Grand Haven cycling

**Trek-chick** · 04-28-2011, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by zoom-zoom

I just noticed this is posted in mid-Atlantic. You might find more response in North Central (though I wish this were renamed to Midwest...I don't know anyone who refers to the Midwest as North Central, even though that is a relatively more accurate descriptor).

I agree....Midwest has always seemed kind of weird to me....and you are right North central is a more accurate description of our location...... IMO Michigan (and surrounding states) should be classified as "Great Lakes Region".

I was confused as to where MI would be classed when I first joined TE also.

**zoom-zoom** · 04-28-2011, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Trek-chick

I agree....Midwest has always seemed kind of weird to me....and you are right North central is a more accurate description of our location...... IMO Michigan (and surrounding states) should be classified as "Great Lakes Region".

I was confused as to where MI would be classed when I first joined TE also.

I once had someone not from MI argue with me that MI is not part of the Midwest. I was all, "duh, I think I know where I live!" Any state in the Big 10 (11?) is most certainly part of the midwest, even if we are closer to East than we are to West. It's as much cultural as it is geographical!

I agree about the Great Lakes classification, though.

**Bike Writer** · 04-28-2011, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Trek-chick

I agree....Midwest has always seemed kind of weird to me....and you are right North central is a more accurate description of our location...... IMO Michigan (and surrounding states) should be classified as "Great Lakes Region".

I was confused as to where MI would be classed when I first joined TE also.

I didn't get it either about where we should be classified but agree with the "great lakes region" as a better indicator. I also agree that "midwest" is more about cultural similarities than geography.

**HillSlugger** · 04-28-2011, 06:29 PM

When I joined TE in 2006 there was no Mid-Atlantic thread; we had to try to choose between South East and North East, with neither being truly suitable

**limewave** · 05-31-2011, 07:10 AM

Did you ever make it out to Grand Haven?

**withm** · 05-31-2011, 07:26 PM

I'll have to pull out a map to find Grand Haven. But I'm over on the east side of MI for a week. About 75 miles north of Saginaw. Anyone up for a road trip and a bike ride?

**beccaB** · 06-01-2011, 05:39 AM

I did a century in the Midland (near Saginaw) area that advertises that it is the flattest century in Michigan. I kinda prefer hills and some curves though.

**withm** · 06-01-2011, 06:10 AM

It's pretty flat here as well. And WINDY today! I don't think my bike will see the sunshine until tomorrow.

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