from The Daily Toreador (full article link)

The Tour de Tech Terrace, a 10-mile bicycle ride through the Tech Terrace neighborhood organized by both Texas Tech students and alumni, convened for the seventh ride Saturday, when roughly 400 bicycle enthusiasts came together for the once-per-semester event.

According to the Web site www.tourdetechterrace.com, the tour was founded in the summer of 2004 by Tech students Omar Abotteen and Aaron Blom as a way for students to ride bikes, socialize at nearby houses and mingle. The tour eventually expanded into a bi-annual event. Blom, now a Tech graduate and Dallas resident, said he came back to Lubbock to support the tour this semester and was pleased with the progression of the event.