Cycling-name provinces/states, countries

Methinks many of us have cycled alot and seen parts of our country from the bike saddle. Name the areas where you've cycled as a resident/local there, as a tourist, etc. And if you have cycled the length of a country, 'fess up. :D

No I haven't cycled across any country yet. But nearly past 17 yrs., I have cycled:

Vancouver area, parts of Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast and some of Gulf Islands (Saltspring, Galiano, Gabriola, Pender), short trips in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia (usually including wineries)
Toronto area (cycled there as a resident for over a decade. Lived there longer than that..)
southern Ontario (most of the length just west of London, ON & east to Quebec broder, several different trips at different distances)
parts of southern Quebec (mainly Montreal and Quebec City corridor, veering off with Route Verte routes)
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island (there are some hills here...Red soil is somethin' to see..)
New Brunswick (well, was there for only 3 hrs.)
Vermont- 10 days there in Stowe, Middlebury, etc. My first loaded bike trip. Didn't know how to use bike gears.
Cape Cod and Nantucket Island (2 different trips)
Calgary (several visit trips)
Banff-Lake Louise area in Alberta
barely explored Washington State area (only Seattle area), San Juan Island--but more in future hopefully
Oregon --Columbia Valley to Portland
Hawaii- Big Island Hawaii and Kauai Island (rented bike and biked for nearly 3 wks.)
Santa Fe, NM - I realized elevation was higher there...
short bike trips in Napa Valley & San Franscisco area

And so far, haven't cycled in Europe (but been there twice).

We'll see. Same for Asia. Nope, haven't set foot, much less a bike tire.

No touring cycling but I have seen a lot regions around me on bike.

• All over the central Texas area.
• Houston, TX area and a trip from Houston to Austin (180 miles) twice
• Fort Davis, Texas- extreme west Texas and some of our only mountains. One of my favorite rides ever. Goes through a desert but because of the mountains the temperature is milder than expected. Practically no traffic even on a national holiday.
• Little Rock, Arkansas and surrounding areas. Riding the Big Dam Bridge Century completely changed my notion of Arkansas
• San Angelo, TX. This ride was a surprise as you think in West Texas you get flatlands but it is hilly. Another unique area, very pretty in a surprising way.
• Toas/Questa/Eagle Nest/Red River, NM- the Enchanted Circle. Grueling and yet enchanting. :)
• Far Northeast TX (Tyler)- another beautiful region of our state called the Pineywoods. Hilly and in a forest, great cycling.
• Hunstville, TX in the Sam Houston National Forest. One of my favorite areas I have rode, just rolling beautiful land.
• Brazos Valley, TX. This is where I started cycling and is an unknown pleasant area to ride.

We have plans to ride in all 50 states over our lives. So far we are only at 3 but it is a start. :p Texas should count as multiple states though. I still haven't rode in the Panhandle, Dallas, Coastal area or far south Texas (although Concan is pretty far south). We also hope to see at least part of Canada and will do some sort of cycling.

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Originally Posted by shootingstar

Name the areas where you've cycled as a resident/local there, as a tourist, etc.

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Hmmm....
I think my list is shamefully short, and concentrated in the Northeast section of the U.S.

* Connecticut - I grew up in the Naugatuck Valley. Never really appreciated that it was truly a VALLEY, until I took up cycling! :eek:
* Massachusetts - Lived there for 10 years on the North Shore. Some awesome cycling there - on road and off. I'd love to go back. Oh...and once on Martha's Vineyard as a kid on a bike my sister rented during a family vacation. Got totally LOST...my family had the island's police out looking for me!!! I finally found my way back - about 2 hours later (was supposed to be a 5-minute spin b/f lunch).
* New Hampshire - Had the worst mtb accident ever on an easy trail up in the Whites. Required reconstruction of my knee. Still have the scars. :(
* Maine - Mostly southern, all coastal.
* Rhode Island - Puttering around Bristol with old college buds.
* New York - Some pretty rides around Dutchess County with my DH. His old stompin' grounds.
* Pennsylvania - How can you live in the Northeast and not cycle around Lancaster County??? A weekend at a B&B there was a wedding present from friends. Brought the bikes, lots of wonderful riding....just stay off the numbered roads!
* Maryland - Current location and site of most of my miles.
* Virginia - A bit, but not much here....I don't like to cross the river! I'm afraid of them over there! :p;)
* Hawaii - Okay....once mtb'ing on Kauai. Red dirt?? How about Red MUD!! How about red mud that sticks to the treads of tires like glue and builds and BUILDS until it won't pass through the fork of your bike!!!! Yeah.


I think that's it. Still dreaming of adding Colorado and California to the list. Washington and Oregon are high on the list, too. Then Italy, then France... then......Oh, the places I'd love to go on a bike!!!

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Originally Posted by 7rider

Hmmm....
I think my list is shamefully short, and concentrated in the Northeast section of the U.S.

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Northeastern U.S. offers alot and you've seen alot from the saddle already, 7th rider!

I did forget my very lst bike ride during the day..long before I met my partner.. that was in Jasper, Alberta. I was vacationing on my own after taking train from Edmonton. just after I finished university..just rode around town and felt so proud of my little foray.

I will add that after seeing Canada from the saddle..I am even more humbled to live in a big, beautiful country.

Collectively, TE forum members probably could cobble together an incredible list of where we've been by bike.. we have much expertise to offer of where we've been by bike.

so let's hear more!!!!!

Extremely shamefully short-

Germany

Fort Lauderdale

Mackinac Island

Maryland

Fort Monroe, VA

Anchorage, Alaska

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Originally Posted by Zen

Anchorage, Alaska

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Now that we're living on west coast, some places don't seem so remote/unlikely in one's lifetime. Unfortunately Europe is way further away now.. but not Asia.

Some cycling trips, particularily shorter ones that were 1-5 days long, were tacked onto end of a business/conference trip. Others like Calgary/Rockies area were tied to my partner who was forced by his employer to relocate and live there for 2 yrs. So visiting him always included cycling everyday.

Where did you go cycling in Germany, Zen?

i was stationed in Erlensee, near Hanau.
There were cycling paths through woods and as part of a network where they connected town to town. Once in a while there would be a little parcours station thrown in.It was a nice little system.

helps to move around a lot
California
Nevada
Arizona
Missouri
Illinois
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
DC
Pennsylvania
New Jersey

Here's my list over the last 25 years, but most of it in the last ten:

Local areas here in Northern California - Valley, foothills, Delta, Sierra Mountains, Lake Tahoe, American River biketrail

SF-north-Calistoga-Pt. Reyes-Mt. Tam - - 3 day trip
weekend trips Russian River, Occidental, Mendocino, Bodega Bay
Central CA Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo
Nevada - Carson Valley
Vancouver Island including Salt Spring Island
Oregon Coast
Maine
Glacier National Park
Albuquerqee, NM
Colorado
Tuscany

K..I've not done any touring but i'll give this a shot anyways.

In NZ-mainly mountain biking at Woodhill & The Hunuas in Auckland, the 42nd Traverse in the middle of the North Island, Whaka in Rotovegas, Ohiwa harbour to Whakatane..

In Aust..mainly in WA but have done the commonwealth games track in Melbourne..

Extremely short list. I've done some very high mileage years, but rarely traveled with my bike.

Ohio (most parts of the state over the past 32 years, excluding the major metro areas except Columbus, and never did the extreme northeast)
Kentucky (once, on one of my solo self-contained tours starting in Ohio)
Florida (Volusia & Flagler Counties - in the late 80's and again 2003-present)
California (Napa & Sonoma Valleys - once, on a retreat)
Maryland (Anne Arundel County - commuter only to work and school)

If you count little kid stuff, tooling around the neighborhood etc., add a Chicago suburb and south central North Dakota. (7rider, if we get to count the places where we had cycling injuries that have stayed with us for life, then definitely count North Dakota, which is where I sprained my shoulder in a game of chicken with another kid :p. And I guess that Illinois really should count since it's where I first learned to ride a bike.)

Oh, and we rented a couple of cheapo bikes for a few hours one time in Colorado, I think it was Aspen? some place we rode a paved trail, in the '80s.

And I'm about to add Dallas, Texas! Yee-ha! :D

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Originally Posted by Zen

Extremely shamefully short-


Anchorage, Alaska

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If all goes as planned I will be adding this one next year. :D Our good friend is working in Alaska for a few more years and we are planning a visit next summer.

Most of my biking is in Texas but I guess that isn't too shameful when you realize it takes us 8 hours to cross the state line. I would love to see more states and eventually countries by bicycle.

No one has Oklahoma on their list yet! <sigh> Me thinks you lovely ladies need to visit Tulsa!

Tulsa Tough - 2009... think about it!!

I've ridden locally in eastern MA, mostly from the northwest suburbs out toward Worcester.
Central MA to Northampton and the Berkshires
White Mountains in NH and the NH seacoast
York Beach Maine
Stowe Vermont
Cape Cod
I rode my 10 speed Univega in AZ in the 80s
The Czech Republic, from Czechy Cromluv (sp) over the border to Austria, into Durnstein by the Danube River
Quebec City, Canada, including Ile d'Orleans, Montmarcy
Siena, Italy up to Chianti and back

I apologize for the spelling!

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Originally Posted by BabyBlueNTulsa

No one has Oklahoma on their list yet! <sigh> Me thinks you lovely ladies need to visit Tulsa!

Tulsa Tough - 2009... think about it!!

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I have been trying to get my husband to agree to Oklahoma and Louisiana to knock out all the states surrounding Texas. I might try to convince him to do Tulsa Tough, he will like the name. :)

My list is short, too, but varied.

New Mexico
Vermont
Maine
Oregon
Arkansas (of course)
Oklahoma
Colorado

Combinations of mountain and road.

Gonna add Delaware and North Carolina next month

Karen

Include the areas where you fiddled around on your bike and commute around too. You know/knew the area by bike, but many others on TE forum do not know the areas where you biked regularily.

ie. As a child, I biked in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. That's southern Ontario where I grew up. Then in my mid-30's I returned to that area by bike on a 50 km. ride from Guelph...and toured around by bike and visited a good friend. It's like Lancaster, Pennsylvania --it's Mennonite-Amish-German in its roots and history.

Did you know that??? Probably not. But it's an area where I cycled, I know well (not all of it by bike) and it counts on my list of regions where I've cycled. :)

I recommend as a very interesting area to cycle out from Toronto, 100 kms. 1 way.



Dont' apologize for lack of travel on bike. Good grief, we all have covered way more distance on bike than many other women.

Okay then... I've ridden mostly in Oklahoma, but I guess we can also count the Wichita Falls-Burkburnett area in TX (HHH 1996, 1997, 2006). LOL
Oh geez, I nearly forgot! Maui! (Haleakala Crater - 1993).

FreeWheel 1998 - Denison,TX to Coffeville, KS (a week I'll never forget)

I've been doing a few organized rides each of the years I've ridden: DAM JAM (great ride!!!), Flower Power, Tour De Tulsa, Tulsa Tough..... The first two are out-of-towners. FUN too..

I'd like to ride in Italy, Spain, and/or France someday. NewZealand too, for that matter!

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Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

I have been trying to get my husband to agree to Oklahoma and Louisiana to knock out all the states surrounding Texas. I might try to convince him to do Tulsa Tough, he will like the name. :)

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You guys would have a blast, I guarantee it. If he doesn't race, then you'll have to sign up for BOTH Tulsa Tough ride days to get the full taste of NW Oklahoma. This event has been getting bigger and better (but not too big for its britches - not yet) each year since it started in 2006. I don't drink, but the party atmosphere is infectious. Pro cyclists everywhere, and lots of people to meet. Good times. :) :)

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Originally Posted by BabyBlueNTulsa

You guys would have a blast, I guarantee it. If he doesn't race, then you'll have to sign up for BOTH Tulsa Tough ride days to get the full taste of NW Oklahoma. This event has been getting bigger and better (but not too big for its britches - not yet) each year since it started in 2006. I don't drink, but the party atmosphere is infectious. Pro cyclists everywhere, and lots of people to meet. Good times. :) :)

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My husband does race but not competitively. It is more he sees one and goes for it. His job and his dedication to riding with slow-mo me keeps him from being a serious contender.

Lordy, my list of areas I've cycled in the U.S. is painfully short--just Maryland and a bit of North Carolina when I lived there.

But I've got a respectable list from Europe:
England (as far south as Dover, west to Bristol, north to Durham, east to Norfolk)
Belgium
Holland
Germany (along the Rhine)
France (only where the Rhine touches; pretty much just Strasbourg, which is practically Germany)
Switzerland and Austria (I was going by train mostly through these countries, but used my bike to get around towns)
Italy (Bolzano to Venice, down the coast, over the mountains to Florence and then down to Rome)

Sarah