Dennis Starkey Blogs About the Northshore in Grapevine

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I have an older mountain bike that I won from Carrier on a point system for selling oem parts. This bike was junk, it weighed about 40 lbs and had worthless brakes and a couple of springs they called a suspension.

I got an early Christmas present when this GT Mountain bike went on sale and I had a 20% off coupon. It is the Avalanche 1.0 hydraulic disc brake. I rode it around for a few days and decided to try out the North shore Trails 9 mile out and back route. The bike is so much nicer than what I have been riding on the trails, if money was no object you can get a lighter better bike, but this would be hard to beat for the price I paid.

Visit Dennis’s blog for for more about his ride and some pictures.

USA Cycling BMX National Championships Come to Desoto, Texas

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The first event of the season to crown national champions will once again be the USA Cycling BMX National Championships. Scheduled for March 21 at Metroplex BMX in Desoto, Texas, a full day of activity will result in both 20” and 24” Cruiser Class national champions in Challenge Class and Elite categories.

Mansfield High School Students Give Bicycle Helmets for Christmas

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from cleburnetimesreview.com

By Ashleigh Whaley

Nearly 450 children in and around Johnson County will receive bicycles and tricycles at no cost this Christmas because of the fundraising efforts of Mansfield high school students.

Ben Barber Career Tech Academy’s automotive students raised $20,933 to purchase bicycles and tricycles in this year’s Bikes for Angels program, said Rick Curlee, automotive coordinator and professor at Ben Barber.

On Tuesday, Curlee and students gathered in a 200 foot by 180 foot shop at Ben Barber filled wall to wall with bicycles and tricycles to celebrate the community’s generosity.

link to the full story at cleburnetimesreview.com

FrostBike 50 – Cypress, TX

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8:00 a.m. Start

Start location: Cy-Fair College
9191 Barker Cypress Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

Directions:
Take Hwy 290 Outbound past 1960.
Turn Left on Barker Cypress for 3 miles.
google map

Registration:
$25.00 if postmarked by January 6, 2009;
$35.00 January 7, 2009, or later, including day of ride.
All pre-registered riders, if registered by January 18, 2009, are guaranteed a T-shirt.

Registration is still available at the door on January 25, 2009; $35 – cash or check only

Frost Bike 50 website