Bikers pedal through Portland during Sunset Challenge

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from the Corpus Christi Caller Times

By Mike Baird

CORPUS CHRISTI — Tate Turany, 9, planned to “pedal his brains out” on his green and yellow John Deere bicycle Saturday in his first bike ride event.

The Taft fourth-grader and his stepbrother Hunter Murdock, 11, hoped to finish 12.5 miles and “not fall out,” said their parent, Stephanie Turany, 35.

“I’d just like to get in better shape,” the banker said as she snapped her helmet chin girdle moments before the air horn start.

They were among about 200 people ages 8 to 76 who pedaled through Portland in the first Sunset Challenge Bike Ride.

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Texas Time Trials comes to Cleburne

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By RICKY TREON

In less than a week, Cleburne will welcome the Woodstock of bicycle racing.

That’s how event coordinator Dan Driscoll describes the Texas Time Trials, which hit the city of under 30,000 starting Thursday night at the Mineral Baptist Church and ending Saturday evening. Driscoll says with the collection of people, the places from which they come and the atmosphere that surrounds the race, there’s just no better way to put it.

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Bicycle film fest comes to Austin

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Austin’s bike culture comes in many forms. It congregates at coffee shops in the twilight of weekend mornings as cyclists, clad in spandex and sporting multithousand-dollar machines, ride out to the rolling countryside. Bike culture is espoused by solo explorers traversing the Barton Creek Greenbelt aboard knobby-tired mountain bikes. It defines Austin cool, roving the town on fixed gears, searching for the hippest new hangout. Bike culture rolls up its pant leg and rides from home to work, then back.

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San Angelo Bike Events

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For cyclists, Saturday, Sept. 20, offers three races at San Angelo State Park. A 5-mile mountain bike time trial begins at 9 a.m., and a kids’ race will be held at noon. For endurance cyclists, the six-hour Dinosaur Endurance Race begins at 4 p.m. Cyclists can compete solo or on two-person teams; just remember to bring a good head lamp.

Finally, the Chaparral Challenge Mountain Bike Race takes place on Oct. 19. This outstanding event benefits the Friends of the State Park and begins at the North Concho Pavilion.

For more information about these and other events, visit roadlizards.org and sanangelobicycle.com.