r/bikehouston

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 that I compiled (no specific order) if you’re a newcomer wondering what are the best biking trails in the city with scenic views.

Paved trails:

-Buffalo Bayou Park

-White Oak Bayou

-Terry Hershey Park

-Sims Bayou

-Brays Bayou

-Arthur Storey Park

-George Bush Park

-Greens Bayou trail

-Willow Waterhole Greenway

MTB trails:

-Cypress Creek

-Brazos River Park(Sugarland)

-Cypress Wood

-Memorial Park

-Ant Hills at Terry Hershey Park

-Bridgeland mtb trail

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.

Hi, does anyone have a junk alloy bike wheel rim for give-away or for a few Dollars ? I want to use it for a non-bike project (a loop antenna). Let me know!

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

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.

Edit:

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.