WRL/Valley View Trail in Dallas?
06-18-08, 07:56 PM
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WRL/Valley View Trail in Dallas?
This weekend (Saturday) is the Tour d'Italia, so what about around the 4th? Meet somewhere at WRL, do a lap, hit the DART rail and goof around downtown? Maybe head north to Greater Downtown Plano for buffalo burgers and coffee?
06-18-08, 10:09 PM
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You could ride from WRL to downtown as well. Dart's fine, but get 20 people with bikes and it may not work so well....
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06-18-08, 11:01 PM
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Yeah, there's a fairly safe route from WRL to Downtown, too, most of which is along Swiss Ave.
06-20-08, 06:07 PM
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I need to at least drive a route from WRL to downtown. The Hooters there is really popular among MTBrs. As for speed, I'm really happy strolling along. I don't like getting up speed unless there are NO cars around.
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wrl to downtown is easy. i do it at least once a week.
winstead to lakewood blvd-
lakewood to abrams-
abrams to palo pinto-
palo pinto to greenville-
greenville to willis-
willis to knox/henderson-
kox/henderson to katy trail-
katy into the parking lot of aa center.
piece of cake.
with once around white rock it's a 25-30 mile trip.
beautiful, stress free ride.
winstead to lakewood blvd-
lakewood to abrams-
abrams to palo pinto-
palo pinto to greenville-
greenville to willis-
willis to knox/henderson-
kox/henderson to katy trail-
katy into the parking lot of aa center.
piece of cake.
with once around white rock it's a 25-30 mile trip.
beautiful, stress free ride.
06-25-08, 11:36 PM
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Here is a route that the wife and I use to get from our apartment (near downtown on Swiss) to WRL. It's pretty safe since most of it is on quiet neighborhood streets. A good portion of it is on Swiss which is very scenic--nice older houses with lots of trees/shade. From here you could just continue down Swiss to Texas, make a right (north) on Texas and follow that to Ross. Ross into downtown.
