Quote Originally Posted by thekarens View Post
I don't know how helpful this is, but here we have a lot of state parks that you can mountain bike in and a lot of them are very tame. Mostly dirt or gravel trails that don't involve anything technical. I think if I could no longer run single track I would still enjoy these trails as I really like being out in the woods/nature.
Yes, that is what I ended up doing when I decided my skills just weren't going to be up to the rigors of single-track. I would ride the gravel roads and some nice hilly double-track trails at Umstead State Park in Raleigh. It's great for newbie or non-technical mountain bikers. Very aerobic, but not the switchbacks, roots, rocks and such of single-track. I also lived on a long gravel road, and we had an easy single-track trail on our own property. But mostly I rode at Umstead. Such a nice setting and a great workout as well. I miss it!

I hope you can find someplace to ride, Catrin! I know some states are better than others for having a lot of good gravel roads, but you might want to look into the state park option if you have any relatively close to you.