Which city dominates in the cycling arena ? Are there "die hards" in Dallas or Austin ? Which City has the best Riding spots ? I've been told from a person from Austin that White Rock Lake Rules !!!

That's easy....Fort Worth. ;)

Which city dominates in the cycling arena ? Are there "die hards" in Dallas or Austin ? Which City has the best Riding spots ? I've been told from a person from Austin that White Rock Lake Rules !!!

I'm not sure what you mean by "dominates." I'm sure there are plenty of "die hards" in both cities. My vote is for Austin. There is a greater variety of terrain in the Austin area. Lance moved from the Dallas area to Austin. I lived near White Rock Lake year ago. It's nice that there is a place in town to ride, but it's not that great. I'm trying to be objective about this, but why? Austin Rules!

That's easy....Fort Worth. ;)

Exactly!

Which city dominates in the cycling arena ? Are there "die hards" in Dallas or Austin ? Which City has the best Riding spots ? I've been told from a person from Austin that White Rock Lake Rules !!!

I'm a homer. What can I say?

I've never ridden my bike in the DFW area, so I can't speak to what's good about cycling in and around Dallas. Austin has it all. We have flat to rolling terrain east of town and serious leg-breaking, lung-bursting climbs in the hills west of town. Does DFW have any current or recently retired pros living in the area? We do - Lance (of course), Chann McRae and Kevin Livingstone. I think one for the factors why they relocated to Austin is the varying terrain to train on. And there is a lot of eye candy down here - the UT co-eds!

As someone who has lived in both places, I think Austin has better terrain. The one down thing is that a lot of the riding is on very busy streets. I live in Grapevine (north of Dallas) and there are wonderful quiet roads but everything is basically flat.

As someone who has lived in both places, I think Austin has better terrain. The one down thing is that a lot of the riding is on very busy streets. I live in Grapevine (north of Dallas) and there are wonderful quiet roads but everything is basically flat.

Busy streets depend on where you are riding. You can't compare riding in the middle of Austin to heading out in the country from Grapevine. Austin has tons of rides down quiet country roads that leave from the suburbs.

I'm a homer. What can I say?

I've never ridden my bike in the DFW area, so I can't speak to what's good about cycling in and around Dallas. Austin has it all. We have flat to rolling terrain east of town and serious leg-breaking, lung-bursting climbs in the hills west of town. Does DFW have any current or recently retired pros living in the area? We do - Lance (of course), Chann McRae and Kevin Livingstone. I think one for the factors why they relocated to Austin is the varying terrain to train on. And there is a lot of eye candy down here - the UT co-eds! Patrick McCarty is from this area (US Postal) and of course Lance got his start here while growing up in Plano. I have been to Austin several times and have seen some of the most beautiful scenery that I have ever Seen And Oh yes not to mention all of the CUTIES !!!! I don't know if We are going to let You Guys claim Lance ??? :) Don't forget about the Velodrome.

Busy streets depend on where you are riding. You can't compare riding in the middle of Austin to heading out in the country from Grapevine. Austin has tons of rides down quiet country roads that leave from the suburbs.

I wasn't really comparing riding in the middle of Austin to Grapevine. I was comparing riding the Mansfield Dam Loop, 360, and the rides around Buda. Great terrain but there can be a lot of traffic there. If you ride around the farm country south of Austin, the roads rarely have shoulders which can make things a little tense. Actually one of the quietest rides is right through Central Austin, go over Mount Bonnell to Shoal Creek. Very nice ride.

I wasn't really comparing riding in the middle of Austin to Grapevine. I was comparing riding the Mansfield Dam Loop, 360, and the rides around Buda. Great terrain but there can be a lot of traffic there. If you ride around the farm country south of Austin, the roads rarely have shoulders which can make things a little tense. Actually one of the quietest rides is right through Central Austin, go over Mount Bonnell to Shoal Creek. Very nice ride.

Well, If you ever come out to Dripping Springs, I'll show you some quiet roads.

Don't forget about the Velodrome.[/QUOTE]

Austin is great - we just had back-to-back weekend organized hill country centuries in the Burnet/Liberty Hill areas. But too bad Austin doesn't have a velodrome. There's a website for a proposed Austin velodrome, but it hasn't been updated in ages and nobody I talk to seems to know anything about it (http://austinvelodrome.org/index.html). Does anybody know what's up with this?