Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for November 4th
Tweed Ride Update
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
Many people have been asking about the BFOC Tweed Ride, which is usually held each November. This ride has always been lead by one of BFOC’s co-founders, Jason Roberts. As some of you may already know, he has recently been facing some serious health issues. After discussing this year’s Tweed Ride at a recent meeting, the board of BFOC unanimously decided that we should postpone the ride until Jason will be back in action and ready to lead the ride as usual. We all feel that it would not be the same without him. We expect to hold the ride in January or February of 2013. So you have a few extra months to get your tweed…
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Pace Bend – 11/03/12
www.austinbike.com
Today we hosted a group of people from Houston out at Pace Bend. With about 30-40 total riders, we broke into several groups, which kept the ride going and allowed everyone to have a stress free day. The weather was perfect and the beer and snacks afterwards were well deserved. (many more pictures)
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Barton Creek Greenbelt Ride – 11-04-12
www.austinbike.com
Beautiful day, perfect weather, a great time to be out on the greenbelt. Dennis and Crispy were determined to maximize their mileage and chose to start further upstream.
We netted out about 15-16 miles and they ended up around 22. Great pictures from some of the places we stopped to session the obstacles. (many more pictures)
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James Webster, correspondent for Texbiker.net, sends this video and slide show report from Cross Houston at Houston Oaks Country Club on November 3 and 4, 2012.
Cross Houston
Course information: What is not to like about a CX race on a former links-style golf course? We have lots of grass, rollers, just the right amount of sand, barriers, double wheel pit, start line grid, and full course tape.
Cyclo Houson Nov. 2 2012 video
Cyclo cross Houston slide show
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HBC Cat Spring Ride
Sunday 11/11/12
distances: 28(A), 36(B), 40(B), 47(C) miles
Flat to moderate hilly ride about an hour west of Houston. Stores in Bernardo (not always open on Sundays) and New Ulm.
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Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area Bike Club
The Ghisallo Foundation
ID: 2012-0011
Start Date: 2012-10-11
End Date: 2012-12-31
Status: ACTIVE
The continued growth of our youth programming led us to the Boys and Girls Club of Austin’s (BGCA) EAST campus. We had previously participated in a Bike Rodeo at Booker T Washington, a low-income housing complex in East Austin, as well as having surveyed the community as part of our Rosewood Neighborhood Bicycle Census. BGCA EAST primarily serves the youth of Booker T Washington and had been interested in restarting a pre-existing on-site bike maintenance workshop which had been in hibernation for a number of years due to lack of volunteers. …
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8:00am – Cup o Joe
Corinth Cycling Club
When: Sat Nov 24, 2012 8am to 9:30am CST
Where: Ronny Crownover Middle School
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The Cup o’ Joe is a beginner level ride of around 15 miles. The ride heads south to Hickory Creek and stops for drinks at Starbucks on the way home. The ride leader for this ride is Bob Troyer. …
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Spooky Cross from Dallas Texas!
The Spooky Cross, hosted in Dallas this past weekend, was the third race on the CX racing calendar in Texas. It was held at two separate venues, both in the …
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Tweets
Mary completes her 73 mile ride (actually 74) on her 73rd birthday. Just plain awesome. Congrats Mary! http://t.co/vPojcB26
— Corinth Cycling (@corinthcycling) November 5, 2012
RT: @BSSCX: Cross Houston Sunday results men's 4 #TXCX cc @TexasCX pic.twitter.com/NJAutbu7 < damn you @danielcurtin. Take a mechanical already.
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) November 5, 2012
RT: @BSSCX: Cross Houston Sunday results men's 3/4 #TXCX cc @TexasCX pic.twitter.com/f3UN0lNH < Big field. Sheftall likely earns upgrade.
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) November 5, 2012
RT: @BSSCX: Cross Houston Sunday results men's P/1/2 #TXCX cc @TexasCX pic.twitter.com/V1BiT4qK < Paul Bonds redeems!
— the ghost of TexasCX (@TexasCX) November 5, 2012
Still not sure what @BSSCX is up to exactly? Here's a primer from our friends @TrekBikes! pic.twitter.com/CGBXtCrH
— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) November 5, 2012
New report for Double Lake Recreation Area: Tacky, trail is Rain on 11/3 added needed moisture. More at http://t.co/XQpqV3yC
— GHORBA (@ghorba_org) November 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/Whelchel/status/265165394401173504
New report for Memorial Park: Muddy in spots, trail is Slopes are slick, rest is tacky.. More at http://t.co/vJD6XLGd
— GHORBA (@ghorba_org) November 4, 2012
The streak is OVER Tx State tops the season overall, Texas A&M takes second, Texas 3rd. Ends Aggies' 15 year run as champs.
— The SCCCC (@SCCCC) November 4, 2012
Riding on shoulder today and saw 2 fellow cyclists riding in left turn lane on busy FM 359 in Richmond TX. Death wish. Don't do it.
— Jeff C. (@331miles) November 4, 2012
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