Fiesta Wildflower & Fitness Weekend – San Antonio, TX

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The Hill Country Sports Association is proud to present the 2009 Fiesta Wildflower Ride. The cycling community along with San Antonio and its many visitors will have a fun family event for 2009. Participants and spectators alike anticipate a memorable weekend to kickoff Fiesta activities.

For 2009 route distances will range from 25 mi – 100 mi. Rest stops will be staged approximately every 10 miles and were fully supported by volunteers. Roving SAG vehicles will be available on all courses to assist riders between aid stations when necessary. The Fiesta Wildflower Ride brings families together during this weekend of challenging and inspiring activities.

link to the Fiesta Wildflower website

Custom Built Bikes in Texas

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Elliott McFadden, Editor at the Austin Bike Blog writes about custom bike builders in Texas.

This must be the day to write about custom bikes. Dale Robertson’s Cycling Notebook in today’s Houston Chronicle reports on Bike Barn’s recent opening of a high end bike shop near downtown Houston.

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Tour Das Hugel – Austin, TX

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Unique Beginning

It started like any great idea….a couple of friends on a training ride that had several of Austin’s hardest hills.  Of course we smiled and asked, “how cool would it be to have a ride in Austin that covered all of the hardest hills?”

Tour Das Hugel was born in that very smile.   The very first Hugel only consisted of 65 miles of “hard” hills. We even held one in Aug – yes the hardest thing I have ever done.

Every year we would find a new hill and hidden treasures that increased the climbing.   Now after 5 years, we are up to 105 miles and 14,600 ft of climbing.  Of course, we realized that people could actually die if we kept the Tour Das Hugel in Aug… hence we move the race date to Nov.

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Todd Smith Writes About His LiveStrong Ride

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Having recovered from the ankle injury I sustained this summer, I was able to ride in the 2008 Lance Armstrong LiveStrong Challenge ride recently here in Austin.  Over 4,000 riders assembled in near darkness at Dripping Springs High School, and set out amidst a festive array of supporters on rides up to 95 miles long.  I was blessed by having family members greet me later at the finish line, but not before enjoying some of the amazing countryside along the way.

link to the rest of Todd’s blog post