UPDATED
12/23/05
One of my
many hobbies is riding my mountain bike in the
many parks and trails in Texas. Most of the time I
just ride in the mornings, at the park
in Coppell. If you ride all the paths you can go
for well over an hour and ride about 10 miles on
one round trip. It is
not a technical trail, but it is a nice park with
long concrete trails to really get a good ride in
if you are not looking to trail. I would avoid the
park on the weekends, it is very busy. Sunday is
not bad, but you have to get there early to avoid
the crowd.
Other places
I ride include L. B. Houston Trail in Dallas, Knob
Hill Trail in Flower Mound and Northshore in
Grapevine. Then there is Whiterock park in Dallas
but I have only been there once since I moved to
East Forth Worth. I am not a very
technical rider and really just enjoy getting out
and riding, most of the time I just ride in the
park in Coppell.
This is my Giant Mountain bike
that has served me well, needs a good tune up but
still works great after 5 years of use.
This is a stock picture of my
new Scott Yecora 05 I purchased to replace my
Giant Mountain bike. It has Shimano disc brakes,
Shimano gears and best part it was on sale! My
Giant is still a good bike, will take it with me
to trails in case I need it.
I also just purchased a new
bike rake that fits on my receiver hitch. I was
using a roof rack but with using my vehicle
occasional with security, I have to remove the
rack. So I went with a Sportworks TranSport T2
hitch bike rack, and a cost of $400 (ouch).
Figured this would motivate me more to get out
since I spent so much on the bike rack. I had some
extra cash after selling a car, so I decided to by
myself a Christmas present.
I recommend this bike shop in
Grapevine, TX. Great people that work there and
SUPER friendly. I went in there looking for a bike
rake and they bent over backward to show me how it
worked. I almost bought a $800 Cannondale, but
figured I needed to buy my house first ;)
MADDUCK
ADVENTURE SPORTS
721 E. Northwest Highway
Grapevine, TX 76051
817-442-0339 Fax: 817-442-0718
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Northshore |
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photo of the park in Coppell |
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