Texas Bicycling News and More for February 9th
TBi Wednesday Night Criterium
Every Wednesday Night in March, but we’ll extend it to every Wednesday between April and the end of August at 1900 Gravel Road (don’t worry it’s paved) Fort Worth link has a map showing reference to 183 and 820.
Frame of Mind: Inside the Art of Building Handmade Bikes
By Chuck Squatriglia from www.wired.com
Every bike starts with a conversation. Where do you ride? How do you ride? What do you like in a bike? What do you want from a bike? Most of his customers are buying their third or fourth bike and know exactly what they’re looking for in a ride.
Once Sycip has an idea of who you are, how you ride and what you want, he’ll measure you like an obsessive-compulsive tailor to make sure your bike…
RedBud Sports Pace Bend Road Race : Sunday, Feb. 20th 2011
from CycleATX.com – Cycling Events, Groups and Bike Shops in Austin, TX by CoreyCarter
Presented by Team Hotel San Jose, the RedBud Sports’ Pace Bend Road Race returns for 2011 on Sunday, February 20th at 8am. The race will be contested on a 6.2 mile circuit or rolling hills in Pace Bend Park near Spicewood, TX. This USA Cycling sanctioned race is a…
Woman charged with intoxication assault after striking cyclist
by Monitor
EDINBURG — A woman police say was driving drunk when her vehicle hit a cyclist Tuesday night was charged with intoxication assault with a vehicle, said Johnny Hernandez, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman.
McAllen resident Jessica Lee Whatley, 27, was arrested after stumbling…
Tour de Ranch Festival opens Reveille Park Ranch
by Marble Falls Highlander
By James Walker Reveille Peak Ranch, which touts itself as the Texas Hill Country’s … Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association and Reveille Peak Ranch. …
Alsatian Country III Race Report
from Mike’s Bike Blog
This past weekend in Castroville, TX, just outside of San Antonio was the third running of the weekend races. Saturdays criterium is on a .7 mile jogging/bike path. The course is what I would consider flat with one small rise. The past 2 times they’ve held this event I’ve always pasted on it, it was just far enough of a drive that I couldn’t justify the hotel expenses. However this time around under Holland Racing’s direction they added a…
San Antonio Wheelmen Rides
Saturday, February 12, 9:00 AM, Boerne “is this the last hill?†Ride (NNW) [H].
Routes vary from 25-70 miles and go through Comfort, Sisterdale, and Waring-Welfare and for the really stout-of-heart, Old Hwy 9 to Luckenbach. The Boerne ride is one of the longest running rides offered monthly by the…
Sunday, February 13, 9:00 am, Woman Hollering Creek Ride (E) [F to R].
Routes of 26-70 miles available. This popular ride features the rolling farmland east of Bexar County, fresh hot pies at the stop in New Berlin and, of course, the…
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club
Thursday NiteRider NOT CANCELLED!!
from Shawnee Trail Cycling Club by sooner1
Thu NiteRider is moving under the bigtop this week.
Given the pretty solid forecast of COLD weather and the very likely possibility that some of this lovely stuff on the street will still be there – we’re taking our show indoors! …