Houston Bicycle Club
Sat 09/24/11
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.

Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association
Super Clinic November 5th
To celebrate the 50th Skills Clinic, there will be not one but 10 clinic on this day. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A DORBA or FWMBA MEMBER TO ATTEND THESE CLINICS. you MUST wear a Bicycle Helmet and sign a liability waiver. No exceptions. Open to everyone age 12 and up. (no we don’t check IDs).
–9am to 9:50am Beginner Clinic Kazey Bunch
covers the rules, etiquitte, riding postions, basic techniques
–9:30 am to 10:20am Skills Clinic #50 Wheelies Paul “Tate” Hakes
how to pop a both a “power” and a “manual” wheelie, useful for learning wheelie drops
–10am to 10:50am Skills Clinic #51 Rolling over Roots, Logs, Rocks Clinic “Kazey Bunch”…

Hill Country Randonneurs
2012 Ride Schedule
Distance     Date     Start Time     Brevet Type
200k     12/3/2011     7am         RUSA
200k     1/14/2012     7am         ACP
200k     2/11/2012     6am         ACP
300k     2/11/2012     6am         ACP – Pedernales Double Century
200k     3/24/2012     6am         ACP
300k     3/24/2012     6am         ACP
400k     3/24/2012     6am         ACP
400/600k 4/28/2012     6am     ACP
200k     12/1/2012     7am         RUSA

They’re Closing The Gap Between Preston Ridge Trail and Cottonwood Trail
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson

Blue Is The Preston Ridge Trail. Green Is The Cottonwood Trail.

If you’ve ever tried to ride the Preston Ridge Trail from Richardson, Plano or even north Dallas into downtown Dallas, you might of found it a bit difficult. Sure it’s a good trail that leads towards downtown, but it falls short on Coit Road, between Belt Line Road and Spring Valley Road. The closest connections into town would be either…

Garden grows family bond
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Ronnie Kimbrell sat in the doorway of his greenhouse surveying this year’s tomato crop from his wheelchair with the hint of a smile pulling at the edge of his lips.

…What started as a simple idea in 1990 when Kimbrell worked at Whole Foods Market in Richardson quickly became an obsession as he poured himself into researching Texas-friendly produce.

During bicycle rides through the countryside north of McKinney, Kimbrell passed by fields that fueled his fixation, and before long he envisioned himself growing strawberries in the north Texas countryside. …