Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for June 23rd
Today’s 10/20 and 35 mile rider turnout for the Team Trinity Industries/Tour De Cure ride at White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas. — with Amy Lynn, Wendell Montague, Charlie Horwitz, Dave Hennesey, Jeff Kilarski, Don Muchow, Jim Cadorette and Lew Alexander.
Upcoming Rides
Brazosport Bicycle Club
4th of July Ride- start at Lake Jackson Recreation Center at 7:30.
Labor Day Ride- start at Lake Jackson Recreation Center at 8:00.
Support Austin Cycling by Participating in Triple Crown Ride
Austin Cycling Association
Volunteer, Become an Ambassador for a day or just ride!
Saturday July 20
ACA is the beneficiary for Bicycle Sport Shop’s Triple Crown Ride on Saturday July 20, 2013. In return, ACA will be helping to organize and staff rest stops throughout the day, and we also hope to pilot our new Ambassador program at each of the three start locations.
Bicycle Sport Shop’s Le Triple Crown is our ode to the granddaddy of them all, Le Tour de France. In the spirit of the classic stage race, we will be holding optional competition segments as part of each of the three rides that leave from our three shop locations. Parmer Lane will hold the “Sprint†competition, Research Blvd will be home to the “King of the…
June 17 2013 Walnut Creek Workday
Austin Ridge Riders
Beginner Mountain Bike Ride at Hershey Park
Houston Cycling Club
Saturday, June 29, 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 9:30 AM
Terry Hershey Park
15200 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX (map)
Look for my red Jeep with bike rack on back. Or call me, Jeff @ [masked]
This will be a beginner\ introductory mountain bike ride through the Hershey Park mountain bike trails. We will ride for an hour or two on easy trails and jeep roads. Please make sure your bike is in good working order and bring your helmet! I will be there at 9AM to answer questions and plan on starting the ride at 9:30. I will bring an air pump for low tires. You should bring…
National MS Society kicks off Bike MS Ride
by Shannel Douglas      www.connectamarillo.com
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Over two hundred cyclists gathered Saturday at West Texas A&M University to kick off this year’s Bike MS Ride around the Rim fundraiser.
“This is our 26th year. Bike MS is the largest fundraising event for the National MS Society in the Texas Panhandle,†said April Brownlee, the senior development manager for National MS Society.†We have over 100 Bike MS events across the country.â€
Although funds have not been calculated, Brownlee says their goal is to…
Hundreds of cyclists ‘Ride the Rim’ to help fight MS
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KFDA – NewsChannel 10 / Amarillo News, Weather, Sports
Nearly 250 cyclists pedaled for more than 100 miles all day Saturday in support of those suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, or MS.
Saturday morning, Bike MS kicked off it’s “Ride the Rim” event. Those cyclists started at Buffalo Sports Park in Canyon, rode through the West Texas A&M University Campus, around town and then through Palo Duro Canyon.
These dedicated bikers weren’t stopping at 100 miles though, they’ll continued ‘Riding the Rim” Sunday as well, to help raise money and…
 UTPA alumni rally around promising student impaired after bike wreck
by Jacqueline Armendariz      www.themonitor.com
McALLEN — Margarita Cazares pulled out a small notebook Friday with its pages dated June 19 and June 20, a symbol of her daughter’s long road to recovery.
Yuridia Cazares Fonseca, or Yuri, is the daughter of Margarita and Ramon Cazares. A May 8 bicycle accident left the 23-year-old University of Texas-Pan American student unable to speak or eat on her own as she undergoes rehab at Doctor’s Renaissance Hospital in Edinburg, her…
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— LIVESTRONG (@livestrong) June 23, 2013
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— Alkek Velodrome (@AlkekVelodrome) June 23, 2013