By Harold Darling The last charity ride of the year, 30th Turkey Roll, is today. Its 5:30 AM and time to decide what to wear, it’s supposed to be nice. So I’ll dress with the medium weight kit and load the extra’s in the duffel. Pack the food and drinks then it’s off to Denton […]
Category: Ride Reports
Ride Report for 2012 Hotter ‘n Hell 100
This years HH 100 was my second century ride and second HH 100. Last year it was 109 degrees and I finished in 10 hours, about seven hours on the bike. This year I prepped harder and felt I was better prepared to finish faster. I did not finish… Early Morning Start At the 90 […]
Tour de Paris 2012 Ride Report
By: Phillip D. Dye I rode Tour de Paris 68 mile (110K) last Saturday for the second time. The people in Paris are very accommodating with a true gratitude for riders participating in the event. We choose to participate in the $5 Spaghetti Dinner on Friday and the after ride burger fest with all of the trimmings. The […]
Lion Pride – Ennis, Texas bicycle ride report
Harold was nice enough to put together a little ride report about the Lion’s Pride, bike ride in Ennis this weekend. If you have any ride reports or pictures let us know and we’ll post them too! I left home at 6:30 AM heading for Ennis and the “Lion Pride Bike Ride” sponsored by […]
3rd and Final T-shirt Winner for Hotter N’ Hell 100 ride report
Congrats to Michael Guerra, who will receive our 3rd and final Wheelbrother T-Shirt giveaway for submitting this write up about his first century ride at this year’s Hotter ‘n Hell 100. At age 56, overweight and off the bike for 7 years, I decided to ride my first century, the 2011 Hotter ‘n Hell 100. […]
Wheelbrothers ride report: Assault on Pikes Peak!
While most of the Wheelbrothers ride only local races, our resident ‘racer’ Ron rides all over the United States. While the Wheelbrothers participated in the Hotter ‘n Hell 100 bike ride in Wichita Falls, his latest adventure was the ‘Assault on Pikes Peak’ which is a 24.5 mile bike ride in Colorado. Don’t quite get […]
Second T-Shirt Winner of the “Share your Hotter ‘n Hell bike ride experienceâ€!
We have our second T-Shirt winner!!! It’s Susie Cameron Lane and the following story was written by Kari Lynn Collins of the Iowa Park Leader Newspaper. Enjoy! Tougher ‘N Hell in the Hotter ‘N Hell Kari Lynn Collins Susie Cameron Lane is my new hero, and I¹m gonna tell you why. I spent the better […]
First T-Shirt Winner of the “Share your Hotter ‘n Hell bike ride experience”!
Congrats to Dick Nowell, who will receive one of our Wheelbrother T-Shirts, for submitting this write up about his first Hotter ‘n Hell Experience back in 1994! 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 […]
The 2011 Goatneck – Cleburne, Texas Bicycle Ride Report
When we talk about the best bicycle rides in Texas, no conversation would be complete without mentioning “The Goatneck”. It is a must do for any cyclist in the North Texas area and has become legendary for the riders of the Wheelbrothers. For this years Wheelbrother experience see below: The Goatneck is a […]
Cycling tour: My first century – the Trek 100 in Waterloo, Wisconsin
Author: Matt Leuck Website: http://euclidsbridge.wordpress.com Ride: Trek 100 in Waterloo Wisconsin It’s a bit late but I don’t think I ever completely documented this experience, which has been one of my favorite bike weekends ever. In a way this might be more of a bike weekend report, but there are bikes all the same. Last […]