Texas Bicycling News Digest September 29th
2015 Bike Ride Volunteer in Austin
austin.eventful.com
Sponsored by: Autism Society of Greater Austin Minimum age: 18 We are gearing up for our 7th Annual Central Texas Bike Ride on Sunday, April 12, 2015! In 2013, we were able to raise $30,000 that stayed local to help our autism families. We are raising the bar and planning for bigger and better things come 2015 and we need your help! We have several…
FreeKride Fest 2014 – 10/25/2014 outside Austin, TX
www.freeride512.com
Is There a Charge to Attend?
Tickets are $10. Also, make sure you submit your Release of Liability via email. Please see the rest of the FAQs.
What do I Need to do to Ride?
Everyone entering the park MUST sign our Release of Liability. Please access the Fr512 Release of Liability 2014.pdf, complete and sign it, and email back to FREERIDE512@mail.com by 5PM April 4th, 2014. Copies of the Release of Liability will be available at the event, but there will be a $5 processing fee for forms not received via email by the 5PM timeline.
What Equipment Should I Bring? …
Anthills Trail Trimming
GHORBA.org
Event category: General
Trail: The Anthills (Terry Hershey Park)
Saturday, October 4, 2014 – 8:30am
Wow! That last week with 8†of rain really made everything grow! We will meet up at 8:30 am at the Dairy Ashford parking lot (SE corner of Dairy Ashford and Buffalo Bayou) to get the trimming groups organized. The weather is beginning to cool off so it should be nice walking in the woods. Please…
Boneshaker Breakaway Group Rides
www.boneshaker.org
To kickoff the Boneshaker Breakaway campaign, which asks cyclists to pledge to ride and raise funds in support of our Youth Bike Programs, we’re hosting 4 Group Rides! Get socially engaged and log pledged miles in a fun way! Led by pro cyclist Logan Hutchings of BoneshakerD1 Racing, group rides are open to anyone (no-drop) and will make stops that spotlight Boneshaker Project’s work and…
Hale on Wheels, Plainview, Texas 2014 100k
by hubzone37Â Â Â Â Â Â westtexasrecumbent.com
This was my fourth time doing this tour and here in west Texas we have had several inches of rain so Saturday morning it was lightly sprinkling out so I decided I would drive to Plainview anyway… maybe it wasn’t raining 45 miles away. I arrived at the packet pick up it was a misty drizzle but no too bad. About 8:30 it had stopped drizzling and about 100 people lined up and we…
Race Preview – Six Shooter – 10.04-05.14
by joeyTWOwheels      texascx.com
If you were to give Six Shooter an age, you might say this bad boy is still in elementary school. Smoking in the john. Learning curse words. It’s not the oldest race on the calendar, but it’s not one to miss, either.
Enter, Voytilla: …
We’ve had some fun on this season-opener track, and you should start your exploration by looking over the preview from 2012 and the writeup from 2013. Plenty of videos and images to wet your whistle in the race previews tab.
We asked Capital City Racing, the promoters of this event, to give us some words of inspiration.
How will the course compare to year’s past? …
Boardwalking In Fort Worth’s Gateway Park Hunting For Endorphins & Copperheads
Durango Texas
Yes, you guessed right, my bike is back in Gateway Park.
If you guessed that my bike is at the boarded up Boardwalk one finds on the east side of the park you would also be right about that.
I was in need of an overdose of endorphins to…
September Critical Mass
Cycling Space City
So after last weeks fully charged cell phone battery dying five miles into the Conquer The Coast ride I knew I needed a new solution for taking videos and photos of my rides. So I brought my trusty digital camera to Critical Mass. I took a few videos of the walking start from Market Square and then bam! The memory card was full. Damn. More proof life controls me and…
SÃclovÃa rolls through the East Side
By Jessica Belasco      www.mysanantonio.com
For the first time, the biannual fitness event, SÃclovÃa , which turns city streets into a playground, included an East Side extension.
Organizers estimated that about 68,000 people filled the streets during the event, which is organized by the YMCA of Greater San Antonio. The day began with a…
Bicyclist struck and killed in north Houston hit-and-run
By Craig Hlavaty      www.chron.com
A bicyclist was struck and killed late Saturday night in a hit-and-run collision in north Houston.
Authorities on Monday identified the bicyclist as 63-year-old Jose Mendez-Manzano.
A pickup truck struck him about 11 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Link Road, west of Interstate 45.
The pickup driver did not stop and left the scene after striking him, driving westbound, officials said.
The Houston Ghost Bike forum on…
Tweets
#Cyclist #Cycling #GhostFly #Ghostly #GhostFlyCyclingLife #CyclingLife #EPCyclists #Ghost #ElPasoTexas… http://t.co/SZMFgcYPKG
— Adrian GHOSTFLY (@GhostFly99) September 30, 2014
Sept 30 to October 5 Ride Schedule http://t.co/sr633TsrTj
— EP Cyclists (@EPCyclists) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/txbikeracing/status/516755079483756544
FYI, Copper Breaks State Park is one of our stops. Hoping for clear skies. http://t.co/yucBRxbhAi
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) September 30, 2014
Okay, here's the plan for fleshing out the RAT details. Starting this Thursday (10/2) I will start a discussion… http://t.co/3XN9KszCwJ
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/jayalex04/status/516398858084302848
https://twitter.com/mnborja/status/516711993223290880
Got a little @Rodeo_Labs on today's ride. #RoadBikesOffRoad pic.twitter.com/nEapGrBIKY
— Dave Talley (@rdavidtalley) September 29, 2014
From yesterday's Siclovia in San Antonio. Thanks for coming out & playing in the street! pic.twitter.com/m4TOq1uDen
— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) September 29, 2014
I made it through Monday…barely. State road fatigue. The struggle is real!
— Mario Arroyave (@marroyave35) September 29, 2014
Want the scoop on CX Nats in Zilker Park from the folks making it happen? Read Curtin's latest in @cyclocross. pic.twitter.com/CoPH7ezbrP
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) September 29, 2014
After much anticipation, the 2014-2015 Texas Tech Cycling kit designs are in! #Enjoy #SharkAttack pic.twitter.com/XdagNzgTVb
— Texas Tech Cycling (@TechCycling) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/SierraClubATX/status/516692950391066624
Here's a fun way 4 your family to do #BoneshakerBreakaway miles in late Oct? Join @UTCycling http://t.co/9BGvWaeYRm @UTAustin #Hookem
— Boneshaker Project (@Boneshaker_Proj) September 29, 2014
Hey fans and team members, come ride with the Boneshaker Project team this Saturday! http://t.co/ugw1YG2Id9
— UT Cycling (@UTCycling) September 29, 2014
Event Reminder
2 Day Alert: The Scholastic Weeknight Crit Mini-Ââ€Series – Richardson, TX, Oct 01, 2014 05:15PM – Jack Newell Drive S and Gravel Road, F
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) September 29, 2014