Place: A review of the weekend- multiple places ridden:
Saucon Valley area road ride
Allaire State Park, NJ
Tuscarora State Park, PA
Swatara State Park, PARidden: March 2014
This week took us all sorts of places. Because each of them had their own unique attributes, we decided to make a "weekend in review" video this week, highlighting each place that we went.
The roads around the Saucon Valley area are well traveled, but there are back roads that can be found to ride on that offer little traffic and nice views of farm land. Routes can be planned that are relatively flat to rolling or roads that head up over South Mountain can be added in to give some good climbs. A rogue ride on an abandoned golf course in the area offers car free riding.Allaire State Park was the subject of Single Track Sunday last week. Some new footage this week highlights some new trail features we encountered. All three Giant bikes (our friend Kerry rides on also) performed great on the fast, twisty trails.
Tuscarora State Park is the site of an upcoming race. We had heardthe trails were clear so we decided to head out there for a pre-race course preview. Some sections of the course were in great shape, some were still snow and ice covered, and some had downed trees that made riding nearly impossible. Not quite the riding we expected so we headed out still needing more miles for the day. The pictures of Cliff show parts of the trail still snow covered.
Last stop of the weekend was Swatara State Park. A fun place to ride. The trails weave themselves around the side of the mountain, so riders are always going up or down or right or left. Add in a fair amount of logs and it makes for a fun place to ride. In addition, the Swatara Rail Trail connects to the park which offers a 50+ mile one way rail trail system directly out of the park.
What a weekend! Lots of time on the bike, fun riding with friends, tons of time driving, and lots of trail time for Cliff.