Houston Bicycle Club Fulshear North Ride
Distances: Countryside Fulshear 32(A), 37(A), 48(A), 60(C) miles
One of our regular Saturday club rides. Routes may vary from week to week (maps available). The base ride goes north to Brookshire via Hunt Road and west to San Felipe before returning to Fulshear via FM 1093 just east of Wallis. Longer ride goes south as far as Orchard. Shorter routes are available.

West Texas Premier Cyclocross Series Race 3
Date: December 4, 2011
Location: Lubbock, TX
Contact: Details: Mae Simmons Community Center, (MLK & Canyon Lakes Dr). Course is available for pre-ride at 2pm and wheels roll at 2:30. Weather doesn’t matter!

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Pick Your Own Distance to Hatch
Description:     Pick your mileage to reach Hatch, N.M. at a moderate, talk-friendly pace. Option for round trips of 104, 80 and 43 miles. The 104-milers leave La Mesa at 7:45 a.m. and arrive at The Bean in Mesilla at 8:30 a.m. The 80-milers depart The Bean at 9 a.m. and arrive at Fort Selden at 10:15 a.m. The 43-milers leave Fort Selden at 10:30 a.m. Midway destination for everyone is Sparky’s in Hatch for green chile cheeseburgers. Bring a driverÕs license or other ID just in case for the Border Patrol station on NM 185. Mesilla group should park at municipal lot south of The Bean. Jess Waller, 575-496-1682.

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Holiday Lights Ride
Description:     Leave from Marwood Park (aka Braden Aboud Park) on River Bend Road for an easy 10-mile ride to see the holiday lights around the Upper Valley, including the Willows and El Paso Country Club neighborhoods. Front and rear lights required; Christmas lights on the bike optional. Dinner and beer/wine at Hello Pizza to follow. Margaret OÕKelley, 915-588-3825 (extra bike lights available – call Margaret).

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club Ride
Somerset / Poteet Two-Step Ride
December 11, 2011 8:00 am
Ride will start at 8:00 a.m. Meet at the Park and Ride across from Bill Millers at Hwy. 16 South and 1604. This is a scenic 32-34 mile ride.   Lunch to be decided. For more information, contact ride leaders Debbie Hayes at 844-1414 or Richard Hayes at 844-1457.

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club Ride
Buddy Calk Trail Head Ride
Sunday, December 18th : Ride starts at 9:00. We’ll meet at the Buddy Calk Trailhead on Babcock Road (between DeZavala and Hausman) and ride this paved trail out to Loop 1604.  Ride 1604 for a bit then out to the Rim and back to the trail.  The ride is about 25 miles and suitable for road bikes.   For more information, contact ride leaders Tom and Debbie Korinchock at 830-643-4204 or 210-860-2420 or email them at tkorinchock@satx.rr.com.

Fitness community mourns loss of Castle Hill Fitness owner
By Pam LeBlanc   Fit City

Condolences to the Castle Hill Fitness family, who lost owner and general manager Paolo Minissi last week.

An email was sent to members of the fitness club, 1112 Lamar Boulevard, over the weekend, informing them of Minissi’s death on Wednesday, Nov. 23.

“Paolo opened the doors of Castle Hill Fitness nine years ago with a vision of building a community devoted to health and fitness,” the message said. “In this moment of great loss, we are reminded of this vision and the legacy of what he built within these walls will continue.” …

Boutique Ride – Dec 11th
by UrbanPedal        Dallas Cycle Chic

Get out your bike basket and find your scarf – Sunday December 11th 2011 will be the first Cycle Chic Boutique Ride, visiting the best locally-owned boutiques of the West Village and Henderson Ave. There’s a good variety of shops with guys and ladies clothes, bike-friendly home furnishings, and odds and ends perfect for socking stuffing. …

4th Annual Urban Farm Bicycle Tour rolls sustainably this Saturday
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels

This Saturday, Bicycle Sport Shop and Edible Austin will be giving you a chance to sample local food, experience urban farming, and support a good cause. 4th Annual Urban Farm Bicycle Tour will offer a self guided tour of farmers markets, urban farms and community gardens all to benefit the Sustainable Food Center and Urban Roots.

We have attended this great, family friendly ride in the past and wrote about it here. The ride will include up to 20 stops to learn about and experience sustainable food. It is part of a larger series of events organized by Edible…

Using the Uberhood Bicycle Umbrella in the Rain – A Review
By Justin        The Plano Cyclist

Like some sort of dust bowl farmer (or any Texan in 2011) I have been praying for the clouds to open up for some time now. Unlike them, I wanted it to rain just so I could do some product testing on the Uberhood bicycle umbrella. We actually had some rain the other evening, so I put on a sweatshirt to fight the chill, handed the phone to my wife/photographer (just like Graham Hancock!) and took my ‘hood for a wet spin. …