Originally Posted by
txags92
The GBP trail is fine on a roadie. If you start at the parking area at briar forest and hwy 6 and ride to fry road and back, it is about a 22.5 mile round trip. If you want long straight roads with broad shoulders, the best area closest to you is the area around katy/brookshire/simonton/fulshear. I would NOT ride on Barker Cypress unless you have a deathwish, as there is no shoulder and LOTS of traffic. You can park at the Katy High School parking lot at FM 1463 and hwy 90 as a good starting point for rides down hwy 90 or fm1463, or park down in fulshear at the metro park and ride lot at fm 359 and fm1093. The loop from katy high down to fulshear and back, via hwy 90 to fm 359 to fm1093 to fm 1463 is about 30 miles or so and there are lots of add-ons you can do to push mileage up to 50 or more out in that same area. The conoco page is a great resource...they do routes all over the place.
So you would park at 6 and briar forest and from there do you take westheimer pkwy to get to fry and back? If not I ride on terry hersey and I start off at that valero. if I were to go to fry would I go straight instead of making that right near the dam towards terry hersey?
To the op: I ve ridden terry hersey 4 times now and its pretty nice, the only downsides are: sometimes it gets pretty packed and theres some sand on the trail but it has hills so its a good workout.