If you have not watched or participated in cyclocross you can do so at one of these upcoming events.
December 6th at the Tinsley Park Cyclocross Festival (bikereg.com/events).
December 7th at the Bikesport Cyclocross Challenge, Mason Park (txbra.org/db/events).
December 14th at the Cross Through the Woods, The Woodlands (txbra.org/db/events).
Dale Robertson’s Cycling Notebook in today’s Houston Chronicle tells how Shaun Taylor moved from Calgary, Alberta, where he was into moutain bike racing to Houston. The change meant leaving what he thought was the perfect MTB location and then landing in Houston with no mountains except for the highway overpasses. Once here though he learned about the Texas mountain bike race series.
An excerpt, “Shaun Taylor had come to love endurance racing on his mountain bike with an unabashed, unapologetic passion. And living in Calgary, Alberta, he had the Rocky Mountains for a playground.
Then a seemingly terrible thing happened. His wife, Doreen, a projects manager for Fluor, was transferred to Houston for a long-term special assignment. Taylor didn’t know much about the upper Texas coast, but he wasn’t going to have to do much Googling to figure out that we were pretty bereft of mountains here.”
Doohickie writes about his ride and has a number of pictures. If you have not seen a Workman bike in a few years one of his riding buddies is on a yellow two-top tube Workman.
His opening comments: “I rode in the Turkey Roll the Saturday before Thanksgiving. It is a 25 or 35 or 76 mile ride around Denton, Texas, organized as a fundraiser by the local Kiwanis Club.
With temps around 40 and gray skies, if I hadn’t committed to do this ride, I probably wouldn’t have been on a bike that morning. I don’t have all kinds of fancy biking gear, so I made due with what I’ve got:”
5 ride routes: 12, 25, 50, 62.5 and 100 miles. The start and finish will be at the Oil Mill Pavilion.
The Jalapeño Hundred has been a fun ride benefitting Harlingen Youth Athletics, Harlingen Boys & Girls Club and other select not for profit organizations. Despite the challenges of the summer, we are looking forward to another great year.
While the Saturday ride is strictly for fun, you are invited to test your endurance against our South Texas winds. Also, fun family activities are being planned. Last year over 500 riders and runners from around the state, across the country, and Mexico attended and we hope to have them back this year. We hope you can join us!
Oil Mill Pavilion
906 Fair Park Blvd.
6:30 a.m. – Registration & Packet Pickup (ride)
7:30 a.m. – 100 mile and 62.5 mile
7:45 a.m. – 50 mile, 25 mile and 12 mile
11:00 a.m. – Post ride celebration
4:30 p.m. – Course Closes