Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup for September 24th
7:30am – Harden Dental Team Ride
by scottfranklin@gmail.com      Corinth Cycling Club
When: Sat Oct 1, 2011 7:30am to 10:30am CDT
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Description: This is the weekly training ride for the Corinth Cycling/Harden Dental race team. This is a 62 mile loop on an established route. Expect a fast pace and be prepared to fix your own mechanicals. There are no stops on this ride. -7:30am- http://ridewithgps.com/routes/337788
401 more Conquer The Coast than last year
By Mike Baird       www.caller.com
CORPUS CHRISTI — In the still before daybreak they came — 1,529 pedal pushers from six states, more than 100 Texas cities — with their bicycles cinched to bumpers, in pickup beds and on rooftop racks.
That’s 401 more riders than last year’s Conquer The Coast and a record 552 female riders.
Some arrived Saturday on bicycles, passing a…
Habitat for Humanity goes “all green” with souped-up solar home and a massive bike ride
By Tyler Rudick         houston.culturemap.com
After moving into his new home in northeast Houston, Abdimalik Abu now saves about $150 dollars on his monthly electricity bills compared to his neighbors. Even in the dead of summer, he never paid more than $80.
Built by Houston Habitat for Humanity, Abu’s home marks the local chapter’s first project to go “all green.†While it includes the energy-efficient features standard on all Habitat houses — high-end insulation, Energy Star appliances, as well as efficient window systems and roofing…
Bike Ride North of Dallas Texas
Postby HotVWÂ Â Â www.ratrodbikes.com
Hello how are yall doing? I am trying to get a group of people together to start up a ride and we can make it for whatever day that is convenient for everyone involved and find a meeting place and hang out and talk about our bikes and what all was done to them to get them to where they are at now then once we have chatted maybe take our bikes out for a ride somewhere. I have been trying to start this up for a few months now and many has looked at it but…
Felt like Fall, so let’s ride the Fall Creek Loop
by Gil Jones      Musings of Captain Justice
I stepped outside at 6am and it was a mere 60 degrees! Wow, fall may be on the way. Big plans had been made for a cycling adventure with Don Bynum, Richard Golladay, Mike Clark and anyone else who might show up. First stop: take on fuel at Atwoods Cafe. Whole grain pancakes with sugar-free syrup and two strips of turkey bacon. Oh, and the usual dose of…
Perfect day for cycling in the Texas Hill Country … clear blue skies, armadillo, deer, road runner. Quiet road crossing Crabapple Creek.