Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for July 30th
Kid Trips Event – Powder Horn at Camp Tahuaya
Sunday, September 9, 2012 – 08:00 – 15:00
Austin Ridge Riders
Kid Trips will be conducting a ride with BSA Troop Leaders at Camp Tahuaya on Sunday September 9th.
It’s that time of year again folks! The Boy Scouts have invited us to train their Troop Leaders in mountain biking skills at their Powder Horn training event. This is a yearly event where Troop Leaders are exposed to many outdoor recreational activities. This…
Flagpole Ride – Saturdays
Brazos Valley Cyclists
NB: Due to construction, we are temporarily meeting at the entrance to the small parking lot at Houston St and Old Main, about 30 meters west of the flagpole!
8:45 a.m. at the center flagpole on the main quad of the Texas A&M campus, about 50 meters west of the statue of Sul Ross. This ride consists of two groups going approximately 55 and 45 miles respectively. Both groups ride together from campus for the first nine miles to “Twister’sâ€, the minimart/gas station at the corner of highways 60 (a.k.a. University Ave closer to town) and 50. After a very short stop at the minimart, the two groups typically separate. Note: We try very hard to be welcoming toward beginners, but the Flagpole ride is not a beginner ride. New riders should know…
GDB Annual Summer Bash Wrapup
Greater Dallas Bicyclists
The 2012 GDB Summer Bash was a huge success. This year, the event was held at Sunnyvale Town Center.
Special Thanks to Randy Rogers for making the reservation happen. The pavilion was perfect and the riding terrain was excellent! …
R.I.P. Randy Eller
www.txbra.org
A truly unique, one of a kind, friend – father – husband – teammate – boss. Thank you, Randy Eller, for the memories and for being a part of our world. You will be remembered and missed by many.
4,500 miles for cancer: Bicyclists train, raise money for fundraising trip to Alaska
by Victor R. Martinez \ El Paso Times
Whenever Aurora Mayte Salazar-Ordoñez feels like giving up, she looks no further than her mother, Aurora.
“She is one of the strongest people I know,” Salazar-Ordoñez said, then paused to reflect on what she had just said. “Anytime I want to quit and not do anything else, I just think of her.”
Salazar-Ordoñez is going to need every bit of her mother’s inspiration as she and University of Texas at Austin classmate José Gallegos prepare for a 4,500-mile bike ride from…
Bicycle Sports Shop hosts book release party Wednesday
By Pam LeBlanc         Fit City
The Olympic track cycling events don’t kick off until Thursday at the velodrome in London. That means you can still make it to Wednesday’s book release party for Austin writer Ian Dille, whose recently released book, “The Price of Gold: The Toll and Triumph of One Man’s Olympic Dream,†tells the story of Olympic track cycling champion Marty Nothstein’s quest for Olympic gold in 2000. …
2012 DORBA Fall Series Race at Oak Cliff Nature Preserve (OCNP)
by Shawn McAfee         Texas Mountain Bike Trails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFXDX3NQkFM
Oak Cliff Nature Preserve, DORBA Fall Series Race 2012 – The 2012 Fall race series is upon us and starts this Sunday August 5th. I took some time over the weekend to check out the trail and grab some trail footage. …
BAM! T-shirt included for early registrations. Also, prices go up 9/1. http://t.co/0RpvIkxA
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) July 30, 2012
Registration is open for all Alumni Riders for the 2013 Tour du Rouge! Registration opens to all cyclists August 17th.
— Tour du Rouge (@TourduRouge) July 30, 2012
BikeTexas Today July 2012 – Newsletter just came out! #constantcontact http://t.co/bjygRO7Y
— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) July 30, 2012
Puppy Pedal August 5! Fun no-drop ride + free snacks + tour of the Humane Society of Williamson County. More info at http://t.co/L7aSCsZB
— Austin Cycling Assoc (@AustinCycling) July 30, 2012
http://t.co/6doLtFGe rocked the Tour de Cure at the Texas Motor Speedway Jul28 #cycling #tdf12 #sleeveless pic.twitter.com/YCDd2cXf
— Nano Ninja (@NanoNinjaTalk) July 30, 2012
I uploaded a @YouTube video http://t.co/zshCKpVs Bicycle rides in the State of Texas for the month of August,
— WheelBrothers (@WheelBrothers) July 30, 2012
Send a proper thanks to @MinorBaker for putting the 2012-13 #TXCX calendar in the Googles: http://t.co/fLFCcrM7 #Cyclocross
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) July 30, 2012
Get it while the gett'n is good! Pure Austin Fitness Driveway on the ROTHE Training Speed Loop. Pre-Reg 2day!… http://t.co/cwh0snoT
— Driveway Series (@DrivewaySeries) July 30, 2012
Southwest CycleSport Thurs. Rides are starting from the shop (at 6pm) now! We'll do 20ish miles up through… http://t.co/ZHPjSqjq
— CyclingATX (@CyclingATX) July 30, 2012
Just calculated that my Wippermann 10S1 chain lasted 4393 miles. Pretty happy with that.
— Jeff C. (@331miles) July 31, 2012
August 5th is the final date of the Atomic Time Trial Series!
Come on out and pull the weekend trifecta with… http://t.co/4XoGv216
— Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome) July 31, 2012
Friday August 3rd is the final event in the Summer Mini-Series. A special thanks to our sponsor, Best Choice… http://t.co/lX1WIPQM
— Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome) July 31, 2012