FAQ

Buy a 2026 Blue Agave jersey from the shop and you are a club member: the road jersey costs $35.73 to $76.15 and the trail mountain bike jersey $35.73 to $47.42. Riders planning five or more mass-start races a year can add the $75 race membership for race-fee reimbursement.

Blue Agave race members buy the $75 race membership, race five or more mass-start events in current-year team kit, and submit receipts. The team repays up to $50 per event and $300 a year, at most $150 of it for January to June, paid in July and January. The $75 comes back after five races, while funds last.

No, you do not have to race to be on Blue Agave Racing. Buying a 2026 team jersey makes you a club member for the year, with access to team rides, news and community. The optional $75 race membership exists only for riders who want race-fee reimbursement, so casual riders, supporters and new cyclists are welcome without entering a single event.

A Blue Agave club member has bought a 2026 team jersey, which is all it takes to join the team. A race member has also paid the $75 race membership, which unlocks reimbursement of up to $50 per race and $300 a year, plus the $75 fee back after five races, while funds last. Both wear the same kit and join the same rides.

Yes, you can join Blue Agave Racing partway through the year by buying a 2026 team jersey, and you can add the $75 race membership at the same time. Mid-year race members have a $150 reimbursement cap instead of the full $300 annual cap. The $75 membership fee is still refunded after your fifth mass-start race, as funds permit.

The Blue Agave Racing calendar lists road, gravel, mountain bike, cyclocross and triathlon events in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, plus weekly group rides, rebuilt nightly from sources including USA Cycling, TMBRA, GHORBA and Chasing Watts. Filter by discipline or view by day, week or month; every listing links to its organizer for details and registration.

For sanctioned races, yes: Blue Agave riders racing USA Cycling sanctioned events need a license. At 2026 TMBRA races a one-day license costs $15 for Category 3 and $35 for Category 1, 2 and Pro; annual licenses cost $40 for juniors and $110 for adults (verified October 2026). Buy a one-day license at registration until you race often enough to justify an annual license.

TMBRA is the Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association, based in Kerrville. It runs a spring cross-country state championship series, the fall Texas Cup and a marathon series at venues across Texas. TMBRA racing starts at Category 3, the beginner level, and 2026 is its 30th season. Blue Agave Racing competes in TMBRA events and won its 2026 Team Challenge.

The TMBRA Team Challenge is a free team competition held within TMBRA’s spring cross-country series, presented by Pearland Bicycles in 2026. Each team’s top five finishers score points per race, the best six of eight races count, rosters are capped at 15 riders and riders must race under the exact registered team name. Blue Agave Racing won the 2026 Team Challenge.

Blue Agave Racing competes in mountain bike, road, gravel, cyclocross and triathlon events. Mountain bike racing through the Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association (TMBRA) cross-country and marathon series is the team’s core program, and members also line up at road races, gravel events, cyclocross races such as those at Houston’s Alkek Velodrome and triathlons across Texas, with members also traveling to select Oklahoma and Arkansas events listed on the team calendar.

Blue Agave Racing members agree to ten team rules, including: wear current-year team kit at races (required for race reimbursement), promote team sponsors, race clean with no UCI-banned drugs, wear a helmet on the bike and aim to make team-organized events inclusive of all fitness levels. Racers with three first-place finishes or a series championship are strongly encouraged to move up a category, and the rules include a liability waiver. Read all ten rules.

From 2016 through the fourth race of the 2026 spring TMBRA series in Waco, Blue Agave Racing riders logged 841 TMBRA starts with 115 wins and 228 more podium finishes, and 969 starts in all. That total includes Alkek Velodrome cyclocross, the Memorial Park MTB Speed Challenge and other gravel and marathon races. The team also won the 2026 TMBRA Team Challenge. Hall of Fame.

Blue Agave Racing members plan rides and share race news in the Blue Agave Racing Facebook group, and the team posts race photos on Instagram at @blueagaveracing. Team-hosted rides, such as group mountain bike rides at Huntsville State Park, are highlighted on the team calendar with a link to each event.

Blue Agave Racing team rule 3 discourages membership in other competitive cycling teams, although it does not forbid it. Divided loyalties complicate kit, reimbursement and TMBRA Team Challenge scoring, which requires the exact registered team name. If you want to race some events for another team, ask the volunteer board first so expectations are clear before the season starts.

Yes, Blue Agave Racing is beginner-friendly. Anyone can join simply by buying a team jersey, team events are meant to be open to all fitness levels, and TMBRA mountain bike racing starts at Category 3, the beginner level. New riders can join group rides, ask questions in the Facebook group and enter a first race with teammates around to help.

Blue Agave Racing is based in Missouri City, in Fort Bend County, Texas, and has no public office. Members meet at trailheads, races and group rides rather than a clubhouse. The team races across Texas and also travels to select events in Oklahoma and Arkansas throughout the road, mountain bike, gravel, cyclocross and triathlon seasons.

Yes, Blue Agave Racing hosts group rides, such as group mountain bike rides at Huntsville State Park, and members organize additional rides throughout the Houston area. Hosted rides are posted in the Blue Agave Racing Facebook group and highlighted on the team calendar, and team events are kept open to all fitness levels so new and experienced riders can join.

Contact Blue Agave Racing by email at info@blueagaveracing.com or through the contact page, and expect ride questions to move fastest in the Facebook group. To list an event on the team calendar, email the event name, date, city and registration link. Organizers, prospective members and sponsors can all reach the volunteer board at that same address.

Yes. Blue Agave Racing Team, the team’s legal name, was founded in 2016 and is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 41-2364948. The team is run by an unpaid volunteer board, and its mission is to expand participation in cycling and to donate to cycling-related charities. Buying team kit supports that mission, although a kit purchase is not a charitable gift.

Blue Agave Racing supports the MS150 and SB250 Spina Bifida charity rides, Suzannah Smiles Spina Bifida, Restoring Hope, which serves orphaned and vulnerable children, and trail organizations including the Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association (GHORBA), the Fort Bend Mountain Bike Association (FBMBA), the Borderland Mountain Bike Association (BMBA), Rose City Cycling and the Valley Off-Road Bicycling Association (VORBA).

Yes. Blue Agave Racing membership is annual, so you need the current-year team kit to be a member that year, and races only count toward reimbursement when you race in current-year kit and wear it on any podium. A 2026 road jersey costs $35.73 to $76.15 and the 2026 trail mountain bike jersey $35.73 to $47.42, so renewing each year is straightforward.