The 2024 Bluebonnet Express
The 33rd annual 2024 Bluebonnet Express is scheduled for April 21, 2024.
More information to follow.
2023 ride photos are coming in and can be viewed in the 2023 Bluebonnet Express Photo Album.
The Bluebonnet Express is promoted and sponsored by Northwest Cycling Club. It is one of two rides that we organize each year to promote cycling in the greater Houston area. The proceeds from this ride go in various directions, are predominantly cycling related, and are naturally subject to the profitability of the ride.
Boy Scout Troop 202 uses this ride as their major fundraiser. We budget an amount for them each year and if the ride turns out more profitable, we increase the donation to them. The troop has volunteers, scouts and parents, manning our rest stops and start/finish area.
Northwest Cycling Club supports the following organizations for 2023:
- Suzannah Smiles – The SB250
- Alkek Velodrome Youth Cycling
- Boys and Girls Country
- Houston Food Bank
- Major Taylor – Houston Cycling Club
- Waller County Sherriff Office
- Waller Assistance & Restoration Ministries
- Waller ISD
- Walk to End Alzheimer’s
- Boy Scouts of America
- Royal ISD
- Bike Houston
- Waller County Fair and Rodeo
In addition to the above, NWCC sponsors weekly rides, open to not just club members but all cyclists – new and old – beginner to advanced. On a typical, good-weather day, it is not uncommon to see over 200 cyclists show up for our Saturday rides. Throughout the year, NWCC also organizes cycling educational classes and skills clinics and, of course, a host of other cycling related activities.
So, as you can see, NWCC is all about giving back to the cycling community and for the advancement and education of cycling in general – from local to state and nationwide. It’s the funds from our annual Katy Flatland Century and Bluebonnet Express events that allow us to do these things.
Northwest Cycling Club (NWCC) is a tax exempt Sec 501- 3C organization.
