Easter Hill Country Tour – Kerrville, TX

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Easter Hill Country Tour
Start: Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
End: Sunday, April 24, 2011 @ 1:00 PM
Kerrville, Texas
Hosted By The Austin Cycling Association
Welcome to the 38th annual Easter Hill Country Tour, to be hosted (for the first time) by the Austin Cycling Association on April 22-24, 2011.

Online registration

Thursday April 21st

4:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Registration at the Schreiner University Activity Center ***

4:00pm – 7:00 pm. First time ever !!!!!! Cash bar Happy Hour near the Registration desks
Friday April 22nd

7:00 am – 7:00 pm. Registration at the Schreiner University Activity Center ***

7:00 am – 4:00 pm. Rides of 25, 48 & 64 miles. No mass starts. For details see the “rides” page of this site. Afternoon time given is the closing time of the last rest stop.
Saturday April 23rd

7:00 am – 11:00 am. Registration at the Schreiner University Activity Center ***

7:00 am – 4:00 pm. Rides of 19 to 105 miles. No mass starts. For details see the “rides” page of this site. Afternoon time given is the closing time of the last rest stop.

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Dinner & Social at the YO Ranch Resort Hotel
Cash bar opens at 6, dinner served from 6:30.
Sunday April 24th

7:00 am – 1:00 pm. Rides of 19, 32 & 41 miles. No mass starts. For details see the “rides” page of this site. Afternoon time given is the closing time of the last rest stop.

*** For the University Campus Map see www.schreiner.edu/campus_map.html

Easter Hill Country Tour

Daily News Roundup November 22nd – Texas Bicycling

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Photos from the Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Dallas Tweed Ride
from Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt

Biking in Tweed
What perfect weather and great costumes, bikes and people at the 2nd annual Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Dallas Tweed Ride.   I took an obscene amount of photos and this is a small sample.  I didn’t …

Transportation Commission approves plan
by Lufkin Daily News
By MELISSA CRAGER/The Lufkin Daily News The Texas Transportation Commission met in Austin last week to adopt the much-discussed 2035 Statewide Long-Range Plan.

Two public open-house style meetings were held at TxDOT’s Lufkin District office about the plan, which covers the next 24 years and includes “systems and facilities for highways and turnpikes, aviation, public transportation, railroads and high-speed railroads, waterways, pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation…

Chevalier: The consequences of impatience when car meets bicycle
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
It was one of those warm September afternoons in Texas. The sun was shining, and there was a hint of rain in the few clouds. A very comfortable day after …

Northeast Texas Bicycle Association Christmas bicycle give-away in Bonham Nov. 27
By Northeast Texas Bicycle Association
North Texas Bicycle Association

LOBV calls on cyclists to support improvements to South Congress
by elliott.
The City of Austin’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is considering improvements in bicycle infrastructure on South Congress between downtown and Oltorf including bike lanes and back in parking spaces (similar to those installed on Dean Keaton). Last week, the Bicycle Advisory Council passed a…

2010 Tour Das Hugel Report
from Mike’s Bike Blog
For those of you that don’t know the Tour Das Hugel is 110 mile ride of Austin’s Hills. In the 110 miles it accounts for roughly 10,000 feet of climbing. Most hills are only 1/2 mile in length but average 10-14% grade with 20 to 24% thrown in for good measure. The Hugel is not a race, it’s not sanctioned, it’s a pirate race of sorts. In the years past a t-shirt is available for purchase for those that complete the entire 110 mile route. There generally…

The Sound of Knobby – November 22nd Bike Ride

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When you ride in the evening in the dark the noises seem to be less which means I could hear the sound of the knobby tires on the Motobecane 700HT MTB as I was out this evening. I am used to riding on semi-slick tires on my Raleigh M800 and they did not make much noise. Also the knobby tires have some squish when you make a turn as the tire twists. I have to adjust my steering technique a little to compensate. I also learned that the rear disc brake stops in a hurry when you grab the brake lever. This happened when I was coming off of the West Lake Houston Parkway bridge sidewalk and there were two lady joggers coming towards me. I thought they saw me but I still slowed down and then one of the ladies turned her head away and started to move into my pathway. That is when I grabbed the brake lever and the rear tire stopped with a chirp. I avoided the joggers and I don’t think they realized what happened.

The weather was nice and warm at 76 degrees when I left on the ride. The skies were cloudy and the wind was 13 mph from the south. I can expect similar weather at least through Wednesday and maybe Thursday, but no riding on Thanksgiving Day. A strong cold front is expected on Friday.

Today’s ride information:

  • November miles 242.49
  • YTD miles 4845.46

11-22-2010 Ride Information

Additional charts, weather and map.

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What’s Turning the Bike Spokes on the Net November 21st.

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Annual bicycle rally draws more than 1,000 cyclists
By Rachel Mehlhaff / Staff Writer
from www.dallasnews.com
It took about six minutes — the length of two Taylor Swift songs interrupted by the occasional “gobble, gobble, gobble” — for more than 1,000 cyclists to roll out of the starting point for the Turkey Roll Bicycle Rally on Saturday morning.
Turkey Roll
The 28th annual rally, hosted by the Denton Breakfast Kiwanis Club, kicked off with music blaring in the parking lot of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Riders could choose…

What this is about.
from Texas MTB Guy
So I recently picked up my first “real” mountain bike, and I freaking love it. I want to really get deeper into the sport and find out what it’s all about, so I figured I’d start this blog and keep track of all my experiences.

But first, background.

My name is Tim, I’m an 18 year old college student in North Texas. My bike is a 2009 Specialized Rockhopper. I like to think that I have above average bike skills, but I don’t know how I really compare. Physically I’m in no shape, I originally bought the bike to get some quality exercise. (I hate the gym, too boring.) I figured…