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| Super Bowl Sunday Ride |
February 6, 2011 |
The Super Bowl Sunday Ride is a club tradition in the Metroplex. Groups from Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie and all across the area will converge on Dick's Last Resort in the West End of Dallas for a (usually cold) ride on Super Bowl Sunday. Check our Ride Calendar page for details, or the Greater Dallas Bicyclists have posted full details includings start times and lunch menus.
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| Easter Hill Country Tour |
Easter Weekend |
The gem of cycling in Texas. This annual event on Easter weekend takes place in Kerrville and Fredricksburg in the heart of the Texas hill country when the bluebonnets and other wild flowers are at their best. Four bicycle clubs, the Fort Worth Bicycling Association, the Houston Bicycle Club, and the San Antonio Wheelmen take turns hosting this event each year. Check out the EHCT Home Page for details.
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| Almost Austin to Damn Near Fort Worth |
April 8-10, 2011 |
2011 Spring tailwind ride with a Train twist
Basic plan for the ride is to take the Amtrak train from Cleburne, TX to Taylor, TX and ride our bicycles back. There will be transportation for your bike so you don't have to break down your bike and box it to get it on the train. You are responsible to make your own room reservation and buy your train tickets. Below are the details to make those reservations. Rates and availability are subject to change if you wait till the week before the ride. Phone Kalleen with questions 817-219-4056
Dates
April 8-10, 2011
Deadline
April 1, 2011
Distance
Saturday: Taylor, TX to McGregor, TX is 96 miles
Sunday: McGregor, TX to Cleburne, TX is 84 miles
Cost
$50 for SAG support on the ride back. (This includes sandwiches, snacks, Gatorade, ice and water, and bike and luggage transport.)
Send Checks to
Kalleen Whitford
809 Marengo
Cleburne TX, 76033
Include full name of all rider , primary phone #, and shirt size, with check.
Deadline
April 1, 2011
(Late registration $60.00)
Itenerary
Friday, April 8:
For train tickets, go to amtrak.com. Cleburne TX to Taylor TX current price is $20.00, train departs at 2:52 pm be there 1 hour early to load your bike in the SAG truck. The TRAIN WON"T WAIT!!!!!
Friday, April 8:
America's Best Valued Inn,Taylor TX
512-352-6676
Ask for the "Kalleen Whitford" group rate,..............$56.50 with tax included Double (cheap!!!!)
Saturday, April 9:
Weston Inn Suites & RV Park McGregor TX
254-840-0444
Ask for the Whitford group to get the group rate.........$80.00 + tax Double. With room you get a 10% discount at 3 local restaurants.
Options
You can catch the train in Dallas or Fort Worth if you have someone to get your bike to the SAG truck and to get you back home from Cleburne as the ride stops there. Also there is a train leaving Mcgregor TX on Sunday morning at 11:51 in case you want to bail out early.
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| FWBA Picnic |
May 7, 2011 |
Time
8:00 Am Saturday May 7, 2011
Place
The Poge Picnic Area
9024 Brooks Road Burleson Texas 76028
Rides
8 am start for 40 and 60 mile routes
Amenities
Covered pavilion, restrooms, volleyball and ice machine
Ticket price
$5 before May 1 deadline, $10 at the door
Lunch
FWBA will provide meat, veggie burgers, condiments, lemonade and ice cold water
Please Bring chips, potato salad, desserts, fruit
RSVP
what dish you plan to bring to
Payment
Send Checks made out to FWBA to:
Mark Reuter
PO BOX 6677
Fort Worth Texas 76115
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| Girls Weekend Out |
July 16-18, 2010 |
Dana Pacino and I had a bit of brainstorm on New Years Day and here is what happened.
Come to Glen Rose on July 16-18 for a fun weekend of light riding and heavy shopping, and fun. If we run out of things to buy in Glen Rose there is Granbury close by.
Glen Rose Chamber host a Girls Night Out monthly and I thought it would be fun to for some of us biker chicks to join in, so here is the skinny.
Friday: July 16
Check in to the Holiday Inn Express, 113 Paluxy Summit Blvd. Glen Rose TX
I have arranged group rates for you Girls, just make sure you ask for the FWBA rate.
Dinner will be across the street at 7:00pm at “On the Rocks”
Saturday: July 17
A light ride of 26 miles will start from the hotel at 7:00am to beat the heat. After which we can dress for lunch and shopping. The evening entertainment will be live music at the Storie Book Café. Storie says she will even have a Margarita machine ready for us and a nice private room that opens up to be front row to the band. Check out the website: www.storiebookcafe.com
Sunday: July 18
Let’s Ride for Pie, Hico is a fun spot too with my favorite Coconut Cream Pie. I have to thank Jerry Debo for introducing me to it on my first trip to Leakey in 1998. It would be OK to invite your man down for this ride.
This could be the weekend you make a new friend or have fun with the old ones. I first met Marge Knavel on girls weekend out and we have been friends ever since.
Kalleen Whitford
Call me with any questions,
Cell 817-219-4056
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| FWBA Fest |
Aug 4-7, 2011 |
 Come to Fort Davis and we'll do the FWBA version of Cyclefest or Hammerfest.
This will be an informal – own your own – no fees – no registration. Just show up in downtown Fort Davis at 8:00am each day.
Thursday is a new option to ride 30 mostly downhill miles from Fort Davis to Balmorhea State Park for a swim in the spring and possible cookout. We plan to haul bikes back so as to save ourselves for the main two days. RSVP for Thursday so we'll know how many bikes/people to expect.
Friday is a 75 mile ride. Fort Davis to Alpine; then Marfa; and back to Fort Davis.
Saturday we'll do the famous 75 mile Davis Mountains Scenic Loop.
Sunday some may want to climb from the Fort Davis State Park to the top of Mt Locke where the McDonald Observatory is located. Or, head home; check out other points of interest; or visit a church in Fort Davis.
Fort Davis is cooler than here, due to being 5,000 feet altitude in the Davis Mountains of West Texas. August there is usually cooler than June or July.
Find more area attractions by entering Fort Davis and Balmorhea State Park in your computer. The Chamber of Commerce has us listed as the weekend event. Last year most stayed at Indian Lodge in the Davis Mountains State Park or RV'd in the park. There is also plenty of lodging in town and the Prude Ranch has RV sites & lodging.
Keep an eye on the club emails for further details or instructions. Even though there's no registration, I'll want to know you're coming.
Jerry Franks
(817) 475-9841
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| Enchanted Circle Trip |
Second Weekend in September |
 Get ready for the most beautiful and challenging bicycling event in the southwest!
The Enchanted Circle Ride is a scenic, high altitude, alpine ride through the beautiful Rockies of New Mexico the 2nd weekend in September.
This is not an organized FWBA event, but usually a large FWBA contingency attends the event. You are responsible for your own travel and lodging in Red River.
Suggested Lodging:
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Alpine Lodge:. The Alpine is a less expensive alternative a block away from the start. Last year this hotel motel had rooms right up to Saturday. |
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Black Mountain Lodge: This is a large lodge in the middle of Red River, a little more plush, at little more expensive. Usually fills up early. |
 Typical Trip Itinerary:
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Friday, travel to Red River with evening arrival. |
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Saturday is an "open day", but one of two activities usually happen: a day hike to the top of Wheeler Peak, or a 40 mile ride late morning ride to Taos and then lunch and afternoon shopping in Taos (some folks just do the lunch and shopping!). Sometime during the day don't forget to register for the ride. |
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Sunday at 8:00am is the Enchanted Circle ride, usually followed by a "post ride" dinner in Red River. |
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Monday morning travel back to Fort Worth |
Enchanted Circle Tour Profile:
After leaving Red River, you will proceed sharply downhill 13 miles, passing several National Forest Campgrounds and one large Molybdenum Mine operation on your way to Questa. This 13 mile decent is often very cold, so bring your winter riding clothes for this section. Making a left turn at the traffic signal in Questa, you continue south along the Garrupata Ridge toward Taos. In Questa the FWBA will usually have a SAG driver staged to collect cold weather gear, as the climb up to and across the ridge will warm you up quick. The ridge features a 3/4 mile, 10% climb and several half mile climbs. It also has a great 1 mile straight-away decent that is great for getting your PST max speed, but watch out for cross winds. At the Lama turn-off a photographer will be positioned to catch you in action; these pictures will be for sale in front of the Red River Town Hall at the end of the ride. As you cross Garrapta Ridge, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains will change from forest conditions into a semi-arid environment much like the rest of New Mexico.
 Arroyo Hondo Rest Stop:
Approximately 12 miles beyond Questa, you will arrive at the first organized rest stop, just over Arroyo Hondo Hill. Here you can refresh yourself, usually drop off any extra warm clothing you started the tour in, and be on your way to Taos. Proceeding south for a few miles along a slightly downhill section, you come up to the second stoplight and the route turns into Paseo del Norte (US64). The traffic from this light through to the Taos rest stop is very heavy, so caution is advised. Continuing straight ahead, the road takes a fairly sharp turn to the right. Watch for Kit Carson Park on your left. This is your next rest stop. Take caution, you must turn left into the park across traffic, watch out for oncoming traffic. Make sure to stock up with plenty of water and munchies, as it will be a long way to the next rest stop! After refueling, leave the park, turn left and continue south about one-tenth of a mile past the third traffic light to the fourth traffic light. On the right is the entrance into the Taos Plaza. You will turn left onto Kit Carson Road (Hwy 64). Follow US Hwy 64 out of town into the Taos Canyon. Taos Canyon is actually the toughest part of this 25 mile climb to Palo Flechado, save for the last 1/2 mile. Another 8 miles from the end of Kit Carson Road is Valle Escondido, where the half-Century riders will finish.
 Eagles Nest seems far away Century riders will continue on Hwy 64 east up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. You will have a pretty steady climb inside the Taos Canyon for approximately 15 miles to the top of Palo Flechado Pass, elevation 9,100 ft. Although this climb is long (24 miles in total), it is only steep (10% ish) for the last 1/2 mile, and the scenery is beautiful. When you reach the top of the pass you will find a very welcome and very popular rest stop at the top of Palo Flechado Pass. Leaving Palo Flechado, you will descend into the Angel Fire/Moreno Valley area. At the bottom of the series of steep switchbacks from Palo Flechado, you will approach the turn off to Hwy 434 into Angel Fire. At the blinking light you will turn right on to Hwy 434. Head through Angle Fire, traveling 7.3 miles to the Black Lake Fire Station and another rest stop (you can skip this 15 mile section by turning left instead of right at Hwy 434). Here you will turn around and retrace your route back through Angel Fire, on your way to Eagle Nest. Passing through Angel Fire you will notice the Ski resort and Country Club. After returning to Hwy 64 from Angel Fire proceed ten miles to the small community of Eagle's Nest in the heart of the Moreno Valley. Along this route you will have the opportunity to see Wheeler Peak in front of you on the left and Eagle Nest Lake on your right. Upon entering Eagle Nest, turn left at the junction of Hwy 64 and Hwy 38. At this point you will be heading away from Eagle Nest Lake and have the beautiful, 15 mile, slightly uphill Moreno Valley. The Moreno Ranch signals the start of the Bobcat Pass climb. This beautiful, but challenging section climbs from 8650 feet to 9820 feet in 5.5 miles. Many a post ride dinner has contained the argument: Which is tougher, Bobcat Pass or Condor's Nest! The decent from Bobcat Pass provides another awesome opportunity for setting a new, personal downhill speed record (safely, but watch for gravel in the corners, and overshooting) coming towards the finish line in Red River.
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| Leakey Death Ride |
October 14 - 16, 2011 |
The Leakey Death Ride is always the third weekend in October and the dates for this year are October 14-16, 2011. For those of you who participated in the Leakey Death Ride in the past couple of years, you found there were some major changes from prior years. Like the last few years, in 2011, all routes will start and end at the Leakey headquarters at the Frio Pecan Farm. You will still be able to enjoy three days of biking and eating in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.
You will need to make your own lodging reservations in Leakey. The ride headquarters is the Frio Pecan Farm, 830-232-5294 or 877-832-0674. When you call to make reservations mention that you are coming for the "FWBA Leakey Death Ride". The Frio Pecan Farm has limited space, so some other options are:
- Frio Canyon Lodge (830) 232-6800 (1/4 mile away).
- Frio Springs Lodges (830) 232-4174 (across the river from the Frio Pecan Farm on Evergreen St. about 1/2 mile from Hwy 337).
- Oak Hill Cabins, 831 RR 337 West (about one mile away) (830) 232-4008 or (830) 279-5177.
As always, the activities will be centered around the food and of course the riding. The food on the Leakey Death Ride is legendary. We serve breakfast and dinner for two days and supply the rest stops and lunches. Riders should plan on gaining weight on this three-day outing.
The registration details are as follows:
- The registration fee is $150.00 per person and is due at registration.
- The deadline for registration is September 30, 2011.
- Late registration after September 30 is $170.00 per person.
- Registration is limited to 85 riders.
- Registration Form
- Waiver
We are looking for VOLUNTEERS. If you would like to help with sag support, rest stops, or volunteer to help in the kitchen, please contact Jerry Trimble at (817) 851-8597 or
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See you down the road at Leakey.
Jerry Trimble
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| Holiday Party |
Dec. 10, 2011 |
Ticket price includes dinner by Chef Todd Brown, Personal Photographs, Collectable Gifts, and dancing. There will be a cash bar. We are limited to 100 guests.
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Times Ten Cellars |
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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6:30 pm |
| Dinner Served: |
7:30 pm |
| Cost: |
$45 |
| Make checks to: |
FWBA
memo: Christmas Part |
| Send checks to: |
Mark Reuter
PO Box 6677
Fort Worth, Tx 76115-6677
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