from timesrecordnews.com (full article)
By Jenara Kocks Burgess/For the Times Record News
July 20, 2007
Hotter’N Hell Hundred Executive Director Roby Christie said one of the most frequently asked questions about the Ride is what the 100-mile route is like.
He said although the route might not be as hilly as some Texas rides, it does have its share, and when you combine that with intense heat and sometimes intense wind in August, it can be a challenging course.
from lufkindailynews.com (full article)
The Lufkin Daily News
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Downtown Lufkin will be invaded by bikers Sunday morning as cyclists push their pedals toward the pavement to compete for a state championship and a good cause.
Sponsored by the Adoption Center of East Texas, the 2007 Charlie Hall Memorial State Age-Based Criterium Championships has secured a State Division I age-based championship after two successful years as a Division III criterium, said John Jones, spokesman for the Angelina Bicycle Club, in a club press release.
Hall helped establish the first Lufkin bike club while mentoring many Lufkin cyclists, and completing many 100-mile events.
AUSTIN — Anyone can steer a bicycle in the typical manner, with chrome handlebars hardly worth a second glance.
Then, there are those who take things way too literally. They feel the need to steer a bicycle with a steer, or at least the part of a steer that, with a squint of imagination, sort of looks like handlebars.
These people ride around Austin on funky bikes gripping longhorn steer horns.
There are not yet enough of these longhorn bicycles to make a herd, but a definite ripple of delight tickles those who catch a glimpse.
“Some people take pictures,” said Jon Williams, a master carpenter and contractor whose horn handlebars are so long he can’t ride his bicycle on the sidewalk. “The ladies like it.”
“That’s good steering,” others yell.
You’ve ridden the Houston to Austin MS150. What about the San Antonio-to-Corpus Christi Valero MS 150 Bike Tour? Different scenery, different people. This press release describes the ride.