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Congratulations to Derek Whisenhut for winning the 35+ Cat 4-5 Rockwell Crit today. off the front, stayed out, won by 20-30 seconds.

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The ACA wouldn’t be the same w/o these awesome cyclists! Russell is doing the #Armadillo! ow.ly/a2lcw Are you?

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THANK YOU to our sponsors & supporters for the Pace Bend MTB Festival & Race! And to our volunteers & officials THANK YOU TOO! It was great!

Recap and Pics of Ciclovia de Dallas on SuburbanAssault.org
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson

For those of you who couldn’t make it out to the Ciclovia de Dallas yesterday, you can find a quick recap and some pics over at Suburban Assault.

A&MCHS Mountain Bike team race #2 – Waco!
by ajpwilkerson            Brazos Valley Mountain Bike Association
These kids ROCK.

The second race of the inaugural Texas High School Mountain Bike League opened under heavy cloud and a weather report of thunderstorms. It was the first time I’ve ever heard a race director instruct the riders to head the potential warnings of the course marshals to stop riding and take cover in the woods on the trail if they were told to do so. Yii-ikes. Apparently undaunted, the 7 girls lined up for the mass freshman/sophmore/JV start and were sent on their way at 10 am. Our own Bettie Oliva nailed the first corner, passed the…

Bicycle Road-E-O held at Nursery Elementary
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The Texas Department of Public Safety conducted a bicycle safety talk at Nursery Elementary in Nursery on March 21. The talk covered bicycle laws and safety tips covering the rules of the road.

On March 30, 64 students participated in a riding course to demonstrate their riding skills and took a written test. A perfect score is 120 points. The Road-E-O was judged and sponsored by…

Crossing Texas the long way
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a bicycle crossing of Texas East to West along the southern tier route
Day 1 Merryville to Thicket: Off to a good start
Friday March 23, 2012, 85 miles (137 km) – Total so far: 85 miles (137 km)
Net riding time: 06h:20m. Net average speed: 13.4 mph. Gross travel time 07h:45m.

The night before, my wife Thamine drove me to DeRidder, LA where we spent the night at the American Best Value Inn. Newly renovated place and very clean. Early in the morning on Friday, Thamine had get back to work, she drops me off in Merryvile, just outside the Texas Louisiana border and official start of my Texas crossing. I unload the bike at a gas station and start to mount panniers and pump up tires. There is no breakfast place open at 07:00 am when we get there so sandwiches from the gas station have to do as breakfast. Thamine leaves at 08:00 and I spend another hour making adjustments and…

HBC Urban Challenge Ride Ride
Sun 04/22/12    9:00 AM
The Urban Challenge Rides are in-town group rides, faster and longer than the EZ Rides, each time taking you to different parts of the city each time. You should be able to maintain a pace of 15 mph and above for a distance of 40 to 45 miles, usually with one rest stop.