Biking in Texas - bike trails, events, clubs, and more

Let’s escape the traffic and congestion of the cities – pedal your way into the woods or along the miles of Texas back roads; exercise your way up some tough hills and coast down the backside; circle the lakes or follow the creeks; but most importantly, take in Texas’s extraordinary variety of scenery as you go.  Bike Texas! On this page you will find Texas bike trails, bike clubs, biking events, and lots of other good information on biking in Texas.

There are hundreds of cool places to bike in Texas, but the Texas Hill Country offers some of the best biking in the United States.  There are miles of empty roads with rolling terrain that cuts through ranches and farms with wildflowers, gnarled trees, rugged rocks, wild and domestic animals and beautiful views. Mountain bike trails are plentiful and offer a world of fun for bicyclists of all ages and experience levels – from mountain bike maniacs to six-year-old kids and seventy-year young grandparents.

The intent of this section is to tell you about some of those rides and trails to help you choose your next destination.  We’ll provide an overview of the ride and give you our biased review and rating.  You’ll also find some links to other bike clubs, biking resources, biking merchandise and gear, and more.

We are rapidly trying to expand the content and links of the Biking in Texas section and we would love your help.  Please email us with your favorite places to ride (you can’t keep them all to yourself forever!); your opinions, reviews, and pictures; or some of the websites you really like.  We appreciate your help. 

Some great biking can be found in Texas State Parks.  Texas State Parks offer paved beginner tails as well as some of the most fun and technically challenging mountain bike trails in the State.  If you are planning on biking in one of the State Parks, you should check out the Parks and Camping section of Texas Outside – if we have recently visited the Park, you will find Texas Outside’s very biased (but informative) review of the Park and it’s trails as well as other fun things to do in or near the State Park.  A lot of the Thank God for Weekends trip reviews also include information on biking and other outdoor activities.

If you are a serious biker, you need to check out Trails.com - they have excellent content on mountain biking trails and you can access thousands of hiking trails and unlimited topo maps. Try it free! According to Trails.com, the best mountain biking trails in Texas are:

1. The Anthills / Terry Hershey Park, Houston, TX
2. Northshore Trail , Flower Mound, TX
3. Arbor Hills Nature Preserve Mountain Bike Trail , Plano, TX
4. McAllister Park Trails , San Antonio, TX
5. Memorial Park Trails, Houston, TX
6. Boulder Park Trail , Dallas, TX
7. Double Lake Park Mountain Bike Trail, Cleveland, TX
8. "The Breaks" at Bar-H Ranch , Saint Jo, TX
9. Flat Rock Ranch , Comfort, TX
10. Huntsville State Park, Huntsville, TX

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Click here to find Texas Outside' list of some good bike trails, maps, ratings, and a brief description Texas Trails Network has a listing of over 600 trails and allows you to search by activity (hiking, mountain biking, equestrian, walking, birding, jogging, and more), difficulty, amenities, and county MountainBikeTX.com has a very comprehensive list of trails, a forum, other mountain biking resources plus an easy way to locate a mountain trial in Texas Biking Events in Texas - check out this site to find some Texas biking events Texas Parks and Wildlife has a good listing and rating of bike trails dirtworld.com has over 60 Texas trails with descriptions, ratings, and user comments Austin Parks and Recreation Department oversees over 50 miles of trails throughout the park system, including the ever popular Town Lake Hike and Bike trail Texas Mountain Biking has some good information and pictures on trails throughout Texas and New Mexico Free Brochures - here are some free brochures on Texas bike tours Bicycle Texas is devoted to biking the roads in Texas and has a lot of good content on rides, clubs, and more. Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association has a lot of excellent information for off-road bicycle enthusiasts who live in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex SGI has some info on 15 biking trails around the Dallas Metroplex and some really cool maps Cycle Texas has on-road biking information and routes in Fredericksburg and the Hill Country Texas Wildlife Management Areas have some excellent bike trails Texas State Park Natural Areas are also very good for mountain biking. Government Canyon State Natural Area and Trail Map Devils River State Natural Area and Trail Texas Bike Clubs provides some non-commercial bike links and just about as many Texas bike clubs as anyone can find on the web. Austin Biking Resources - Mountain biking, bicycling for street or trail, plus bike clubs and more. El Paso Area Biking - Mountain biking in El Paso and the surrounding region, competitive biking and also casual bicycle clubs. Central TX Mountain Biking - Some great links to mountain biking resources for central Texas. San Antonio Bicycling - Find information on the South Texas bicycling scene. Fort Worth Biking Resources - Bike clubs, cycling areas, and recumbent bikes in Fort Worth, Texas. Dallas Fort Worth Mountain Biking Trails - excellent resource for Dallas and Ft Worth bike trails Corpus Christi Bicycle Club - Corpus Christi offers an abundance of beautiful places to ride and the Corpus Christi Bicycle Club takes advantage of them all. TXBRA - Texas Bicycle Racing Association's mission is to promote amateur bicycle racing in Texas and their website has lots of information on racing events, results, and forums