Cycling Vacation ideas...

[Arsnik23]

Hey all,

My fiance and I are thinking about doing a metro park tour with our bikes. Driving to different bike trails in the great lakes region. We live in Cuyahoga Falls, OH right now. There are TONS of trails around us, but we think it would be fun to travel and ride different parks. Like I said, we live in Ohio and we are not the richest folk lol....so what are some good parks with good trails (nothing hardcore..not planning on jumping or doin anything crazy), that we can travel too? We want somewhat challenging trails with great scenery. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tony

[dewaday]

Start close to home and hit the Little Miami in Xenia.

http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/station.htm

[Arsnik23]

Start close to home and hit the Little Miami in Xenia.

http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/station.htm

thanks for the quick response and suggestions!! :D

keep em coming!

Tony

[Scummer]

http://www.atatrail.org/ !!

You don't live that far away from Pittsburgh, so this ~320 mile trail will offer a great trail for a nice multi day touring vacation on bike.

[dewaday]

Something a little more rugged.

http://www.wvstateparks.com/northbendrailtrail/descriptions.html

[Arsnik23]

http://www.atatrail.org/ !!

You don't live that far away from Pittsburgh, so this ~320 mile trail will offer a great trail for a nice multi day touring vacation on bike.

thanks!! yeah, we are only a couple hours from Pitt.

Tony

[Scot_Gore]

Most of my suggestions might be too far away to be good choices, but here they are in any event.
1) Ride the first trail ever built:http://www.elroy-sparta-trail.com/ The Sparta Elroy Bike Trail. Scenic part of Wisconsin with rolling hills, Amish Country, Wisconsin Dells, and FLW Talsien Studio within easy reach. There are many connecting trails as well including the 400 and the Great River Trail.

2) Mesabi Trail, http://www.mesabitrail.com/maps/ not a rail to trail. Built on Iron Ore Minning Road. The trail is not always straight and flat and you get to see where the steel processed in Ohio factories came from.

3) More to be found in this book: http://bikeverywhere.com/store/?product_id=9 Minnesota/Wisconsin Bicycle Vacation Guide.

Scot

[Arsnik23]

cool cool, great ideas so far!!!

Tony