I was out of town last weekend and missed it, but here’s a brief report and a few pictures from the Neighborhood Bike Ride. Looks like over 300 people had fun pedaling about Knoxville.
It was a great morning for riding. I had a ride of my own from a cabin at an undisclosed location near Pigeon Forge to Townsend and back–a forty-one mile round trip. It was my first time riding in Wears Valley. It’s a nice route–a relatively flat road crossing the valley between two foothill ridges bordering Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The only drawback is that there’s no shoulder and the weekend-leaf-color-changing traffic was a bit of an issue. Fortunately, most drivers were traveling at a leisurely pace and no one tried to run me off the road. I’d like to do it again when there are less vehicles to contend with.