A YouTube competition has gone online seeking short videos that will inspire people to get out on their bikes.
Shimano is giving away groupsets and other bike kit to the competition winners, including an all-black Alfine groupset.
Heights Holy Mackerel Race – Houston, TX
Baptist Temple Church in the Heights and the Woodlands Cycling Club are proud to present the second annual Heights Holy Mackerel Bike Race. Located in the historic Houston Heights, this fast .7-mile criterium is set out along tree-covered boulevards and eclectic storefronts near downtown Houston.
This event is sanctioned by the Texas Bicycle Racing Association and USA Cycling and is part of the Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Road Series (LAJORS). Categories will include a Junior Open Race, Women Open Race, Category 4/5 Men’s Race, Category 3/4 Men’s Race, and Men’s Pro 1/2 Race.
You can pre-register for the 2007 Heights Holy Mackerel Bike Race at bikereg.com. On race day, criterium participants can park and register at 300 West 17th Street.
Kid’s Race parents and participants register in the Baptist Temple Church parking lot located in the 200 block of 19th Street. To find out more information about the 2007 Heights Holy Mackerel Kid’s Races, click here.
Ever Seen a Rider in a Tux?
This blog recaps the Easter Hill Country Tour with a picture of riders in a tuxedo (kinda).
Polio survivor cycles to promote disabled rights
from The Daily Texan
By Joey Castillo
When Mikail Davenport was diagnosed with polio in 1950, doctors told his parents they should institutionalize him, and that he would end up like a vegetable. Now 58 years old, Davenport spent the month of March bicycling from El Paso to Beaumont Â- all without the use of his legs.