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Bicycling Katy Trail in MO land. (Read 726 times)
MrOverdressed
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Bicycling Katy Trail in MO land.
Oct 19th, 2007, 9:36am
 
While searching for info on Katy trail in Dallas. I came across a 220+ mile rails-to-trails project in Missouri also called Katy Trail.  
     http://www.bikekatytrail.com
I want to ride this!  Since this is a railway it will be very level with gentle hills.  It would be possible to ship the bikes to St Louis and fly on Southwest Airlines.  Then pedal to Kansas City and fly SWA from KC back to Dallas.
 
For shipping we could rent a cube truck.  When I went on the Austin to Ft Worth ride last spring they had a cube truck.  First they put a layer of bikes leaning upright with large sheets of cardboard (from Bicycle's INC) buffered between the bikes.  Once the first layer was complete.  They began to stack the bicycles on top of the first layer.  They said when the ride had a 40+ people they would rent a Greyhound Bus and put the bikes below.  I think this would be a little snug for recumbents.
 
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Re: Bicycling Katy Trail in MO land.
Reply #1 - Oct 19th, 2007, 11:06am
 
The trail is gravel so it would be a fat tire ride. Does sound fun though. My bentech has 1 3/8 tires so it would probably do alright. It would be a slow ride too. There would be lots to see along the trail. Would be a good fall ride. This is something I would definately consider doing.
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Reply #2 - Oct 19th, 2007, 11:40am
 
How about we just go ride the Mineral Wells Rail Trail, instead. It's 40 miles, out and back, and the Weatherford end of it is within a hour drive of my house. It's also a hard-pack trail, requiring wider tires.
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