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Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Sep 9th, 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.
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Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Reply #1 - Sep 9th, 2010, 10:09pm
 
Good luck
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Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Reply #2 - Sep 10th, 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.
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 10th, 2010, 6:05pm
 
Quote from AustinSkater on Sep 10th, 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.

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Thanks, Buddy!  I'll be checking out the refs.   Smiley
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Re: Dallas to Austin or Bust!
Reply #4 - Sep 14th, 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.
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Reply #5 - Sep 14th, 2010, 8:48pm
 
Just for grins, you might try Google Maps and specify a bike route and see what you get.
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Reply #6 - Sep 25th, 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
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