Get Your Guts in Gear - the Ride for Chron’s & Colitis
Date: Friday October 17, 2008 to Sunday October 19, 2008

Location: LaGrange to Austin, TX

Type of Event: Touring

Gearing Up Together.
It’s More than a Ride.
Get Your Guts in Gear – the Ride for Crohn’s & Colitis
3-day, 210 Miles
Central Texas – LaGrange to Austin
October 17-19 2008
Begin in historic LaGrange and ride to Austin through a variety of landscapes, including expansive ranchlands, the Lost Pines, and the Guadalupe River and Hill country during wildflower season.
Info and Registation: www.IBDride.org
Registration fee: $85
Fundraising Minimum: $1,900

Contact Email: info@IBDride.org

Contact Phone: 718.875.2123

Web site: http://www.IBDride.org

Bike the Bend for Literacy
Date: Tuesday November 18, 2008

Location: Richmond, TX

Type of Event: Special

Bike the Bend for Literacy is an annual fund raising ride benefiting the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County, Texas. It is an MS 150 Recommended Ride, and has been growing bigger and better every year.

Contact Email: read@ftbendliteracy.org

Contact Phone: 281-240-8181

Fax: 281-240-8242

Web site: http://www.ftbendliteracy.org

Moritz Chevrolet Century Ride for Heroes
Date: Saturday March 29, 2008

Location: Aledo (Fort Worth) , TX

Type of Event: Touring

Ride supports our Heroes, the first responders of east Parker County, TX
Routes; 100, 75, 62, 40, 20, 8miles
Terrain: Scenic lake views, hilly, flat ranch lands, mostly lightly traveled country roads.
T shirt and lunch is included with entry fee
Cost: $25 until March, 22, $30 race day

Extrmely well supported, lots of traffic control where needed, friendly will decorated rest stops with home made cookies. “Best Rest Stops in Texas” contest.

Hamburgers and all the fixings ready for you at your return. Starts at the Aledo High School Bearcat Stadium, Aledo TX, ust 10 minutes west of Fort Worth

Contact Email: cycletx@mesh.net

Contact Phone: 817-599-7445

Fax: 817-599-7919

Web site: http://www.rideforheroes.org

18th Annual Jalapeno 100 Bicycle Ride & Running Event

Join us for the 18th annual Jalapeño Hundred Bicycle Ride and for the first time, Running Event. The Jalapeño Hundred has been a fun ride benefitting Harlingen Youth Athletics, Harlingen Boys & Girls Club and other select not for profit organizations. The 2008 event is expected to be hotter than ever with the inclusion of a run on Sunday with cash prize opportunities. While the Saturday ride is strictly for fun, you are invited to test your endurance against our South Texas winds. Also, fun family activities are being planned, inlcuding a trolley tour of Harlingen, so bring the whole famility. Over 400 riders and runners from around the state, across the country, and Mexico are expected to attend. We hope you can join us!

Contact Phone: 1-800-531-7346

Web site: http://www.harlingen.com/jalapeno.asp