Thread: San Antonio Riders

It's difficult to tell if they're tailoring this to mountain bikers (sounds like it) or road bikers (also sounds like it, what with the "sharing the road" focus). I don't currently have a mountain bike that's comfortable to ride. If they'll be doing road cycling, vs. riding the parks mountain bike-required trails, I'm totally game. immediately forwarded this to Justin when you posted it. I'm emailing them now to find out if road cyclists are going to be able to join or if it's primarily for folks on mountain bikes. Justin still has a mountain bike, and I have one but I'm trying to sell it because it's such a poor fit (wrong frame size & geometry for my height/body.)

Thanks for posting this! Justin's had a lot of contact with the San Antonio Metro Planning Organization since he's such an active bicycle commuter now to/from work several times a week. I'm so thrilled with the strides being made to make San Antonio a more cycling friendly city!

My time's limited so you can understand why I'm wondering if I'm going to get any time on my (road) bike or if it'd be mostly me watching Justin and others on their mountain bikes. ;-)

Here's the official response from San Antonio & Bexar County's awesome Bicycle/Pedestrian Transportation Planner, Lydia. Justin's actually met her and attended one of the meetings (packed house, as I recall--lots of interest in cycling and pedestrian-friendly transportation!)

Good Day

We plan to have safety classes for commuting as well as off road. I think your mountain bike would work for this just fine.

Of course there will be plenty of opportunity for off road trails at Govt Canyon.

I hope this answers your questions.
Let me know,
Lydia

Lydia Kelly
SA-BC Metropolitan Planning Organization
Bicycle/Pedestrian Transportation Planner
825 S. St. Mary's St
San Antonio, Texas 78205
210-230-6911 Fax 210-227-9321
kelly@San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization