With the presents opened and food eaten, many of us are looking forward to getting back into a normal routine of life with work and family. As we begin going back to work, many of us take for granted not only our job, but our ability to easily get to our workplace. However, for those […]
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Frostbite 50 ride melts away
The Frostbite 50, a January fixture o the Houston area charity ride calendar for 14 years, will not take place in 2017. Typically, the first “recommended” training ride of the year for the MS 15, the Frostbite 50 was a fundraiser for the Jersey Village High School drill team, known as the Gold Dusters. The […]
NWCC’s silent ride honors fallen friend
By Pete Radowick The Northwest Cycle Club in Houston has many fine traditions, but none is more poignant than the annual Ride of Silence that takes place on the last Saturday in November. Ride of Silence pays reverence to the late Stafford Campbell, who was broadsided by a motorist on November 28, 2009, during a […]
Get Well Soon, Al
Al Pitre, one of the Hump Day ride leaders for the Northwest Cycling Club in Houston, took a nasty fall Saturday when he was struck by the side mirror of a passing pickup. Al was released from the hospital today but is on doctor’s orders to stay off his bike for two months. This morning […]
I Ate the Elephant One Bite at a Time!
The story of an amazing cyclist, based on an interview of Carolyn Carter on October 1, 2016 by Richard Cavin. Every once in a while I get the opportunity to meet other cyclists who have done some amazing things. I recently saw a Facebook posting about a 69 year old female cyclist who crossed the […]
Dam to Dam ride in Jasper shifts gears
By Pete Radowick Texans have no shortage of cycling events from which to choose in mid-October. A check of Wheel Brothers’ Texas Bike Rides and Race Calendar lists seven events on the weekend of October 15-16. Balmy weather spawns a wave of outdoor activities that only grows as football and baseball playoffs comingle, festivals are plentiful, […]
Always ready to roll on Hump Day
By Pete Radowick There’s a modern-day affliction known as FoMO – Fear of Missing Out. This is the social angst you feel that something good is going to happen without you in attendance. At no time does yours truly come to grips with FoMO more than on Wednesday morning. This, you see, is when the […]
BRAT4: Mexico to Canada Bike Ride
This long-distance bicycle ride as a laboratory for college students to practice the skills of leadership, teamwork, and organization seems to be taking on a life of its own. What started off as a one-time ride across Texas has grown into three trans-Texas rides and, most recently, one from the border with Mexico to the […]
Ride starters rise, shine on Saturday morning
By Peter Radowick Few cycling clubs can match Houston’s Northwest Cycling Club for long-term viability and consistency. And the club’s calling card is its famous Saturday morning ride. For more than 25 years, no matter what the weather, cyclists numbering from 75 to well over 200 converge every Saturday morning at Zube Park in far […]
NWCC junior cyclists uphold tradition
By Pete Radowick The emergence this year of Lawson Craddock as the first cyclist from the Houston area – and the only native Texan other than Lance Armstrong – to start a Tour de France recently placed a bit of spotlight on the Northwest Cycling Club junior team. Craddock, 24, got his first taste of […]