2003 News ...
Dec 13 Monster PMS ride 9:00 am at College Station
High School Parking Lot at Harvey Mitchell and Nueces.
More information and
future Monster PMS ride dates.
Dec 10 Wednesday -- KTBX Annual Food Drive. We
will meet at the strip mall with the Shell gas station on the north
side of Briarcrest, east of Hwy 6 at 6:45 am to
ride over to the Brazos Center at 7:00 am. If you wish to contribute
to the BVC monetary donation, email Colin colin-allen `at' tamu `dot'
edu -- we have over $500 already. Riders bringing food contributions in
panniers and trailers are welcome and appreciated.
Dec 9
Holiday parade pictures are available here.
Dec 9 Next BVC meeting is this Tuesday at 7:30 pm at
the Blue Baker. Ken Fogle from the City of College Station
will be visiting us to talk about cycling and the City.
Dec 8 Monday -- Social Ride meets at 6:30 at the Blue
Baker to ride to see the Central Park lights. Headlight, taillinght for
the bicycle are required, holiday decorations are optional.
Helmets for riders' heads are also required.
Dec 7 Sunday -- Annual Holiday Parade and BVC Holiday
Bash. The parade theme is "A Hollywood Christmas" and we are entered
with the title "Tinseltown in Tights" We will gather at Colin
and Lynn Allen's at 12:30 pm, 200 Suffolk in College Station.
A holiday potluck will occur after the parade at Colin and Lynn's.
Nov 23 Tour de Dirt ride 10:00 am this Sunday at
Springer's Chevron at the intersection of Highway 30 (Harvey Road) and
Highway 6 More
information and future Tour de Dirt ride dates. And here's a
map for the first ride I think this will work too.
Nov 13 7:00 pm City Council Meeting.
The League of American Bicyclists
will be making a presentation for the Bicycle Friendly Community Award.
Please plan on attending in your yellow BVC T-shirt. City Council is
located at City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue South; College Station, TX.
Nov 11 -- Note Change Next BVC meeting will be this
Tuesday at the Blue Baker at 7:30 pm.
Nov 8 Monster PMS ride 9:00 am at College Station
High School Parking Lot at Harvey Mitchell and Nueces.
More information and
future Monster PMS ride dates.
Nov 3 Wildflower Wandering aka Willie's Birthday
2003 has been added to the scrapbook.
Oct 23 Presentation to the City of College
Station at the City Council Meeting, 7 pm, located in City Hall,
1101 Texas Avenue South; College Station, TX.
Attendees to please wear their yellow BVC t-shirts.
Oct 18 Our presence at Forward Fest brings in
15 new BVC mailing list members and one paid-in-full member.
There are 116 subscribers to the BVC mailing list and 69 subscribers
to the BVC-chat mailing list.
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to join our mailing lists.
Oct 18 Forward Fest noon - 7 pm at Neal Recreation
Center (600 N. Randolph) in Bryan.
Here is a map.
Oct 15 College Station is named a
Bicycle
Friendly Community (Bronze level) by the
League of American Bicyclists.
Oct 13 Next BVC meeting will be this Monday at
the Blue Baker at 7:30 pm.
Oct 11 Monster PMS ride 8:30 am at College Station
High School parking lot located at Nueces and Harvey Mitchell Parkway.
More info.
Oct 4-5 BTU Power Pedal Road and
Off-Road Racing. This year's Road Races are the Texas State
Championships. Here's a map of the road race course. Please consider
volunteering to help this
year. Free entry to racers who help.
Sep 27 Another Brazos Valley tradition: this year's edition of the Waco Wild West Century
Sep 20 Next Monster PMS ride will be this Saturday
at 8:30 am. More
info here.
Sep 15 Next BVC meeting will be this Monday on
the patio behind Fitzwilly's at 7:30 pm.
Sep 3 BVC member Roelof Engelbrecht got a liver
transplant. Woo hoo! The story from the Eagle.
Sep 1 The Monday Social Ride start time moves
to 6 pm. Lights are required. More info
here.
Aug 29 The Friday Social Ride will be this
Friday at 6 pm, we will do a short ride then go to Willie's to help mail
out the State Time Trial Results.
Aug 25 Saturday
and Sunday
results from the recently held Texas Time Trial Championships.
Aug 23-24 State Time Trial Championships are in Navasota, organized by BVC's own Willie Allen with TAMU's Mat Stephens. If you are able to help by volunteering, please sign up online.
Aug 16 Friends of local cyclist Roelof Engelbrecht
raised over $700 to help him out. He has Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
More information on
Roelof.
Aug 16 Friends of local cyclist Roelof Engelbrecht
will do a special "Ride for Roelof" who has Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
Map distribution starts at 7:30 am, ride starts at 8:00 am, location Central
Park, College Station.
More info and a flyer.
Aug 11 Next BVC Meeting is at 7:45 pm on the
Promenade behind Freebird's Northgate location (University near Wellborn).
Aug 10 Wayne Bryan Memorial Ride, 8:30 am.
More information
Aug 4 BVC members Kate and Dave Nelson are
mentioned in this Business
Week story about bicycle commuting.
July 25 The Friday Social Ride will be on July 25.
Dinner at Wings and More at Deacon and Texas Ave. More
information.
July 19 The Monster PMS Ride rides again! Men and
women welcome on this ride. Here's a flyer.
July 14 Next BVC Meeting is at 7:45 pm on the
Promenade behind Freebird's Northgate location (University near Wellborn).
July 3 A flyer for our
weekly rides has been updated.
The flyers are working! Keep putting them up!
July 3-6 USCF Junior and Espoir National Championships
are coming to town. Information on the races here. Racers looking for
homes willing to host them should
download this list (pdf)
June 2 Our next meeting is Monday, June 9, 2003 at 8
pm on the promenade behind the Northgate Freebirds, University Drive near
College Main.
May 24 Kids Biking for Kids Bike-a-thon to support St. Jude Children's Hospital.
May 13 -- BVC and BVMBA will be holding a joint meeting, 7 p.m. at the Triangle bowling alley on Old College, Bryan.
May 12 Tuesday Ride Time has been changed to 6:15 p.m.
May 8 -- Brazos Valley Mountain
Bike Association (BVMBA) now shares this website.
May 7 -- Summer Time Trial Series begins, every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Weekly results here.
BIKE TO WORK AND SCHOOL DAY April 25 is the day - please help distribute the flyer and start planning your route to a free breakfast now!
April 2003 BVC will be at Bryan City Council meeting, 6 p.m. to give input on proposed Bryan bike facilities
Apr 6 2003 Clocks changed and Monday social rides resume!
Feb 2003 City of College Station Development Services has unveiled its new bicycle information page
Jan 2003 Saturday rides continue year round
7-25-2002 Cycles Etc. & Bicycle Station announce support
for BVC through member purchases [details]
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