So, a friend and I randomly decided to ride to Austin from Houston (Katy, actually)

We used google maps new bicycling feature. It led us to a couple of dead ends, but we did make it there without dying in one day. All in all nearly 12 hours spent riding. It hurt a lot. It was tons of fun and our respective ladies came and met us there by car with our luggage and more camera gear.
Great ride! I highly suggest it to the folks who like touring. We'll probably do it again soon!


more ride recap stuff on our little corner of the internet: our bike blog
https://highflange.com/2010/03/15/dir...ton-to-austin/

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Ha, I saw you guys at the gas station in Bastrop right around dark. Good ride!

Sweet ride. Lots of miles and hills in one day.

1. love the license plate!
2. got a link to your route?

That's awesome! I think the owner of that car lives in my apt complex, because I've seen that plate a few time. AMLI?

I'd love to just randomly ride that far, downtown to katy & back today was pretty brutal.

I agree, local stuff can be rather brutal. I can ride from the west-side to Cypress and back with no problems, but I don't think I'm quite at the point where I can just pick up and ride that far (especially in one day).

I have a friend that may just be crazy enough to join me if I were wanting to do something like that.

You just gave me something to think about....

I'd like to see that route myself. How was the traffic leading up to Bastrop?