My recent ramblings about neighborhood connectivity, reminded Decatur resident Neil Norton of a 10-mile Decatur bike loop that he created a few years ago.
Click on the map above to open the full PDF.
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Looks like an enjoyable neighborhood noodle, posted just in time to get out and enjoy the change of the season.
Bike Decatur (http://groups.google.com/group/bikedecatur?hl=en) and Decatur Active Living are ironing out the details of a bicycle suitability map that will provide much more information about Decatur’s cycling potential.
Can’t wait for the Ponce bike lanes to be completed!
I would love to follow that if I knew how to read a map.
This is a fantastic route. I have been doing it for years and have many variations including one variation that rides through or by 13 Decatur Greenspaces. I will list them later. Also David Crites, fomer Executive Directorr of Georiga Bikes, developed the map. and route. Also, the City has a cue sheet for those that are not map readers at http://www.decatur-ga.com/client_resources/2004%20decatur%2010%20mile%20cue%20sheet1.pdf
Looks neat. Maybe a DM ride is in order. But some of us may wear paper bags on our heads to stay anonymous.
I only wear the “bag of anonymity” when rolling through stop signs and posting to DM.
13 Greenspace Ride passes through or by:
Scott Park
Winnona School Park
Field on Iman (Colombia Seminary)
Oakhurst Park
Ira Moss Green Space
McKoy Park
Dearborne Park
Oakhurst Community Garden
Hidden Cove
Wadell Park
Woodlands
Glenn Creek Nature Preserve
Park along Sycamore adjacent to Marta Track
make that 14, also Adair Park
15, Glennlake Park. The City always talks about connnectivitiy. Well this ride connects 16 greenspaces (I will probably see one more when I ride it today).
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So, I live in Winnona Park but I’ve been in Eugene OR for the last couple of months. Very different bike culture and I’d love to import some of that to the Atlanta area.
In Eugene yesterday, I encountered construction on a bike path that resulted in a detour onto another bike path and here, there was actually a flagger (complete with signs ‘Flagger ahead’) devoted to managing traffic on the bike paths.
We won’t get that because part of that depends on a good amount of green space to create the paths that Atlanta doesn’t have. However, there is alot of other infrastructure that we could do. One in particular is a fabulous collection of rides that was the single most importan reason that after getting to Eugene, I had to run out and buy a bike…
eugenegears.org
Wouldn’t it be great to have a collection of rides like this?
THere used to be something like that called the Southern Bicycle League that had its own newsletter and website. I think both exist but I’m not sure how active it is now. (My experience is from my pre-kid life). Rides go out from bike shops like Bicycle South or from known points like what used to be known as The Freight Room (now Farmstead 303).
Indeed, I noticed the same lack of any major club when we moved here in 2007.
That said, there are heaps of weekly rides around. They do vary a good deal.
Trish Albert collects a fair portion of “training” rides at http://www.sadlebred.com/atlroadrides.html.
And the Southern Bike League is still happenin’, and they run a calendar (One must do a quickie “become a member” sign-in to view it.): http://www.bikesbl.org.
Many touring-type rides leave from in and around Decatur, too. There is a ride from Melton’s App and tap on Wednesdays, I think. And, there’s a Monday night ride from Avondale. These would be listed at the SBL calendar.
Last, and I know advertising is pooh-poohed in DM-land, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition will run its yearly fund-raising ride on November 7: http://www.atlantabiike.org/ramble2010. It’ll be a fun ride.