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Cycling Route in Rollingwood, Texas, United States of America

Austin - Circle Exploring Capitol and River

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31 km
Distance
207 m
Ascent
207 m
Descent
3:00 h
Duration
10.4 km/h
Avg. Speed
174 m
Max. Elevation
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About This Route

Being new to Austin, I got out for a short ride to explore a little around the lake. First, though, I rode by Rosen’s Bagels to buy a couple to see if they meet with my wife’s approval. Then, since I’d seen the dome of the state capitol while riding to the bagel place, I rode to it to see it up close. Nice well maintained building. From the capitol, I rode down to the Colorado River (apparently also called Lady Bird Lake) and turned east to ride over a bike lane bridge to make a circle on the west side of the river. In some places I used the hard-pack dirt path while in others I used paved roads and bike lanes parallel to the edge of the river. The section of unpaved trail just after the cycling bridge at the east end was a couple miles of less than hard-pack trail. Passable, but many road riders would be less than excited by this portion. For the most part, this was a nice ride along and near to the river, though for a good portion of the ride on the south side I was on East and West Riverside Dr, which was marked as a bike route on the map, but which clearly shouldn't have been. It had a lot of traffic and no shoulder. I suggest that you use other roads or the bike path along this section. My guess is that the bike path would be hard-pack, but I haven't yet ridden it to see. Getting back to the pedestrian/biking bridge near city center, I crossed over and used the hard-packed path to get near to the HEB at the west end of my circle for some shopping.

This cycling route is ideal for: Road bike MTB City bike

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Photo 1: Jeff Kadet Photo 2: Jeff Kadet Photo 3: Jeff Kadet
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