April Rides in the San Antonio Area

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—Bicycling: Apr. 14, 8 a.m., Boerne Ride, 25 to 70 miles, Fiserve Health Building in Boerne. (210) 325-2500, (210) 524-9393. —Bicycling: Apr. 1, 8 a.m., Adkin’s Junction Ride, 12 to 50 miles, near intersection of US 87 and FM 1628, east of China Grove. (210) 366-0751.

—Bicycling: Apr. 1, 1:30 p.m., Toutant-Beauregard Ride, 21, 35, 47 and 58 miles, Old Town Helotes across from Floore’s Country Store. (210) 492-1298.

—Bicycling: Apr. 6-8, 8 a.m., Easter Hill Country Tour, 20 to 65 miles, Fredericksburg High School and Schreiner College (Kerrville). www.EHCT.com

—Bicycling: Apr. 15, 8 a.m., Marion Ride, 20, 36, 44, 50, 57 and 64 miles, Marion High School. (210) 824-6910.

—Bicycling: Apr. 15, 2 p.m., Grand Tour of SA Ride, 25 miles, Blue Star parking lot across Pioneer Flour Mill. (210) 533-3416.

Brookwood Spirit Rally Bike Ride – Brookshire, TX

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The Brookwood Community will host the second annual Brookwood Spirit Rally on April 14, 2007. Fifteen hundred cyclists from throughout metro Houston and southeast Texas are expected to take part in the BP MS 150 Recommended Ride. Start time is 8 a.m.

 

Registered riders can pick from routes of 23, 38, 62, or 72 miles. A rider does not have to be registered in the BP MS 150 in order to register to ride in the Brookwood Spirit Rally.

 

Registration fee is $25 before March 13, $30 March 14th through April 13th, and $35 day of ride and includes two tickets to a catered BBQ lunch. Additional lunch tickets are available for $5.00 each. Registered riders will also receive a gift certificate for Brookwood’s Gift and Garden Center.  Registration form

 

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LA Times reporter reveals more on Landis case

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There is an article on bikebiz.com reporting on the Michael Hiltzik’s recent webchat on this situation with Floyd Landis. The full article.

“Michael Hiltzik, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and columnist for the LA Times, has written a series of articles on the Floyd Landis case.”

USA Cycling Rebates Over $20,000 to TBRA

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USA Cycling as part of its rebate program from the race licenses will send $20,835 to the Texas Bicycle Racing Association. Texas Bicycling Racing Association will receive the third largest amount following The Southern California/Nevada Cycling Association’s $32,645 and The New England Bicycle Racing Association’s $30,300.

The Local Association Rebate Program began in 2003 in order to invest in, grow and support grassroots racing at the local level. Under the program’s guidelines, USA Cycling remits $10 back to each Local Association for each road- and track-specific annual license it sells, plus another $5 for each mountain bike and junior license it sells to individuals in its respective zip code-defined geographic location.

The full article at bicycling.com