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Mineral Wells State Trail
Jul 29th, 2010, 10:28pm
 
Can I get by with 28mm tires on my bent or is this trail too rough for road type tires?  If the trail is like the unpaved parts of the Trinity I should get by.  Anyone ridden it?
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Reply #1 - Jul 30th, 2010, 10:14am
 
I rode it a couple of years ago and think it is very comparable to the gravel sections of the Trinity Trail. We were on mountain bikes but saw 4 other people on recumbents that day. No one appeared to have any difficulties. Only one time did I find any loose, soft gravel and that was over at the edge of the trail. The surface was generally hard packed and easy to ride.
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Reply #2 - Jul 30th, 2010, 10:18am
 
It has been years, I rode the trail on a Vision with 1.25" tires and did not have a problem.
However the trail has trees on both sides which makes great shade but NO breeze at all.
It gets pretty warm.
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Reply #3 - Jul 30th, 2010, 9:32pm
 
Thanks guys,  rode about 17.5 miles of it today and the after 16 miles it is pretty worthless because of the deeper sand patches.
 
On the way into Garner I didn't realize I was going downhill and coming back it was a long slow climb 2-4% grade boring and SLOW for me.  For some reason I was under the impression that Mineral Wells was higher than the start, but I was wrong.
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 31st, 2010, 12:32pm
 
Sorry to hear that. Maybe the maintenance on it hasn't been too good in the last couple of years.
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Reply #5 - Jul 31st, 2010, 11:03pm
 
Oh, I still had a blast until I realized how much lower 17.5 miles into the trail is than the start.
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Reply #6 - Aug 2nd, 2010, 9:42pm
 
We like to start at the Weatherford end.  The first 4 miles is up hill, but a blast coming back.  We also don't ride into Mineral Wells becuase you have to cross a number of streets which spoil the fun of riding on a trail.
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Reply #7 - Aug 3rd, 2010, 12:38pm
 
I started in Weatherford and you go up for 4 miles then down into Garner, but coming back was the suck.
 
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42471536    If I had been on my mountain bike it would probably have been much easier coming up.
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