This year we have been blessed with a mild winter and some truly gorgeous riding weather in the first five months of the year.  Unfortunately, that portends to a blistering, or perhaps more precisely a steamy summer in Houston this year.  (If we don't get a break from the drought, it just might be blistering!)  An early morning ride without too many stops, capped with a meal in a local bistro is a great way to forget about the heat and enjoy your cycling buds.  How about an in town ride on June 12 starting at 8:00 AM, led by Jim and Ruth Fleshman, starting from their home at 3711 Glen Haven, east of Stella Link and south of Bellaire Blvd.  

And don't forget to mark your calendars for the Mahoney's July 23rd Riverhaven Ride.  Riding is optional!  (Wankers feel free to show up in your swim suit and play in the water.  Boat rides for the willing.)

 

Janet and Stephen Bain have volunteered to take the wind and lead the club for the coming year.  Catching them exhausted and overworked as the unseen heros of the 2011 SWTR, Hugh offered the Bains the opportunity to jump on the front and lead the peleton for the foreseeable future.  I know everyone welcomes them, thankfully, and with a great sigh of relief and gratitude.  Janet and Stephen, you have but to ask and you will find all the help you want or need for your new position. 

The 2011 Southwest Tandem Rally is this weekend in La Grange, Texas.  Tandemists from all over the USA will journey to the rally for three days of riding and fellowship.  Always a great event, this year it will be hosted by the Houston club, HATS.  Don't miss it.