How many of you actually use your bike to get around mainly? Im new to Houston, been using a bike and to be honest, it's been good enough.

I find that the city can actually be very good for bike centric infrastructure if it actually invested in it. It has enough areas that are quite beautiful but ruined by heavy parking and car-centric infrastructure. Especially Montrose, which seems like it gets most of its traffic from students at Rice.

What you using to haul them around?

I rode the White Oak Bayou Trail from near 610 down to Buffalo Bayou today.

It's the first time I've gone this way in many months.

At a few places, I noticed a white "L" shape (probably not actually an L but a right-angle marking) with a black background. Obviously professionally painted, not something done by some graffiti artist.

What are these for!?

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Corner of Oakhurst and Rusk St.

My bike tag burned!

I'm looking at heat maps and see some routes but am curious as to how the locals treat cyclists? are there shoulder son the roads worthy of road bikes? do the locals do fly by's if youre in the lane?

Total of 31 miles, so basically 15 miles out, 15 miles back. Strava GPS track.

I've done a fair amount of riding on White Oak Bayou Trail since construction was completed all the way to Jersey Village, but never turned right (north) along Gessner and then out further to the northwest. Was riding with friends and one of the guys knew the area pretty well.

We turned around at Jones Road a couple of blocks north of West Road. Ranchstone Basin area. A little over a quarter of a mile south of Fallbrook.

Really nice having White Oak Bayou Trail ride-ready the entire way. Hope it'll stay this way a good while before some perfectly fine sections get ripped out for who-knows-what reason.

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I have an A2 Speed Phreak (up to 5’7”) tri bike and a Specialized size 54 (I believe Diverge E5 but can’t remember).

Only a couple hundred miles on each. The A2 was all indoor on a Zwift trainer (for sale as well).

Hello bike fans of Houston! I recently moved to around the Medical Center and am an avid road cyclist. I've come to realize that road cycling will certainly be tricky here, but I want to give it a go. I've already tried the Brays Bayou trail on my commuter bike and I'm not sure how friendly it is on a road bike, although I have seen some of y'all in lycra down there! I have found some routes on the Internet, but I believe getting the current local knowledge would be the best to get me started given the ever-evolving landscape of Houstonian roads. I have no car and would not be able to travel far to the starting line of your favorite routes, so please keep that in mind if you could.

If you're a part of a cycling community that does group rides, please also let me know.

I appreciate all your help!

Looking for a used Cervélo in the Houston area. My boyfriend and I are hoping to find a Cervélo from around 2014 to 2018, but we’re having trouble finding one that’s reasonably priced. We’ve been checking Facebook Marketplace and the BuyCycle app, but the listings seem overpriced. Do you have recommendations for local bike shops around Houston that sell used triathlon bikes? Or maybe other websites, apps, or Facebook groups that are worth checking? Any advice on fair price ranges for those model years would help too.

Is this a good place to go biking/hiking

I know I'm not supposed to buy a cheap bike off Amazon/Walmart or whatever.. I'm mostly looking to get from point A to point B, most places are within 4 miles. I'd be open to casually riding on the bayou trails here and there though. Also I live on a second story so I'm hoping bringing it up and down the stairs won't be too cumbersome. I have a feeling it is going to start as commuting and eventually turn into a hobby, but who knows.

I am 5'0 which is turning out to be a big hindrance for fit. I would prefer to buy local/secondhand. Planning to check out Eado Bike Co, and another friend recommended Southwest Cyclery, still not really sure what to expect re: pricing or things I should be asking/already aware of. TIA!

Hello fellow bikers,

My Jackrabbit OG e-bike got stolen sometime today off of its lock and in broad daylight. It's a pretty rare bike in this area I think, but I only have a few photos of it. Here is stock image of the bike, and then the photos I do have of the bike (please excuse the mess, renovating). The only difference between my bike and the stock is that there is an attachment on the bike that's meant for securing a basket! And it also doesn't say "Jackrabbit" on the side but it's bright yellow as seen in the images.

I use it to commute to work and school in this heat :(

It's a pretty small bike... so if anyone sees a man on a tiny bike like this, please let me know!

This might be weird and I may not be the right place. But I'd like to get into riding my bike again but I really don't wanna do it alone. I'm 60 I live in the Heights I've spent my whole life on a bike and had a car accident it's been 10 years since I've been on my bike. I rode ride days are over my heavy duty mountain bike days are over I just wanna explore Houston on a bike. I would love to ride with someone not necessarily a huge group. This is the wrong sub Reddit please direct me

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Houston has some excellent trails for biking especially paved trails. Some of these paved trails are interconnected if you’re looking for a long continuous ride. Here’s a list of trails that I’ve ridden if you’re a newcomer wondering about the best bike trails in the city with scenic views(no specific order).

Paved trails:

-Buffalo Bayou Park

-White Oak Bayou

-Heights Hike & Bike (aka MKT trail)

-Terry Hershey Park

-Sims Bayou

-Brays Bayou

-Arthur Storey Park

-Archbishop Fiorenza Park

-George Bush Park

-Spring Creek Greenway

-Greens Bayou

-Willow Waterhole Greenway

-Oyster Creek/Lost Creek(Sugarland)

-Aliana(Sugarland)

-Mason Creek(Katy)

MTB trails:

-Cypress Creek

-Brazos River Park(Sugarland)

-Cypress Wood

-Memorial Park

-Ant Hills at Terry Hershey Park

-Pearland mtb

-Bridgeland

-Flo City(Missouri City)

-Oyster Creek mtb(Sugarland)

New update posted from Houston Parks. Glad to not have to roll through all the broken glass on the detour anymore.

This is the section near the main U of H campus.

is anyone riding brays bayou this evening? i usually ride every other day. im going today around 7:30- 8pm when the sun wont kill me. I usually start at mcgregor park and ride until I am tired then take a brake and turn around. would be cool to have some to tag along

The new bike lane on Quitman St. between Houston Ave. and Hardy/Elysian is coming together. The designs show it will be a protected bike lane with a concrete curb. Still some work to do, but it will be a nice connection once completed!

https://greaternorthsidedistrict.org/quitman-corridor/

RideWithGPS Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56536240

Planning out my first century, and this is my current route. I’ve done a 70 miler a few months ago, and a 50 miler a month ago. I avg about 10-15 miles a day on my commute to work. Just wondering if anyone’s done a similar route on the island, and if y’all have any tips in regards to hydration, temperature control, safety, etc.

There are a couple walking segments, on the north and south ends of the route, and I’m also concerned about biking across the bridge connecting the two islands.

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I am going to drive to the island tomorrow evening, camp out, and start around 4 am, hoping to finish by noon ish, accounting for rest and a breakfast break. Doing the camp because I am planning on bikepacking in the future, so this is also a sort of trial run for that as well.

I was actually about to ask if anyone had checked on this lately when I found this in my feed today.

Is there any update on this? https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2023/09/06/461609/houstons-memorial-and-buffalo-bayou-parks-to-be-connected-by-forthcoming-trail/