I've done this but in reverse. Started from Galax. Ride to the shot tower and return. I can tell you that the ride from the shot tower to Galax is slightly uphill (remember its a rail corrider so no hills but a slight grade uphill). So it will be easier coming back for you.
If you have wide tires you can do it on a road bike. It's mostly crushed gravel, a couple of bridge crossings, and some pavement. Its also mostly in the shade covered by trees. I used a modified MTB with narrow tires. It was a fun ride. Bring water. There are few places were you can get fluids but not a lot. louis On Jun 29, 12:24 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > Gyros, > I am thinking of two days. Saturday and Sunday. > > It is 3 hours to Galax. Six hours in the car to ride 57 miles in one day > seems like too much to me for one day. > > Here is a thought: > Ride up on Saturday morning > Start at the mid-point and ride to Galax and back to the mid-point on > Saturday. > Then on Sunday, start at the mid-point and ride to Pulaski and back to the > mid-point. > Come home Sunday afternoon satisfied that you just rode 117 miles in two days > through beautiful terrain and now life seems a little better for it. > > Let me know your thoughts. > > ---- Berry T Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > David, > > I have some interest, but wouldn't want you to plan around my > > participation. Are you thinking about doing the whole 57 miles, or just the > > 39 along the river? Single day, or multi-day trip? Keep me in the loop > > regarding your plans & I'll commit if I can. > > Thanks, > > Berry > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: [email protected] > > >Sent: Jun 28, 2010 8:32 PM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: [Gyros: 15846] New River Trail touring ride > > > >Gyros, > > >Would anybody be interested in a touring ride on the New River Trail > > >sometime in the next few months? > > >My name is David and some of you may know me from my appearances on Mike's > > >Sunday morning touring ride. > > >See attached website address. > > >plans could be developed depending on the interest generated. > > >Let me know if you are interested. This would be more of a hybrid / > > >mountain bike kinda trip. > > >oh yeah, there are wineries nearby too! > > > >http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/new.shtml > > > >Enjoy the day, -David > > > >-- > > >You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > > >To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > >To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > > Build 'em & Ride 'em > > On a 29r > > 313 W Juniper Ave > > Wake Forest, NC 27587 > > > -- > > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
