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Message started by Action Lad on Sep 9^th, 2010, 9:58pm

Title: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by Action Lad on Sep 9^th, 2010, 9:58pm

Considering this ride as a captioning service fund raiser. I work as a captioner for Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas. Anyone know anyone whose done this? I am trying to avoid the neighborhoods as much as possible. I am a highly experienced service road rider, and prefer a combination of those and straight, smooth secondary roads.

Title: Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by power_bent on Sep 9^th, 2010, 10:09pm

Good luck

Title: Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by AustinSkater on Sep 10^th, 2010, 6:19am

You may want to check out Lone Star Randonneurs (http://www.lonestarrandon.org/) as well as FWBA (too lazy to find their link), they have routes that will get you close. Also, there is at least one route on Bikely (http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/SXSFixed).

I've ridden LSRs route from Arlington to Wace, but none of the others.

Hope this helps

Title: Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by Action Lad on Sep 10^th, 2010, 6:05pm

AustinSkater wrote:

Thanks, Buddy! I'll be checking out the refs. [smiley=smiley.gif]

Title: Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by Opus the Poet on Sep 14^th, 2010, 7:03pm

I rode US 77 and FM 308 to Waco, about 85 miles. I was riding to La Grange so I don't have a tested route from Waco to Austin.

Title: Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by Mark on Sep 14^th, 2010, 8:48pm

Just for grins, you might try Google Maps and specify a bike route and see what you get.

Title: Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Post by Action Lad on Sep 25^th, 2010, 10:54am

Thanks for the responses!
Still going over courses, and I'll be looking at the experiences of X-country trekkers, (especially by trike), on crazyguyonabike.com/
Summer this year has been so full of riding that feel a difference in my base conditioning, even after several days of not riding due to work or weather. Planning to commute to keep it all up, a max. of 40 miles, McKinney to Irving. Starting light, then increasing the distance and reducing all the neighborhood twists and turns that Mr. Garmin wants to give me. [smiley=tongue.gif]