B-H Shop Ride - Version 2.0

This past Saturday we changed the beginning of the Bicycle-Heaven shop ride.  We took the ride North thru Stone Oak, Northwest past Canyon Golf course and West thru Timberwood Park, before hitting Blanco Road about 4 miles further north than in the past.

This change adds a mile, a hill or two in the beginning of the ride, makes the ride alot more scenic and most importantly, moves the ride north of the increasing traffic and road construction on Blanco Road.

The hill up Champions is challenging for the weaker riders, as is the hill after Wilderness Oak.  There is a nice short cut, however, for dropped riders to rejoin the bunch on Blanco at Bullis County park after these trouble spots.

The "new" ride.  Thru Stone Oak and Timberwood Park out to Blanco north of the current road construction.   Notice how the ride "backtracks" a little bit once in Timberwood park, offering a chance for dropped riders to rejoin the ride at Bullis County Park by heading up to Borgfeld Road, then our to Bullis County Park.

Here you can see where the altitude challenges of the ride are.  Also looking at the heart rate tracing (red line) you can see where the "friskier" parts of the ride are - Persimmon Hill, Spring Branch Road, out of the Guadalupe, 311, Lower Smithson Valley.

Garmin software view of the route, ride profile and heart rate challenges.

Garmin software view of the route, ride profile and speed.

Hope these route changes fit our riders well.  See you on Saturdays at 8am for the ride!!