Chapparal Cycling Club, as a part of the West Texas Cycling Association, will be hosting monthly Time Trials throughout the summer. They will be incorporated into the Thursday ride that leaves out from Chisum Travel Center. The first TT will be March 17th. Warm up will be the ride from the Chisum Travel Center to the staging area. Riders will race the course and then continue on the usual Thursday ride course. Due to our insurance policy, all racers must be a member of the West Texas cycling Association. Membership forms can be found at the back of any WTCA Newsletter. In addition, …

Some really long rides with the Randonneurs
from Bike Brookshire
Houston Randonneurs CyclingThis weekend, Mar 12-13, 2011, the Randonneurs will be starting some really long distance rides from the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Brookshire TX.
Distances as shorts as 200K and as long as 600K wind thru Waller County, over to Lockhart and then upto Navasota. …

Monthly Houston Bayou Rides
from BikeHouston » Blog by Darren Sabom

Explore Houston’s bayous on a casual ride with fellow cyclists.  The bayous are one of our city’s greatest amenities.  Join this ride to see where the bayou trails…

Which organizations support the Complete Streets Bill (SB-513 & HB-1105)?
from BikeTexas | Texas Bicycle Coalition by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford)

Electra Bike Wants YOU In Their Next Catalog
from Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt
The Electra Bike Company is seeking models for their next catalog, and apparently you don’t have to be a super model to sign on for it.  If you’ve never thumbed through one of their catalogs …

SXSF 2
from Biking In Dallas by The Announcer Guy
On Saturday, March 13th, Alica Pol will be leading another gang of 13 fixed gear ninjas to the SXSW music and film conference in Austin, Texas.  They’re calling it SXSF 2.   So they’ll ride 230 …

Greg Phillips posted an update in the group Club Members: Junior escorts needed for the Jesuit Roundup RR. Please let me know if you are […]
from Frisco Cycling Club
Please let me know if you are available to escort the high school “B” race on Sunday. Start time is 8:06.
Here are the basic rules escorts must follow. …

Saddling up for an epic ride
by Houston Chronicle
By JESSICA BELASCO San Antonio Express-News The Hill Country 600 will take riders through scenic and rugged countryside in Central Texas. These bicycle riders are training on a highway between Comfort and Fredericksburg. BY THE NUMBERS • When: Solo …

Cylists to lobby Legislature
by Austin 360
By Pam LeBlanc |  Texas bicyclists are trying to get a foot in the Capitol door this legislative session. Bike Lobby Day is scheduled for Monday, March 21, and registration is now open for what has been dubbed Cyclists in …

Social Cycling Austin adds new Sunday Spiritual Spokes Ride
by elliott.
Social Cycling is really on fire these days, adding new rides and options to get people out on two wheels. Their latest ride hopes to find the Divine from the saddle of your bike with a Sunday afternoon Spiritual Spokes ride starting this Sunday. …

Surgeon Scott Spann faced a long road to recovery following cycling accident
Rodolfo Gonzalez /AMERICAN-STATESMAN

One moment Scott Spann was flying down Loop 360 on his road bike, head tucked, wheels spinning.
The next, the Austin orthopedic surgeon was sprawled on the pavement, unable to move, struggling for breath.
“At the moment of impact, I knew I was…

Take a Break at The Tribute! March 19th 8am-Noon
from Shawnee Trail Cycling Club by sooner1

It’s that time again.  If you enjoyed the breakpoint provided by The Tribute Lakeside Golf and Resort Community and  Shawnee Trail Cycling Club last year, then you’re in for treat.  We’re back!  On Saturday, March 19th (8am-noon) we’ll be manning a breakpoint providing snacks and goodies for cyclists rolling through the peninsula and experiencing the…

Tunis-Roubaix XII Race Report
from Texas A&M Cycling Team by admin
By Mark McGraw | The Campus Gypsy No one in the Men’s “C” group looked back or missed a pedal stroke when we heard the stomach-churning sounds of lycra-encased flesh and a carbon fiber bicycle hitting gravel at speed. It was too early for sentimentality. We were on the first of four eleven-mile laps of…

2011 Lago Vista Men’s 3/4 Sunday
from Texas Racing Life by Ken
The Sunday Lago Vista has not been done for over 10 years.  It’s the same course, raced the opposite direction.  So instead of a gradual climb and screaming descent, we have a 14% grade hill and a gradual descent.  Hint: it’s hard.  The race was bound to lose 10 people out the back a lap, so I knew it would…

2011 La Primavera at Lago Vista Men’s 3/4 Saturday
from Texas Racing Life by Ken
As a Cat5, this was my first race ever 3 years ago.  This year was my third time racing Lago.  How far we come….
The Lago Vista course is nestled in a quiet neighborhood on a peninsula of Lake Travis.  Running the course clockwise on Saturday means there is a gradual long-ish (For Texas?) climb and a steep, fast descent where it is easy to reach speeds of 45 mph.  The climb is around 10% and is long enough to make selections in the field, but you having to be…