| What is the best Mountain Bike ride in the Appalachian | | | | Highway 42, Yee Ha! Hello Speed Demon in you! We |
| Mountains? Well there are many notable rides a | | | | take the 42 to Plasterco as it turns into state road |
| hard-core cyclist can endure, but let me tell you one, | | | | #100 and make a right on Highway 19 to Alt 58 and |
| which is both pleasurable and scenic. We start out in | | | | ride into Norton. |
| Blacksburg, VA; Home to Virginia Tech. We will be | | | | This is the 100-mile point and your legs feel it too. If you |
| riding South West; yes that is right downhill, but do not | | | | have been smiling during the downhill you will need to |
| let the down hills fool you, just like in the Tour de | | | | wipe the bugs out of your teeth for sure. Yes now we |
| France what goes down, must also go up! | | | | rest and psyche ourselves up for a grueling cross into |
| We head West on Highway 460 for 4.5 miles and turn | | | | the back roads of Kentucky, a place where they warn |
| down state road # 730, which feeds into highway 100, | | | | Motorists not to go and those that do to keep on |
| then we go not more than a mile and turn down | | | | moving. |