Biking Trips .. when things get back to normal

[donwright80211]

Hi All, I'm Don and I live in SW Washington at the mouth of the Columbia River gorge. 
I've been riding all my life and got intrigued by some electric bikes I was seeing, so went on YouTube
saw how popular the Rad bikes are and the nice reviews they were getting. 
Finally last November I decided to go up to their store in Seattle and check them out.  They
have a nice spot in Ballard to take test rides and once I took the Rover up one of those steep hills,
I was hooked.  Bought my bike that day and have been having a blast riding it since then.

The world has obviously changed over the past couple of months, and my biking/exploring trips will have
to be on hold for awhile.  I thought I would try to get this conversation started as a way to give us
something else to focus on right now.  Like planning those biking/exploring/camping/RV/however trips to
places across the country.

I have a few in mind up here in the PNW, some I've already been on and others I want to get to.

Here's my short list.

The Banks-Vernonia Trail in Oregon. About a half hour west of Portland, completely paved 21 mile trail going
through state parks and ending up in the nice little town of Vernonia.

The Centennial Trail through Eastern Washington into Idaho.  Paved, mostly off traffic roads paths.  Extends
100 miles (hence the name) and supposed to be extended further to the Montana border.  Runs right through 
Spokane, WA and the cool little lake town of Coeur de Alene, Idaho.

Burke-Gilman Trail.  Runs around Lake Union in Seattle.  I haven't ridden this one but definitely want to
try it out.

I have others in other parts to the country, like Moab, which I only got to see briefly on a trip traveling
west.  And of course SoCal along the beach and towns from Santa Monica down to San Diego, which I've only been
able to explore parts of.

I hope you have some too that you've actually ridden or maybe just heard of and thought about. 

If you need some distraction, how about sharing your own list. 
Not quite the same as riding, but at least we can dream and plan.

- Don

[Hehateme]

Hey Don,
In my humble opinion, the Palouse to cascades trail (formerly known as Iron Horse or John Wayne trail) near Seattle is perfect for the rover. Crushed gravel rail to trail through the mountains and out to eastern wa. There is a 2.5 mile former train tunnel that is pitch black and cuts through the mountain pass.  Great use for your bike lamp and head lamp. You can see some photos of the area in pics I have posted to this forum. You can ride the section from rattlesnake ledge through the pass tunnel to Haak and back on one charge. This trail is 224 miles long.


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[donwright80211]

Wow, that sounds great and going right on my list.  I'll check that out.

[Ryan]

Hi Don, welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing this list. Sounds like there are a lot of options where you live. We have an infant so we're looking forward to getting him on the back of our Wagon. We have a trail that stretches from Wausau, in the middle of Wisconsin all the way to Green Bay. I'd like to explore that trail some more this summer. We also have a bike rack sitting in the box which will hold two Rads and eventually we hope to buy a vehicle so we can explore outside of the city we live in.

[donwright80211]

That's great, also looking forward to getting out at some point.  I think a lot of people may not be aware of great biking trails even in their local vicinity.  So even if we have to put off those extended trips, now is great time to get out in the sunshine and absorb some to that vitamin D we all need.

[fin_rad]

That's great, also looking forward to getting out at some point.  I think a lot of people may not be aware of great biking trails even in their local vicinity.  So even if we have to put off those extended trips, now is great time to get out in the sunshine and absorb some to that vitamin D we all need.

This is absolutely true, at least in my case. I have lived on my current address more than five years and after getting my first real ebike (RadRhino) I have found many new trails near my home. If I had bought a normal city ebike I would never gone offroad as I do now with my Rad. In fact I like to go offroad more than just follow the official bicycle paths..