 at 7:00 a.m., with the start and finish in front of Sun …

Cyclists in the DFW, Texas area – Arlington needs your help!
from The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
We need your help!!!
Today January 19th and on February 8th, there will be important hearings on the ARLINGTON HIKE AND BIKE PLAN.

The city and all Arlington cyclists could use your support for this plan. Planning and Zoning Public Hearing January 19th, 5:30pm. City Council Public Hearing February 8th, 6:30pm. Both meetings are at Arlington City Hall, 101 West Abram Street.

Please make your voice heard by showing up!

Hotter’N Hell Hundred Pace Group – Wichita Falls, TX

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Hotter’N Hell Hundred Pace Group
Presented by Training Bible Coaching
Wichita Falls, TX
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Online Registration Closes Monday, August 01, 2011 at 8:00 PM ET
Pace Group
The Hotter’N Hell Hundred Pace Group is the only one of it’s kind – a pace group dedicated to breaking 5 hours for the 100 mile Endurance Ride. New for 2011 we also offering a 3 hour option for the 100k ride.

Ever wondered what it’s like to be Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France peloton? This is your opportunity to experience the royal treatment of an Armstrong, Schleck, or Evans!

Join us for our second year as we ride a controlled pace to help you break the coveted 5-hour mark. To help you in your quest, you will have a premier starting spot at the front of the grid, support motor cycles, and a team of experienced coaches and elite racers leading the way – your own personal domestiques!

Pace Group participants will receive a special edition jersey and professional level support throughout the ride. Training Plans, Training Events, and a Pre-Ride Seminar are included, and you’ll receive special discounts from our partners. See info in the Welcome Letter for more info.

Please note that this is not a “no drop” ride. We will coach, we will cajole and coerce, but ultimately it will be your responsibility to keep up.
Regular Registration Fee
$200 By August 1st for the 100 mile ride
$150 By August 1st for the 100 km ride

Spots are limited, and the event sold out in 2010!

Registrations are non-refundable.