College Riding (which college or area is the best?)
07-08-07, 04:22 PM
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College Riding (which college or area is the best?)
Hello, I seem to be making alot of new post now again, I will be heading to college soon (long story concidering my age haha)....anyways just curious as to what colleges have good riding area around? I know anwhere out west somewhere seems to be a good spot, but not really sure.
I am up for any suggestions!
I am up for any suggestions!
07-08-07, 04:27 PM
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colorado is the best state for college cycling, but pick a school based on academics not cycling
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I don't even need to look at your questions - the answer is Penn State.
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heh, yeah I know what I am looking for in a school, just looking for somthing that has a good mix of hills and flats...here in MA we don't have many hills....just looking to see what schools are in an area that has a good mix of areas to ride.
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Are you looking for a school that has a good race team or just general riding?
Edit: and what are you looking for in the school? What kind of degree program?
Edit: and what are you looking for in the school? What kind of degree program?
07-08-07, 07:23 PM
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Well I am interested in getting a degree in computer science, and there is a school around here in MA that is nice for it, but just looking for a school with an overall good riding area...
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Lots of schools on the midwest have teams, Marion in Indy and IU have strong teams.
https://mwccc.org/
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I am a student at Michigan State University and love riding around campus. It's a 45 mile ride to Mason, 70 to Ann Arbor, and a ton of smaller routes around. Mapmyride will show you routes around cities, including college campuses.
Good luck, and just don't go to Ohio State.
Good luck, and just don't go to Ohio State.
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Come here to Dayton, OH. The University of Dayton is great! Bike paths near the university that go for miles and miles and miles. Alley Cat scrambles is you are a fixed gear kind of guy.
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Originally Posted by cmonk
I am a student at Michigan State University and love riding around campus. It's a 45 mile ride to Mason, 70 to Ann Arbor, and a ton of smaller routes around. Mapmyride will show you routes around cities, including college campuses.
Good luck, and just don't go to Ohio State.
Good luck, and just don't go to Ohio State.
GO BLUE!Western michigan has a good mix of flat and some pretty hilly terrain as well. But yeah, you've got to go where it suits you academically mostly. Pretty much any bigger school will have a team or club that will compete at the collegiate level.
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Originally Posted by Frunkin
colorado is the best state for college cycling, but pick a school based on academics not cycling
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Ratting off a few here..
CU (University of Colorado at boulder).. I went there so I am a touch biased
Cal - Berkeley
USC - LA
and so on..
CU (University of Colorado at boulder).. I went there so I am a touch biased
Cal - Berkeley
USC - LA
and so on..
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Originally Posted by ElJamoquio
I don't even need to look at your questions - the answer is Penn State.
Too be fair, I'm in the area visiting my folks for part of my summer break and the country roads are absolutely gorgeous for riding.
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Computer Science and great roads and riding year round?
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
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colorado.
Looking for a mix of hills (mountains) and flat? The Front Range can't be beat... goes from dead flat plains to foothills to mountains in a few miles.
Looking for a mix of hills (mountains) and flat? The Front Range can't be beat... goes from dead flat plains to foothills to mountains in a few miles.
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Ohio State Rocks!
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You want computer science? There are five schools you should look at:
MIT, Georgia Tech, Cal Tech, Stanford and Purdue. I cannot speak for the other four, but the Boilermakers of Purdue has one of the pre-eminent computer science programs in the nation. And, they have a great cycling team. You get a good mix of hill and flats there.
University of Wisconsin - Madison also has good program. And Madison is consitently named the Best Biking Town in the United States.
MIT, Georgia Tech, Cal Tech, Stanford and Purdue. I cannot speak for the other four, but the Boilermakers of Purdue has one of the pre-eminent computer science programs in the nation. And, they have a great cycling team. You get a good mix of hill and flats there.
University of Wisconsin - Madison also has good program. And Madison is consitently named the Best Biking Town in the United States.
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Ohio State?
Oh, and stay away from Ohio State. Who would want to be known as a Buckeye. What is a Buckeye, anyway?
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Rice University is awesome for cycling. We have this parking lot behind the football stadium with a 1/3 mile track on it. It's amazing. Also the air is really clean, the weather is beautiful and the scenery is to die for.
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