Hey Jules, depending on what you are looking for there are some great options out there. I know the stuff in the Raleigh area but there are good trails out in Durham and Cary too.If you are looking for single track then trails like Crabtree, Rocky Road and Beaver Dam are my favorite in the area. Of those 3, Crabtree is probably the easiet with well maintained trails, decent obstacles and 6 loops to ride. My favorite is Rocky Road (located off of Reedy Creek Rd in Cary), it is more challenging than Crabtree from a technical standpoint and there are some really good climbs in there too. Total length is 11.5 miles. Beaver Dam is probably the toughest of those 3, it's further north just beyond Falls Lake off of Hwy 50. I highly recommend the South Loop, it's about 9 miles of great riding. the If you're looking more for fitness riding on less technical trails, then Umstead is great. There are plenty of long and/or steep climbs (for this area) with nice wide trails. A full loop out there is just short of 13 miles but I've done 60+ miles out there and not gotten bored (but have been plenty exhausted).A few good sites for local trails are:http://www.trianglemtb.com/index.phphttp://www.dirtworld.com/trails/traillist.asp?id=27One thing to note, you mention not liking road. The North Raleigh Gyros is in fact a road riding club. A bunch of us also ride mountain but our focus and all of our rides are road. You may want to ping and join the TORC group. They do all mountain biking and probably more of what you are looking for. Here's a link. http://www.torc-nc.org/Good luck,-Kyle > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:37:32 -0700 > Subject: [Gyros: 16401] Biking Trails in NC? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > I'm a new member of the group and am hoping some of you may be able to > suggest some good biking trails around NC. For the holiday weekend I > am hoping to make some day trips to various bike trails around the > State, but am new to the biking scene and don't really have a clue how > to find good trails, etc. I'm getting pretty bored with riding the ATT > here in the Triangle, and since I'm no fan of riding on the roads, > prefer to find some new biking trails for a change of scenery. > Appreciate your ideas/suggestions! > Jules > > -- > 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]
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