The Final High School Race of 2008 is this upcoming weekend at the State Championships in Amarillo, TX. Racing will be on Saturday and Sunday May 10th and 11th. All individual and team points will be worth double so the overall standings can still change drastically. You don’t want to miss this great weekend of racing!
For more information visit the Texas High School Cycling League website
KWTX.com reports on this helmet giveaway for 700 helmets to children.
King’s Daughters Clinic and Texas Medical Association are teaming up again for the 4th annual “Hard Hats for Little Heads.�
This event takes place May 10, 2008 from 9:00am-12:00pm.
We will be giving away more than 700 helmets and 4 bicycles to boys and girls in the community. Hard Hats for Little Heads is designated for children Pre K thru 5th grade. King’s Daughters Clinic is teaming up with Temple ISD and St. Mary’s Catholic School to send out 4800 flyers to their elementary aged students.
Cyclingnews.com reports that Lance Armstrong’s new Austin bike shop opens this weekend.
“Seven-time Tour de France winner and Austin native Lance Armstrong is adding another project to his busy schedule: Mellow Johnny’s, a new bike shop in downtown Austin, with a grand opening scheduled for May 10. The historic brick warehouse at 400 Nueces (adjacent to the soon-to-be-opened cross town bike path) is intended to catalyze Austin’s urban revival and encourage people to look at cycling as a means of both transportation and fitness.”
Blogger Kevin (?) writes about his weekend ride in the Sam’s MS150 trip from Frisco to Fort Worth in his blog.
His blog post “Bonking across Texas” recounts:
This weekend I rode in the Sam’s Club MS-150, a two day, 157 mile ride from Frisco to Fort Worth. This was the third of three big Spring events I had planned (here’s #1 and here’s #2). Last year Team ThinkCash fielded 7 riders for this event. This year, only 4 of us returned – me, Stephen, BenC, and Kyle – plus one new rider, Anthony.
Here’s how things unfolded:…