The Asheville area is incredible for both road and off-road cycling. We head up at least once a year for several days of road riding and at least once or twice a year for off-road in the nearby Nat'l Forests.
Great road rides head north up past the Grove Park Inn and onto the BRP, then over the mountain down Oxbow Road OR, head the other way down the BRP past the Folk Art Center and out towards Black Mountain. Also good rides out to the Northwest over the foothills and then back into town along the French Broad River.
Off-Road venues are just to the south (Bent Creek), further south (Dupont Forest) or west (Pisgah & Tsali) and feature some of the best wooded single track in the southeast.