Houston Bicycle Club Ride Sat 06/25/11
HBC Pattison – Hempstead Ride
Training ride ( ride hard! ). No hills, but smooth road, mostly paved shoulder, stores at Monaville and Hempstead.  Good food  at Hard Times BBQ after the ride.

Letter: Encounter with farmer offers new perspective on drought
from lubbockonline.com
Recently some friends and I were riding our bicycles in Lubbock County when we had an encounter with a local motorist. After passing us rather closely, the driver stopped to speak with us. At first, the conversation was less than friendly as the man expressed his frustration with cyclists. In turn, we expressed our frustration with drivers who endanger our lives by passing us too closely. …

July Rides Announced – Fort Worth Bicycling Association
The July ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!

Northwest Cycling Club
The Pedal Pusher Club Newsletter – June 2011

San Antonio Wheelmen Helotes to Castroville Ride
Date:     06/19/2011
Time:     08:00 AM-11:00 AM
Location:     Helotes, TX
Details: Helotes to Castroville Ride(NW) [F to H] Routes of 26, 45, and 58 miles. Routes vary from fairly flat to hilly.  Meet at the parking lot across from the John T. Floore Country Store.  Take Hwy 16 to Helotes, turn left onto the Old Bandera Road.  Contact: John Yoggerst, 210/325-2500 or 210/524-9393

GHORBA 2011 STS Final Results
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sugar Land STS Race and the 2011 GHORBA STS Series Overalls!

GHORBA Member Meeting at Jax Grill, Monday June 20, 7PM
by Veljko Roskar
Please join us at Jax Grill on Shepherd Drive (just south of I-10) for our monthly GHORBA meeting.
Topics will include:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Grant
GHORBA STS Race Series Winners
GHORBA Awarded a Grant
The introduction of new board members
Spring Race Info including the Big Ring Challenge
Planned group rides and …
…all other topics you choose

Charity trekkers pick up steam
Iowa teen is latest to visit Columbia.

By Bailey Reutzel    www.columbiatribune.com
Just out of high school, 18-year-old Alli Koch is traveling 2,200 miles in 27 days. But this isn’t a road trip to the beach with friends.

Koch, who is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is riding her bicycle from International Falls, Minn., to Brownsville, Texas, raising money for the American Heart Association. …

Defendant awarded summary judgment in cycling fatality, plaintiff a no show
By David Yates www.setexasrecord.com
A defendant accused of killing a cyclist with his car was awarded summary judgment on Monday after the plaintiff failed to show for a hearing.

On behalf of the late Anselmo Tristan-Sanchez, Emma Reyes filed suit against Jonathan Woods on Dec. 9, 2009, in Jefferson County District Court, alleging Woods negligently failed to keep a proper lookout and killed her father while he was out riding his bicycle. …

Cyclists set for summer times
By TOM BEHRENS CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT
After 18 seasons of staging and directing the popular Memorial Park Summer Criteriums, Hans Schneider is stepping down from an active role in the event. But with or without Scheider, the races will go on. …

Houston Grand Crit 2011: Feeling Flat
by Ken  texasracinglife.com
I have to admit that I am not training as hard as what I thought I would be at this point in the season.  I should be doing high intensity preparing for all the summer crits, but I am feeling a little flat.  It’s not that I don’t want to ride or that I am feeeling overly fatigued. These are the tell-tale signs of burn out, and I have felt them before.  This is different.  This is trying to…