Cycling trips planned this year?

[jobob]

My husband and I are planning a two week trip to California, to Santa Rosa to see the opening stage of the Tour of California! We are taking our bikes and plan to take several side bicycle trips. One that I have been wanting to do is along the America River. I am not sure of the name of the trail, but it goes for many miles through the California countryside. I can hardly wait to explore it!

It's the American River Bike Trail, also known as the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail.

My husband and I rode the entire length of it this past Saturday; it was about 68 miles and a whopping 1500 feet of climbing. It's quite lovely, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

[jobob]

AppleTree, I was looking at your avatar and thought "I just saw that ... but where?" and then I remembered this blog post I read earlier today.

Vashon Island Bike Tree: The True Story

[AppleTree]

AppleTree, I was looking at your avatar and thought "I just saw that ... but where?" and then I remembered this blog post I read earlier today.

Vashon Island Bike Tree: The True Story

THANKS so much jobob for the info on the American River Bike Trail! Sounds like a heavenly bike ride...I think even I can handle that altitude gain. I love that part of California.

I was very interested in the story of the bike tree! I "borrowed" the photo from a bike blog, and maybe it was even that one, I can't remember now, but I never did see what the story was. What a coincidence!

[jusdooit]

Tulip when are you doing the Natchez Trace? It is a beautiful place to ride.

[Thorn]

Tulip when are you doing the Natchez Trace? It is a beautiful place to ride.

Yes, inquiring minds want to know! [We're set to go this fall]

Hmm...and "Toronto - Quebec City" Vraimant? That was on our short-list for summer, but it doesn't look probable. I loved Quebec City and the Quebec country side.

[tulip]

Yes, inquiring minds want to know! [We're set to go this fall]

Hmm...and "Toronto - Quebec City" Vraimant? That was on our short-list for summer, but it doesn't look probable. I loved Quebec City and the Quebec country side.

Mississippi in the Spring. Thorn, send me a PM if you want details for your trip planning. For the Canada trip, it's been shortened to only Ottawa to QC so we can spend a few days in QC afterwards. Its one of my favorite cities. I would consider living there if it weren't so cold in the winter!

[Koronin]

Our only trips are the two weekend trips to Bristol, TN for the NASCAR races. However we are planning on buying locks (once we decide/figure out the best locks on the market) so that we can take the mountain bikes with us for transportation from where we park the truck to the track and back. The track as install are nice long fence along the front area where there are tons of people who lock their bikes to that fence for the day while inside the track for the day. We are planning on joining those people. We aren't sure, but we think that bike parking is part of why they put that fence in, because there are no bike racks anywhere at the track.