I made a composite map of all the routes and roads I've taken around OKC. I'm happy and sad at the same time. I've got a lot of gaps to fill! I've found where to go and where to avoid. I know the slow streets, the crowded and the ones riddled with pot-holes. My basis of operation is close to 50th and North May.
Going around the lake and back to work is a favorite. It is easily done within a lunch break no matter the wind.
I haven't been out around Eastern and Britton often. It is nice and quite out there between Highway 77 and Highway 44.
Wiley Post can be windy on a non-windy day. Always good for wind-resistance training.
Neighborhood streets are really rough (potholes, gaps, cracks, etc) in Warr Acres and Bethany. But the neighborhood streets are incredibly low traffic. Good for jogging!
North/South & East/West
Routes that go North/South are tough. I would not suggest streats like MacArthur or Meridian between NW Expressway and Route 66; too much traffic. I would suggest Tulsa, Ann Arbor, Independance or some neighborhood street. Going East/West you can take 36th, 50th, Wilshire, or Britton quite easily. But 63rd Street can be very busy. Grand is a great East/West street through Nichols Hills.
Hills
Hills are far and few between. You got some good hills out on Kelley and Eastern. You can find some practice hills around South of 36th St around Tulsa. But the one I run up the fastest (because it is the shortest) is when Grand crosses Lake Hefner Parkway.
Future Plans
Keep riding. Duh. I would like to ry and get as far as Silverhorn Golf Club and Quail Creek Golf Club. Those are some blank spots on my map that need some red marks. I have little interest in going SW of my map. Roads are too bumpy and traffic is too high. Iwould like to find a route that gets me downtown and back. Other than that, don't know yet.
Cheers,
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