Tour de Pecan ride is part of the Pecan Fest Heritage Days multi-day festival in Seguin, Texas. Activities will include Film Festival, Trade Days, Bake Sale, Historic Sites Tours, Pecan Sales and much more. Benefit Ag Education programs for youth.
$15 prior to Oct. 1/$20 aft. Oct. 1
The Fredericksburg Fall Foliage Frolic is hosted by the Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club. Packet pick up at lady Bird Johnson Park off TX 16 three miles south of the courthouse at 8:00 am. Take lady Bird Johnson Drive .7 mile to the Tatsch House across from the swimming pool. Rides start at 8:30 am for the 25, 48, & 60 mile rides to Morris Ranch and beyond. Sunday, October 28th, there will be 33 and 40 mile unsupported rides.
On site registration and packet pick up will be at Lady Bird Johnson Park off TX 16 three miles south of the courthouse at 8:00 AM. Take Lady Bird Johnson Drive .7 mile to the Tatsch house across from the swimming pool. 25, 48 & 60 mile rides to Luckenbach and beyond leave there after 8:30 AM.
There will be a picnic lunch at Lady Bird Johnson Park from Noon to 4:00 PM after the ride.
$15.00
Join us in Argyle on the first Saturday in October to ride the nice country roads in and around Argyle, Double Oak, Bartonville, and Flower Mound. We will have numerous rest stops and SAG support. Ride held rain or shine.
ADULT: $25.00
ADULT-LATE REGISTRATION: $30.00
KIDS UNDER 16 WITH PARENT: $10.00
from the Austin American-Statesman (full article)
by Ben Bear
Confusion over the law about riding on the south MoPac in Austin has riders off a stretch around Barton Creek. The plans to build a bridge and some no biking signs have riders confused. Ben gives the background and future directions.
“The city says it wrote rules (not a law) in 1982 making it illegal to ride a bike on certain parts of MoPac. But a 1986 agreement put MoPac regulation back in the state’s hands, the city maintains, thus voiding those rules.
The state disagrees that the 1986 agreement did that but agrees that it is legal to bike on MoPac. But Bob Daigh, the Austin district engineer for the state Transportation Department, said it strongly advises against biking on MoPac anywhere where there isn’t a wide shoulder and that only the strongest, most experienced cyclists should even go there. The signs, he said, will stay up…”