Do you take biking vacations?
Rides | 198 | March 18, 2009 at 7:30 amThis weekend, a group of us are heading up to Pisgah National Forest for some true southeast, all-mountain riding on some of the best trails the eastern United States has to offer. Pisgah National Forest, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina, is known for dozens of mountain epics all within miles of each other, and this makes Pisgah a destination site for eager mountain bikers ready to tackle all day, technical rides. For the roadies out there…Pisgah/Asheville is also known as the training ground for Lance Armstrong as he gets ready for the mountain stages of the tour. The Blue Ridge Parkway provides some of the best climbing in the US.
As I prepare for this weekend of long miles and incredible riding, I started wondering how many of you guys spend some time during the year on cycling related vacations. Do you go on biking vacations and where do you normally go? (use comment section below for the where)
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our honeymoon was 9 days of biking in N. California and Oregon (after 4 days in Napa Valley). Awesome time! the week at SGC in Whistler was a close tie…
In the last year I’ve ridden out in Oregon and Nevada. Also done a few weekend trips to North Carolina.
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Gravity Camp in Whistler is on the short list of long destination runs.
my 1st bike vacation was Moab back in 1999.
Almost rode straight off a cliff.
Got lost from the group too.
Ahh…good times.
I did the Fruita Fat Tire Fest in 2005.
Flew with my bike on that trip.
Nothing like driving to Fruita from Denver.
Last day in Fruita was rainy,
which meant Denver was under 6″ of snow.
Driving a rental van past Vail was hairy.
I’m only 4hrs from Pisgah,
I sneak across the border often.
Spent 4hrs doing N. Mills last weekend.
I’ve been to Moab/Fruita twice in the last 2 years and plan on making it an annual trip. Moab is a great place to ride and is truly a Mecca for any mountain biker.
I’ve camped over the weekend in NC several times to ride the Tsali trail system and the Pisgah/DuPont area trails.
I plan on camping near the FATS Trail system in SC.
I would love to visit Jackson Hole, WY in the summer to ride the efforts of the Teton Freedom Riders.
Riding different areas brings home a little piece of where you went with your riding and lets you appreciate your home trails that much more.
Moab/Fruita is a mtb classic.
Pisgah is the promised land for the east coast in my opinion…fantastic riding (going there this weekend)
FATS is a roller coaster but go when it isn’t humid.
Puerto Rico, Curacao, Bonaire. I just read about Pisgah National Forest, that will be next years trip with th twelve of us from DBC-Aruba.
can someone tell me were a good place is to ride mountain bikes that you can get all muddy and go threw allot of water if so hit me up