Originally Posted by
RiverScout
There's a cool spot in the Smokey Mountains called Cades Cove. This valley has an 11mi. loop around it. The park is only open to bicycles on Saturday mornings (Too Cool!)The road is (or was) paved but it has pot holes, dirt, rock, etc. over it. It's perfect for a mountain bike, but my oldest son uses mine so I plan to use the new bike for this and other trips.
Sorry to ramble- the point is- the bike will need to be a Jack of all trades.
Having nightmare flashbacks here...
I took a wrong turn (several of them) and wandered into Cades Cove on my motorcycle one day. Before I realized what was going on, I was too far in to turn around. I spend AT LEAST two hours feathering the clutch on what was basically a race bike, cooking the inside of my thighs while the tourists halted all movement for what seemed like days at each and every animal sighting.
I love the area, but Cades Cove on a car-day has got to be the biggest perversion of "nature" that I've ever witnessed.