This year for the first time in the history of the
Wheels of Fire ride, they are offering a mountain bike course. It is a 15 mile trail on the property of Hal Avery in Harris county. The property is located off of Hwy 18 west of I-185. It is an 1100 acre farm that has woods, pasture land, several creeks and a lake.
I have been wanting to do the course this year, so I asked around and found a couple local guys that agreed to do it with me. Yves Roskam and Tim Boucher. The start time didn't matter to the organizers so we decided to sleep in. The only rule was that we had to start before 11am. The day was nice and a little cool, but overall a perfect day for a ride. We met around 9:45, registered and headed over to the course. The course coordinator there said that there were 20 people ahead of us and that we would be the last people out on the course. So we head out and start our leisurely ride. The property was beautiful. .
Gently rolling hills. The trail mostly followed the edges of the pastures and headed into the woods several times. We crossed 4 creeks and climbed a couple hills The ride took us 2:38 hours and we traveled 14.93 miles. I considered this a training ride but it was a little slow for my tastes. It was quite enjoyable though. Here is the official
GPS recording.
This year for the first time in the history of the Wheels of Fire ride, they are offering a mountain bike course. It is a 15 mile trail on the property of Hal Avery in Harris county. The property is located off of Hwy 18 west of I-185. It is an 1100 acre farm that has woods, pasture land, several creeks and a lake. 
I have been wanting to do the course this year, so I asked around and found a couple local guys that agreed to do it with me. Yves Roskam and Tim Boucher. The start time didn't matter to the organizers so we decided to sleep in. The only rule was that we had to start before 11am. The day was nice and a little cool, but overall a perfect day for a ride. We met around 9:45, registered and headed over to the course. The course coordinator there said that there were 20 people ahead of us and that we would be the last people out on the course. So we head out and start our leisurely ride. The property was beautiful. .
Gently rolling hills. The trail mostly followed the edges of the pastures and headed into the woods several times. We crossed 4 creeks and climbed a couple hills The ride took us 2:38 hours and we traveled 14.93 miles. I considered this a training ride but it was a little slow for my tastes. It was quite enjoyable though. Here is the official GPS recording.
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