Texoma & Cross Timbers Point to Point
Presented by The Spinistry
Valley View, TX
Friday, November 25, 2011 to Sunday, November 27, 2011
USA Cycling Event USA Cycling Permit # Pending Online Registration Closes Friday, November 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM ET
Early Bird Pricing in Effect Until 10/1
Online Registration only. There will be no day of registrations accepted since we have to reserve transportation and lodging.
Here’s the short version of the Texoma/Cross Timbers Point to Point (Thanksgiving weekend):
Meet at Johnson Branch Friday afternoon, leave vehicles and bus to Lake Murray for Friday overnight. Ride from Lake Murray to Eisenhower State Park (90 miles) Saturday for overnight at Eisenhower. Ride from Eisenhower to Johnson Branch via Cross Timbers Sunday.
We will provide bus transportation to Oklahoma Friday night. Cabins at Lake Murray. Screened cabins, supper and breakfast at Eisenhower. We will also trailer supplies and dirty laundry to overnight stops and end point. Full weekend includes cabins and bus transport $125 per rider. Saturday night/Sunday only $90 per rider. Ride only (supply your own transport/lodging/food) $50 per rider.
This is the rough draft right now as we are finalizing a few details. Still room for feedback if it seems like we missed something. Plan on paying entry fees into Eisenhower State Park and Johnson Branch State Park for now. We’ll see if there is a way to get a group rate but it looks doubtful.
Houston Bicycle Club – Fulshear South Ride
Sat 09/10/11
One of our regular Saturday club rides. Routes may vary from week to week (maps are available). Flat roads with lots of pretty scenery and a cut through on pecan tree covered Hunt Road. One ride goes west and south to Orchard and Wallis and is about 36-40 miles long. The long optional ride goes west and south through Orchard to Wallis, then north to Frydek and Pattison before returning to Fulshear. Shorter options are available too.
El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Sunday, September 18
Lower Valley Ride
Description:    Meet at Cotton Eyed Joe’s Restaurant at I-10 Clint exit. Ride through the farmlands around Clint, Fabens and San Eli and stop at the historic square in San Eli before returning. 35 moderately paced miles. Breakfast after at Cotton Eyed Joe’s. Jim Weaver, 775-9757.
San Antonio Wheelmen Rides
Saturday, September 10:Â Boerne “Is this the last hill?” Ride
Sunday, September 11:Â Woman Hollering Creek Ride
Saturday, September 17:Â La Vernia Wild West Hammerfest Ride
Sunday, September 18:Â Comal Elementary Ride
Saturday, September 24:Â Cibolo Ride
Sunday, September 25:Â Comfort-Ladybird Loop Ride
Saturday, November 12:Â Soldier Ride San Antonio
Families of hit-and-run victims wait for answers in anguish
by Adriana M. Chávez \ El Paso Times
Months after a motorist struck and killed bicyclist Heinz Duerkop, his neighbors scoured streets and driveways looking for the motorist’s vehicle.
They looked at cars in parking lots and driveways, inspecting every white or light-colored vehicle, looking for some kind of clue: a blood stain, a dented fender, any type of damage that may have been caused by hitting Duerkop’s bike. …
FWBA Ride List
Beginners and Casual Ride
Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 am
Saturday, September 17, 2011 8:00 am
Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:00 am
Art’s Park and Trail Head – Go south on Winscott to Memorial Oak. Trail Head is at the end of the road. Cost: 1 dollar for entrance to the State Park. Distance: up to 20 miles all on trails and park roads. Ride will normally be from Trail Head up thru Benbrook Lake Park to HI 377 and back. This is…
According to the article below there were an estimated 16,000 bikers at the Hotter’n Hell Hundred this year.
At 109 degrees, bike ride lives up to its name
The Norman Transcript
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The trickle of brown water moving under the bridge didn’t do justice to the name Red River on the elevated highway sign above it. Rivers are deep and wide. This was shallow and slow. It was too thick to drink and too thin to plow.
I shouldn’t have been surprised. This area has lacked rain for months, receiving only three inches in a year that should have brought more than 20. A local rancher said the last good rain was in…
Mountain Bike Race Series
by League Director in News
Season two of the Texas High School Cycling League Mountain Bike Race Series is here!
The race schedule was just finalized and we’re really looking forward to our second season so be sure to get out your mountain bike, dust it off, borrow a friend’s mountain bike, and recruit new kids from your schools that might be into mountain biking.
September 24-25: U. of Texas 3-race MTB weekend at Comfort, TX
October 8-9: U of Houston 2-race MTB weekend at Smithville, TX
November 12th: Tyler Speedwaves MTB race at Tyler, TX…
Dove Season is Back – Cautious Times for Cyclists
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club      Joel Hoback
Every year Dove Season rolls around and we get this sick feeling in our stomachs, riding our bikes through the beautiful countryside, all the while hearing the “pop, pop, pop” report of guns on each side of the road. Usually for we cyclists, …
www.hillcountryrandonneurs.com
Paris-Brest-Paris is a famous bike ride that began in the late 19th century. It is the oldest organized bike ride inexistence. It goes from a suburb of Paris (StQuentinenYvelines) out to Brest, a port city on the northwest coast of France, and back. More importantly, it is an opportunity for over the hill athletes to compete against themselves to see if they can ride 1230km (764miles) in under 90 hours. It happens once every 4 years and requires riders to qualify by riding a 200k (124 miles), 300k (187 miles), 400k (249 miles), and a 600k (373 miles) within specified time limits.
The game plan was for three of us to ride together Jonathan Berk (from Berkeley, CA), Wayne Dunlap and Brian Pirttima (both from Austin, TX).Jonathan and Wayne rode PBP together in 2007 (that time with Jason Robertson),and Wayne rode it in 2003 as well. It would be Brian’s first time. …
Sansom Park, Fort Worth Texas
by Shawn      Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Trail Head
2501 Roberts Cut-off Road, Fort Worth, TX 76106
…Description
Marion Sansom Park is nothing short of majestic. Built on the east side of Lake Worth right next to the dam in Fort Worth Texas this trail will leave your legs howling for mercy. Featuring some impressive climbing along the lone wolf and 3-fer madness sections of the trail, accompanied by some of the most intense downhill runs in Texas. …
Erwin Park, Mckinney Texas
by Shawn      Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Trail Head
4300 County Road 1006 McKinney, TX 75069
…Description
Erwin Park is a great example of North Texas Mountain Biking. The trail has a great mix of long rolling climbs through open fields and tight twisting tree sections to keep you focused on the path and not on your speed.
This is an ideal trail to put in long cross country training rides to set your endurance base. Very few rocks but heavy on the roots, Erwin Park provides a challenge for the new rider and a fun fast paced run for those more experienced. Texas mountain bikers will enjoy the multiple…
September 5 Monthly Meeting – Violet Crown Sports Association
Yes, the monthly club meeting will be on Labor Day!
Special guest Nanaz Ahmadi will talk about nutrition, pre-, during, and post-ride/race. We’ll also discuss jersey design, so show up, bring those opinions, or forever hold your peace. Mangia on Mesa. Pizza at 6:30, meeting at 7:00.
Friday Film Fun: Everyone needs cyclocross practice
by elliott      Austin on Two Wheels
This Sunday, we’ll be hosting another cyclocross skills session plus a hot laps practice. Why? Because everyone needs cyclocross practice.
As this film from the 2007 World Cyclocross Worlds shows, even the best racers in the world…
New Series: From pavement to dirt
by elliott      Austin on Two Wheels
If you have been reading this site long, you will know that I have a bias towards road riding and racing. This is partly due to the focus we’ve had on urban cycling and getting more people out of cars and on bikes. It is also based on how I got back onto a bike after over a decade off the bike. It’s finally time to find my dirty side. In a new weekly series, I will share my experience converting to knobby…
Texas Custom Bicycle Show looking for volunteer help
by elliott      Austin on Two Wheels
In a little over a month, a showcase of Texas bicycle framebuilders will descend on Austin for the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show. This is a great chance to see the latest creations from Austin area and other Texas builders and based on the list of builders confirmed this will be the biggest show to date. For 2011, the show will…
Coming To North Dallas – Northaven Trail
by dickdavid      Bike Friendly Richardson
BFR friend, Jenny posted some interesting, north Dallas trail news in the Suburban Assault Facebook group:
The Northaven Trail Phase 1 will soon be under construction just south of us, in Dallas. Phase 1 will go from the White Rock Creek trail to the Dallas North Tollway. A couple of the amenities as designed are a water bottle filling station and a bike repair station. According to their site, they’ve already had their ground breaking ceremony back…
Clean Up The Trail Day – Northaven Trail Sept 10
by Christopher Curnutt      Biking in Dallas
From the Northaven Trail website:
Clean Up the Trail Day
Saturday, September 10
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Dealey Park – behind Dealey Montessori off of Royal Lane and Edgemere Road
As part of the “It’s My Park Day†event sponsored by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, Friends of Northaven Trail invites neighbors and friends to join us in picking up trash along the Oncor easement between…
TRENDING: Paul hits the bike trail
By: CNN Political Producer Rachel Streitfeld
Lake Massabesic, New Hampshire (CNN) – Politicians often seek to portray youthful vigor, but at age 76 Congressman Ron Paul may have to work harder than others.
He showed Friday he’s up to the challenge.
Paul, who famously rides his bicycle for exercise throughout the sticky, sweltering summers in Houston, Texas, invited some New Hampshire staffers and reporters on an hour-long bike ride around…
Bicycle-riding pastor recycles for church building project
Bicycle-riding pastor recycles for house of worship building project
BY JENNIFER PREYSS – JLPREYSS@VICAD.COM
Pastor Johnny Moore is collecting recyclable metals (copper, steel, aluminum, tin, brass, iron, lead) to raise money for building his church, the Church of the Heart.
Surrounded by piles of metal furniture, broken and rusted appliances, beer cans strewn on the lawn and cat food cans placed neatly in plastic bins, Johnny Moore began to sing a gospel hymn. The 51-year-old self-professed…
I have the toughest (and fittest) friends in town.
That was borne out last weekend in Wichita Falls during the hottest Hotter’N Hell 100 ever — 109 degrees! That did not, however, stop four Angelo athletes from completing what is surely one of Texas’ toughest endurance events — the Triple Threat challenge.
This year, the HHH celebrated its 30th anniversary. Wichita Falls’ annual bike ride draws approximately 15,000 cyclists from every corner of the country and the…
Big Cedar Wilderness Trail
by Shawn   Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Trail Head
5950 Eagle Ford Drive, Dallas, TX 75249, United States
Parking is next to the transformer station behind the church.
…Description
Big Cedar Wilderness Trail is the best trail in DFW and one of the top in the entire state. The terrain here is varied, going from smooth soft singletrack, to long sweeping descents, and finally some incredible Texas climbing. I sincerely hope you…
A Rookie Bicyclist Attempting the Hotter ‘n Hell 100 in 1994
By Dick Nowell
In the spring of 1994 I decided that I would attempt the 100mi. ride at the HH100. I had been a runner for quite a few years but my left knee had taken a beating and it was time to stop the pounding. I had read some stories…
