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It's time for another dual sport day ride in the Texas hill country. I'm leading a dual sport ride into the hill country on Saturday, March 14, 2015 and all riders are invited to attend.
This ride is being sponsored by:
TJ's Cycles
2535 Ridgepoint Dr #300
Austin, TX 78754
(Please note the new address - TJ's has moved from their old location on Lamar Blvd.)
TJ'ss will be providing breakfast items (donuts, or tacos, or pigs in a blanket, etc) and will open the store early for us. Please make sure to thank Tom and Brian Johnson for their generous support.
Meet at TJ's Cycles with a full tank of gas. Breakfast will be from 8:00am - 9:00am. Riders meeting at 8:50am. Stands up at 9 am.
The Route
This will be a 250 mile pavement and dirt ride.
From TJ's we will ride pavement west toward Mason on a mix of highway and county roads. Once we get west of Hwy 87 we will encounter the first dirt of the day. After about 180 miles of riding we will arrive in Luckenbach for a late lunch. Our route from Luckenbach will be all pavement back to Austin and the end of the ride.
The route to Luckebach will include a bunch of really fun, one lane county roads that can be ridden on any street bike. We will also enjoy some fun hill country dirt roads with a few low water crossings.
GPS
You can download the route for use with your GPS. Right click and save to your computer. I created the route in Basecamp using City Navigator North America 2012.
What kind of bike can do this ride?
This ride is suitable for all types of dual sport adventure bikes, with the only caveat being that you need to be able to run 70 mph on pavement since our route includes some state highways.
Fuel
There is 1 gas station on the route - at the intersection of Hwy 12 and Hwy 3238/Hamilton Pool Road - about 35 miles after we leave TJ's. If you don't have a 200 mile range, I suggest that you top your tank there.
The route doesn't pass directly by any other gas stations - however, the route does pass very close to Fredericksburg and after leaving Luckenbach the route goes through Blanco. Your group could easily divert from the route to get fuel in either of these towns. There is also a gas station about 4.5 miles north of Luckenback, at the intersection of Hwy 290 and Hwy 1376 - you could easily ride there and back while your group is at Luckenbach.
You could also carry spare gas if you feel so inclined.
Pick a group, any group.
We will divide into smaller groups (6-8 riders per group) with a ride leader for each group.
What if the weather is bad?
A bad weather/rain decision will be made Friday evening and posted here so be sure to check this thread if there is a chance of bad weather on ride day. I will rescheduled if heavy rains are forecasted or if we get a significant cold front and the temps aren't going to be above 45 degrees. But, since it will be mid-March, the odds are good that the weather will cooperate.
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This ride is being sponsored by:
TJ's Cycles
2535 Ridgepoint Dr #300
Austin, TX 78754
(Please note the new address - TJ's has moved from their old location on Lamar Blvd.)
TJ'ss will be providing breakfast items (donuts, or tacos, or pigs in a blanket, etc) and will open the store early for us. Please make sure to thank Tom and Brian Johnson for their generous support.
Meet at TJ's Cycles with a full tank of gas. Breakfast will be from 8:00am - 9:00am. Riders meeting at 8:50am. Stands up at 9 am.
The Route
This will be a 250 mile pavement and dirt ride.
From TJ's we will ride pavement west toward Mason on a mix of highway and county roads. Once we get west of Hwy 87 we will encounter the first dirt of the day. After about 180 miles of riding we will arrive in Luckenbach for a late lunch. Our route from Luckenbach will be all pavement back to Austin and the end of the ride.
The route to Luckebach will include a bunch of really fun, one lane county roads that can be ridden on any street bike. We will also enjoy some fun hill country dirt roads with a few low water crossings.
GPS
You can download the route for use with your GPS. Right click and save to your computer. I created the route in Basecamp using City Navigator North America 2012.
What kind of bike can do this ride?
This ride is suitable for all types of dual sport adventure bikes, with the only caveat being that you need to be able to run 70 mph on pavement since our route includes some state highways.
Fuel
There is 1 gas station on the route - at the intersection of Hwy 12 and Hwy 3238/Hamilton Pool Road - about 35 miles after we leave TJ's. If you don't have a 200 mile range, I suggest that you top your tank there.
The route doesn't pass directly by any other gas stations - however, the route does pass very close to Fredericksburg and after leaving Luckenbach the route goes through Blanco. Your group could easily divert from the route to get fuel in either of these towns. There is also a gas station about 4.5 miles north of Luckenback, at the intersection of Hwy 290 and Hwy 1376 - you could easily ride there and back while your group is at Luckenbach.
You could also carry spare gas if you feel so inclined.
Pick a group, any group.
We will divide into smaller groups (6-8 riders per group) with a ride leader for each group.
What if the weather is bad?
A bad weather/rain decision will be made Friday evening and posted here so be sure to check this thread if there is a chance of bad weather on ride day. I will rescheduled if heavy rains are forecasted or if we get a significant cold front and the temps aren't going to be above 45 degrees. But, since it will be mid-March, the odds are good that the weather will cooperate.
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I was born in Venezuela and I live with my family in Friendswood since February 2007. I'm 47 years old, happily married and father of a 19 years old son. I ride a KTM 1190 Adventure I bought last December. I'm probably the rookie-est rider in the forum but I'm ready for an adventure ride and this one sounds perfect to me. I'd would probably ride from Friendswood the Friday before. I'm happily exited like a kid after found this forum I like it a lot.
