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I will one million percent disagree with all that.

Houston is one of the worst cycling cities imaginable as far as safety and bike friendliness (to include good bike routes and courteous drivers). It's also ugly as sin. I'm only here under protest. :-)

The OP is staying in Spring. He should start with routes around Magnolia, the old IMTX bike course, etc. IMTX is just around the corner so there will be tons of people out riding around that area.

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Thanks for the input but I'd prefer to be on my own bike and in a more rural setting since the goal isn't sightseeing but preparing for the race the following weekend

As GMAN said, go north, Montgomery area, or out west around Fulshear. Either way you're gonna have to drive from Spring. Def. wouldn't recommend the shared use paths....... unless you are training for a CX race, and you like to dodge things ;)

MS150 is coming up also. There are a couple of organized charity rides this weekend that are on the list of training rides for that event if you want something with aid stations, etc...

Saturday: http://www.familytiesfrs.org/events.html
Sunday: http://www.tourdebraz.org/


I'm doing the tourdebraz 100 miler on Sunday, but the Saturday ride is probably pretty close to where you're staying.

Thanks for the info. Probably won't do the rides but but at least gives me a good sense of where some good roads are.
Thanks for the help

All depends where you are in Houston or the Houston area. I am south of Houston, in the midst of over 100k people. Yet 2 minutes out of my neighborhood I have miles and miles of open road and pretty friendly drivers. It is more challenging within Houston city limits, but then again, you can start in the city and get out quickly.

For the OP, I can't vouch for the route personally, but there are weekend rides out of Bike Barn in Spring. Check https://bikebarn.com/...eekly-rides-pg66.htm for details.

There are a few routes you can take from The Woodlands, north into Montgomery county. But honestly, the forecast for Saturday doesn't look so great. I'll be on the trainer for 2.5 hours in lieu of heading out in the rain.

Did this loop a while back (there's a spot to park for hiking in the state forest on 149 a little before where the start/stop pin is on this map. Started the computer a few miles in). It's 51ish miles. Relatively quiet with on ly a small section on 105 which is busy, but has a huge shoulder. If you are interested, I can send the details or possibly even the file if your head unit supports turn by turn. Probably a 45 minute drive from Spring. Part of the old IMTX course.

That’s a great route. I love that area

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Thank You!! This is incredibly helpful, I really appre late the input.
Just landed in Houston, first things first let's hope my bike arrived safely and I can manage to put it back together without screwing anything up too badly