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Parker County in general,” Porter
said. “I had already co-founded the
Weatherford Mountain Bike Club
with Larry Colvin, Scott Vick and Liz
Blitzer earlier that year to start work
on forming trails in Weatherford.
Seeing the need for a good local
bicycle shop, we decided to open
up one ourselves. After going to
school at the Barnet Institute in
Colorado Springs to become a certi-
fied mechanic and then gaining some
experience in a shop in Fort Worth,
we formed the company and started
out of my home shop until we got
our storefront open on York Avenue.”
Porter works hard to understand
and forge strong relationships with
his customers. “I love the relation-
ships that I get to build with each of
my customers. I have worked hard to
make our shop a place where people
feel comfortable and welcome. It is a
pleasure to see people leave smiling
with a new bike or with an old bike
that we have restored for them,” he
said.
7. Splish-Splash Away Those
Blues
There are also several area lakes,
which conveniently and inexpen-
sively offer heat relief with swim-
ming access. Some favorites within
an hour’s drive include Possum
Kingdom, Lake Mineral Wells, and
our own Lake Weatherford. Lake
Granbury is another favorite to catch
some sun and swim. Lake Granbury
is a long, narrow 8,310-acre lake
with 103 miles of shoreline and a
maximum depth of 75 feet. Lake
Granbury also has five public boat
ramps, two fishing piers, and four
overnight camping areas. Their city
beach is the perfect place to have a
picnic with your kiddos and take a
dip in the lake.
City Pool at Cherry Park in Weatherford
Photo by Zach Peterson
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