I'm in Reno and can give a few recommendations. The classic road ride is the Reno to Verdi loop. Start in NW Reno, head to the west to Verdi (pronounced verd-eye) and come back the same way. You can make it a fairly flat ride along the river, or detour up into the Somersett development on the north side of the route to add some climbing. About 25 miles round trip, generally quiet traffic, pretty good views of the surrounding scenery. Here's a map link from a local cycling club: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14682543. You don't have to go out to the spur shown with points 14, 18, and 16, but I like that stretch.
We do have a path along the Truckee River, it's about 12-13 miles round trip from downtown Reno out to the east end of the valley and back. It's a bit bumpy with tree roots assaulting the asphalt, and it can be a bit sketchy with the fairly high homeless population. I rode it on Saturday, it was fine, but not the best representation of our community. Another fun ride is out around Washoe Valley. You can start at Bowers Mansion, and ride either direction around the edge of the valley. I like to go south (counterclockwise) and out along Franktown Road. The eastern side of the valley (Eastlake Blvd) is a little less inviting, but still not bad. This route is best to ride earlier in the day, as winds can get very strong down here. We have a new separated pedestrian path along Veteran's Parkway, from the Truckee River south to South Meadows Parkway. It's about 5 miles one way, quite flat, and gives you a nice view of the east side of the valley. Feel free to ping me privately for more details Cheers, Keith On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM Corwin <ernf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > > I'm traveling to Reno tomorrow. Going to take the custom. Hoping to find > some nice roads to ride. Have a couple days - but will overnight downtown > in a hotel. Mainly interested in day trips on roads. Really like hills, but > nice flats are OK too. > > Thanks in advance for your help, > > > Corwin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
