RIVER LEGACY
Its my home park.
7 mile out and back paved river trail (14 miles if you ride out and back)
5.5 mile "Badlands" paved trail (11 miles if you ride out and back)
3 mile off road loop
3.5 miles from my front door to the off road trail head
1.1 miles of inside the park loop
Routes.
10 miles from my house ride 1 loop and back
12 miles from my house to the 7 mile marker and back
13 miles my house 2 loops and back (my typical mtn bike workout)
16 miles my house 3 loops and back
17.4 miles from my house ride all the river trail and back
18 miles from my house to the end of the "Badlands" and back
19 miles my house 4 loops and back (i don't ride more than 4 loops)
30 miles from my house ride all 14 miles of the river trail and the "Badlands" and back.
[the loops are assuming 3 mile off road trail but this article was written in jan before they extended it to 5 miles]
Ascension Hill
Anytime i ride from my house to anywhere i have to ride down and up this hill. 110 feet elevation gain in under a quarter mile with an average grade of 9 percent. Riding down it I can get up to 45mph and climbing it is a beast.
The "Badlands"
The term coined by me and the wahler baller (jake). we named it the "Badlands" because there is no shade in the summer, nothing to break the wind in the winter, no water, its always windy and because it's twisty you get a head wind both ways, it literally smells like POOO most of the time because it goes past a "solid waste drying station" water treatment plant and you're always suckin down exhaust fumes because it goes along a major busy street.
Interlochen
Located at the end of the Bad Lands, this is the same neighborhood with all the Christmas lights every year. this where the most hills are in arlington. there are about 4 or 5 good hills in this neighborhood. this the main reason i suffer through the Bad Lands, to get to the hills. The area is great, wide streets, friendly considerate drives and smooth roads. there is a 1.9 mile "crit" loop that you can really get cookin' on. i have averaged over 20 mph on this loop more than once. it's really fun. if you're in the area i'll show it to you. Interlochen is the favorite part of my ride most days.
The Off Road Trail
as of today 4/5/2008 the off road/mtn. bike trail is a 5 mile loop. with plans to increase it another 3 miles. its mostly flat with a few short rolling hills, twisty through the trees and quite a bit of shade. i love the trail mostly because it's 3.5 miles from my front door. it's not a technical trail and it great for beginners. you can go balls out and average just under 13mph for the loop or you can go slow and take your time and do 4 or 5 loops and call it a day. this is the trail i love to ride in the spring and it makes me feel alive. i love the sights and smells of the trail in spring time. when i was dating a former amateur state of texas mtn. bike champion we used to love to ride the trail together. she taught me how to ride a mountain bike on that trail and how to take corners in the trees. that's why to this day my fat a55 can ride fast on a mtn. bike when i have too. we used to race each other and talk a lil smack. FUN TIMES.
-river legacy dominator
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