Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup August 30th
Lone Star Cyclists Club Meeting
Monday, September 19, 2011 – 7:30pm
The next monthly club meeting will be on Monday September 19th at the Bob Duncan Center, 2800 South Center St, Arlington. The club board will meet at 6:30.
This is one meeting you will not want to miss. We will elect new officers for the LSC board for any open positions. We will be joined by the president of BikeDFW Marc Mumby. Donna says she has some Bicycles Inc. gift certificates to give away, and Denise will have some t-shirts from previous years of Tour D’Italia to give away! And if that’s not enough, there will be Pizza!!!
North West Cycling Club
2011 Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred
A total of 33 club members made the trip. 23 hearty souls braved 112 degree temps on the Saturday Endurance Ride, while the remaining 10 racers hit the race course for Saturday’s road race and Sunday’s criterium. Once again, we stayed at the Wichita Falls Downtown YMCA. This year, we traveled in style on our own chartered Team Bus!!
UT Austin Bike Auction Thursday Sept 1st
by Christopher Curnutt      Biking In Dallas
Need a bike to get around? Check out the Annual Bike Auction – a great resource for a deal on a used bike. The bike auction will be held Thursday, September 1st on the 5th floor of Trinity Garage. Viewing will begin at 5:00 p.m. with the auction to start at 5:30 p.m. with staggered finish times. Bicycles will be sold as-is and there will be…
School’s in for the Flies
By Ken      Texas Racing Life
When riding to work, I generally feel safe and am not bothered by cars wizzing around me. This changes in mid-August when the streets of Houston, like many American towns, are infested with broods of soccer mom’s in Chevy Tahoes speeding their offspring to school while doing their make-up. They find it incredibly annoying that I use the bike lane, and their lack of planning and parenting skills should justify…