Note that Glenbrook Drive is a designated bike route. Going north, you can go up Glenbrook to Belt Line, across and down to Century Park Drive, and north to Apollo. Then you can take Apollo most of the way to Hwy 75. That's all urban riding with bumps and redlights.

Going south on Glenbrook, turn east onto Kingsly, across the bridge, and back south on Ridgedale, which puts you back on the bike route. Take Ridgedale south to Woodbury, back to 1st Street, south on 1st Street, and across Centerville to Duck Creek Drive, which is also a bike route. You can stay on Duck Creek, or watch for the parking lot where a hike/bike trail starts, and get on it. It goes down to Greenbelt Parkway and then out by the Walmart. For longer rides, stay on Duck Creek Drive, go across Broadway onto Rowlett Road, down the hill to Bobtown, turn east. Go to the tee at Roan/ Bobtown Road, turn right. Stay straight to go on Lyons Road, turn right on Diana, left on Christina, right on Bobtown, left on Barnes Bridge Road, right on Polly Road, left on East Fork, left to stay on East Fork, to the tee at Tripp Road. Turn left on Tripp Road, down the hill and round the curve, follow it out to Hwy 80. Go west on the service road, take first overpass, go back east on the other service road and turn on Lawson Road, by the barbecue place. Ignore the "road closed" signs, watch the bumps, go to the barricades, walk around them, and continue south past Scyene Road on Lawson. Turn right on Berry Road, right on Berry/ Faithon/Lucas, left on Newsom, right on Clay Mathis, back across Scyene, right on Long Creek, right to stay on Long Creek, turn east onto the Hwy 80 service road, go to the first overpass and across (same overpass as earlier), turn west on the Hwy 80 service road, and back north on East Fork, right on Tripp Road, and back north on East Fork, and then go back the way you came. There's lots of variations on this, and you can go farther south, down I20 and beyond. Look this up on a map first, these directions aren't meant to be riding directions. From my house (near Duck Creek and Oates) to Hwy 80 is right at 10 miles, so round trip is my daily 20 mile ride.

Don Johle's Bike World has a Saturday monring non-drop ride that takes variations of this route, check the website, www.donjohlesbikeworld.com, or come on down Saturday at 10:00 AM. If the Saturday ride is canceled due to rain or cold, message me, as I'll likely be riding somewhere anyway. I think Richardson Bike Mart has some group rides going from Poteet High School in Mesquite that use some of this route as well.

Another route: Work your way down to Wynn Joyce, go south past 635 to Barnes Bridge Road, and turn right. About halfway down the block, you'll see Bike Route 280 starting, and you can follow it as it zigzags through Dallas to White Rock Lake, go around the lake and back up. See the sticky for "Texas Rides" up there for links to maps for Bike Route 280 on the Dallas website.