A Taylor - Granger Lake Ride-a-Bout ----

Ride Host Contact Info
Tom Via [ thomasvia@gmail.com ] (512-913-4920)
Start Date and Time
Sat, 02/03/2024 - 08:30 am
Ride Rating
B
Hill Rating
2
Ride Length (miles)
55.5
Ride Description

A NEW route from a NEW ride start location:  in Taylor, Texas !!

NOTE:  If coming from the south, a suggestion would be to drive up to Taylor on FM 973 to view the HUGE Samsung Plant's construction site ---it's getting BIGGER every time we go by it !!!


Riding from the Pierce Skatepark , in Taylor, Texas:   the rain is now forecasted to stop by 6:00 AM & good temp. & moderate winds, as we start out on a mostly north & east route, before turning south & west to return to the start location.  We ride all the way around Granger Lake ! 

We'll be riding from Taylor, up to Granger:  then east by the Granger Reservoir (the Granger Dam Road is currently closed) before peddling thru Laneport, Sandoval, & Thrall on our way back to Taylor.

A quiet scenic NEW route from Taylor's Pierce Skatepark.  Riding on some "vintage" Williamson County chip-seal roads; so air up your tires accordingly.  

This will be a "B-/C+" no-drop ride.  Please come expecting/capable to ride at a 15.0 - 16.5 mph pace for 56 miles.

Leaving promptly at 8:30 AM.  (Maybe even "roll-out" at 8:28 !)  

QUICK STORE STOPS:  at 18 miles (Granger) & 43 miles (Thrall) 

Just 1504 ft. of climbing, per RIDEwithGPS.

Helmets required on ALL our rides.

 Lunch after the ride at the Lucky Duck Cafe , located next to the skatepark?  (It is The Good Luck Grills' sister eatery --- same menu !)

 

 

Please check this sight on the ride morning,  before you leave home, for any possible cancellation.

 

Tom 

Cancelled or Not
Not Cancelled