Originally Posted by
Cyclebum
Plan to be on it
Buffalo to Rochester next fall. For you who have ridden that section, how much rolling resistance can I expect vs a hard surfaced highway? Need to make 50 miles/day and still have plenty of time for checking out stuff. Run about 12 mph on hard surface.
I've done it several times with my young ( i.e., ages 8 - 10 ) kids, and we generally averages around 9MPH with them on mountain bikes. An adult would easy be able to average 12MPH on most sections, other than the occasional washboard and overly-deep-with-stone dust section.