Riding from Fort Smith, AR
 

I'm heading to Fort Smith this weekend for a blues festival and am thinking about taking the roadie so I can get some miles in on Saturday morning. Does anyone have any suggestions for rides there?

FT. Smith has a long closed trail for road bikes. It starts in Barling.....a suburb of FT. Smith. Also a lot of the county roads have very little traffic and have some very good climbs.

The Race Across AMerica went through there last weekend. Go to Bikely.com and look up the RAAM route. Gives you something to ride east or west. Pick your preferred turn-around, Oceanside or Atlantic City.

I can't imagine NOT finding great riding in that area. I've ridden near Little Rock and loved it. And I've been all over Arkansas in a car dying to get out and on the bike. Very nice state for riding.

Thanks for the props, gfrance.

I used to live in Ft. Smith about 15 years ago. I rode a mtn bike then - no road bike. We used to ride offroad out by Fionna (sp??) Hills subdivision. I'm sure a lot has changed since then though.

I know there used to be a group that would ride to Fayetteville and back from Ft. Smith on Hwy 71. That is some serious climbing on the way to Fayetteville.