Bike World Alsatian Country III – Castroville, TX

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Bike World Alsatian Country III
Presented by HOLLAND RACING & KICK STAND RACING
Castroville, TX
Saturday, February 05, 2011 to Sunday, February 06, 2011
USA Cycling Event USA Cycling Permit # 2011-99
Online Registration Closes Thursday, February 03, 2011 at 1:00 PM ET
It’s back! Alsatian Country III: Alsatian Lives! This year’s edition is brought to you by Bike World of San Antonio. Gear up for Alsatian Country at Bike World.

First 100 hundred individuals to pre-register get a FREE Alsatian Lives T-shirt with a design inspired by critically acclaimed property manager Jason Voorhees. Addtional shirts available for $10 each.

o Two great days of racing.
o First Texas State Cup event of the year.
o $7000 in CASH.
o Masters 40+ Open racing.
o Multiple Women & Junior Categories.
o More info at www.holland-racing.com

Cat 3 Women! Listen up. Register for and race in the Cat 3 Women’s race and we’ll waive the additional race fee if you wanna line up in the Pro 1/2/3 Women’s race and give it a go. Just let us know day of at registration. What have you got to lose?

Bike World Alsatian Country

Indian Spring Park – Waco, TX

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* Where:  Indian Spring Park
* When:  Saturday 09:00 AM
* What:  Road/all levels
* Contact: Ian Moore
* Phone:  254-772-2453
* Distance:  20.63, 35.53, or 76.92 miles
* Note:  Ride starts up 3/27/10
This ride starts at Indian Springs Park in downtown Waco. It will be open to all levels of road riders and will have set routes. This will allow riders that arrive late, or that would like to join in somewhere along the route, to do so.

The first route will be 20.63 miles. To view the route please click here

The second route will be 35.53 miles. To view the route please click here

The third route will be 76.92 miles. To view the route please click here .

Baylor, Waco Tri and Waco Bicycles Clubs will all be involved with this ride. All riders will start at the same time from the park. All distances are a drop rides. So if you intend to ride please keep in mind that you will need to pre-ride the route or print a map and keep it with you. There will not be sag support. So bring the necessary items to be self supported such as spare tubes, air pumps and water.
If you are from out of town or are a beginner let somebody know, there will probably be somebody there you can ride with.

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 18th

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8:00am – CCC Road Ride
from Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin
When: Sun Jan 2, 2011 8am to 10:30am  CST
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School – Corinth
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Base mileage type ride of 35 – 50 miles depending on route.

6:00pm – Corinth Trail Ride
from Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin
When: Thu Jan 6, 2011 6pm to 7pm  CST
Where: Corinth City Hall

8:00am – Cup o’ Joe
from Corinth Cycling Club by Scott Franklin
When: Sat Jan 1, 2011 8am to 9:30am  CST
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: 1901 Creekside Drive, Corinth, TX 76210 The Cup o’ Joe ride is an easy 12 mile road ride to Hickory Creek and back. The ride stops after six miles for refreshments at Starbucks in Corinth.

‘Bike lady,’ other Spokes for Folks volunteers fix up bikes to fulfill kids …
by Dallas Morning News
Many of the people who are joining up now know Jackson through her many different roles as a racer and on the North Texas Mountain Bike Patrol. …

…No Vitamin D Was Absorbed… – December 18th Bike Ride

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12-18-2010 Ride Information

Riding in the daylight is rare event these days but I did that this afternoon even though the temperature was slightly below the 60 degree threshold. As I mentioned in Thursday’s ride report I wanted to ride my Motobecane 700HT on trails along the bayou that runs through Kingwood. The clouds moved out when the chill front came through during the night but since it was below 60 degrees I was wearing my cold clothing: long sleeve jersey, leg warmers, windbreaker jacket, full finger gloves. With this amount of clothing no vitamin D was absorbed during the ride. Even with this coverage I could feel the temperature difference when I moved into the shade. Wind was not a factor since it was only 4 mph and variable direction.

We are in the final days of Fall with Winter arriving on December 21st. I cheer this date since this marks when the daylight begins to grow longer each day. With Fall the foliage in our area is showing the beauty so I took some pictures while I was riding.

The pictures show some of the trail along the bayou (or drainage canal). The ground is fairly level and there is some construction taking place installing drain pipes to route surface water into the bayou. In past rides the ground has had numerous gullies and holes with water standing but due to our lack of rain the trail was very dry.

No on else was riding the route I was on although at one point I met a couple out walking. They took the picture of me on my MTB in front of the short bridge.

Tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be warmer than forecast a couple of days ago. This may mean I can get in some road riding miles.

My mileage information up to now:

  • December miles 137.17
  • YTD miles 5070.48

12-18-2010 Route Map

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Additional charts, weather and map.

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