| What is the best Mountain Bike ride in the Appalachian | | | | too. If you have been smiling during the downhill you will |
| Mountains? Well there are many notable rides a | | | | need to wipe the bugs out of your teeth for sure. Yes |
| hard-core cyclist can endure, but let me tell you one, | | | | now we rest and psyche ourselves up for a grueling |
| which is both pleasurable and scenic. We start out in | | | | cross into the back roads of Kentucky, a place where |
| Blacksburg, VA; Home to Virginia Tech. We will be | | | | they warn Motorists not to go and those that do to |
| riding South West; yes that is right downhill, but do not | | | | keep on moving.From Norton, VA we take BR 23 to |
| let the down hills fool you, just like in the Tour de | | | | Highway 160 to the border and the whole world |
| France what goes down, must also go up!We head | | | | changes, as you see the largest peak in Kentucky; |
| West on Highway 460 for 4.5 miles and turn down | | | | Black Mountain. When we hit Cumberland we turn left |
| state road # 730, which feeds into highway 100, then | | | | and down the 119 we go again. We ride Highway 119 |
| we go not more than a mile and turn down Highway | | | | to Williamsburg and until you have done this ride, you |
| 42, Yee Ha! Hello Speed Demon in you! We take the | | | | really cannot say you have cycling bragging rights to |
| 42 to Plasterco as it turns into state road #100 and | | | | the Appalachian Mountains. Consider this in 2006.Lance |
| make a right on Highway 19 to Alt 58 and ride into | | | | Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. |
| Norton.This is the 100-mile point and your legs feel it | | | | |