r/dfwbike

Hello,
I have been searching for some good safe routes road/gravel and would like to start from the hotel I am staying at. Doesn't seem to be a whole lot of options from the hotel. I would like to be around 30-40 miles per ride. I will be staying at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club Champions Circle 300 Championship Pkwy Fort Worth TX 76177. If anyone has any recommendations for safe routes that would be great! Thanks.

Early 40s moving down to DFW area for work.
Would love to find a neighborhood that:

• Is conducive to early morning rides: ideally can bike from my residence, but a drive somewhere with easy parking for riding and I could then drive to work after with the bike (showers on-site at office).
• I'd love to be able to get in a solid 60+ minutes, all the better if there are group rides i could join . I have looked at White Rock Lake, but getting to Las Colinas anytime after 7am from there seems too brutal for me. AI seemed to indicate there are some 'trail' systems that could work. Alternatively, can drive towards Las Colinas early and ride around there if that's an option.
• I'm coming solo, so a 'vibrant' neighborhood would be great: Early 30s-ish and up would be optimal.

That's basically it. Fun, safe, urban-ish neighborhood that's conducive to cycling and commuting to Las Colinas. But honeslty i'm open to any advice as i'm beyond lost trying to figure out where to live aorund here (Bishop Arts, Addison, Uptown/Turtle Creek: they aint near each other!)

Greatly appreciated and hope to see y'all out there!

I live in East Dallas, a couple miles east of White Rock Lake. I am 55, and started cycling for health a year ago. I currently have a nice look in my neighborhood that is 1.4 miles that doesn't have a ton of traffic, but does have a fair number of cars parked omn the road. I currently bike 3 to 5 times a week, for thirty minutes to an hour.

As the weather cools, I am looking to go one longer rides, and want to not have to do the same loop over and over, and want to worry less about parked cars and traffic.

I am close to the White Rock Trail, and the Santa Fe Trail (I can either drive to the trail head or ride to the trail head, though I am not super comfortable riding in traffic)

For a person who wants to start doing 10 to 30 mile rides, rides 13 to 16 mph, rides alone, and doesn't really want to ride on surface streets, would those two trails be appropriate, especially if used mid morning on work days (10 am to 1 pm)? Or would there be too many pedestrians, dogs, and kids to ride peacefully?