Originally Posted by
FBinNY
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.
Ah, okay, got it. Yeah, my favorite routes are definitely loops ...although out of necessity there is almost always
some duplication/backtracking.