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Old 05-25-22, 06:49 AM
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Near Acton, Ontario, Canada from a few weeks ago, before all the leaves had sprouted.
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Had to stop with all the fog to take this photo,
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Old 05-31-22, 08:19 AM
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More non paved riding in the Ocala Nat Forest. I haven't been in this area for a while, since it is used for hunting in the fall/winter and gets too wet during the summer. It is a mix of grass, gravel, packed sand and limestone.


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Old 05-31-22, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bikecrate
More non paved riding in the Ocala Nat Forest. I haven't been in this area for a while, since it is used for hunting in the fall/winter and gets too wet during the summer. It is a mix of grass, gravel, packed sand and limestone.
wow, that's enormous! looks like you can ride as long as you want!
https://goo.gl/maps/BKWyhcWRgqMjjMRC8
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Old 05-31-22, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
wow, that's enormous! looks like you can ride as long as you want!
https://goo.gl/maps/BKWyhcWRgqMjjMRC8
It's pretty big, over 600 square miles. This is Marjorie Kennan Rawlings (The Yearling) territory.

The section of the forest I usually ride in is north of Lake Kerr. I have a gravel bike with 700 X 35 tires. I can handle hard packed dirt, light sand, gravel and limestone roads. I can't do super sugary sand. Unfortunately, many of those roads that crisscross the forest are deep sand. I am only able to recently ride some of them due to the forest service coming through and scraping off a layer of sand and exposing the limestone. Sadly, the ATV crowd got to the forest first and most of the trails are for them. There are some good hiking trails also forbidden to bikes. There are almost no bike trails. My next bike I want is a fat bike for the really sandy stuff, but that has to wait since I lack the storage space at this time.
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Ok, I'm jealous of some of these routes.

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Short but shady. Out for a 64 mile ride today.
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Nothing but empty roads


Heading out of town

Heading home after morning ride
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Old 07-10-22, 05:50 PM
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Sabino Canyon Recreation Area in Tucson AZ ....which they just repaved! :::swoon:::
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Old 07-11-22, 08:06 AM
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Old 07-11-22, 11:27 PM
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Sabino Canyon Recreation Area in Tucson AZ ....which they just repaved! :::swoon:::
repaved all the way to the top? regardless, will prob hit it on the next visit in feb/march. a tucson must-do.
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Old 07-11-22, 11:30 PM
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double (yes you read that right) bike lane uphill on torrey pines grade adjacent to torrey pines state park near ucsd/san diego.
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Old 07-12-22, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
repaved all the way to the top?
Yes indeed-y! Well, everything except the concrete slabs on either side of the many creek crossings. But those were already pretty smooth.

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Yes indeed-y! Well, everything except the concrete slabs on either side of the many creek crossings. But those were already pretty smooth.
oh hell yes. it was getting pretty crunchy up top once past the first water crossing.
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More fun in the Ocala Nat. Forest for July 4th week.



Empty road behind.

My favorite paved road.

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