Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 18th
Team McAllen Cycling
by Jacob Ramon
Two Wheels is a 25 minute documentary exposing the life-and-death conflicts between drivers and cyclists in the Rio Grande Valley.
West Texas Cycling Association
Time Trials
Race 1 of the 2011 Third Thursday Time Trial Series
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 at 6:00pm. Warm up will be the ride from the Chisum Travel Center to the staging area at the intersection of Slaton Hwy & FM1585. TT will start no later than 6:45pm. 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, membership forms will be available at the staging area before the race. The first Time Trial was held on March 17th and had a great turnout with 22 people racing and 5 volunteers. The next Time Trial will be April 21st provided we have volunteers to help put it on. We need one person to be the Official and then a couple corner marshalls and at least one (better to have two) finish judges. Contact Mike Ivins to sign up to volunteer.
The Professor Is In Charge
Corinth Cycling is pleased to announce that Alex ?The Professor Pettit has agreed to become the ride coordinator for the club. AP will be in charge of all Corinth Cycling group rides including both weekend rides and day trips the club may sponsor.
As the club continues to evolve and grow, it is more important now than ever that we continue to have volunteers to help us lead group rides. If you have any questions, suggestions, complaints or if you just want to volunteer, please contact Alex at alexanderpettit@gmail.com
The Inner Doss Cherry Springs Loop – two geezers and a couple of hitshots
from Don Bynum’s Blog by donbynum
OK, so it is March 18th and my trusty riding pal Gil Jones and I are all psyched for a ride out mostly in Gillespie County. We have invited our friend Eric’s TriAthlete Daughter and her Testosterone crazed “young manâ€, Bill, to come join us so that Bill can become one with the force of The Hills. And lord help us, they took us up on it! Gil had ridden a loop a couple of weeks earlier which started at Castell (where they sell Lone Star Long Necks!) and proceeded…
Bike shopping? Consider wants, needs, realities
by San Angelo Standard Times
By Bill Cullins SAN ANGELO, Texas — The mountain bike that I’ve ridden for the past 10 years decided to “retire itself” a couple of weeks ago. Years of hard riding and some crashes, coupled with the chain occasionally rubbing on the carbon-fiber frame …
East Texas Cycling Event Benefiting the East Texas Food Bank
TYLER, TX (KLTV) – This year’s 23rd cycling event Beauty and the Beast Bicycle Tour is presented by Kiepersol Estates and sponsored by the Tyler Bicycle Club to raise money for the East Texas Food Bank. KE Bushman’s is located at the intersection of 69 south and FM 2493. …
First Cyclists in Suits Day tomorrow
by elliott.
If you aren’t knee deep in SXSW or spring break this week, BikeTexas could use your help in getting a Complete Streets legislation (HB 1105) passed this session by participating in the Cyclists in Suits Day…