Originally Posted by
Bob Ross
I'm not sure it ever occurred to me to differentiate between the two; isn't an Out & Back just an oblong loop with two long sides and a very narrow apex?
As used by most, "out and back" implies riding out to a destination r turn around point, and returning by the same route. This is different from a loop which imlies little to no backtracking, though the loop might in fact be a long narrow pair of parallels connected at the far end.