Houston, Texas may not be known as the most cycling-friendly city in America. But no other city in the nation can boast a cycling club like NWCC. And no other city has anything approaching NWCC’s famous “Saturday Morning Rides”.

For the past 25 years, 52 Saturdays a year, rain or shine, cyclists numbering from 75 to well over 200 converge on the parking lot at Zube Park in far northwest Harris County. About half are club members; the other half are non-club members who are always welcomed guests.

Club members volunteer to be that Saturday’s “Ride Starter”. By megaphone the Ride Starter welcomes everyone, gives a few Club announcements, then calls out the pace groups. Pace groups include “New Riders”, 14-16 mph, 16-18 mph, 18-20 mph, and 20+ mph.

Pace groups will cover distances from 20 to over 80 miles, riding on well-paved, quiet country roads in Harris and Waller Counties. Hours later, as the riders return, the Ride Starter sets out coolers of Gatorade and water, bananas, cookies, and peanut butter sandwiches.

Saturday morning rides start from Zube Park. Occasionally the Park will have a scheduling conflict and we'll start from the nearby Hockley Community Center.  (In those cases this site's homepage will boldly state the Hockley location.)  Start times are at either 7:30 am or 8:00 am, depending upon the month. See Start Times below.

Directions to Zube Park :Take HWY 290 to Roberts Rd. exit. Turn North (right) on Roberts Rd. The park is about a 1/4 mile North of HWY. 290 on Robert's Road on the right.

Directions to the Hockley Community Center: Take 290 (past the Richards exit) to the Kermier Road exit. Exit on Kermier, and turn left on Kermier (i.e., go under the 290 freeway) to Old 290. Go across old 290, and across the RR tracks to Old Washington. Turn right on Old Washington and continue on that road until you cross RR tracks again. The Community Center will be on left hand side of the road right after the RR track crossing.

Start Times:

January - March 8:00am

April thru September 7:30am

October - December 8:00am.

Routes

• The Map - includes 25, 30, 35, 40, 50 and 65 mile routes (pdf)
• The written instructions (pdf)

Longer Routes

• Whitehall 72 miles
• Tour de Pierre 60 miles
• 1736 60 miles
• Buffalo Long 68 miles

Interested in volunteering to be a Ride Starter? It's easy! Just go to our Ride Starter page.