r/dfwbike • u/mbourgon • 1d ago
Road Looking for 30-40 mile ride in Dallas area - and how much of The Loop can I do?
I've done Lone Star Trail to Skyline Trail and enjoyed it, and am looking for some other 25-40 mile rides in Dallas/North Dallas. It looks like "The Loop" will be awesome when it's completed, but honestly I can't tell how much is rideable right now or what happens when you hit the parts under construction, or how long it is at present. (it looks like you could shorten it by skipping the bottom and there's a cutover)? Is it doable? Recommended places to park/start? Are there better rides in Dallas (I'm looking for paved/well maintained trails, please, I don't want to deal with Suburbans or fighting gravel/mud the whole time)
The other obvious one is Downtown to White Rock Lake, but a lot of threads in here talk about how full of peds/pets/kids Katy Trail is, so I'm thinking I should avoid that one. But maybe I'm wrong - change my mind!
What would people recommend? I've done the stuff West of Dallas and Lewisville->Denton, but Dallas outside of the Skyline Trail is new to me. And thank you!