BellVelo Gravel Series

11/01/2024

Checking in

10/14/2024

I regret to announce that the BellVelo Gravel Series will not take place this winter as planned.

Due to infrastructure changes in the area, we are no longer able to use the original course and while a new course was identified it would take a significant effort to ensure the event would not negatively impact the local community, something we are keen to avoid.

The combination of that with Craig experiencing significant changes to his professional commitments meaning it would unfair to expect the huge level of effort he has given to the series in previous years and myself taking on roles at additional events along with the lawsuit and associated allegations made against GHCF, myself and third parties after the week 2 crash last year have all contributed to myself lacking any motivation to run this event. It is a shame as it was a key revenue stream for GHCF and provided a good local racing opportunity.

While I do not believe the lawsuit has any grounds, or any of the allegations any substance, it has caused significant inconvenience and stress so I have decided to limit my involvement to events at Alkek Velodrome and fully sanctioned closed course events only, therefore will not be involved in Gravel Racing in any capacity going forward. If anyone is interested in taking on the series, please contact me at [email protected] so I can put you in touch with the entities that supported the series.

Craig, GHCF and myself would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who raced in the spirit of Gravel, our sponsors, volunteers and officials for all they did to make the series what it was over the last 3 years.
I would finally like to extend a huge degree of gratitude to Craig and his family who helped us raise thousands of dollars through this event to allow GHCF run its programs.

02/29/2024

Interested in track cycling in 2024? Here's details of our Intro to Track Classes & our Women's Intro to Track Day!

Upcoming Events March 11-13th Spring Break LCYCL 11am Sat Mar 16th - Intro to Track Class 6:45pm Tues 19th Mar - TNR Bunch Racing 6:45pm Tues 26th Mar - TNR Bunch Racing 10am Sat 7th April - Women's Intro to Track Class 6:45pm Tues 9th Apr - TNR Track on Speed 11am Sun 14th Apr - Intro to Track Clas...

01/29/2024

Racing Beyond Alkek Velodrome...

Upcoming Alkek Velodrome Events March 11-13th Spring Break LCYCL 11am Sat Mar 16th - Intro to Track Class 6:45pm Tues 19th Mar - TNR Bunch Racing 6:45pm Tues 26th Mar - TNR Bunch Racing 6:45pm Tues 9th Apr - TNR Track on Speed 11am Sun 14th Apr - Intro to Track Class 6:45pm Tues 16 Apr - TNR Aussie....

01/27/2024

New episode! Ashley Frye, Areil Mancillas, Chase Collins, and Justin McQuerry share how race 3 unfolded for them at the BellVelo Gravel Series.

https://anchor.fm/dropbartexas/episodes/A-Recap-BellVelo-Race-3-e2er7cg

Photos: Digital Knight Productions

01/09/2024

BellVelo Concludes, all the news from an awesome final race!
https://wix.to/DD6baQF

01/07/2024

Photo's from our 1 lap Series Champion!

Saturday, January 6, 2024

01/06/2024

Thanks to everyone that came out from the many corners of cycling land to race and support us for the race #3 and series finale gravel race in our 2023-2024 series. We have almost tripled our number of racers since we started 3 years ago. Also a BIG thanks to Ryan at Huff Brewing and to Sun& Ski for their continued support! You can see the fruits of your support by checking out the awesome youth and adult cycling development programs at the Alkek Velodrome in Houston. We are working on some additional opportunities to ride gravel in the Austin County area and will post later on future events. Looking forward to the next series!

01/06/2024

Big question is - “Is TJ bringing his legs?”…

01/06/2024

The race will use the 12.8 mile alternate route. Here’s the RWGPS map link:

BellVelo 2023-24 Series #1 Alt loop - 12.9 mi, +308 ft. Bike ride in Austin County, TX

01/06/2024

We are on for tomorrow but will be using the alternate course we used for Race #1 to avoid the field section which is now a swamp again... I'll email all participants tonight with the route etc.

These are some of the wettest parts of the loop we'll be running so I'd say conditions will be pretty good!

Big thanks to Craig for checking the course!