from the Fort Worth Star Telegram

The Fort Worth Bicycling Association will serve as host for the 35th annual Easter Hill Country Tour in Central Texas. The tour offers three rides over the weekend of March 21-23 in Fredericksburg and Kerrville.

“The Easter Hill ride has a good reputation; it brings in riders from all over the country,” said Gary Gottlieb, the Fort Worth Bicycling Association rides coordinator. “Saturday’s ride [March 22] crosses the Guadalupe River 18 times. It’s a real pretty route and mostly on low-traffic roads. This event is more of an enjoy-the-scenery event.”

The weekend draws roughly 1,000 cyclists and includes a 100-mile ride March 22. More than 50 members of the Fort Worth association will help run the event, teaming with local volunteers to man the break stations and the meals. The tour rotates hosts between clubs in Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock and San Antonio.

Gottlieb encouraged interested riders to pre-register at the event’s Web site, www.ehct.com.