Originally Posted by Recycle
Can anyone tell me what kind of surface is on the northern half of the McHenry County (IL) Prairie Trail?
I'm planning a ride this weekend that includes 20 miles on that trail and found conflicting reports about the surface on the northern 10 or 12 miles.
One web site reports it as railroad ballast; another as crushed limestone on railroad ballast. I don't mind riding on crushed limestone or normal gravel, but if it's that fist sized railroad ballast, I'll use local roads around that section.
TIA
Is that the trail parallel to Il 173 from Roscoe to Capron?
If yes, that trail is paved from Capron past Caledonia going West. It is lime stone (not too bad) from there to Roscoe. I use 700 x 38 tires on that trail and do it often. That trail is NOT loose gravel or fist size railroad ballast. I go on it at speeds of 17 MPH++.