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I've been doing serious riding for fun and exercise since I bought my first 10 speed in 1972, now I have a bike with a 30 gears, a TREK 5200. As such, I have ridden over several decades and thousands of miles on roads and bike paths. Since I started serious riding BMB (before mountain bikes) I have mainly been a road biker, although I have a cheap mountain bike to ride in ice and hard snow during the winter. As a road biker I look for pavement. The following is a list of states and places I have ridden.

On August the 17th of 2010 I was in another serious bicycling accident, this kept me off a bike for a long time and now as I get back into riding I'm riding a three wheel recumbent. I find this harder to ride as far or fast but as I adapt I hope to improve my recumbent riding ability.

Some information may be dated and is subject to change as population density and driving patterns change. Bicycling also involves elements of risk and as such riders should use proper safety equipment such as helmets, obey all the traffic laws and never ride while impaired.

Stayed in Florala Alabama on trip to bag the high point of Florida. Rode in the morning in the dark and rain around lake Jackson which was 3.6 miles and is in both states. You can ride the loop as many time as required.

Stopped at Craighead state park and rode a couple miles. The park has paved bike trails but is hilly then I expected.

Stop there on a trip to California and stayed at the Space Age Motel, nice place. Mapped out a route that whould have given me a nice loop, that was north of the motel

Stayed at the Beachcomber motel while in San Clemente which was on a hill. Did two rides north and south. The south ride went along I-5 following bike lanes and bike route signs, it was an out and back. The north rides also was following bike routes, the San Clemente section wind and turned through town until it arived at the Pacific Coast Highway which had bike lanes, that I rode north to the state park. The Pacific Coast ride was flat and easy coming back with a tail wind. The wind tend to be out of north west.

I stayed at the Comfort Suite Inn and rode east on Cofton to my grandfather old house. The out is all up a grade at the end of road I turned left and then right on the next east going road. I did this until I reached my grandfather old house and then turned around and retraces my route which now was down hills. The biggest problem with the route was all the 4 way stops that required stopping when there was traffic.

It was Sunday morning and few cars on the roads, I headed from the motel and biked up Canyon Park road to about the 7000 foot level, the road was getting steep and the altitude high for a flat-lander such as my self, so I turn around and di a toured Colorado Springs.

I was in the process of preparing for the ascent of Mt. Elbert and was staying in Leadville which has an excellent paved bike trail called the Mineral Belt trail, the trail is a loop around Leadville, the west part traverses the town and then heads into the forest, and the unique thing is the mining machinery that decorates the trail.  I was able to jump on the trail from the Super 8 where I was staying.  The trail goes through the town and then up into the mountain, it was good pavement.   It was a great trail and if you ever find yourself in Leadville with your bike, you must ride at least one route.

Overall I find the roads in Central Florida narrow and heavy traveled; it is not my favorite place to ride, I found the Tampa area to be better.

My wife and I started from Ormond Beach by touching our wheels in the Atlantic and headed west (the wind was slightly out of the west that day). My wife road the first 50 miles and then joined my niece who was driving sag. I finished in Yankeetown before sundown by touching my wheels in the Gulf. We saw the sun rise over the ocean and set in the gulf. We followed route 40 which I found narrow.

In previous trips to Orlando I did not have much success in finding a good place to ride, I could make do, there were some bike lanes, but it was hard to put together a good long rides. However, on my last trip (March 2006) I tried the West Orange Bike Trail, that turned out to have been the best riding I have done in the Orlando area. The first 3 rides I started at County Line Station, the problem I found with that was around 4 ½ miles the trail went through Winter Garden, a nice town, but the trail crossed too many streets and had obstacles that slowed the riding down. So the next two times I started at the Winter Garden Station on the east side of town and I avoided the slowness of riding through town.

I had flown down to Tampa with my wife and stayed in Zephyrhills and did not have my bike with me, so I went to Wal-Mart and bought a cheap $50 bike that I rode during the week and gave away before leaving. Because of using such a inferior bike I only rode around the resident roads. My next trip I plan on bringing my bike and ride the Withlacoochee trail that looks interesting.

On my way to Florida to do the Coast to Coast Ride we stayed out side of Savannah, so early in the morning, I just rode around the streets doing miles. I did not find any great places to ride but had no trouble with traffic.

On the way back from Wisconsin we stayed at a Motel in North Central Illinois, I rode early around roads I could find near the Motel.

I did a triathlon there.

Road the bike trail, it was raining, the trail is concrete which meant there was expansion cracks that made the ride bumpy, didn't ride far because of the rain.

I stayed at a motel off of I-70 exit 299 went south on J Hill road and road around in the country.  It was a little windy but typical country roads although not a flat as you might expect of Kansas. Only had a problem with one dog.

We were staying at the Hampton Inn in Winchester off of exit 98 of I-64. When checking in we asked about a place to ride and the clerk suggested the place that she liked to ride. The ride was on the east side of the Kentucky River across from Fort Boonesborough State Park on Ford road. From the motel we drove south on 627 to Ford road turned left just before crossing the bridge and about ½ on the left is a Resturant called Bananas on the River. The ride was on Sunday morning starting at 7:30 and there was no one in the parking lot. We had been told by a the clerk that it was ok ot park at the resturant and at that time of the morning there was no one to check with. We did an out and back ride going south following first the river and then Four Mile Creek, both flow north at this part. The road starts as a two lane but narrows into a wide one lane back country road.

Followed Ford Road South it turns into Four Mile Rd and follows four Mile Creek and dead ends, turn left onto Bybee Rd and climb the hill

Lived in Arnold from Sept 1990 to Sept 1991, I rode to work in Annapolis several times and rode both the road and the bike trails in the area. The only problem I had was an assault by two guys in a truck that hit me with a half full beer can.

When traveling through the Upper Peninsula we stopped at the Days Inn in Marquette on SR 41. The next morning I was up before day break, 6:00 AM, and headed out for my ride. I rode across the SR 41 and up the hill, made the first left, then rode to the T, turn edright went to the next T and then turned right again, I was heading for Lake Superior. This lead to a down hill with a 8% grade which I had to climb on the way back and straight on to Lake Superior. At the end of this road I turned right and was rewarded with a beautiful sun rise over Lake Superior, which I was able to enjoy as I cruised along the shore. There was a bike trail there but I found the road more enjoyable. On the return trip I saw other bike trails crossing the road but no time to explore

The Upper Peninsula has some potential for riding but I suspect it gets cold in the winter time.

Next stop that day was the Best Western in Lutzen Minnesota. The motel was called the "Cliff Dweller" for a good reason, it was on the side of the lake, every room was lake side with a balcony and a great view. I was glad with our choice. After checking in I rode a short ride to get a feel of the land. I rode south on SR 61 and hopped on the Gitchi-Gami Bike Trail when possible, Minnesota is putting an effort in building this trail along SR 61. There was some long sections that we passed and some under construction. Check it out if you are in the area.

The next day we was climbing Eagle Mountain, so the plan was for a short ride early in the morning. This time of year and this far north the days are long and the sunrise early. Sunrise was at 5:10 AM CDT with civil twilight being around 4:30. Therefore I was out on the road by 4:50 heading back the same way I did the evening before, this time I went a little far and followed the trail as it left the road and headed into the woods, but Eagle Mountain was ahead of me so I turned around, head back to the room, packed up, drove to the trail head and climbed the mountain.

Stayed overnight at the Holiday Inn Express on the way to Florida from KCMO. Rode a few miles in the morning.

Stayed at the Ammerihost Inn and rode the access road parallel to I-70 for an out and back.

Since my daughter and family has moved to KCMO, I have taking my bike when visiting her and have looked for a place to ride. Overall KCMO is very hilly with too many ups and down for my old legs but I have found a few flat places to ride. One is the Platte Landing Park, where you can do a two mile loop and repeat it as many times as you want, good if you are looking for training.

The other is at Charles B Wheeler downtown airport. I rode there on July 4th and there is a loop around the airport of about 3.5 miles. There were other cyclist riding there.

I spent the summer of 1976 there and casually rode in the town, It was a small city and easy to ride in and avoid traffic, although that was a long time ago.

Stayed at the Comfort Inn across from the Hard Rock Casino and rode in the morning before leaving. I just rode around a couple of the blocks not going very far from the motel just repeating the loop.

I lived in Summit from Nov 2003 to Nov 2005 on Morris Road near Edgar St. My usual rides was to head west out of town on Springfield Avenue, I would ride east on Morris to Kent Place Blvd, turn right and ride to Passaic Ave which was the first traffic light. I would then turn left, down the hill under the train overpass and turn right onto Constantine Pl which lead up a short steep hill to Springfield Ave, turn right and head west. I could follow Springfield Ave (SR 512) which changed into Valley Road. This would continue to about 10 ½ miles until it joined with King George Rd in a tee, 512 continued to the right and then left at the next traffic light. I would ride until I made ½ my mileage goal and turned around and head back. Sometimes I would ride Long Hill Road by turning right at Synder Ave and then left on Long Hill Rd, ride to Northfield Rd turn right to Valley Rd, left back to Summit.

Summit itself need to fix it roads, the condition of the pavement is bad. I never had any trouble with the traffic on Springfield Ave, the street is wide and easy for the cars to pass except the further west where the road narrowed in different parts but again no trouble with the cars.   This seemed to be a well traveled route for cyclists, and there is an excellent Bike shop in Stirling along Valley Rd called High Gear Cyclery.

Sandy Hook National Recreation Area is a good place to ride but can be windy since it is exposed to the ocean. It has a well maintained bike trail and I have ridden both the trail and roads in the park. The biggest problem is the bike trail is only around 5 miles long, so either you can do several loops or head out of the park and then ride back.

Parking in the park depends upon the seasons. During the summer season (Memorial Day to Labor Day) there is a charge of $10 per day or $50 for a season pass. Also on weekends during this time the lots will fill up early.

My rides (2 to date) in New York City would start in New Jersey. Both times was on Sunday morning and I would park on the street near the George Washington Bridge, I would ride across the bridge and down the Hudson on the bike trail; it was an interesting ride with the biggest problem is that foot traffic increased on the trail as you approached downtown.

I have lived in Central Ohio since 1982 except for a year in Maryland and 2 years in New Jersey. I have lived in several different towns on the east side of Columbus. Central Ohio is a good place to ride for the most part. However, since this is where I have ridden the most miles, it is also where I've had the most problems.

I was hit from behind by a Honda Golden Wing motorcycle, spent 11 months on crutches, 3 times in the hospital and 2 operations.

As I was riding west on Goose Lane for my first time, came down a hill too fast to make the sharp right hand turn at the bottom and went off the road. The results was a concussion and an ambulance ride to.

Several times I had motorist become angry just for being on the road, I was obeying the laws but they did not like to share the roads. From these experiences I have discovered what was the best roads and times to ride.

If you like bike trails check out the following link.

KoKosing Gap Bike Trail

I like riding Refugee road (in Liking County just north of I70 not to be confused with Refugee Rd in Columbus) going east and then turning south to Palmer for the return trip. You can cut south from Refugee to Palmer in several places. The following are roads that I have found reasonable to ride between Refugee and Palmer; starting east. Columbia to route 40 to tollgate. This is usually my return route back to refugee, there is about a quarter miles of route 40 but you can ride the should. Next cut south is 310, avoid this and use Smoke, then Watkins but avoid during school hours, York is good, then Outville road which I avoid. Then after that is Gale. If I doing a loop to Palmer I use this to route 40 and then travel east on 40 (shoulder) to Swamp and south to Palmer.

If you want a longer continue to Hebron, Refugee ends in Hebron with a right turn that becomes 9^th street, ride south to route 40 and turn left Go to the 2 second traffic light and turn right this is High Street, make the next right that takes you to Canal St about 100 yards, turn right. Follow Canal St to Lakeside Rd, first right after crossing route 69, follow Canal St to Millersport Rd turn left on Millersport Rd and follow it through town to Bickel Church road, turn right. Follow Bickel Church, it will cross route 37, then to Cherry lane, turn right, go north, to Stemen Rd, turn left.  Follow Stemen to Snyder Church to Blacklick eastern, turn left then take the next right (north) and then the next left and you are on Palmer between Watkins and Smoke.

Parking can be done several places along the route with the best option is in Pataskala. There is public parking on Front Street between 310 and Township Rd by the railroad tracks. Turn right coming out of the Parking Lot then turn right onto Township Rd going south, this will lead you to Mills St, turn left. Somewhere the road names changes from Mills to Creek Rd. Creek Rd will lead you to Smoke or down to Watkins, by turning right on either of these roads you will cross Refugee, from there make a route.

I used to work in Westerville and sometimes would ride the Bike Trails after work or during lunch time.

My normal route consist of start at the Westerville Sport Complex at the junction of Cleveland Road and County Line Rd, west of Cleveland, south of County Line. I'll park there and change in the restrooms and head north to BikeWay 4, turn right and head east. BikeWay 4 stops at BikeWay 1 and I turn north crossing County Line which is dicy since there is no lights and traffic.

I go north on 4 to BikeWay 22 turn right and head east. If you go straight on BikeWay 4 it becomes BikeWay 14 and follow it to the second right which is BikeWay 3. That goes first east and then south east and crossed County Line again after which at some time it Becomes BikeWay 7. Go east until you come to Sunbury Rd, the BikeWay turns south and is BikeWay 9 on the map, it looks like a large sidewalk.

The bigest problem with this BikeWay is that the bikeway goes under the road and it's easy to miss the turn. The path is on the west side of the road until it comes to Marlene Drive, turn right before crossing the road and then right again and the path goes under the road and popup back on the east side. From there continue south until either on of two choices. One is to continue south to Central College Rd where the bike way currently end, turn around and head back. The other is when you rach the Dam you can ride across on the walkway and then turn left and go up the hill to cubbage, turn left head north to Walnut, turn right head east.

Once on Walnut you have several choices depending upon how far you wish to travel. You can turn left unto Schott and head north for some hills or continue east on Walnut. From these road there are a multitude of possible routes to ride.

For the return trip I retrace my ride until I come back to BikeWay 10 the "Westerville Bikeway", instead of turning south I turn north and head to the BikeWay 5 the "Polaris/Maxtown Road Bikeway" and turn left going west to Cleveland Avenue, and head south. Currently the sidewalk/bikeway is closed part way done so I cross the road to finish the trip.

Another ride I'll do from work also starts at the Westerville Sport Complex, but for this ride I'll head south to the Alum Creek Leisure Path also known as the Alum Creek Greenway. The bike trail heads south along Alum Creek and enters Columbus making it much more than the 1.7 mile Westerville portion. At the current time I have only riden to just south of Morse Road but plan to explore more in the future.

One of the better part of this trail is the limited times it crosses a road. The first crossing is at Main St. in Westerville, the second at Westerville Road. The rest of the time the trail goes under the road bridge along the creek. When the creek floods these parts of the trail are not available but the path have a bypass that does require crossing the road.

Clarksville Located in Southwestern PA, NE corner of Greene County

Clarksville is my home town and it is in a valley with serious hills to climb any which way you go.  The longest you can go is about 7 miles before you hit an out of the saddle climb. The hills are not long but they are steep, and often. If I rode east I would get into two steep climbs in the first mile and have a top speed of around 45 mph. This area is where I hit my top speed of 53 mph.

In addition to riding the road there is the Greene River Trail. The trail is crushed stone which is very small and I have ridden the trail twice on my road bikes which has 700x23c tires and had no problems, it not as fast as pavement but the trail can take you to Rices Landing without doing major climbs.

I stayed a weekend in the Super 8 motel at exit 45 of I-78, this was reasonable place to stay with reasonable price. I could from there get ride country roads.

I was staying at the Summit Inn for my 50th year High School reunion which is on top of a mountain. In my younger and lighter years I may have rode the Skyline Drive from the hotel but I wanted a flatter route. So I drove down the mountain to Hopwood and went looking for a place to ride. I the stumbled across a bike trial which was the Sheepskin Trail. It turned out to be a nice trail. I couldn't find it on google maps but it can be picked up at the Hutchinson Recreation Area.

Stayed at the Hampton Inn on Barbara Dr off exit 17 off . Since we was going home and had a long day ahead of us I was up early and riding in the dark using my lighting system. I first went left out of the parking lot but the road quickly became unpaved so I turned around and headed to the main road Route 1. I crossed over into Nates Rd and followed it into a parking lot so I circled 2 times and headed out came back to Tremholm Rd Ext turned right and then took the next right on Oakcrest Rd which goes about 1 mile to Windsor Lake Blv. I had two choices left or right, I turned right and followed it for a little bit and turned around not want to get too far from the Hotel. So I went back to the Hotel but wanted more mileage and gave the unpaved road a try. I about a ¼ mile it turned back to pavement, I continued to Edgewater Dr, but my time was up and back to the Hotel I went, packed and headed home.

I just rode out of town and into the country,  some hills and buffalos, interesting ride but only around 20 miles.

Staying at Dale Hollow in Kentucky, drove to Tennessee and just across the border park along side the road and started my ride. Route 61 has a good shoulder as wide as a lane in TN not in KY so I rode on the shoulder and it was a good ride, it was before 7 AM on a Monday morning and at time traffic was light even though the shoulder was a very good bike lane, google maps should it as a good bike route.

Stop there on a trip to California at Soncy. Stayed at the Comfort suites and rode south turned into Westgate Mall rode around it twice and then back north toward the motel but continued north on 335 which I should have done in the beginning, it had wide shoulder that I used as a bike lane. Turned around when my time was up and back to the motel. When continuing the trip west I noticed a road running parallel to I-40 that looked like it would have been a good place to ride, I even saw three riders on it.

Stayed at the Hamptin Inn Oceanfront North which is on the beach and have a bike trail in front of it. There was still wind from TS Hermine which wind 10-15 out of the NW so I rode north on the bike trail but it ended about a mile but followed the sidewalk to the next cross road that led to a ally that I followed for another mile before it ended then cross over the road to an access road that many was using for exercising. Followed it for about 3/4 of a mile and then turn around and return. Good ride.

West Virginia is a mountainous state with lost of roughed terain and as such favors mountain biking over road biking. Never the less I was determine to find a place to ride my road bike. Most of the bike trails are unpaved and geared to mountain biking however, the Allegheny Highland Trail southern end located in Highland Park near Elkins starts out paved for the first 3 miles. My wife and I rode the paved part north until it came to the unpaved which we rode for about a mile and a ½ before turning around. The problem was not the pea size gravel but there was only two small strips with grass between them. We then went back to the trail head turned around and did the paved part again and then tried some of the side roads.

Passing through we stayed at the AmericInn in Medford. Sunrise is early this time of year and there was a heat wave therefore I was up and riding by 5:30 AM. The wind was out of the southwest, so I rode south and west to start, I traveled down SR 13 to CR O and went west, rode until I was tried of traveling in that direction and turned around and came back, before reaching SR 13 I turned left (south) onto Gibson ave and went south again. This lead to a large hill (for Wisconsin) and at the top I turned left (north) and rode Apple Ave back to SR 13, turn left (north) and headed back to town where I just rode around exploring. Since this was a holiday morning the traffic was light although more this I thought, I believed that all reasonable people should be still asleep. The road conditions was ok but needed resurfacing, lots of cracks. The cars was respectfull and gave me wide berth. Overall not bad.

Returning from the Mt. Elbert trip, stayed in a Motel on Sunday night road around the city roads before returning home.

Went to my niece wedding and rode in the country going west. Reasonable contry roads.