Originally Posted by
u235
For better or worse, I ride alone and pick my own "routes". I pull up Google maps, RWGPS, and pick a route and sometimes bounce them off of Strava heat maps. I mix in as much gravel and trail as I possibly can and highly prefer my road use to those with a large side beyond the white line or country roads...
Far more open road but less parks, trails, and MUPs...
Not to be contrarian, and to each is own, but I have posted,
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...I have ridden out West in the Desert, Rockies, and vast Plains [and country roads], and while interesting and scenic, the views are [boring]unchanging for miles, and I really enjoy the intimate quirkiness of Metro Boston...