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The Durango to Silverton leg definitely gets your vert in, too.
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Another fan of the Cabot Trail
PICT3727_xx by Dan Murphy, on Flickr PICT3650_x by Dan Murphy, on Flickr |
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The general advice to avoid reservations extends far beyond the worlds of cycling and it deserves its own thread. Its a deep, dense and sad; a heavily loaded topic tbh; but I will say most people that offered that advice to me, a cyclist, weren't cyclists themselves and I doubt they could understand how much harder physically it could be to just go a longer distance around it. |
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Spur of the moment solo biking trip several years ago.
Unforgettable.
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There's just so much to choose from. I'm lucky enough to be able to ride about 30 minutes and be on the Blue Ridge parkway.
The Badlands Loop Road road would be a beautiful ride. |
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This section of PCH between Ventura and Santa Barbara is pretty nice.
Part of it is on a frontage road next to ocean and part is on a separated bike path. |
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I rode north Cascade highway, going to the sun, and chief Joseph scenic byway as part of a cross country ride in 2008. All were stunning, all in different ways. Cascade highway was probably the coolest because it took multiple days and was early in my journey so I hadn't already seen anything so mesmerizing.
I also rode nearly 100 miles on a 4 lane highway through South Dakota. That was not mesmerizing. Neither were the endless corn fields and headwinds of Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. |
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Came in to post ^^^this. Also, Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu CA ...although I understand why some folks might not consider the 70mph auto traffic three feet away from the bike lane "cycle-friendly" |
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The good stuff is in the canyons off of PCH, many options with amazing vistas, but ya gotta like to climb. |
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I guess we each like what we like. I've cycled the PCH on three separate occasions over the last ~15 years and every time I found it wonderfully exhilarating. (Well, except for that time I was fighting a hellacious headwind for the entire southbound leg.) Then again, I'm from NYC, so riding near auto traffic doesn't seem to faze me like it does some cyclists. :::shrugs::: |
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Probably the most interesting and scenic route I've been on in the US was part of a cross country cycling trip with a tent and panniers many years ago. From Phoenix, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico.
From Phoenix up to Wickenburg, Congress, Prescott, Cottonwood, and on to Sedona. Then up Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff, then via 180 and 64 to South Rim of Grand Canyon. Then east to Cameron, then to Tuba City and then on 264 through Navajo and Hopi Reservations and on to Gallup. The ride through the two Reservations was the most unique cycling experience I've ever had. I can't think of any other way of describing than just saying it was other-worldly and spiritual. It was incredibly desolate, dry, windy, hot, and beautiful. |
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