Bikes, Bats & Brews – all on Buffalo Bayou!

Meet at 7:15 PM in back of the Fonde Community Center’s Parking Lot behind Sabine Lofts along the bayou located at 110 Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007 – Meet at 7:15 and roll out at 7:45

Houston, a bayou runs through it!  Buffalo Bayou runs right down the middle of our city and is home to over a quarter of a million Mexican Free tail Bats.  These bats live under Waugh Street bridge and come out at sunset to dine on our local mosquito population – Go Bats, Go!

Plus, we now have a beautiful, well-paved path that runs the length of the bayou from Shepherd Street bridge all the way to downtown and back.  It makes for a wonderful evening cycle.  Add to that our stable of BCycles (rental bikes stationed all over the central city) and you have the makings for an awesome evening bike ride!

Easy 6 – 8-mile ride stopping for about 30 minutes to watch the bats pour out and then onto to downtown for the adventurous.  We’ll stop at a local watering hole and be back by 10:30.  If 10:30 is past your bedtime, we will be stopping at our parking lot on the way downtown to drop off our early birds.

What you need to know:

– All types of bikes welcome, cruisers, hybrids, and mountain bikes make for a little easier city ride.

– Bcycles are available around our start – they will sell out so check their site, download the “where’s a BCycle app” and pedal over.  https://houston.bcycle.com/station-map

– Helmets required (we will have a few loaners for BCO members at the start)

– Lights & reflectors are a really good idea…

-Parking at Lot H behind the Fonde Center, roughly the corner of Memorial & Sabine Street,

110 Sabine St.

– We meet at 7:15 and roll out at 7:45

-The ride is approximately 8+ miles

– The path is paved http://buffalobayou.org/visit/

Parking: The Fonde Center is located on Sabine @ Memorial – the large parking lot is behind and towards Buffalo Bayou. City of Houston Lot H – Over 400 spaces available for public parking on weekends and after 6 pm on weekdays. Buffalo Bayou Park trails can be accessed from Sabine Promenade.

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DIRECTIONS: If you are traveling East on Memorial Dr., take the Sabine St exit and pass Sabine St and take the first right into the parking lot. If you are traveling West on Memorial Dr., turn left on Houston Ave, pass under Memorial and take the right hand turn into the parking lot on your right. The parking lot is connected to the Fonde Community Center’s Parking Lot located at 110 Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007. Once in the parking lot: drive to the rear of the lot near the water. We meet in the parking lot behind the Fonde Center close to the bayou.