Greenway Trails Bicycle Riders

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us.

We have shifted to winter ride hours. Our start time for all rides under our control is 10:00 am.

This is one of our most aggressive events and the total length is a fraction more than 25 miles. (Our group tends to be older... an aggressive event to us might not be strenuous to younger and healthier cyclists.) We start from the Stinson Airport Trailhead and pedal the loop trail over to the Mission Reach trail, and ride south to the connection with the Medina River Greenway Trail. We proceed on the Medina River Trail and cross Roosevelt Avenue and ride a short stretch through the Mission Del Lago development and then continue on the trail again, past Mitchell Lake to the Pleasanton Road Trailhead on the Medina River Greenway Trail. We will continue and go a couple miles further into the Medina River Valley for a more adventurous trail with descents and climbs through switchback turns.

The Medina River Greenway Trail is currently open past Pleasanton Rd, so I plan to continue another 2 or 3 miles that will take us through the switchbacks around the Leon Creek bridge. We will turn around a bit past 12.5 miles, so the round trip will be a little over 25 miles.

Those wishing a less challenging ride can turn around at ether the Roosevelt Avenue (US281) crossing for a total 11 mile ride, or at the Pleasanton Rd Trailhead for a bit over 20 miles total ride. If you stop and rest at the Pleasanton Rd Trailhead, we will return and pick you up for the return leg in about 25 minutes.

The ride is easy to moderate until we reach the Pleasanton Rd Trailhead. It becomes much more physically challenging past that point.

We have shifted to winter hours. 10:00 AM start.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us.

Depending on what part of the new trails to the south are accessible, this ride will be anywhere from 18 to 25 miles. We will average around 11 MPH with peak speeds up to 15 MPH, maybe faster downhill.

This is my favorite summer time ride... it's very shady. We ride by Pletz Park, the KOA campground with lots of big pecan trees, alongside Willow Springs golf course and the AT&T Center, through Martin Luther King park and through Covington and Comanche Parks, finally arriving at Southside Lions Park where there is a nice lake and lots of people fishing. Unless the weather is overcast, we usually head up to the Hiawatha Street Overlook for a great view and photo ops. We have sometimes been able to continue south on the latest trail construction when it hasn't been fenced off.

The only physically challenging part of the trail is the hill up to the Hiawatha St Lookout, so you can skip that if it is beyond your current ability, and wait below for us to return.

Please change your RSVP to "NO" if you decide not to go.......that way someone will not find themselves ALONE because everyone else decided not to go!!

Please use a helmet! Also please check your bike status to make sure it is operable before the ride. Be prepared with water and sunblock if needed. Optional food or a beverage afterwards.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership. Give us a try and see how you enjoy riding with us.

This (Sunday) ride replaces our 4th Saturday ride from Ladybird Park due to trail usage conflicts with multiple fitness groups.

We will start this ride from Ingram Transit Center Trailhead and ride to Culebra creek trail extensions from Cathedral Rock Trailhead. For this early portion of the ride, if we have new riders we will limit our speed, and stop more frequently. There is a turn around point for less experienced riders for a 13 mile ride. Some of us will continue back to Leon Creek and up to French Creek to the Nani Falcone Park... and back to the Ingram Transit Center Trailhead. Roughly 20 miles.

We welcome newcomers. We will attempt to assess your skills and adapt a part of our group if needed to be able to accompany you. If you cannot ride at a 10MPH average, we will not be able to accomodate you... that is too much to ask of our riders. We will ride slower (maybe split our group) if you can maintain a minimum of 10MPH average. Our typical average speed is 12 - 13 MPH. We will often ride at 15 MPH, but because we are older folks, we slow down significantly going uphill.

Winter hours 10:00 AM start time.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us. The dues go towards the cost of the meetup.com resources. It isn't free. Event hosts often send updates to the attendees, and if you configured your privacy to dis-allow messages, you miss notifications about road closures and alternate routes to the trailhead.

We will meet in the back of the parking lot of the Walker Ranch Senior Center on Rhapsody Dr. We will ride over the pedestrian bridge into Walker Ranch Park to the Salado Creek Trail, and onto the Salado Creek Trail. We can go either way... towards Eisenhower Park or the other way to McAllister, Ladybird and beyond.

We have changed the venue of this ride due to insufficient parking at the Voelcker Trailhead, and concerns of crowded trails in the area.

Please change your RSVP to "NO" if you decide not to go. Folks should not have to wait for you if you are not going. If you're more than 5 min. late and haven't messaged us to wait, you'll have to catch up!

Please be sure your bike is in good repair, use a helmet, bring water, and use sunblock if needed.

Meet in the parking lot, near the trail. Bring a helmet and water.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us. The dues go towards the cost of the meetup.com resources. It isn't free. Event hosts often send updates to the attendees, and if you configured your privacy to dis-allow messages, you miss notifications about road closures and alternate routes to the trailhead.

This is our monthly "tourist" ride. We will stop at every mission and other historical site and Frank will talk about the significance of what happened at this site.

Most of the route will be on the Mission Reach multi-use paved walkway which is about 8 ft wide. There are some hills - maybe challenging for new riders but not really a big challenge. It is a very pretty ride down the river and back. There will be a few spots where we ride on roadways, but they will have very light traffic. We will be riding an average of about 11.5 MPH. Please advise one of the ride leaders (David Canada, Frank Fitzpatrick) if the speed is a problem for you. We will slow down the ride if needed. This ride is approximately 19 miles, although with the stops, most ride segments will be 3 - 4 miles. There are some locations along the ride where it is an easy ride back to our starting point if the distance is too challenging. Please talk to the ride leaders (Frank, Dave, Ricci) if you are dropping out. We keep track of our riders. We can provide an escort if turning back is needed but uncomfortable.

We will start from Roosevelt Park and head south stopping at Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Espada Aqueduct, Mission Espada, Mission San Juan, and the Hot Wells Resort ruins. This ride might run a bit longer than 2.5 hours.

Please change your RSVP to "NO" if you decide not to go. Folks should not have to wait for you if you are not going. If you're more than 5 min. late and haven't messaged us to wait, you'll have to catch up!
Please be sure your bike is in good repair, use a helmet, bring water, and use sunblock, if needed.

November marks our full shift to winter start times. All rides under our control will start at 10:00 am until April.
If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us. The dues go towards the cost of the meetup.com resources. It isn't free. Event hosts often send updates to the attendees, and if you configured your privacy to dis-allow messages, you miss notifications about road closures and alternate routes to the trailhead.
Don't forget a helmet and water.
Please cancel your rsvp if you don't go for any reason.
From McAllister Park, we have some flexibility about which way to ride the trail. We will decide at the trailhead. Personally I favor I a ride up to Eisenhower Park Trailhead and return (only because I favor having the majority of the return ride downhill). But I have no objection to going the other way with the boardwalk, and down past Los Patios. We could even stop by a very old Oak tree adjacent to Ladybird Park.
Our group tends to be older than the majority of bicyclists, but fit for our age. On this specific route, we usually average around 12 MPH. We will slow down if we have riders that are challenged at that speed (within reason - if you have trouble with a 10 MPH average, talk to Frank, Dave or Ricci). We prefer to ride single file, with a minimum of 2 bike lengths between riders. This is for everyone's safety. Our only injuries have occurred because riders were too close when one had to react to something unexpected. Since we are an older group, we don't "bounce" as well as we used to.
Please be sure your bike is in good repair, use a helmet, bring water, and use sunblock if needed.
Some of us may get together after the ride for lunch at a restaurant that has patio dining.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us.

This is one of our most aggressive events and the total length is a fraction more than 25 miles. (Our group tends to be older... an aggressive event to us might not be strenuous to younger and healthier cyclists.) We start from the Stinson Airport Trailhead and pedal the loop trail over to the Mission Reach trail, and ride south to the connection with the Medina River Greenway Trail. We proceed on the Medina River Trail and cross Roosevelt Avenue and ride a short stretch through the Mission Del Lago development and then continue on the trail again, past Mitchell Lake to the Pleasanton Road Trailhead on the Medina River Greenway Trail. We will continue and go a couple miles further into the Medina River Valley for a more adventurous trail with descents and climbs through switchback turns.

The Medina River Greenway Trail is currently open past Pleasanton Rd, so I plan to continue another 2 or 3 miles that will take us through the switchbacks around the Leon Creek bridge. We will turn around a bit past 12.5 miles, so the round trip will be a little over 25 miles.

Those wishing a less challenging ride can turn around at ether the Roosevelt Avenue (US281) crossing for a total 11 mile ride, or at the Pleasanton Rd Trailhead for a bit over 20 miles total ride. If you stop and rest at the Pleasanton Rd Trailhead, we will return and pick you up for the return leg in about 25 minutes.

The ride is easy to moderate until we reach the Pleasanton Rd Trailhead. It becomes much more physically challenging past that point.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership. Give us a try and see how you enjoy riding with us.

This (Sunday) ride replaces our 4th Saturday ride from Ladybird Park due to trail usage conflicts with multiple fitness groups.

We will start this ride from Ingram Transit Center Trailhead and ride to Culebra creek trail extensions from Cathedral Rock Trailhead. For this early portion of the ride, if we have new riders we will limit our speed, and stop more frequently. There is a turn around point for less experienced riders for a 13 mile ride. Some of us will continue back to Leon Creek and up to French Creek to the Nani Falcone Park... and back to the Ingram Transit Center Trailhead. Roughly 20 miles.

We welcome newcomers. We will attempt to assess your skills and adapt a part of our group if needed to be able to accompany you. If you cannot ride at a 10MPH average, we will not be able to accomodate you... that is too much to ask of our riders. We will ride slower (maybe split our group) if you can maintain a minimum of 10MPH average. Our typical average speed is 12 - 13 MPH. We will often ride at 15 MPH, but because we are older folks, we slow down significantly going uphill.

Meet in the parking lot, near the trail. Bring a helmet and water.

If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us. The dues go towards the cost of the meetup.com resources. It isn't free. Event hosts often send updates to the attendees, and if you configured your privacy to dis-allow messages, you miss notifications about road closures and alternate routes to the trailhead.

This is our monthly "tourist" ride. We will stop at every mission and other historical site and Frank will talk about the significance of what happened at this site.

Most of the route will be on the Mission Reach multi-use paved walkway which is about 8 ft wide. There are some hills - maybe challenging for new riders but not really a big challenge. It is a very pretty ride down the river and back. There will be a few spots where we ride on roadways, but they will have very light traffic. We will be riding an average of about 11.5 MPH. Please advise one of the ride leaders (David Canada, Frank Fitzpatrick) if the speed is a problem for you. We will slow down the ride if needed. This ride is approximately 19 miles, although with the stops, most ride segments will be 3 - 4 miles. There are some locations along the ride where it is an easy ride back to our starting point if the distance is too challenging. Please talk to the ride leaders (Frank, Dave, Ricci) if you are dropping out. We keep track of our riders. We can provide an escort if turning back is needed but uncomfortable.

We will start from Roosevelt Park and head south stopping at Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Espada Aqueduct, Mission Espada, Mission San Juan, and the Hot Wells Resort ruins. This ride might run a bit longer than 2.5 hours.

Please change your RSVP to "NO" if you decide not to go. Folks should not have to wait for you if you are not going. If you're more than 5 min. late and haven't messaged us to wait, you'll have to catch up!
Please be sure your bike is in good repair, use a helmet, bring water, and use sunblock, if needed.

November marks our full shift to winter start times. All rides under our control will start at 10:00 am until April.
If you are not yet a member, you can join us on this ride by starting a 30 day trial membership. The $20 annual dues are not required during the trial membership period. Give us a try and see how fun it is to ride with us. The dues go towards the cost of the meetup.com resources. It isn't free. Event hosts often send updates to the attendees, and if you configured your privacy to dis-allow messages, you miss notifications about road closures and alternate routes to the trailhead.
Don't forget a helmet and water.
Please cancel your rsvp if you don't go for any reason.
From McAllister Park, we have some flexibility about which way to ride the trail. We will decide at the trailhead. Personally I favor I a ride up to Eisenhower Park Trailhead and return (only because I favor having the majority of the return ride downhill). But I have no objection to going the other way with the boardwalk, and down past Los Patios. We could even stop by a very old Oak tree adjacent to Ladybird Park.
Our group tends to be older than the majority of bicyclists, but fit for our age. On this specific route, we usually average around 12 MPH. We will slow down if we have riders that are challenged at that speed (within reason - if you have trouble with a 10 MPH average, talk to Frank, Dave or Ricci). We prefer to ride single file, with a minimum of 2 bike lengths between riders. This is for everyone's safety. Our only injuries have occurred because riders were too close when one had to react to something unexpected. Since we are an older group, we don't "bounce" as well as we used to.
Please be sure your bike is in good repair, use a helmet, bring water, and use sunblock if needed.
Some of us may get together after the ride for lunch at a restaurant that has patio dining.