- having a great time riding down here on the Gulf Coast of beautiful Florida!
- many rides are from St. Pete up to the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs...
- anyone else ride the trail?
:-)
p.s. thanks, Joe, for creating the new forums - most excellent!
Miami Florida checking in. Thanks for the new forums Joe.
Tallahassee here. This is just too great!
Wag more, bark less
Hot Lanta in the house
hi southeast/florida!!!!! (i'm out checking out what the other areas are talking about! lol!)
OCP and PROUD!
"OCP is not just about attitude, it's a way of life!"
life's too short to ride a crummy bike..........
Hey Linux_Author....I ride the trail.
I live in Clearwater and when I ride the P. trail, I usually do clearwater to north end of trail and back.
We also do Suncoast Trail/Starkey Park fairly often.
My dad lives in Brooksville and may start riding, so I may take more trips up to the Withalacoochee trail (which is my fave, but just so dern far away).
Originally Posted by coffeecake
Citrus Springs checking in. I ride the Withlacoochee Trail every morning as it is only 1 mile from my house. I need to get down south and try out some of your trails. Maybe after the weather cools off a little.
I am up in Jacksonville.
Cape Coral here.
Miami, Ft Lauderdale Road riding down here
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard and the shallow end is much too large
Scott CR1 Pro
Gainesville (Go Gators!) here. Can be found usually on the roads north of Ocala, south of Lake City, west of Cross City, and east of Melrose.
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
A couple of friends and I are coming down to do the Santa Fe Century (well, the 55 mile version if my buds don't get into better shape.) I've never ridden in your area before. Maybe I shouldn't wear my Florida State Seminoles jersey.
Wag more, bark less
Since it isn't a football game day you should be OK with the jersey. Back in the 1980's I was riding with a friend on the day of the UF/FSU game and he just happened to be wearing a maroon jersey with yellow accents. We approached Gainesville on US 441 from the south along with a ton of game day traffic. It was not pretty. It took us a while to figure out what was going on.
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
Come on down and wear the jerseys. It'll be a hoot, and there may be some good natured ribbing, but nothing serious. Besides, we won the last two years and I believe we gave Bobby Bowden Field a great christening.
As for the Santa Fe course, if you only do the 55 mile route you'll miss some of the prettiest areas just north of Traxler (the split for the 55/100 mile course).
Now if you guys really want a fun course, stick around on Sunday and ride the Horse Farm 100 or the Horse Farm Tours. I believe the HFT is only about 35 miles, but it it's in the most scenic part of the HFH100. That's a really pretty area.
BTW - I'd go ride the Spaghetti ride in your neck of the woods, but I have tickets to the UF/LSU game that afternoon, and well I guess I have different priorities on Saturdays in the fall.
Ken
ps - Oh yeah, representin' Gainesville.
+1 to what Ken said about the rides.
While I haven't officially ridden the Santa Fe ride, I have ridden on all those roads. The middle part of the 100 mile ride is the best part. The Horse Farm Hundred ride has some very pretty scenery, especially after you finally get off of County 325 (pretty bumpy).
I plan on doing the HFH, but I'm doing it with a friend from Atlanta and I promised to "play nice" so it will be a leisurely day.
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
Hello, went to school in Gainesville, spent much of my childhood down in McIntosh, raised on a farm between Gainesville and Ocala.
Currently in Titusville, Fl.
The Space Coast Freewheelers have a century/metric century ride this October 29th. It's the 18th annual Intracoastal Waterway Century. Part of the route takes you through the Kennedy Space Center and another part down a little road that runs along the waterway itself. There's more at their web site.
We rode the santa fe century course yesterday. Pretty good ride, a bit sunny and warm at the end, averaged about 19.6 for the entire ride.
If they don't finish the construction on 239 between now and October 21, part of it is going to have to be re-routed into Worthington Springs.
You hammerhead you!My buds and I will be riding at what we refer to as a "Gentleman's C Pace." We would prefer to ride the Horse Farm Hundred the next day but the other guys have church committments.
Wag more, bark less
I don't normally ride north of town and I haven't ridden on 239 since January. South is much more convenient for me. So, there is construction on 239? I hope it includes a wide shoulder! That part from Worthington Springs to (almost) Alachua was the part of the route I dreaded the most.
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
I love riding the SF Century, stopping at Worthington Springs, and hearing Mick Hubert call the games as Florida beats up on Kentucky, SW Michigan State, or some other multi-directional school. The last 25 miles past the Hare Krishna farm ARE brutal most years. Then you get in the car at the end, turn on the satellite radio and listen to the rest of the nation's football scores. A great bike ride AND all afternoon/ night left to recover and hear/ watch football... MAN, I love that ride!!!
Sorry, I meant 239A. The stretch of 239A east of 239 is currently closed. We routed by taking 239A to 239, south to 18, and 18 into worthington.
They also just repaved 236 east of Traxler, it's like butter now. I wish they'd do the stretch between High Springs and the interstate since I keep looking at those cracks in the road and thinking "gee, a 23mm tire could get stuck in one of these things reallllllly easy if you're not paying attention"
Well, here we go again, probable Hurricane warning by tonight. I just got all of my landscape back together after Wilma. I guess I'll get my ride in tonight as tomorrow will probably be a washout.
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard and the shallow end is much too large
Scott CR1 Pro
Looks like it's coming right through your living room.
Wag more, bark less
I just might have to go north this Labor Day weekend (hurricane permitting) and check that out. I live near Downtown Gainesville, so it is so easy to slip out of town on Hawthorne Road, the Hawthorne Trail, or take Williston Road to US 441, or just keep on Williston Road as opposed to beating my way all the way across town to go North and West.
Speaking of nice pavement, a couple of weeks ago US 301 south of Hawthorne to almost Citra was closed to thru traffic for a week. I got to ride it once (both ways) without any truck traffic and almost no cars. WOW! While the pavement is super, the volume of traffic normally is too high to really enjoy the ride
Zorak: My favorite episode of The Golden Girls is the one where they all took contaminated Geritol and died.
Space Ghost: That was never an episode!
Zorak: Well, it should have been.
Earlier this year I spent a good amount of time cycling through that area with the Gainesville Brevet Series. Lovely country.
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