Our local club http://www.gdbclub.com/ has been having a Santa ride for about 20 years from what I have been told, this year we met in North Dallas to ride to Highland Park and meet up with Santa and the van of gifts and more riders. We rode with Santa to a Family Shelter in Downtown and sang carols and donated the gifts and money our club had rounded up. This made me feel very lucky indeed.
Visit Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis for pictures and more information.
The Vogel family left June 8, 2008 for a 2 1/2 year bicycle trip traversing the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina.
From their blog on December 24th:
“It was Christmas Eve. Four weary travelers rolled into Del Rio looking for a room at the inn – or the Ramada Inn, as the case may be.
The Ramada here in Del Rio has generously offered to sponsor our journey with two nights in the Inn, so we are now basking in the luxuriousness around us – and treasuring every moment!
Today was one of those days when we would normally be thrilled to be on the road. Temps got up into the 70’s, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was crystal clear… In short – absolutely perfect!”
Read more about the Vogel family as they travel through Texas.
9/12/09
Greater Houston Cycling Foundation/ Alkek Velodrome
3880 Greenhouse Rd
Suite 209
Houston, TX 77084
Leigh Barczewski – Velodrome Manager
Phone: 281-646-7790
Email: leighbarczewski@yahoo.com
http://houstoncycling.org/
from Bikes on Houston’s Light Rail
For over a year, BikeHouston and Citizens Transportation have worked to get bike racks installed on the coming METRO light rail trains, which would’ve made bikes + light rail an unbeatable intermodal combo.
Despite letters from Judge Ed Emmett, all four Republican and Democratic Harris County Commissioners, and other public officials, METRO is going to place orders for the new trains on Christmas Eve 2008… without any in-cabin racks for bicycle. Our contact at the FTA, the funding agency for the trains, is extremely concerned, but FTA cannot compel METRO to order trains with bike racks.
It looks like we’ve failed at this point.