John_V 

Well, since we're doing pictures, this is the wilderness MUP where I do my daily rides. Fifteen miles of excellent pavement. The scenery could be a bit better, but almost any back road you ride on in this part of Florida looks about the same so it's no big deal.

Retro Grouch 

You might be overlooking the best reason for not riding counter-traffic. Most bike/motor vehicle accidents happen at some kind of intersection. If you ride counter-traffic, you approach every single such intersection from an unexpected direction. Frankly, I'm not big on walking counter-traffic for the same reason.

OldsCOOL

Any Pythons stretched across the path sunning/warming themselves??

rumrunn6

some are good but they recently (in the past 5 yrs) build a "sidewalk" ort bikepath along route 117 from about Sudbury through Lincoln that is just a waste of tax[ayer money no one can ride a bike on it cuz it is so uneven and bumpy. it probably doesn't meet OSHA standards for a sidewalk either!

sknhgy 

That's the berm highway just outside of Hartford. I ride that occasionally.

andykay

Wow that's really horrible! I am in the Springs area but well out in the east (my boss calls me a "flatlander"). Most of the MUP's out here are maintained by the HOA's and seem to be pretty well maintained, also this end of the Rock Island Trail is gravel and in good condition all the way out to Peyton. Do you ride the Santa Fe trail at all? I've been told that's good up towards the USAF Academy but probably not for road bikes I'm guessing.

John_V 

No pythons running loose in this area. They are found further south in the Everglades. However, you do run across other snakes sunning themselves across the roads. Lots of Pigmy Rattlesnakes and black snakes with occasional Diamondbacks and moccasins seen along the side of the path and in the creeks (especially when they flood).

bjjoondo 

Andy, not all the Rock Island Trail is bad, mainly just from Academy Blvd. West to Union Street, From Academy Blvd. East to almost Powers Blvd. it's all Cement and very nice. Sadly some of the trails were built before there were sources of funding to "REPAIR or REPLACE" them. The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments searches for funding sources for the newer trails but the Rock Island, even though it's considered a Tier 1 trail, has no funding except for the City General Fund which is basicly broke at the moment. Portions of the Pikes Peak Greenway thru the city are "concrete" a lot is hard packed (crushed limestone) dirt, from Woodmen Ave. north it's all dirt and some is loose sand as is the Santa Fe Trail, too so a "fat tire" bike is a better idea. I can ride it but I prefer to ride a thin tired hybrid so I have to pick and choose when I can use the trail. PS: I'm thinking of putting 700cX32 Sefas Vida, more heavly treaded tires on my Jamis Coda Sport so I can use the "DIRT" trail more, I don't want a MTB so I'll have to make one of my utility road hybrid into a "sudo-cyclo-cross" machine!