I feel a need to RANT....
10-04-08 | 07:58 AM
#26
In Cincinnati, Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum has marked routes for walkers and runners. Bikes are allowed, too. It has a great collection of mature trees of many species, and interesting architecture and monuments. I'll be leading a bike club ride to there to see the fall color in a few weeks.
There are a lot of short, steep climbs there, but you can easily avoid the steepest ones by taking an alternate route.
There are a lot of short, steep climbs there, but you can easily avoid the steepest ones by taking an alternate route.
10-04-08 | 12:27 PM
#27
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From: Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Bikes: Giant easy e, Priority Onyx, Scott Sub 40, Marin Belvedere Commuter
True, some people feel cemetaries are strictly places for the dead and the mourning, but others feel it is a place for living also.
Cemetaries are a great place to ride. It's quiet, slow and a great way to get a flavor of the history of the area. They are good for walking, jogging and other easy fitness activities away from the hustle and bustle of traffic and noise.
Either way, enjoy you bike.
Cemetaries are a great place to ride. It's quiet, slow and a great way to get a flavor of the history of the area. They are good for walking, jogging and other easy fitness activities away from the hustle and bustle of traffic and noise.
Either way, enjoy you bike.
Last edited by capejohn; 10-04-08 at 12:53 PM.
10-04-08 | 08:30 PM
#28
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From: Northern Kentucky
True, some people feel cemetaries are strictly places for the dead and the mourning, but others feel it is a place for living also.
Cemetaries are a great place to ride. It's quiet, slow and a great way to get a flavor of the history of the area. They are good for walking, jogging and other easy fitness activities away from the hustle and bustle of traffic and noise.
Cemetaries are a great place to ride. It's quiet, slow and a great way to get a flavor of the history of the area. They are good for walking, jogging and other easy fitness activities away from the hustle and bustle of traffic and noise.
Spring Grove has been mentioned to me before and it sounds geographically similar to Highland. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. colorado dale....sounds like good tips. If we're lucky we should have quite a few more weeks of decent weather.
10-04-08 | 08:53 PM
#29
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Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Bikes: Hillbrick, Malvern Star Oppy S2, Europa (R.I.P.)
I've nothing to add or argue with in the above posts so I won't, except to suggest that the utter inability of some people to consider others is astounding.
On this bit - you'll find the car rack the most liberating thing you've done. It allows you to tailor the ride to YOU and your needs.
My girlfriend is, thanks to a heavy fall a few years back, freaked out by riding on anything that isn't straight, quiet and flat, so we drive out into the country to our favourite bike track and go for a quiet ride there.
I live in the hills around Adelaide and being able to drive the commuter down to the plains makes commuting every day practical and sensible whereas riding back up into the hills at the end of a day is attractive only to a fanatic (there's a reason I have a 26 tooth granny ring).
While my little girl loves travelling on her tag-along, we can't go too far from home thanks to the hills but we've a wide variety of good bike trails within a half hour drive.
Similarly, I've a wide range of good rides available to me that would be unavailable if I had to ride to the start of them.
Hurry that car rack along and be liberated.
Richard
My girlfriend is, thanks to a heavy fall a few years back, freaked out by riding on anything that isn't straight, quiet and flat, so we drive out into the country to our favourite bike track and go for a quiet ride there.
I live in the hills around Adelaide and being able to drive the commuter down to the plains makes commuting every day practical and sensible whereas riding back up into the hills at the end of a day is attractive only to a fanatic (there's a reason I have a 26 tooth granny ring).
While my little girl loves travelling on her tag-along, we can't go too far from home thanks to the hills but we've a wide variety of good bike trails within a half hour drive.
Similarly, I've a wide range of good rides available to me that would be unavailable if I had to ride to the start of them.
Hurry that car rack along and be liberated.
Richard
