Tour de Houston

As there are no hills in Houston, let alone hills, the mountain bike has take a bit of a back seat (or saddle if you prefer). There is a very famous road biking race in Houston called the MS-150 which is basically a ride between H-town and Austin, which coincidentally is 150 miles..now, im not doing this, it was booked up long before i arrived on the shores, but there are extremely well organised training rides organised by 'local' oil companies, one of which is where a majority of my friends company 'conoco phillips' who hold training on saturday mornings at around 7.30am...which means a 5am start on a weekend! now these training rides are better organised than most races in the uk. up to 40 police officers and 50 marshals are present, with tech wagons in assistance and feed stations...anyway...random photos of early morning shenanigans. my first ride was a measley 28 miles...unfortunately i broke the all time record (and was publisied in the weekly newsletter..i kid not) for having the most punctures in a single ride (4) due to a dodgy tyre...ps it was freezing!