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Title: DFW Airport ride Post by mleuck on Dec 7th, 2008, 8:09am Paul or Bud may post something later but I originally was going to meet both of them at 9:30 however since it was about 28 degrees outside at the time I went back to bed...  :) I ended up leaving Valley Ranch at 11 when it was a bearable 48 degrees and caught up with both of them on the east side near Valley View and Beltline. They were on their 2nd lap and we all went back to the Shell station at Freeport Parkway for a break.  Afterwards the three of us did a clockwise run around the airport, I ended up parting ways for a run through downtown Grapevine where they had some big Christmas event going on. You end up hearing a lot of "Oh look kids at the man laying down on that bike" kind of stuff. One run through Main street, through the north park by the marina then across the dam and it was time for home, total run 52 miles. Pictures at http://s262.photobucket.com/albums/ii97/markleuck/December%206%20DFW%20Airport/ And sometime today www.lifeonabaron.blogspot.com

Title: Re: DFW Airport ride Post by Bud_Bent on Dec 7th, 2008, 5:30pm It was great seeing you, Mark! Paul and I did a total of three laps, plus a little exploring. We also stopped at the new observation point at the north end of the runways on Texas Trail. It's a really good spot to watch planes take off or land, and even has a speaker with what sounds like control tower communication. It was still pretty chilly at 9:45 when we took off, but a lot nicer than earlier. I found out that I can draft Paul pretty well on my Roadster lowracer. Of course that doesn't help on the hills. But, it's pretty small hills in this area. The biggest challenge is usually wind, but there just wasn't much on this day. I ended up with 54.6 miles at a 17.2 mph average.

Title: Re: DFW Airport ride Post by mleuck on Dec 7th, 2008, 10:26pm Bud_Bent wrote: It was great seeing you, Mark! Paul and I did a total of three laps, plus a little exploring. We also stopped at the new observation point at the north end of the runways on Texas Trail. It's a really good spot to watch planes take off or land, and even has a speaker with what sounds like control tower communication. Now they need one at the south end  :)

Title: Re: DFW Airport ride Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Dec 8th, 2008, 12:37am I think there's one there, too.... Anyway, yes, thanks for meeting me out there, guys - it was a good session.

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