Steve, I'm in Raleigh and there are a bunch of nice routes nearby. As far as MUPs go, The American Tobacco Trail (http://www.triangletrails.org/ ATT.HTM) is probably the longest. It starts (or ends) in Durham and follows the old rail bed to the other side of Raleigh. It's a little patchy near Durham (or was the last time I went that way), so you might have to use a couple of regular roadways to connect it all. Umstead Park has 10-15 miles of gravel road that is nice and quiet. It's located in Raleigh, but still not too far from CH. I have a couple of saved rides out thru Orange County (Chapel Hill) that I can forward to you.....and a few in Wake county as well (mosty 60-80 mile routes). There is MTBing galore if that's your thing: check out TriangleMTB.com for trails in the area.
Lastly, the Raven Rock Ramble is in April....it's an organized century that starts and ends at Harris Lake...you can google it for more info.... have fun! Tony On Feb 6, 8:40 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Frederick, Steve > > <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > > Hi, North Carolina Riv'ers--my bestest, oldest riding buddy has moved to > > Chapel Hill NC for a job. (the "career track," in Michigan these days us > > generally the highway to somewhere else!) He's settled in enough now that > > he wants me to visit and do some riding. I'd very much appreciate some > > route suggestions--low traffic, scenic, the usual. We don't mind driving a > > bit to get to something particularly tasty--is there a chunk of the Blue > > Ridge Hwy that's particularly nice? Are there any nice MUPs or railtrails > > in the area for a relaxed spin? > > > We mountain bike, too--nothing too extreme but singletrack suggestions or > > mixed surface routes are also very welcome! > > > And climate advice--we're looking at two dates, 2nd week of April or the > > 1st week of May. Is one more likely to be rainier than the other? > > rainier is unlikely, though so far this year it has been weird with > the amount of precipiation. In general you're likely to have nice > temperatures in either week - but 1st week of may is getting awfully > close to graduation at unc and you don't want to be anywhere NEAR > chapel-hill when it gets deluged with parents. Seriously, run in fear. > > The blue ridge parkway is a good 2-3 hours west of chapel hill. > > If you want to know about places to bike around ch-hill then bikely > has a good number: > > http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Carrboro-to-Chapel-Hill-in-100-m...http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chapel-Hill-No-Chatham-Co-Dodson...http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chapel-Hill-Cheeks-XRoads-Saxapahawhttp://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chapel-Hill-Carrboro-Chatham-Ala... > > This is not a bad route for heading over to > durham:http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/durham-to-chapel-hill > > Durham is where all the cool kids (well, me, at least) live. :) > > I don't know much about mountain bike trails but maybe look up the > tarwheels mailinglist - they may be able to help. > > There are also some nice routes up to hillsborough, nc which is a cool > little town. > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
